Transmission Failure problems of the 2004 Honda Accord - part 2

Transmission failed. One day it is working fine the next day per the Honda dealer the transmission is unrepairable and needs to be replaced. The cost to me was quoted at $4100. 00. I purchased the vehicle new, there was a recall on the transmission, I wonder when Honda is going to notify me of the recall?.

2004 Honda Accord transmission failure it just stop working Honda did a recall on this yr and model but said my VIN is not in the recall its failure is the same as the recalled vehicals.

Transmission failure - started as a vibration around 60 to 65 mph. Dealer assessed and indicated the transmission needs to be replaced at only 78000 miles.

I was driving 70 miles per hour on a busy freeway when the vehicle down shifted abruptly and drastically reduced in speed. It refused to shift into higher gears, randomly spiked in engine rpm, and resulted in a hazard due to quickly-approaching traffic from behind. The vehicle's speed had reduced to nearly 20 miles per hour in busy freeway traffic before I had successfully navigated the vehicle across 3 lanes and onto the shoulder. I turned the engine off and shifted the transmission into park. I turned the engine back on a few minutes later, and was able to get the transmission to shift and drive normally until the end of the off-ramp. Upon reaching the off-ramp's stop light, the transmission died again, and refused to accelerate the car. The engine was responding to gas pedal inputs as if it were in neutral, although the transmission was in drive. I waited for several traffic light cycles, unable to move the vehicle and amid impatient drivers' car horns from behind me. Thankfully, the car's transmission responded temporarily again, long enough to maneuver the vehicle into a nearby dealerships parking lot. We had to push it the last few feet into the parking spot. Here, the transmission had finally failed to the point that I could no longer shift it out of park. I called my insurance company to get a tow truck to tow the vehicle 15 miles back to my local Honda dealership. They diagnosed the issue as a transmission failure, which required a new transmission altogether. They were surprised by the relatively low mileage, but said it was a frequent problem likely due to a design flaw in the v6 automatic transmissions on these Accords. I was especially disappointed because I had just spent over a thousand dollars in maintenance costs at this same Honda dealership a week before, where I have consistently maintained my vehicle.

Transmission with only 116k miles failed while driving approximately 50 mph. Car violently downshifted, which forced me to drive it to the side of the road. Vehicle has been meticulously maintained. I am original owner and was never notified of the recall TSB on the transmission, even though I never moved from my address which I purchased the car new from showcase Honda in phoenix, arizona in July of 2004. I only discovered that there was a TSB recall on 2004 Honda Accord ex v6 transmissions after I researched info of the transmission failure. These transmissions, although 8 years old now are still on the road and may cause fatal accidents. Luckily for me, no cars were immediately behind me and I was able to safely steer my car off the road.

I purchesed a 2004 Honda Accord in October of 2008, the car was running and fucntioning well until the year 2010 where I started to have problems with the radio not working, the transmission failed and now in 2011 had to replace the sop ecm (per hoda dealer the memory card of the car), I have spent more than $6,000 on this car because I had had so many major a minor problems with it. And even though I have followed the schedule maintainance visits to the dealer this car still reflecting problems. I have gotten eveything fixed till this moment and im afraid the car will still give me problems in the future.

Honda Accord v6 transmission failure after 107,000 miles, where the vehicle would not stay in drive a highway speeds. A complaint was registered with american Honda motor corporation, who denied there was a problem. A survey of Accord v6 transmission problems indicated over 100 failures here at NHTSA, and thousands of complaints at other forums. This problem appears to be consistent with earlier failures of Honda Accord transmissions, where they extended the powertrain warrantees to 109k miles for replacement.

Transmission went out on 2004 Honda Accord wtih only 80k miles. Was on busy road and I was lucky that I wasn't hit as I jerked and slowed and sought a way to get to the side of the road. No indication the trans was failing until symptoms began and got worse in a hurry. Consequences are towing to shop and expensive repairs which are being made now. Honda said I had to bring it in to thier shop and they had to do any repairs. No price or offer of financial help. . Just a "maybe" Honda would offer a "goodwil" discount. Decided not to try Honda as others online told of the exceedingly high charges Honda imposes. Feel it was a safety risk that should never had happened. Honda apparently has a history of transmission failures for several year models. Seems they profit from not correcting the problem if they require them to repair and charge more than any private shop.

On January 6, 2011 the transmission of my 2004 Honda Accord v6 (with ~84,695 miles) began slipping. The engine would rev wildly at odd times when I was not accelerating, and would slip into neutral when I was on drive or reverse. After driving a few miles in city traffic these problems would get really bad and finally the car would not move at all, even when the car was on and in drive. After breaking down in the middle of a major artery in washington, DC, and having to be pushed around the corner by two good samaritans, I finally discovered that if I simply turned off the engine and re-started the car, I could drive again, albeit slowly and with these problems persisting. At first my Honda dealer misdiagnosed the problem as a battery problem, but finally after three tries they replicated the problem and diagnosed transmission failure. I informed them of the recall on all 2003 Accord v6's and select 2004 Accord v6s. I was told that my VIN was not included in the recall, and that my vehicle did not have that same second gear problem. We complained to american Honda and asked them to make this good. After having bought this car precisely because I wanted the most reliable car on the market and because Hondas have the reputation for going for 200,000 miles, I was incensed that the transmission died at 85000 miles. American Honda agreed to pay just $500 which barely covered the cost of my rental car for the period during which I was without my car. I feel this situation was handled very poorly by Honda and that, based on all the consumers who have had similar experiences with their v6 Accord transmission, it is clear that the recall was not broad enough in terms of the specific transmission problem it addressed.

2004 Honda Accord - transmission failure. Noticed high pitch whine the day prior to transmission failing while wife was on the interstate. Barely avoided collision while trying to move to breakdown lane.

When I exit the 87 freeway san jose CA and attempted to drive over the bridge on curtner street my transmission failed and stop moving forward. Then my car slip back a few foot because of the angle it was on. Luckily the car behind me stop or else I would of hit them. The end result Honda would not cover something that they know is common with their product and that is transmission.

Transmission failed.

I had a transmission failure in my Honda Accord ex(year 2004) model today. The car stopped running and I was not able to reverse it. I have to call aaa to take it to the repair shop. I am not sure whether there is any recall or others have reported a similar kind of issue. I thought to inform you first to investigate the matter.

Driving down a major road when car started to smoke like crazy, pulled off to side of road then couldn't get car to drive in gear to a very close by service station. Had car flatbed to dealer where I was told the car had transmission failure due to a cracked case (part failure) and needed to be replaced. The dealer contacted district manager to see if we could get a goodwill repair from american Honda since it was a failed part and not due to misuse or not having had car serviced. They said they would cover %25 of a $4300. 00 repair to put in a refurbished transmission with a 90 day warranty. I had it towed to a transmission specialty shop who rebuilt the tranny with a 1 year warranty for $2000. 00. This seems to be a known problem with the 2003 and 2004 Honda Accords (recall was done but was VIN specific).

While I was driving 55 miles an hour on the highway my car suddenly shifted into neutral revving to very high rpm losing speed, I was able to get of the highway and luckily drivers around me were aware and saw my hazard lights. I had the car towed to a shop to find that the transmission had failed. With further research and conversation with Honda north America I found this is not an unusual problem. I could have been in a very serious accident at high speed if it wasn't for the conscientious drivers around me.

On Thursday March 11, 2010 my wife and I were traveling in our 2004 Honda Accord on a 45 mph road. When making a left turn on a green light, my shifter popped out of 2nd gear and into neutral causing the engine to rev to the redline. In neutral, the car lost power and coasted to a stop in the middle of the intersection with the oncoming traffic speeding directly towards the passenger side of the car where my wife was sitting. Additionally, we were almost rear-ended by the car behind us also making a left turn. This problem with the shifter is occurring with increasing frequency, and has become an extreme danger to me, my family, and everyone else on the same roads as I. My trusted mechanic examined the car and determined the transmission is failing and needs to be completely replaced. I will be fortunate to have this done for under $2000. He could not believe this happened to a newer Honda with as low mileage as mine. I've spent hours communicating with mcgrath Honda (the dealership that sold the car) and Honda of America corporation. I have only been treated with rudeness and unwillingness to take responsibility for a vehicle that is simply a lemon. Nobody will even offer to examine the car without charging me an exorbitant fee. Nothing has been done to correct the failure.

No indication of automatic transmission issues. Automatic transmission failure occurred on interstate at 70 mph, pressed on accelerator pedal and would not accelerate. Was on innermost lane, had to cross 3 interstate right lanes during commuting hour with no acceleration (was like driving in neutral). Able to get to next exit. Was on a downslope so able to coast down. At the base of the hill, stopped. Could not drive the vehicle anymore, press the pedal in d and r and would not move called tow truck to tow me to Honda dealership 40 miles away considered an automatic transmission failure. This is the first occurance of transmission failure with this vehicle. Honda service repair had to replace all automatic transmission parts. As of date, Honda corp. Will not warranty the parts and labor.

My daughter was driving home from school in our 2004 Honda Accord ex v6. On the top of the crescent city connection (new orleans bridge), the car stopped accelerating. Because she was on an incline, it started rolling back. She panicked but put her foot on the brake. Thankfully, a n. O. Policeman pulled up and put his lights on calling for the bridge police. Bridge police pushed her off bridge. Once down she turned off the car, turned it back on and it worked. It happened again on her way home. She turned it off and back on and it started working again. No warning lights come on, it just stops accelerating. Honda dealer said technician had to drive it awhile and had same experience. The car didn't give any problem code either but said if we continued to drive it, it would. Says transmission needs to be replaced. Told him internet site is flooded with similar transmission failures and this is a safety problem. Said american Honda would assist us if we pay $1,944. 24 of the $4,500 to replace the transmission. It's a known problem with the 2003 and 2004 transmission and should be a recall. Honda will order the transmission tomorrow to do the work.

In January 29, 2010, my wife was driving home with my children when the car suddenly loss power. We had it towed to my mechanic who checked it and told us that it was the transmission. We eventually had it replaced for $2300. I was really surprised that the transmission failed so prematurely but since it had passed its warranty I didn't bother notifiying Honda. However, the same thing happened again this November 11, 2011 while my wife was driving my children home. The rebuilt transmission we had put in failed as well after 30,000 miles. Luckily, it didn't happened in the freeway. My family could have been killed. Now I'm having it replaced with the used one because I don't want to spend another $2300. I thought I was alone on this but I found out that a lot of people are having the same problem. My neighbor has an Accord and the same thing happened. I hope something can be done about this before somebody dies.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Accord which was purchased brand new in December 2003. While driving at speeds of less than 30 mph and slowing down, the vehicle lunged forward. The next day, while driving at speeds of less than 50 mph, she noticed the rpms dropped and the vehicle began to lose power suddenly without warning. The vehicle then began to slowly pick up speeds. She immediately drove off of the highway. The vehicle was towed to her local dealer who stated that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. No repairs were made to date. The failure and current mileages were 123,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Accord. While driving between 50-55 mph the check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel, and then the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to a local repair facility and a mechanic stated that the transmission failed. The manufacturer was notified, but because the warranty expired no assistance was provided. The current and failure mileages was 170,000.

Driving down a major road and lost all power, the engine revved up but the car would not accelerate. I let off the gas and coasted for a short while. I gave it gas again and I got the car to the Honda dealership. They could not duplicate the problem until after they completed a service and were doing a test ride. They called and said the transmission failed. I recently had a transmission fluid changed. The interesting part is the service manager and my salesmen both had there transmissions fail in there Honda. I called Honda and they said we can not help you.

Driving down a major road and lost all power, engine revved up and would not run. It started running again and I got the car to the Honda dealership. They could not duplicate the problem until after they completed a service and were doing a test ride. The transmission failed.

My 2004 Honda Accord ex v6 has about 88k on it. While driving at about 45miles/per hour the car started jerking, then it started revving the engine, increasing the rpm's to 5000 revs even when my foot was not on the gas pedal. The car wouldn't go faster than 15/miles per hour. Its been taken to a mechanic where they said the transmission is gone and needs to be replaced. I was shocked because I've never heard of a car's transmission failing before hitting 100k, let alone a Honda which is supposed to be reliable. I went online and found 100's of complaints about the 2004 Honda Accords with transmission problems, and one of the post led me to this website. I'm a very careful driver and most of the mileage put on the car has been highway miles. I called a local dealer and they said they couldn't do anything about this and to replace the transmission would cost me about $3500. Please help in this case as I'm sure you've gotten similar complaints about this vehicle which leads me to believe that Honda needs to have some type of recall.

At 95,000 miles the transmission failed and needs to be replaced.

This complaint is related to a 2004 Honda Accord v6 #, purchased new by my wife and myself in bellevue washington. 1. Background: my Honda Accord was recalled under this ntsb recall (Honda recall 04-037 speed sensor 3rd gear inspection): automatic transmission recalls and defects found on 2004 Honda Accord power train:automatic transmission automobiles. The national highway traffic safety administration is authorized to order the 2004 Honda Accord power train:automatic transmission manufacturers to recall and repair vehicles or parts of motor vehicle equipment when its investigation indicates that they contain serious safety defects in their structure, or performance. To remedy the recall Honda performed a camera visual inspection and sprayed ?lubricant? into the transmission. On September 15th 2008, my wife observed an ?engine light? on the dash. We immediately brought the vehicle with approximately 88,000 miles back to the dealership. I initially directed the work to begin. I then called back to asked the service manager to hold on the repairs and asked him to wait and investigate alternatives. I was told that the warranty had been extended, that there was a recall and that an 88k car should be covered. I verified that the warranty for most Honda Accord v6's had been extended. I then called back to Honda and was told at 130pm that the light reset and there was no need for repair and that the service manager, mr. Ortiz would not pursue warranty repair of the transmission. 2. My concern is that my transmission has secondary indications of pending transmission failure. When the service manager realized that this was a warranty issue, he was willing to send the transmission, with a likely pending failure back on the road and not complying with the ntsb recall. According to the recall there is a probability of catastrophic transmission failure and crash. Estimated vehicles affected: 1099796.

2004 v6 Honda Accord with transmission failure, but the Honda customer service said, " your VIN number is not included in the recall". However, the car has the problems listed in the recall and is requiring a transmission replacement with 92, 000 miles.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Accord. While driving 60 mph, the speed decreased to 40 mph. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. There were no warning indicators prior to the failure. The vehicle was pulled over and restarted. The contact drove home, but the vehicle would not exceed 40 mph. The dealer stated that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was serviced in 2004 for NHTSA campaign id number 04v176000 (powertrain: automatic transmission). The failure mileage was 76,000 and current mileage was 82,000.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Accord. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle slowed down and would not accelerate. The vehicle was pulled over and restarted ten minutes later. As the contact was driving to the mechanic shop, the vehicle overheated. The mechanic stated that the transmission failed. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA recall # 04v176000 (power train:automatic transmission). The current and failure mileages were 66,000.

Transmission recall on Honda Accord. Honda inspected transmission and claimed recall fixed. Transmission ultimately failed on busy palmetto expressway, almost crashed at least 3 times. Took car to dealer. Forced to pay $865. 74, Honda claimed it was for labor when Honda should have paid for transmission failure due to recall.

My vehicle began to experience transmission problems on February 14th, 2005: the gears would engage harshly when accelerating on city streets and on freeway on-ramps. There were a few instances when the engine "over-revved" on the freeway because of a shifting problem. I experienced total transmission failure on February 14th, 2005, while driving on city streets. The vehicle was inoperable, and had to be taken to a mechanic. I was told by the mechanic that the transmission underwent extensive damage and had to be rebuilt. The mechanic advised me to contact american Honda and try to get them to repair or replace the transmission free of charge, since my vehicle may have been recalled under NHTSA bulletin 04v176000. Honda would not honor my request, as it the vehicle was manufactured after the dates specified in the bulletin. However, the vehicle had an odometer reading of only 42,200 miles when the transmission failed; nevertheless, american Honda refuses to act upon my request for service and repair. I believe bulletin 04v176000 should be amended to include more-recently manufactured 2004 v-6 Accord sedans.