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 2008 Honda Accord submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
2008 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION, AND GEAR SHIFT IN PARK, WHEN IT ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ONE MONTH PRIOR, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED FOR RECALL 11V395000. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE RECALL AND THEY SUGGESTED SHE FILE A CLAIM WITH HER INSURANCE COMPANY.
WE PURCHASED A NEW 2008 HONDA ACCORD EXL IN 2008. IT HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT AND MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO PASS AND THE ENGINE MISSED AND AND BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND MISFIRE AND ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON BECAUSE HE COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND HAD TO FIND A WAY TO GET BACK INTO LINE. WE TOOK IT IN AND THE ONLY THING TO FIX IT WAS REPLACE THE SPARK PLUG WHICH WE DID AND CAR WAS FINE FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. I FEEL IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE IF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING YOU CANNOT ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. *KB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. WHEN TRAVELING ON CITY STREETS, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK ABNORMALLY BUT NOT WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. AS SHE WAS DRIVING 45 MPH THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND THE THIRD GEAR GRIND SYNCO WAS WORN OUT. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THIS WAS A PART OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND IT WILL BE REPAIRED UNDER THE WARRANTY. SHE ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD BRAKE FAILURE AS SHE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES WHEN THEY EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AT HER EXPENSE FOR $116. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO ANY OF THESE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.
VARIABLE CYLINDER MANAGEMENT TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY SURGES IN TRAFFIC. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, OR SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS, A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED SURGE IN THE CAR COULD RESULT IN HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT. *TR
WHEN DRIVING THE 2008 HONDA ACCORD TO REVERSE AND THEN ACCELERATE FORWARD, THE TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A NOISE (PRODUCING A DULL SOUND LIKE THUMP). BROUGHT THIS CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLAIM IT IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF A DESIGN. THE NOISE IS NOT NORMAL WHEN THERE'S A NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I WROTE AND CALLED THE AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING. I WAS TOLD THEY WILL INFORM THE DESIGN TEAM AND ENGINEERS ABOUT MY COMPLAINT AND THAT I SHOULD HEAR FROM THEM (I AM SKEPTICAL). *TR
VEHICLE POPS OUT OF THIRD GEAR AND ACCELERATION IS STOPPED ABRUPTLY DUE TO THIS DEFECT CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF REAR END CRASHES EVERY TIME IT OCCURS. VEHICLE IS 2008 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT AND FITS THE CRITERIA FOR A SAFETY RECALL ON BOTH CONCERNS, I.E., "POSES AN RISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY, AND "MAY EXIST IN A GROUP OF VEHICLES OF THE SAME DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE, OR ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT OF THE SAME TYPE AND MANUFACTURE". HONDA KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM IN 2007 CIVIC MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS AND IGNORED THE PROBLEM AND CONTINUED TO PUT THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE 2008 ACCORDS AND CIVICS. FINALLY AFTER A CONSUMER DEMONSTRATION IN CALIFORNIA AND COVERAGE BY THE LOCAL MEDIA, HONDA ISSUED A HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 08-020 THAT REPLACES THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PARTS. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER RECALL BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS LISTED HERE WHERE THE CONSUMER WRITES THAT THEY BELIEVE IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND THAT THEY WERE ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. TOO MANY NEAR MISSES TO IGNORE. ALSO, BECAUSE IT FITS THE CRITERIA LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE FOR A LIKE DEFECT IN A "GROUP OF VEHICLES". I HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO REQUIRE HONDA TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE DEFECTIVE MODELS. WE ALL KNOW MONEY IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR AND BASIS FOR THEIR DECISION AND IF LEFT TO THEM, THEY WOULD NEVER ISSUE ONE. I AM THINKING TO BURN MY NEW HONDA ACCORD WHICH HAS LESS THAT 7000 MILES ON IT AND IS CURRENTLY AT FIRST TEAM HONDA IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH PAYING OVER 32 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND GETTING A LEMON AND VEHICLE THAT WILL NEED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REMOVED ALREADY. HONDA DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE CONSUMER ANYMORE, ONLY THE $$$. HELP FOR A RECALL PLEASE ! I THINK I WILL CONSTRUCT A WEBSITE TO PUBLICIZE THIS TRAVESTY AND GAIN SUPPORT FOR THE BURNING OF MY HONDA. MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE HONDABURN.COM *TR
LEAKING FLUID-TOOK TO LOCAL DEALER WHO INDICATED TRANSMISSION LEAK & NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION SEAL. DEALER SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO ORDER PART OR WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE ONE. WE FOUND OUT BY CALLING CORPORATE 1/2/09 "WAREHOUSE SHUT DOWN THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS UNTIL 1/5/09 & A CASE # WAS FILED". CALLED DEALER 1/8 FOR STATUS & WAS TOLD THEY "HAD SEAL & WORKING ON CAR, POSSIBLY READY THAT EVENING OR NEXT DAY" (1/9). DEALER CALLED 1/9 & LEFT MSG THAT CAR NOT READY BEFORE 1/12. DEALER CALLED 1/12 TO SAY THEY NEED TO ORDER A NEW TRANSMISSION AND COULD NOT SAY WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO GET IT. IT IS GOING ON 18 DAYS AND COUNTING AND DRIVING A RENTAL SINCE 12/31/08. *TR
TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING EXCESSIVE TRANSMISSIONS FLUID THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION BLOCK AFTER ONLY 1800 MILES ON A NEW 2008 HONDA ACCORD. LOCAL DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. HONDA USA CUSTOMER SERVICE DENIED RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. DEALER THEN SUGGESTED CUSTOMER CONTACT HONDA USA CUSTOMER SERVICE TO GET TRANSMISSION REPLACED. HONDA TECHNICAL SERVICE REFUSED REPLACEMENT AND WANTED A DYE LEAK TEST OVER A ONE WEEK PERIOD AFTER ACKNOWLEDGING A WIDE SPREAD CONCERN WITH TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE. CUSTOMER REFUSED ONE WEEK TEST DUE TO UPCOMING LONG DISTANCE TRIP AND LEFT VEHICLE WITH DEALER TO CONDUCT DYE TEST. DEALER CONDUCTED DYE TEST WITH ONLY 60 MILES (1 HOUR DRIVE) TO CONFIRM LEAKING TRANSMISSION BLOCK. TRANSMISSION WAS THEN REPLACED BUT ONLY AFTER NEEDLESS INCONVENIENCE TO THE CUSTOMER. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS ISSUE? *TR
CAR IDLES ROUGH AND STALLS,CHECK FUEL CAP MESSAGE COMES ON.THIS WAS AFTER THEY REPLACED ALTERNATOR DUE TO LIGHTS FLICKERING AND RADIO AND FANS GOING IN AND OUT.ALTERNATOR DID NOT HELP AND NOW THE IDLES IS HIGH AND ERATIC, SYSTEM THAT DETECTS MISSING FUEL CAP IS INOP. WHEN CAR COMES TO A STOP THE IDLE STOPS REAL HGIGH AND COMES DOWN AS YOU SIT AT THE LIGHT.THE DEALER SAYS THE OWNERS MAUAL IS WRONG ABOUT THE WAY SYSTEM WORKS.I DROVE TWO IDENTICAL ONES AND WHILE THE CARS WERE STILL OF POOR QUALITY,THE IDLE WAS THE SAME AS BEFORE THEY MESSED WITH CAR.OTHER ISSUES INCLUDE BAD SEAT TRACKS, BAD UPULSTRY, PAINT ON BUMPERS IMPROPERLY FINISHED. HONDA REFUSES TO FIX THESE ISSUES. I AM TAKING IT UNDER THE LEMON LAW AND URGE ALL OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. *TR
TRANSMISSION/VCM CONSTANTLY CONTINUES TO SHIFT. CAR CANNOT LOCATE CORRECT DRIVE RATIO. VERY PREVALENT WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH ON LEVEL GRADE AND NO PEDAL MOVEMENT. HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION AND/OR VARIABLE CYLINDER MANAGEMENT CONSTANTLY SURGING IS NOTICEABLE AT ALL SPEEDS WITH NO CHANGE IN PEDAL FORCE APPLIED. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SLOWLY AND A SUDDEN DEMAND TO INCREASE SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO DOWNSHIFT WHEN THE PEDAL IS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR AND RESTRICTS THE ENGINE RPMS. *TR
TRANSMISSION SHIFTING IS HARSH AND ABRUPT. WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3RD TO 2ND AND 4TH TO 3RD, IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE IS LITERALLY SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. WHEN UPSHIFTING AT THOSE GEARS, THERE ARE OFTEN PROLONGED DELAYS. IN ADDITION, WHILE CRUISING IN THE LOW 60S MPH RANGE, THE TRANSMISSION IS CONSTANTLY HUNTING FOR THE CORRECT GEAR. *TR
TRANSMISSION SHIFTING IS EXCEPTIONALLY HARSH, ESPECIALLY AT LOWER GEARS (2-3 AND 3-4, AND DOWNSHIFTING AS WELL). WHEN DOWNSHIFTING, CAR FEELS LIKE SOMEONE HAS SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. CAR ALSO FEELS LIKE IT IS CONSTANTLY HUNTING FOR THE CORRECT GEAR IN THE LOW 60S MPH. THIS IS PROBABLY THE VCM. *TR
4-CYL ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT TRAFFIC LIGHT WHILE IDLING. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART, WINDOWS AND MOONROOF WOULD OPEN BUT NOT CLOSE, SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT GO OUT OF "PARK". BY SOME MIRACLE DRIVER AND CAR SURVIVED RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT DUSK WITH ASSISTANCE FROM POLICE OFFICER. CAR TOWED TO HONDA DEALER WHO REPLACED 50 AMP FUSE (ACTUALLY A MULTIPLE FUSE) LABELED "IG". DEALER ADVISED BY HONDA TO GIGGLE WIRES TO TRY TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR AND DEALER RETURNED CAR AFTER 4 DAYS. OLD PART NOT AVAILABLE. I DOUBT THAT THE FUSE WAS DEFECTIVE AND SUSPECT PROBLEM WILL REOCCUR. 4300 MILES ON CAR, AN EX. *TR
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