Three problems related to transmission shudder have been reported for the 2006 Honda Accord. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Honda Accord based on all problems reported for the 2006 Accord.
Automatic transmission shudders during acceleration. Car has 76,000 miles.
Transmission shudders when rpm's reach 1500-2000 at slow to moderate acceleration. Shuddering does not occur when hard accelerating. Tends to happen when speed is reaching 35mph though has occurred at other speeds. Has happened on multiple road surfaces and in multiple cities. Veh has not thrown any service code's or warning lights. Dealer does not seem to want to fix problem. This vehicle is not covered in the class action lawsuit but symptoms seem identical.
I was merging onto an expressway and I shifted into 3rd gear to accelerate to the speed of (heavy) traffic. The transmission popped out of gear and I was nearly rear-ended by a tractor trailer (that was going too fast). I had to swerve over to the shoulder to avoid the collision. This popping out of gear, and difficulty shifting into gear has been going on for three years and occurs 3 or 4 times a month. After this near miss, I took the car into get it serviced (this was in 2006). I was told by the dealer that this was normal for this transmission and that there was no fix for the problem. I have not had any close calls (as bad as the first one) since, but I have learned to force the car into 3rd gear every time. I have also had my share of horns directed at me due to delayed acceleration. Recently, I did an internet search on "3 gear Accord 6 cylinder manual" and one of the results was Honda service bulletin 08-020. This bulletin covers my 06 Accord and is for "transmission grinds when shifting into 3rd gear, pops out of 3rd gear, or is hard to shift into 3rd gear, note: these symptoms can be intermittent and sometimes more noticeable in colder climates. Faulty 3rd gear synchronizer or shift sleeve" sounds exactly like my problem so I went to the dealer today to have it corrected. The dealer went for a test drive and couldn't duplicate the problem (it can go for over a week without showing up), he said Honda's policy was unless they could see the problem Honda would not authorize any repairs to be made. So Honda has found a problem with their transmission (the one that almost caused me to have a collision), released a service bulletin on how to fix it, but refuses to do any repairs until this 3 or 4 times a month intermittent problem starts to fail often enough for it to fail while the dealer is actually driving the car. Meanwhile everyone with this transmission is placed in harms way.