Honda Accord Complaints (2003)

1,987 consumer complaints on file.

#10396292April 12, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 HONDA ACCORD. CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED INTERNALLY. *JB
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#10395383April 10, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING IN MORNING TRAFFIC WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE MY ACCORD BEGUN TO JOLT AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE REAR ENDED BY A HUGE CEMENT TRUCK. I WAS ABLE TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN WHICH ALLOWED ME TO PULL OFF THE FREEWAY. I BOUGHT MY HONDA BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD LIVE UP TO THE HONDA NAME FOR QUALITY, BUT I WAS HORRIDLY WRONG. MY TORQUE CONVERTED FAILED CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO MY TRANSMISSION. I LIKE OTHERS WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE IF THE ROAD, HOLDING KEYS TO A NOW BROKEN 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX AND A HUGE REPAIR BILL. I TRIED CALLING HONDA USA BUT MY ISSUE AND REQUEST FELL ON DEAF EARS. IM COMPLETELY TAKEN BACK BY HONDA AS A COMPANY AFTER THIS AND WILL NEVER BUY ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS AGAIN! *TR
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#10395224April 8, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD ALL PULLING POWER WAS LOST. THE CAR BEHAVED ERRATIC BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO NORM REEVES HONDA FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED.WHILE HAVING MY TRANMISSION REBUILT BY DAN TRANSMISSION SHOP THE MECHANIC POINTED OUT TO ME THAT HE WILL REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION FILTER BECAUSE IT NEVER GETS CHANGE AT HONDA. I CALL HONDA AND SPOKE TO SEVERAL SERVICE ADVISORS ABOUT WHAT GET DONE TO A TRANMISSION DURING SERVICE? THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING A DRAIN AND REFILL OF FULID AND THERE IS NO FILTER. WHEN RESEARCHING FURTHER I FOUND OUT THAT THE PARTS DEPARTMENT HAS FILTERS IN STOCK BUT NEVER HARDLY SELL THE FILTER UNLESS A MECHANIC BUYS IT TO REPLACE WHILE REBUIDING THE TRANSMISSION. THERE IS A LOT OF HONDAS OF THE YEAR 2003 THAT HAD A RECALL EARLY 2000. MY CAR WAS ONE, HONDA REPLACE A SECOND GEAR ON THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR PROBLEMS THAT YEAR 2003 HONDAACCORDS WAS HAVING WITH OVER HEATING. HONDA IS NOT REPLACING A FILTER PART AND SAY IT DOSE NOT EXIST WHEN IT DOES. WHEN I CALL HONDA AND THIS TIME INSISTED THERE IS A FILTER, THE SERVICE ADVISOR WILL ONLY THEN TELL YOU THAT THE FILTER EXIST BUT DOES NOT GET CHANGE DURING SERVICE.BECAUSE IT IS A SEALED PART OTHE TRANSMISSION. I BELIEVE AFTER EXPERIENCING THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MY CAR THAT IT COULD BE PREVENT IF HONDA WOULD FIX THE DESING FLAW OF THE TRANSMISSIONS. THIS COULD HAD HAD BEEN PEVENTED IF A 30 DOLLAR PART CAN BE MORE EASY TO REPLACE AND INXEPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING AS TO WHY I THINK HONDA DO NOT REPLACED THE FILTERS OR SELL A LOT OF THE FILTERS ON THE MARKET TO MILLIONS OF COSTUMERS WHO ARE PROBABLY LIKE I WAS IN THE DARK AND THINK THEY ARE GETTING A FRESH TRANSMISSION SERVICE BUT ALL THE TIME. RIDING IN A CAR THAT WILL FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS HAD I BEEN REAR ENDED AN MY WHOLE FAMILY KILLED NO ONE PROBABLY WOULD SUPECTED IT WAS A TRANS FAILED. *TR
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#10395193April 7, 2011
AIR BAGS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD LX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR REPLACEMENT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 05/05/11*LJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK, THE NEEDLE WOULD NOT GO PAST 3/4. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL SENDING UNIT AND PUMP ASSEMBLY. UPDATED 07/22/11
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#10394297April 5, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD V6 BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS SHIFTING GEARS WHILE DRIVING AFTER JUST ~65,000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. AFTER TELLING THE DEALERSHIP I READ ABOUT MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THESE ACCORDS, THEY CONTACTED THE "DISTRICT MANAGER" WHO OFFERED TO COVER 50% OF THE REPLACEMENT COST. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH HONDA. *TR
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#10394327April 5, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD WITH 71,000 MILES ON IT JUST EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE OF IT'S TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS NOT COVERED BY ANY REMAINING WARRANTY'S, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS FAILURE WAS COMMON IN THIS MAKE/MODEL OF CAR. *TR
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#10394346April 5, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HONDA FAILED TO NOTIFY THE CUSTOMER OF POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE DESPITE MANY INDUSTRY COMPLAINTS. MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT PERSONAL COST. THIS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY POSES A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD. *TR
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#10393689March 30, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN ABNORMALLY JERKING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THREE YEARS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.
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#10393546March 29, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING CAR ON FREEWAY WHEN IT LOST TRANSMISSION, ENGINE STILL RUNNING BUT NO POWER TO THE CAR. MANAGED TO COAST TO A SAFE STOP; LOWER GEARS STILL FUNCTIONING THEN. DROVE IN D2 TO MECHANIC, LOWER GEARS NOW DO NOT WORK RELIABLY -- AS SOON AS IT GETS HOT IT LOCKS UP. TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT OR REPLACED. RECALL REPIAR WAS PREVIOUSLY ACCORDING TO DEALER RECORDS BUT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE WORKED.
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#10393450March 27, 2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THIS COMPLAINT APPLIES TO ALMOST ALL CURRENTLY SOLD VEHICLES FROM ALL MANUFACTURERS. THE POLYCARBONITE LENSES ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS DETERIORATE QUICKLY AND GREATLY REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS. THIS COST OF REPLACING THESE DEFECTIVE LENSES IS PROHIBITIVE FOR MOST OWNERS AND THEY SIMPLY DRIVE WITH THE DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE HEADLIGHTS. MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE THESE DEGRADED AND UNSAFE LENSES WITH GLASS OR OTHER NON-HAZING MATERIAL AT NO CHARGE. POLISHING SCHEMES RARELY ARE EFFECTIVE AND DO NOT LAST LONG ANYWAY. ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ALONG WITH NORMAL WEATHERING IS THE SUSPECTED CAUSE OF THIS DETERIORATION OF THE POORLY DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED LENSES.
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#10392952March 26, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. NO REVERSE GEAR, NO PROPER POWER TO FORWARD GEARS. *TR
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#10392620March 23, 2011
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ENGAGED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE ENGINE REMAINED ON BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE HOME BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,500.
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#10392342March 21, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
1. NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWN-SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR IT DIDN'T ENGAGE AND THE ENGINE REVVED TO THE LIMITER BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO LET OFF THE GAS. WHEN I LET OFF THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED A HIGHER GEAR AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE. LATER WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT THE CAR WOULDN'T ENGAGE SECOND GEAR AGAIN AND JUST COASTED TO A STOP NO MATTER WHAT I DID. 2. THE FAILURE OCCURS AS SOON AS THE CAR WARMS, BUT OCCASIONALLY IT WILL ENGAGE SUDDENLY AND SLOW THE CAR DRAMATICALLY IF I AM TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. I WAS ALMOST HIT WHEN THIS OCCURRED ONCE. 3. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A "RE-MANUFACTURED" HONDA TRANSMISSION FOR $3500. *TR
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#10390250March 15, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD HAS HAD A SHUDDER WHEN BRAKING PRACTICALLY SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR-BOUGHT NEW IN FEB. 2002.. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE BRAKES WOULD STILL WORK AND I COULD DRIVE THE CAR AS LONG AS I WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I THOUGHT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN OMAHA HAD DAMAGED THE BRAKES WHILE FIXING THE ABS SYSTEM DUE TO A RECALL. I NOW SEE IT WAS PROBABLY A DESIGN FLAW--SINCE SO MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MODEL HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. NOW THE BRAKES NEED REPLACEMENT, AND I WILL ASK FOR NON-HONDA PARTS. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 1999 HONDA ACCORD, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. THIS 2003 IS NOT--IN ADDITION TO THE BRAKE PROBLEM, THE PAINT SCRATCHES EASILY AND THE INTERIOR IS OF VERY CHEAP MATERIALS, THE AC SMELLS BAD WHEN TURNED ON, AND THE CAR HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS--MANY OCCURRING AFTER IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA VEHICLE. *TR
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#10390298March 15, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MAKING TURN TO AN ON-RAMP THE RPM'S IN MY 2003,V6 HONDA ACCORD WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INCREASED TO 6000-7000, AFTER MAKING THE TURN I LOST ALL DRIVE POWER AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND FOUND NOTHING OBVIOUS UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO HONDA DEALER, DIAGNOSIS WAS A BLOWN TRANSMISSION. IT WILL COST $3500 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. CAR MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 105,000. *TR
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#10390021March 14, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 HONDA ACCORD V6 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF THE BLUE WITH 104,560 MILES ON IT. I KEEP MY CARS MINT AND CHANGE FLUIDS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. HONDA AMERICA SAID DUE TO THAT IT'S PAST ITS WARRANTY, AGE AND MILEAGE THEY ARE UNWILLING TO DUE ANYTHING. I'VE READ ON THE NHTSA'S WEBPAGE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSIONS FAILING ALL IN THE SAME WAY, EVEN MY CAR. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT HONDA IS UNWILLING AT THIS TIME TO ADDRESS. MY DEALER WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT CARED ABOUT RETAINING MY BUSINESS BY TAKING $250.00 OFF THE $2600.00 TRANSMISSION AND EATING HOURS OF LABOR BECAUSE IT TOOK LONGER THAN THE HONDA REPAIR MANUAL SAID. WHEN MY TRANSMISSION WENT MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON MAYBE 50 MILES BEFORE, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY GAS CAP BEING LOOSE, WRONG! RIGHT OUT OF NO WHERE THE ENGINE TACKED TO 7,000, I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED TO THE SHOULDER. I COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWORDS,. THANK GOD THE ENGINE STILL RAN TO KEEP THE CAR WARM. MY FRIEND WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME WITH HIS TWO YEAR OLD, THANKFULLY THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T KICK BACK IN AND WE SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER CAR, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN IT HAPPENED. ACTUALLY BROKE DOWN THREE MILES FROM MY DEALER. AND JUST HIS MORNING A WEEK AFTER BEING FIXED I HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE IN THE FRONT END AND THEN A MILE DOWN THE ROAD ON THE WAY TO WORK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, GEE I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD BE, GAS CAP NOT ON TIGHT ENOUGH? I HAD JUST SAVED UP THE $600.00 DOLLARS FOR THE TIMING BELT AND WATER PUMP THAT IT DUE TO BE CHANGED AT 105,000. $3300.00 FOR THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR. *TR
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#10390001March 13, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR 2003 HONDA ACCORD WITH ONLY 72,203 MILES HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WE SERVICED OUR VEHICLE REGULARLY AND THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. HONDA WANTS TO CHARGE US OVER $4000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS. WE HAD SEVERAL RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE, INCLUDING A SERVICE TO THE TRANSMISSION SHORTLY AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING HONDA IS HIDING. *TR
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#10389731March 10, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN V6 - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 125,000 MILES. PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION SINCE 75,000 MILES. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNT. DEALER CONFIRMED TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNT. THE ANSWER WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SHOULD NOT BE IN THAT CONDITION BUT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND DURING THEIR INSPECTION. *TR
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#10386854March 8, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WAS DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD AT 45MPH. SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION CHANGED GEARS FROM 4TH TO LILKE 1ST GEAR, FELT LIKE I HIT A BRICK WALL OR SOMEONE HIT ME HARD. IT WAS VERY SHOCKING AND SCARY. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR
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#10386753March 7, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FAILED RADIO DISPLAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS LIGHTS. REFERENCE AMERICAN HONDA CASE # [XXX] VOLUNTARY RECALL, BUT LIMITED IN TIME AND MILEAGE, THIS VEHICLE IS OUT OF THE VOLUNTARY RECALL BUT IS FAILED DUE TO DEFECT IN RADIO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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