1999 HONDA ACCORD Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

OVER THE LAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE CAR SUDDENLY TURNING OFF....NO RPM'S, NO SPEED...WHILE I AM STILL IN DRIVE (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). IN VIEWING VARIOUS WEBSITES, THIS IS NOW BECOMING A COMMON OCCURRENCE...AND IT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ALTHOUGH HEADLIGHTS STILL WORK, POWER STEERING IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE...SO I MUST HURRIEDLY SHIFT INTO N TO GLIDE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR DOES NOT RESTART RIGHT AWAY. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT INTERSECTIONS, ON THE HIGHWAY (AT 70 MPH) AND WHILE GOING 20 MPH. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED ON THE IGNITION FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IN/AROUND 2002-2003. I RECEIVED THIS LATE...BUT DID GO TO THE DEALER AND HAVE IT REPLACED IN 2009 (HONDA RECALL #02V120000). AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM RECENTLY, I HAVE GONE ONLINE TO SEE COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF OTHER HONDA ACCORD OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEMS....EVEN AFTER HAVING THE RECALL FILLED. EVIDENTLY, THE...

I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW IN 1999 WHILE WORKING AS A SALESMAN FOR A HONDA DEALERSHIP.ITS ALWAYS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AS IT IS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION I HAVE.I NO LONGER WORK AT THE DEALERSHIP BUT MY LITTLE BOY NEEDS A WAY TO GET TO VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS SCHOOL.WE DEPEND ON THIS MACHINE AND HONDAS REPUTATION TO GET THINGS DONE.AROUND 76000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT HARD AND NOT WANT TO GO INTO GEAR. AFTER CHECKING AROUND VARIOUS SHOPS AND THE INTERNET I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT SO MANY OTHER OWNERS OF 1999-2002 ACCORDS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS OR WORST.SOME WITH ONLY 50000 MILES HAD TO BE REPLACED.I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS AN AMERICAN HONDA DEAL AS THE JAPANESE PEOPLE WOULD BACK UP THEIR PRODUCTS.ONCE AGAIN WE GET SCREWED BY OUR FELLOW GREEDY AMERICANS.I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER HONDA PRODUCT BE IT A LAWNMOWER,CAR,MOTORCYCLE,GENERATOR OR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE STOPPED AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE , THE VEHICLE BECAME HESITANT AND THERE WAS A DELAY IN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

PURCHASED 99 HONDA ACCORD V6 IN 2007. ONE OWNER CAR. IM SECOND OWNER. ALL MAINTENANCE DONE ON SCHEDULE. ON 5/29/11 TRANSMISSION FAILED. I CALLED HONDA THEY SAID "WE KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION AND WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF MY ACCORD V6. THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. I WAS STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY FOUR SMALL CHILDREN. THEN HAD TO PAY $350 FOR THE TOW HOME. I AM A LOYAL HONDA OWNER. THIS IS MY FOURTH HONDA. I HAVE NEVER HAD MAJOR MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH ANY OF MY HONDAS. HONDA ADMITTED THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

DEAR SIR / MADAM - HONDA IN USA HAS INTENTIONALLY DROPPED A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES FROM ITS LIST OF RECALLS/ FIX NEEDED TO SAVE THE COSTS AND MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFITS. THIS CASE IS ONE OF THEM. MY HONDA - [XXX] IS FACING ALL ISSUES SIMILAR TO ONES RECALLED FROM 1999-02 MODELS. FIRST THE IGNITION SWITCH ISSUES LAST YEAR AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID ITS NOT PART OF RE-CALL WHILE EVERYONE KNOWS THESE WERE PART OF RE-CALLS SO WHY WAS THIS VEHICLE DROPPED FROM THE RECALL DATABASE ? HOW MANY MORE VEHICLES WERE DROPPED FROM THE LIST AND WHY ? I THINK THE ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO AGE BUT SOMETHING ELSE AND NEEDS INVESTIGATION. NOW IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW MANY VEHICLES THEY INCLUDE AND WHAT THEY DROP FROM RE-CALLS AS COST SAVING MEASURE ? [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF...

1999 HONDA ACCORD EX. TRANSMISSION. CAR JERKS FORWARD, LOSSES POWER, ACCELERATES. THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, WHY NO RECALL? THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING YET NOTHING IS DONE!! WHY CAN A CAR MANUFACTURER GET AWAY WITH INSTALLING DEFECT PARTS WHICH ARE A SAFETY HAZARD AND THE NHTSA DOES NOTHING ABOUT IT!! *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE CODE INDICATED A TORQUE CONVERTER CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. DEALER SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED AND ROAD TESTED AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY RESET THE WARNING LIGHT AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION MAYBE GOING BAD. I WAS CHARGED THEIR TYPICAL OUTRAGEOUS LABOR COST. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE WHO COULD HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME THING FOR FREE. BUT I THOUGHT THEY WOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR CARS THAN AN AUTO PARTS CODE READER, I WAS TOTALLY WRONG. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON DURING MY DRIVE BACK HOME FROM THE DEALER. ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY THE DEALER SINCE THE TIME I BOUGHT IT NEW. THE CAR HAD AROUND 98,000 MILES WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT FIRST APPEARED. I BROUGHT IT TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP NEXT AND...

YELLOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH IS CAUSING SEVERE CHATTERING AND/OR LURCHING WHEN STARTING UP OR AT LOW SPEED. CAR IS NEAR STALL AND IS VULNERABLE TO AN ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY AT INTERSECTIONS AFTER A STOP. CAR HAS ONLY 83,000 MILES. *TR

I HAVE REPAIRED MY TRANSMISSION TWICE NOW AND ITS IN MY GARAGE NOW IT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION AGAIN I HAVE CHANGED ALL SENSORS EGR O2 SENSOR THIS LAST TIME WAS DIFFERENT I WAS DRIVING AT A NORMAL SPEED THEN SUDDENLY I GOT A HARD JERK AND I KNEW MY TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD AGAIN IN 2005 WHEN MY TRANSMISSION WENT I CALLED HONDA TO SEE IF MY 99 ACCORD V6 COUPE WAS ONE THAT WAS ON THE RECALL AFTER TAKING MY VIN NUMBER THEY SAID IT WASN'T BUT IF IM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM LIKE EVERYONE IS WHY IM NOT GETTING THE REPLACEMENT. *TR

THE "CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON" AND THE TROUBLE CODE IS P0740, TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. THE CAR SURGES FORWARD FROM A STOPPED POSITION EVEN AT THE SLIGHTEST DEPRESSION OF THE GAS PEDAL WHICH MAKES IT PRONE TO AN ACCIDENT BY HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY RESET THE WARNING LIGHT, TEST DROVE IT AND TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY BE GETTING BAD. ON THE WAY HOME, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I BROUGHT IT TO A TRANS REPAIR SHOP AND THEY CHECKED THE TROUBLE CODE TO BE THE SAME P0740 CODE. THEY CHECKED THE RESISTANCE OF ALL THE SOLENOIDS AND REPLACED THE LINEAR SOLENOID WHICH WAS OUT OF SPEC. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ON THE DRIVE HOME. I HAD IT SCANNED AGAIN AND THE CODE WAS P0740...

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 1-2 AND 2-3 GEARS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON REPORTING "PO740 - TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH CIRCUIT ERROR". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD LX. IN NOVEMBER OF 2008, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 14,000 MILES. RECENTLY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE MILEAGE EXCEEDED THE WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT ASSIST. THE COST FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD BE $2,630. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 141,000.

WE BOUGHT OUR USED ACCORD ABOUT A YEAR AGO FOR OUR DAUGHTER TO GO TO COLLEGE AND NOT TO LONG AFTER WE REALIZE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS STARTING TO SHIFT VERY ROUGH ESPECIALLY FROM THE LOWER GEARS TO THE HIGH ONES..WE CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DO ALL THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE FOR THE VEHICLE.. YET WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE.. NOW THE TRANSMISSION NOT ONLY JERKS REALLY BAD SHIFTING UP BUT IT'S WORSE GOING DOWNWARDS.. SOMETIMES NOW THE REVERSE GEAR WILL NOT ENGAGE AND WE HAVE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND TURN IT BACK ON BEFORE IT GOES TO REVERSE.. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND MOST PROBABLY THE ENGINE MOUNTS.. $2500 TO $3500 WE CALL AMERICAN HONDA AND SEE IF THEY WILL HELP AND OF COURSE OUR FACTORY WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT SO...

GOT A CAR TUNE-UP DONE BY A HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE GEARS SHIFTED A LTTLE DIFFERENT BUT I ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE TUNE-UP. IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORST SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED. AFTER THEIR ANALYSIS, THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A "BAD DIFFERENTIAL" AND IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR ONLY HAD 78,000 WHEN IT WAS AT THE DEALER FOR THE TUNE-UP THE END OF MAY. DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE THROUGH THE MANUFACTURER???

99 HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION FAILED. NO WARNING FROM DASH BOARD. CAN'T SPEED UP ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT IN HIS VEHICLE BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE SEAT DETACHED FROM THE BRACKET. HE WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A SIMILAR PRODUCT UPDATE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 112,472. UPDATED 10/07/08. *LJ THE TRANSMISSION WASN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY. UPDATED 10/08/08. *JB

AT 92 K MILES, THE ALTERNATOR BROKE DOWN AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD ON THE SECOND SHIFT. DEALER ADVISE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION OF MY 99 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 IS BEHAVING ERRATICALLY AND IS CREATING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION ON THE ROADS AS THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKS AND SPEEDS UP OR SLOWS DOWN AS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY WITHOUT ANY CONTROL. AT TIMES THE CAR JUST LOCKS UP INTO 2ND OR 3RD GEAR ON THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR OTHERS AND FOR MY FAMILY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I NOTICE THAT A LOT OF OTHER CAR OWNERS HAVE HAD OR HAVING SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WITH THIS MODEL AND MAKE OF CAR. HONDA HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSIONS OF OTHER ACCORDS FOR MODEL YEAR 2000 - 2003, HOWEVER I UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN FOR THE 1999 YEAR ACCORD, IT HAS THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AS HAVE COME UP ON THE 2000-2003 MODEL YEARS BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME TRANSMISSION MAKE. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 99 HONDA ACCORD ON JUNE 28, 2003 FOR 16,000$ ODOMETER READOUT 56,000 MILES. I HAVE SINCE NOTICED NOISES AND JERKY LIKE MOVEMENTS UPON ACCELERATION ALSO WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDDLE WHEN THE CAR IS TRYING TO IDOL DOWN. AS IF TO BE STUCK OR REVVING IN THE GEAR IN WHICH ITS LEAVING AND ENDS WITH A JERK ONCE IT GETS TO THE GEAR ITS CHANGING TO WITH A REV OR JUMP ESPECIALLY IF ON A HILL. NOW AT JUST OVER 130,000 MILES AND IN THE YEAR 2008 THE PROBLEM IS WORSE AND WORSE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN TEMP. MADE BETTER WITH FLUSHING OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THERE IS NO CHANGEABLE TRANSMISSION FLUID FILTER. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY HONDA THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHAT! 130,000 MILES AND IT ALREADY NEEDS REPLACING, THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A HONDA,, HONDA ONCE...

THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING FROM 1ST TO 2NF GEAR, IT WAS MILDLY NOTICEABLE. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY TRANSMISSION AUTO SHOPS AND THEY SAID I WOULD BE FINE AND THERE WAS NOT ANY INDICATION OF PROBLEMS FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT FOR A YEAR. THEN ONE DAY IT SHIFTED SO HARD I BARELY MADE IT OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK IT. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. HAD THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY CITY, I KNOW IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ACCORD LX WITH A 4 CYLINDER VTEC ENGINE. 1-12-08 WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS--TYPICALLY 30 TO 45 MPH THE CAR WILL JERK AND CHANGE GEARS WHEN NOT NEEDED. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR STALLS AND I HAVE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO RESTART. UPDATE: MAY 2008 AND I HAVE NO REVERSE GEAR AT ALL. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHY HONDA HAS NOT PUT A RECALL ON THESE 1998 AND 1999 TRANSMISSIONS. WHY? DOES SOMEONE REALLY HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY FIX THEIR OWN PROBLEM? I AM CALLING HONDA IN THE MORNING AND IF I DON'T GET SATISFACTORY RESULTS I WOULD LIKE TO START A NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HONDA. THIS IS CRAZY AND I WANT ANSWERS. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ACCORD LX 4 DOOR SEDAN WITH 71,000 MILES ON IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE DEALER SAYS THE P0740 CODE IS TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAILURE IS A $2900 REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION JOB. A TRANSMISSION SHOP TOLD ME THE SAME THING. A TRANSMISSION WITH 71,000 MILES, EVEN 7 YEARS OLD, SHOULD NOT GO OUT!!!! THERE WAS A HONDA TRANSMISSION CLASS ACTION SUIT COVERING ONLY 2000-2003 TRANNYS, MY MODEL YEAR IS EXCLUDED BUT SAME PROBLEM EXISTS !!!!! *TR

HI, I OWN A 1999 4 DOOR AUTOMATIC HONDA ACCORD EX-UL, BUT THE TRANSMISSION LITERALLY FAILED ON THIS CAR AND IS DUE TO THE FACT OF A DEFECTIVE PART, WHICH I FOUND FROM READING VARIOUS ARTICLE ON THE WEBSITE. THE HONDA IS NOT ACCEPTING ITS PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN SERIAL COMPLAINTS OUT TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE WEBSITE. HONDA HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY BY RECALL ON 2000-2001 HONDA ACCORD MODELS, BY THEY HAVEN'T DONE FOR 1999 MODELS. MY PERSONAL VIEW IS THAT THEY ARE AVOID A HUGE RECALL BY HIDING THE PROBLEM. I WOULD REQUEST YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER AS IT MAY CAUSE LOTS OF ACCIDENTS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THE OF THE FREEWAY. SINCE HONDA IS PROTECTING HIMSELF, WE WOULD NEED YOU HELP TO CHECK ON THE REALITY OF BAD TRANSMISSION PUT IN 1999 HONDAS. *TR

CAR IS STALLING AND SEEMS THAT TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. IN RESEARCHING WEB, I HAVE RUN ACROSS AT LEAST 20 DRIVERS, WITH EXACT SAME MAKE, MODEL ETC. ALTHOUGH MY CAR HAS 120K MILES, SOME ONLY HAD 60K WHEN THEIR TRANSMISSION FAILED. EVERY MECHANIC THAT I SPOKE WITH (INCLUDING DEALERSHIP) ADMITS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN THESE MODELS ARE KNOWN TO FAIL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A DEALER AS REPUTABLE AS HONDA HAS NOT BEEN MADE TO REENGINEER THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ, EVEN THE 2004 MODELS HAVE TRANSMISSIONS BEGINNING TO FAIL. IT SEEMS EXTREMELY UNFAIR THAT THE CUSTOMERS ARE THE ONES FOOTING THE BILL. *TR

CAR WON'T START AND MAINTENANCE LIGHT CAME ON. TOW IT TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP FOUND TO THE TRANSMISSION'S FAULT. HONDA WON'T COVER IT UNDER THEIR RECALLS FOR 2000 MODELS, BECAUSE IT IS A 1999 MODEL. *TR

SINCE FIRST PURCHASED THIS 99 ACCORD HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR HARD SHIFTING INTO 1ST AND 2ND. WAS TOLD BY HONDA MECHANIC THAT WAS HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SHIFT. STILL HAVING TROUBLES WITH SLIPPING, AND HARD SHIFTING AND OCCASIONALLY DOWN SHIFTING WHEN GOING 70MPH, CAR WILL WHINE LOUDLY AND YOU CAN FEEL THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFT. WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *TR

I CAN ADD ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM A HONDA ACCORD 1999. THIS CAR HAS THE SAME TRANSMISSION AS THE RECALLED TRANSMISSIONS ON HONDA ACCORD FROM 2000 TO 2002. MY TRANSMISSION SEAL LEAKED AT 110,000 MILES. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 149,000 MILES FOR $2100. OF COURSE, THE REASON I BOUGHT A HONDA WAS BETTER ENGINEERING. I AM BEGINNING TO THINK THAT I HAVE A FALSE PERCEPTION OF THE HONDA QUALITY. THIS WAS MY FIRST HONDA AND I DON'T THINK AT THIS TIME THAT MY NEXT CAR WILL BE A HONDA AUTOMATICALLY. I HAVE GOTTEN UNSOLD ON THEM. BASED ON ALL OF THE OTHER LETTERS I SAW ON THIS SAME PROBLEM, AND THE FACT THESE CARS HAD LOWER MILEAGE, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A PRAYER ON HONDA KICKING IN SOMETHING FOR THE REPAIR. NEXT TIME I BUY A CAR I AM STARTING WITH THESE LETTERS ON CARS AT THIS...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR FELT AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON THE FREEWAY. THE CAR WAS AT ABOUT 95K MILES, BUT THIS SEEMED VERY EARLY FOR A TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT. I GOT THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT, WHICH COST ME ABOUT $1600. FILING THIS COMPLAINT AFTER A FEW YEARS, BUT I RECENTLY HEARD THE 1998 HONDA ACCORDS ARE HAVING A RECALL. MINE IS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN THE HONDA ACCORD VEHICLE YEARS 1998-2003 ARE DEFECTIVE. THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAILING AT AS EARLY AS 70,000 MILES. MY ACCORDS TRANSMISSION RECENTLY FAILED AT AN ESTIMATED 80,000-85,000 MILES. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I DISCOVERED THAT HONDA DID/OR WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN ONLY THE 2000 AND UP ACCORDS BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM IN THE 98 AND 99 HONDA ACCORD DESPITE KNOWING THAT THE SAME EXACT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION WAS USED IN THE 98 AND 99 VERSIONS AS WELL. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS CONCERNING HONDA'S REFUSAL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN 98 AND 99 AS WELL. IS THEIR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO. I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO SPEND OVER $2,600 TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT HONDA KNOWS IS DEFECTIVE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT ACTIONS I COULD TAKE. THANKS *TR

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY INTO GEAR, IT WAS SLOW IN SHIFTING. WHEN EVER THIS HAPPENED ENGINE WOULD REV. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE SPEEDS FORWARD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE, BUT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LABOR. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 83,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM SF TO OUR HOME IN SANTA ROSA, AND I NOTICED SMOKE STREAMING FROM THE TOP OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THEN THE ODOMETER DROPPED FROM 65 TO 0, WENT BACK TO 65, THEN FLUCTUATED. AS I TOOK THE EXIT OFF THE FREEWAY, THE CAR WAS LOSING POWER, AND JERKED WHEN I GAVE IT GAS. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE TOW TRUCK. THE ENGINE DID NOT START WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED IT, ALTHOUGH IT CRANKED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MARIN HONDA. THEY TESTED AND FOUND THE ELECTRICAL PORTION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD FAILED. THEY REPLACED IT BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE D4(TRANS GEAR SELECTION)LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROBLEM, AND THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TRANS FLUID 7 WEEKS AGO.(MY WIFE TOLD THE CUSTOMER SERVICE...

MY 99' HONDA ACCORD WOULD SLIP GEARS AND JERK A LOT WHEN I WOULD PUT IT IN GEAR OR STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THEN PROCEED TO GO AGAIN. AFTER A DAY OF DRIVING I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SAID MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT COMPLETELY AND THAT THEY SEE IT HAPPEN TO MY MAKE AND YEAR OF CAR ALL OF THE TIME. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND TAKE A HIT OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET MY CAR FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. IT AMAZES ME THAT THERE IS STILL NOT A RECALL FOR THIS BUT ALMOST EVERYONE WHO OWNS THESE CARS HAS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE OR 1ST GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS AND TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS SEEN ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE DEALER, THEN BY THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

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

STARTED SEEING TRANSMISSION FLUID ON LT SIDE UNDER VEHICLE. HAD SEAL REPLACED BY LOCAL TRANS SHIP. TWO WEEKS LATER FLUID LEAKING AGAIN. RESEARCHED AND FOUND RECALL ON 2000 AND UP FOR BAD BEARING CAUSING THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND HONDA'S EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THOSE VEHICLES. TOOK VEHICLE TO RT.23 HONDA AND THEY ADVISED THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THE ONLY ITEM THAT THE HONDA FIELD SERVICE MANAGER WOULD ONLY ALLOW THE PART ONLY. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE $1000 LABOR. I REQUESTED THE FIELD MANAGER'S NAME BUT BRAD MORDER (SERVICE WRITER AT RT.23 HONDA) REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO ME. I LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA (CASE #12006-04-250-0809)THAT WAS HANDLED BY CHRIS MARTINEZ OF HONDA (X-118183) WHO STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO DISCUSS THE PARTICULARS AND THAT HE HAD NO AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE DECISION OF THE FIELD MANAGER. AGAIN, WHEN I ASKED FOR THE...

1. TRANSMISSION FLUID STARTED LEAKING ON 99 ACCORD EX WITH >92100 MILES. ESKRIDGE HONDA TIGHTENED BOXTON BOLT. LEAKING GOT WORST. TOOK CAR BACK 2 DAYS LATER. ESKRIDGE STATED A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD BE REQUIRED BECAUSE THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT IT WAS THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY OTHER MODELS -- 00-0 MODELS WHERE HONDA USA PROVIDED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO REPLACE THOSE TRANSMISSIONS. 2. FROM MY RESEARCH, OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON THEIR 99 HONDAS, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO RECALLS. 3. SINCE I VIEW IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE, I PLAN TO PAY IF NECESSARY TO REPLACE IT, SINCE I DON'T WANT MY 16-YR SON DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. 4. IS NHSTA AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE 99 HONDAS? IF SO, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF YOUR ACTIONS IN GETTING HONDA USA TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR 99 HONDAS. *NM

AT 99K MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD ON THE SECOND SHIFT. DEALER ADVISES TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION COST $3800. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, SHUDDERS, FREE SPINS, AND SHIFTS VERY ERRATIC. IT STARTED SUDDENLY JUST OUT OF NO WHERE. THIS TRANSMISSION ISN'T VERY GOOD, AND HONDA IS DENYING ANY DEFECTS IN IT. ITS REALLY MESSED UP HOW HONDA IS TREATING CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE COME TO LOVE HONDA CARS. *NM

1999 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ISSUE. VEHICLE PURCHASED SEPT 2000 WITH APPROX 15K MILES. VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING AFTER THROTTLE HAD BEEN PRESSED AT APPROX 42K MILES. BAD HESITATION, AND ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. PRESS ON THE GAS, THE ENGINE REVS, BUT VEHICLE BARELY MOVES AND WHEN IT DOES ENGAGE IT IS VERY HARSH. DANGEROUS TRYING TO ENTER FREEWAYS, PASS OTHER VEHICLES OR CROSS STREETS/INTERSECTIONS. THE BASIC HONDA WARRANTY OF ONLY 3/YR 36K MILES HAD ALREADY LAPSED. TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD BEEN CHANGED IN AUG 2002 WITH 31K MILES. AGAIN CHANGED(DRAIN/FILL) IN JUNE 2004 WITH 46K MILES AND AGAIN IN SEPT 2006 WITH 61K MILES. HONDA TRANSMISSION FLUID USED. *JB

1999 HONDA ACCORD V-6, 90K MILES. IN JULY, 2005. I STARTED NOTICING A WHISTLING SOUND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS ON AND THE ABS AND OTHER DASH LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY. DURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE, I INQUIRED ABOUT THE NOISE AND DASH LIGHT PROBLEM. NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG. THE DASH LIGHTS HAVE BEEN COMING ON AND OFF EVER SINCE. TODAY WHEN THE CAR WAS CRANKED, IT MADE A LOUDER THAN NORMAL WHISTLING SOUND. AFTER DRIVING IF FOR 1/2 A MILE THE NOISE STOPPED. THE NEXT TIME I DROVE THE CAR, IT STOPPED ACCELERATING AND ACTED AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. I PARKED IT AND ATTEMPTED TO CRANK IT AGAIN BUT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. AFTER RECHARGING THE BATTERY, IT STILL COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP. AFTER INSPECTION, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AFTER RESEARCHING...

I BOUGHT A HONDA ACCORD FROM CROWN AUTO IN OXNARD CALIFORNIA IN APRIL OF 2005. FOUR MONTHS LATER MY TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT AND IT WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 2005 , NOW IT IS FEBRUARY AND MY TRANSMISSION IS GIVING OUT . *JB

I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX V-6 THAT I HAVE TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEPT FOR MAINTENANCE BY THE BOOK. TODAY I FOUND OUT MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND IT WILL COST $4200 TO REPAIR. I HAVE READ THE EMAILS OF HONDAS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSIONS? I DID EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO HONDA AND NOW MY BELOVED VEHICLE HAS FAILED ME. I HAVE BEEN A TRUE HONDA PERSON. THIS IS MY THIRD HONDA. *NM

I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS DISSATISFACTION WITH MY 1999 HONDA ACCORD EX V6,[XXX]. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CHECKED THE CODE AND IT INDICATED TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH MALFUNCTION. THE CAR WAS SHIFTING AND DRIVING FINE, SO I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE HONDA DEALER TO GET THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED. I CLEARED THE ERROR, BUT IT CAME RIGHT BACK ON. THE CAR WAS SHIFTING AND DRIVING FINE. TODAY ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 75 MPH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IT SHIFTED IN TO SECOND AND STAYED THERE. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THAT DID TO RPMS! NOW IT WON'T GO IN TO REVERSE OR ANY OTHER FORWARD GEAR BUT SECOND. I CALLED MY HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID I'M LOOKING AT A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. $2950 JUST FOR THE PARTS (DOESN'T INCLUDE LABOR). THAT COMES WITH A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY THAT I WILL EASILY USE UP...

1999 HONDA ACCORD FAILED TRANSMISSION. NO TRANSPORTATION FOR A MONTH DEALER ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR $4000.00. I FEEL THIS IS NOT FAIR HONDA RECALLED EVERY YEAR OF THIS SAME MODEL AFTER MY CAR. THERE NEED TO BE SO JUST OR A CLASS ACTION SUIT. *JB

ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY 3 LANE HIGHWAY MY HONDA WOULD NOT GO FORWARD ANY MORE. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED THE GAS IT WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I COULD PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR REVERSE, BUT IN DRIVE I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO ABOVE 10 MPH. I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE WHO TOLD ME HONDA HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 98-2000 ACCORDS UNDER 100,000 MILES, AND THEY WILL REPLACE YOUR TRANSMISSION. SINCE MY CAR ONLY HAD 80,000 MILES, I CALLED THE SERVICE STATION, MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME OKAY, BUT THERE WOULD BE A $95 FEE IF IT WASN'T THE TRANSMISSION. THEY CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY, AND SAID MY VIN# DIDN'T MATCH THE RECALL, SO SORRY. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA, AND THEY SAID...

HONDA ACCORD 99 V6 TRANSMISSION FAILED, SPEED 10 MPH WHILE IT'S 6000 RPM, ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, VERY DANGEROUS, IT'S 2ND TRANSMISSION. THE 1ST TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ABOUT 70K MILES, AND THE 2ND FAILED AT 82K. *JB

I HAVE HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MY HONDA ACCORD. WHEN I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC IN PARKVILLE, MISSOURI, HE CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FOUND IT BLACK. HE FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION, PUT NEW FLUID IN, AND CHANGED A FILTER BEHIND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. HE TOLD ME THAT HONDA FROM 98 TO 2002 HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. HE TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS AND SEE IF THAT DIDN'T FIX IT. I COULD TELL AS I DROVE HOME THAT IT WAS NOT FIXED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST 1,600 TO 1,800 DOLLARS. SINCE I HAVE HAD TO GET A NEW ENGINE IN MY ACCORD OR MY LEMON, THREE NEW BATTERIES, AND NOW A NEW TRANSMISSION AND IT IS NOT ALREADY PAID FOR BECAUSE I LEASED IT AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING IT, I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET....

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. ONLY 55,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND WE STRICTLY ADHERED TO THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES. BASED ON RESEARCH ON THE WEB, THIS IS QUITE COMMON BUT HONDA IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. HONDA RECOGNIZED THE ISSUES WITH THE 2000-2003 ACCORD TRANSMISSIONS BUT FAILED TO INCLUDE THE 1999'S WHEN THEIR IS OBVIOUSLY WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM.

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHICH IS VERY STEEP. THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND HAD COME HOME AND FOUND THE VEHICLE IN THE WOODS BESIDE THE DRIVEWAY. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE IN PARK. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE AND THE RENTAL CAR EXPENSE. ALSO THE KEY WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN GEAR. RECALL CAMPAIGN# 05V025000. *SC