general problems of the 2003 Honda Accord - part 1

Tie rods, brakes.

Theirs a humming or whining sound and burning odors on the transmission. Slipping on transmission gear.

After car had leaking valve cover gaskets replaced the tcs and brake indicator lights illuminated. Couldn’t reset. All fuses and light bulbs were good. E-brake limit switch ok, brake pedal switch ok but had small crack so replaced. Tcs, brake light went off then returned within 3 mins now with ( ! ) indicator light illuminated. Made appt with Honda dealer however 2 days before appt vehicle lost traction at 50 mph brakes went to floor vehicle began to fishtail and driver was unable to correct steering or brake. This lead to a solo vehicle accident off the side of road.

The contact's sister-in-law owns a 2003 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission failed to shift properly; however, the engine revved abnormally. The driver pulled to the side of the road and turned off and restarted the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle responded as needed after being restarted on several occasions; however, the failure persisted on other occasions. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that while attempting to drive from a complete stop, the transmission failed to shift into the intended gear. The vehicle was towed to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously taken to a dealer to be repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 04v176000 (power train); however, the recall repair was performed on the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was unknown.

My transmission ffails while deiving causes it to go into limp mode and stops on contact.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the transmission erroneously down shifted into 3rd gear causing the vehicle to abruptly reduce speed to approximately 25 mph. The contact indicated that the transmission remained stuck in 3rd gear. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 287,000.

Steering wheel locked key won't turn.

My transmission is broken why?.

Tl the contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning and lost power. Additionally, the vehicle failed to respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed, but a fault code was not retrieved. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.

Autonatic transmission.

I just bought my Honda Accord 2003 from a used car dealer and it had 120xxx miles literally drove it two months and it broke down mechanic said it was the teansmission so I did some research online and I seen that these Accords have bad transmissions everywhere I seen someone had a problem with trans I checked if there was a recall but they said there wasn't this is really disappointed knowing I I lynch had it two months and having the same issue other people are having.

Tl the contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. While the vehicle was in second and third gear, the transmission would malfunction and the vehicle would not accelerate properly. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The contact was informed that the vehicle was previously repaired in December of 2014 per NHTSA campaign number: 04v176000 (power train), but the failure recurred. The local dealer was not notified. The failure mileage was 207,000.

Tl-the contact owns 2014 Ford fusion. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number:18v169000 (power train). The vehicle was taken in for the recall repairs and was informed from the dealer chino hills Ford 4480 chino hills pkwy, chino, CA 91710 (909) 203-5700 that the clutch needed to be replaced. The clutch was replaced 3 times but the failure reoccurred multiple times with the powertrain warning light illuminated. The contact stated that after the clutch was replaced 3 times the gear shift from 2nd to 3. The contact veered to the shoulder of the road and turn the vehicle off and back on which failed to resume back to normal. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer which no further assistance was taken. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that no recall was available for the repairs to be made. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000. Ck.

While driving on the highway at around 65 mph, all of a sudden the car seemed like it was braking by itself without me pressing the brakes. I took it to the shop and after spending hundreds of dollars, found out that the transmission is damaged and beyond the second gear, it is slipping. This is what caused that dangerous behavior on the highway. This could have easily led to an accident by being rear ended or worse. Honda should replace the transmission.

Tl the contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and the vehicle towed to her residence. A local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximate 184,449. Tw.

Hello I need to submit a near collision incident caused by a transmission lockup on the highway at 65 mph. I don't know your VIN tracking methods, but you have not accounted for all of them, particularly mine. Refer NHTSA recall number: 04v-176 mfr campaign p38 campaign dscription: 03-04 Accord auto trans recall recall date: 04/13/2014 I've just had this happen to me in my 2003 Accord and can provide proof by submitting my transmission replacement records from the local Honda dealer service shop. I was lucky the vehicles behind me were able to avoid rear ending me.

Upon slowing, transmission shifts violently from 3 to 2 and 2 to 1. Also, under light or steady throttle, will switch back and forth from 1 to 2, again violently (violently defined as like dumping the clutch in a manual transmission). This happens after it warms up. The car has 98. 8k miles on it, maintained at Honda the entire life of the car.

I'm the third owner of a 2003 Honda Accord v6 ex coupe. At 151000 miles my transmission began to fail. It would slam it's way from 5th gear to 1st. Luckily nobody was behind me. I was going 60 mph from the shell station . 5 miles from my house, and slowed to 30 by the time myou car was in 1st in a curve. I almost lost control of the vehicle. Come web to find out this is a wide spread unresolved problem that is endangering everyone in and around these vehicles. I called Honda and they said in 2004 the vehicle already had the recall performed, but much like the thousands of other people who ended up with this cat it did not fix the faulty transmission and Honda knows that the issue still exists and wants people to continue paying to get the same problematic rebuilt transmission. I can not believe every one of these transmissions haven't been recalled, and if needed I will pursue legal action against Honda especially having a 1 year old daughter in a known rolling death trap. Once it gets to first it flashes d on the dash and the check engine comes on. My tcs and abs is also tripped by this issue causing further risk of endangering other drivers and myself. Every search I have made on this vehicle days the same as I'm saying now, but at varying stages. Please help get this issue resolved not just for myself but for everyone who owns this particular Honda. To make matters worse this is the first year model of the Honda Accord v6 ex coupe. The car is currently parked and won't be moved until a recall or I swap the entire transmission out for a manual transmission that I can't afford, but I definitely can't afford to replace my car or continue to pay to replace the same faulty transmission. This is an outrage.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle at 70 mph and when attempting to pass another vehicle, the transmission seemed to lock, causing the vehicle to stop on the freeway. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic were it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 133,000.

My 2003 Honda Accord lx crashed on 10/01/2016 about about 18 months after I had my airbag serviced at a local Honda dealer 4/7/2015. When I got my car back from the dealer, the driver door had no power and could not be opened remotely or with the power lock control on the driver door. More importantly, no safety signals came on when the car started. I called the dealer and they told me I had to pay $80 to have it checked; I then called american Honda customer service, who only documented the complaint and took no action to remedy mechanical mistake by Honda dealer. I was driving on a downhill curve on a wet road after a rain. When I saw a slower car ahead of me, I gently applied the brake to maintain a constant following distance. The car drifted to the left toward oncoming traffic. But when I tried steer to get back to the right lane and tried to press on the brake, it locked up, then the car went into neutral and I had no brake and steering resistance was completely lax. My car went off road and crashed into the woods. The airbag did not deploy. I was confined in bed with pain one whole day. My transmission had locked up, then went into neutral, twice before on 1/14/2015 in the middle of traffic, and on 9/15/2016 in my driveway. We never received a letter from Honda for the transmission recall; however, we did receive letters regarding the airbag recall, the ignition switch recall, and the wiper motor recall. A year ago, the recalls came up using my VIN#. The database now shows no recall for my vehicle at all. After my car crash, I had it towed to Honda dealership on 10/4/2016 for repair estimate. I left my car and title with dealership; less than 48 hours later I called to get car back for crash investigation and lawsuit, the car had been destroyed by Honda dealer closing all further inquiries. American Honda took no responsibility when I contacted them.

Transmission - while driving I'd pulled over and the car slow to a stop while the transmission was in gear,I place the grea lever in park then back into drive and all that happen was a wineing sound from the transmission I turn off the engine and sat there for a while, started the engine was able to go some distance more and the car started to wine again made it home after three stop let the car rest and then go again. Had the transmission rebuild ,years later tranmission went out again had to replace transmission again. This all happen on city street last repair was 09/23/2016 by brake stop auto repair.

Was driving on the highway at 70 miles an hour and the transmission violently stopped. I almost got in a car accident. These transmission are an issue and Honda refues to recall the cars. Someone is going to get killed.

The 3rd gear in my automatic transmission had almost completely given out. The first incident of failure was when accelerating from a stop. When my vehicle tried to shift to 3rd gear the gear wouldn't catch and the engine revved freely without increasing the speed of the vehicle. I did research on this problem specifically associated with this make, model, and year and discovered the issue to be consistent with other reports.

Randomly car will down shift and up shift. Sometime yes when I left off gas. Sometimes when it hits a certain rpm. The rpm will shoot really high and go back to normal. Only occurs while warm.

Verbatim the same transmission problems as everyone else. Honda was unwilling to compromise on this faulty part that's well documented, hence the involuntary recall by the NHTSA. We offered to work with them by trading this model in for a newer one, talk about us willing to forget and forgive for brand loyalty. Apparently Honda doesn't care not willing to do even this. This is my fourth Honda and will be my last. Average cost of ownership has been 1000/month, at this point I could have gotten the Tesla I really wanted.

Driving on highway. Sudden deceleration caused by transmission. Very lucky not to be rear ended.

While driving on the 210 freeway transmission downshifted suddenly without a warning and rpm shot up to 6,000 revs bringing the car to almost a standstill with cars behind me going at 70 mph almost rearending my car.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. While driving at approximately 45 mph, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 04v176000 (power train). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 79,000.

The car is shifting while in motion. Transmission jumps when shifting into gear. Car is dangerous to drive. Certified techician advised us not to drive the car.

I was driving on the main road and I heard a noise, my vehicle suddenly stopped, I tried to apply brakes, but the brakes did not work, the hand brakes did not work either, was very scary. The vehicle was in motion when it suddenly stopped on me. This vehicle has always been serviced at Honda dealership and I have taken very good care of this vehicle. I am scared for my safety driving this vehicle because I could have ended up in a big accident like the one that recently happened in seattle to the "duck tourist bus" because of a broken axle. I contacted Honda about this issue, mentioned about my concerns regarding the safety of this vehicle, but they did not care.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Accord. While driving at 45 mph, the vehicle jerked and hesitated before moving forward. The tsc warning light illuminated. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.

I was driving on the highway at 60 mph, all the sudden, it violently down shifted, felt like I was rear ended. As I let up the gas, the engine would rev but not engage the transmission. Luckily no other cars were behind me at the time. When I got to the office, the car would not go into reverse.

I have piece of crape people calls Honda I call today 04/07/2015 visibility problem windshield whipper and headlamps low I can't see night time during drive and transmission is skip but piece of crap(Honda) customer said you no have recall or warranty that's really mess I got mistake to buy piece of crap(Honda) please please please I suggest don't buy that like piece of crap( Honda) tha nks.

2003 Honda Accord. Consumer writes in regards to transmission issues. The consumer stated the vehicle would not go in reverse and the rpm would only run at 3,000.

The first incident happened when I was slowing down for a stop sign. At about 45 mph the car suddenly downshifted. The rpms registered approx. 5000 then returned to around 2000. I turned and while accelerating to highway speed, the car downshifted then corrected 3 times. I parked on the shoulder, shut the car off, then on again. I proceeded with no further issues. The next day, Feb 26, 2015, the car downshifted at approx. 45 mph then corrected. Each time the rpms jumped to approx. 5000 before settling back to approx. 2000. This happened a couple more times. Later the same day, I was on the freeway driving on cruise control at approx. 65 mph when the car downshifted then corrected. This happened again a couple minutes later. I parked on the shoulder, shut the car off, then turned it back on. I did not have another incident driving to my destination. Feb 27th, I headed to my final destination. About 150 miles into my trip, I was slowing down on the freeway for a slower car in front, when my car downshifted then corrected. This same situation happened three more times before getting to my home. At no time did any diagnostic lights illuminate. I have not contacted the dealer yet, as they are closed today. After reading multiple reports about this incident I do not have confidence that Honda will work to resolve this potentially dangerous issue.