Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Honda Accord submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
GEAR SHIFT CABLE HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THIS HAS PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM BEING PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED SHIFT CABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE COST FOR THE NEW TRANSMISSION IS $3,000.00. WE ONLY HAD 80,000 MILES ON OUR ACCORD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD. WE REALLY EXPECTED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD LAST LONGER THAN 80,000. MILES. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE OR INFORMATION SIMILIAR TO OUR PROBLEM WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ON THIS VEHICLE THE ENGINE BALANCE SHAFT OIL SEAL DISLODGES, POTENTLY CAUSING AN UNDERHOOD FIRE OR THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. ON A MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE THIS COULD RESULTS IN A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. THIS FAILURE IS CATASTROPHIC, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. COMPLETE OIL LOSS OCCURS IN APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 3 MINUTES. AGAIN, THE POSSIBLE SAFETY PROBLEMS ARE ENGINE FIRE AND SEIZURE. MINOR COMPLICATIONS ARE THE REQUIREMENT OF NEW OR REMANUFACTURED ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM IS ALSO DOCUMENTED IN A SERVICE BULLETIN: SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 961001B / BULLETIN SEQUENCE NO.: 46 / NHTSA ITEM NO.: SB049981
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT STOP WHILE IN DRIVE. ENGINE REVED WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED.
TRANSMISSION FAILED ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF POWER.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HESITANTLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCELERATING AROUND CORNERS.
CONSUMER WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND THE CABLE GOING FROM THE SHIFT TO THE TRANSMISSION IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS. *AK
SHIFT CABLE FROM INSIDE CONSOLE TO TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER FAILED. *DSH
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WHEN ENGAGING DRIVE GEAR, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. TT *JB
TRANSMISSION LOCK UP . TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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