2002 Honda Accord complaints

TCC CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION CODE:P0740

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105000.

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON HOND ACCORD. ACCELERATOR GET STUCK. CAR DOES NOT TRANSTION, THEN REV UP. CALLED AMERICAN HONDA. THEY ARE USELESS. *DT

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE NHTSA RECALL #09V259000, AIR BAGS FRONTAL, DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATING WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE RECALL REPAIR. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,000.

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE ARM REST IS USED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 256,000.

WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SLIP GEARS AND THEN GET STUCK IN 1ST GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE D4 STARTED FLASHING AND THE TCS LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED FINE. A MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST A SHIFTING MALFUNCTION AND HE RESET THE COMPUTER. HOWEVER, A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET AND I HAD TO QUICKLY GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE ANY CARS REAR-ENDED ME AS THE CAR WAS SUDDENLY GOING VERY SLOW. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED AND THIS DIDN'T HELP AT ALL. I HAVE HAD ALL OTHER REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AND STILL THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT AT SLIGHTLY OVER 100,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 5 MPH AND ABRUPTLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO ENGAGE AND LOCK THE CONTACT INTO POSITION. THE SRS AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEATBELTS AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE IN THE AIR BAGS AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY DEPLOY THE AIR BAGS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE FULLY OPERATIONAL. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE AIR BAGS FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE RECALL CAMPAIGN (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V041000: AIR BAGS). THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE AIR BAGS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND CURRENT WAS 90,000. UPDATED 06/25/10. *LJ UPDATED 06/29/10.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HE NOTICED WHEN HE GETS IN HIS VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTS TO START IT, IT WILL NOT START BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED HIS VEHICLE IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT ALLOW HIM TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION WITHOUT THE VEHICLE BEING IN PARK. THE DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 115,000.

THE HEADLIGHT COVERS BECAME HIGHLY SCRATCHED BY NORMAL DRIVING, TO THE POINT THAT THE HEADLIGHT COVERS SIGNIFICANTLY PREVENTED THE HEADLIGHTS FROM DOING THEIR JOB. THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHEN LIGHT CHANGED, ALTHOUGH LIGHTLY PRESSING ON GAS, THE CAR WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NOT A CAR BEHIND ME AND A DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME; OTHERWISE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WOULD RANDOMLY LUNGE FORWARD FROM A STOPPED POSITION. ALSO, WHEN STOPPED ON SMALL INCLINE; WOULD SLIP AS IF PULLING BEFORE TRANSMISSION WOULD KICK IN. ONLY 69,000 MILES BUT REQUIRED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. HONDA 2002 ACCORD. ALTHOUGH SOME 2002 WERE RECALLED, ADVISED BY HONDA MY CAR WAS NOT ELIGIBLE DUE TO PLANT WHERE IT WAS MANUFACTURED. HOWEVER, THIS TRANSMISSION WAS DEFINITELY DEFECTIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SINCE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT WHENEVER HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT SEEMED THAT HE WAS PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HE ENGAGED BOTH PEDAL AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR IN 2003. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG IT. HE HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 46,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100.

2002 HONDA ACCORD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MARCH 3, 2010 WHILE DRIVING ON MD-355 HIGHWAY DURING RUSH TRAFFIC HOURS CAUSING PANIC TO THE DRIVER. THE ENGINE KEPT REVVING UP, BUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEARS DO NOT CHANGE, NOT PICKING UP SPEED, AND CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THE CAR HAS ONLY 90000 MILES. SHOULDN'T THIS REQUIRE A RECALL BY HONDA? CAN NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE FOR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DRIVERS, AND FOLLOW UP WITH HONDA COMPANY. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) HONDA HAS RECALLED MANY 2002 ACCORDS FOR AIRBAG PROBLEMS. I HAVE A 2002 ACCORD. ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS REMAINED ON SINCE THEN. HONDA HAS TOLD ME MY VEHICLE, [XXX] IS NOT PART OF THE AIRBAG RECALL. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE RECALL. *TR

TCC CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. *TR

AT 65,000 MILES, MY HONDA IS JERKING AND SKIDDING. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, IT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. HONDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IT IS NOT RECALLING, IT IS WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO DIE, JUST LIKE TOYOTA BEFORE IT WOULD RECALL THE TRANSMISSION OR REPLACE FOR FREE. *TR

1. MY CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND SERVICED RELIGIOUSLY SINCE IT WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2002. A HONDA ACCORD. 2. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN I'M DOWSHIFTING TO ACCELERATE. IT DOES IT ALL THE TIME UNLESS I COMPLETELY STOP. 3. I HAVEN'T REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THERE ARE ENDLESS QUANTITIES OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2002 HONDA ACCORDS AND HONDA STILL HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL. *TR

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WHEN STARTED IN THE MORNING AND MOMENTARILY ACCELERATES QUICKLY WHEN DEPRESSED AND THEN DECELERATES. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD V6 COUPE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM. I BROUGHT IT TO DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A SEAT BELT BUCKLE SWITCH FAILURE, AND IT WOULD COST $200+ TO FIX, EVEN THOUGH THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT ALL SEAT BELT PROBLEMS HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY. I REFUSED TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED, AND THEY SENT ME AWAY, INFORMING ME THAT THE SRS SYSTEM IS SHUT DOWN. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME, AND I FEEL THEY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE ON THEIR ACCORDS. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU COULD GIVE ME. THANK YOU *TR

TRANSMISSION JERKS OR LUNGES FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. I AM AFRAID VEHICLE WILL JUMP FORWARD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR THE POOR PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

ON DECEMBER 6, 2008 WITH 77,914 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. MY CAR INITIALLY BEGAN JERKING UPON ACCELERATION, ALMOST AS IF I WERE A NEW DRIVER DRIVING A MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR. IT QUICKLY PROGRESSED TO SLIPPING OF GEARS WHILE DRIVING (BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD) AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCELERATE UNTIL MY SPEED DECLINED AND IT WENT BACK INTO 2ND GEAR. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND WE NEEDED A REPLACEMENT. WE CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, THEY CHECKED OUR VIN # TO SEE IF IT WAS ONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN ANY RECALLS OR WARRANTY EXTENSION AND NO LUCK FOR US. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND WERE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS SITUATION WHICH OBVIOUSLY REFLECTS A FLAW IN THE QUALITY OF TRANSMISSION HONDA IS PUTTING IN THEIR VEHICLES. TOTAL REPAIRS WERE ABOUT $2,600 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD V6 COUPE EXPERIENCED A STUCK THROTTLE AND RUNAWAY ACCELERATION. I SLOWED THE CAR WITH THE BRAKES, SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THEN RE-STARTED IT. IT WENT BACK TO REDLINE. FINALLY, KICKING THE GAS PEDAL CAUSED THE ACCELERATION TO STOP. I NOTICED SUBSEQUENTLY, THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD ALSO FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP (DARLINGS HONDA, IN BANGOR, ME), TOLD ME THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD BROKEN, NEAR THE ATTACHMENT POINT OF THE CRUISE ACTUATOR CABLE. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. IT APPEARS TO ME, THAT THERE IS A FLAW IN THE VEHICLE, THAT ALLOWS RUNAWAY ACCELERATION WHEN A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THIS KIND OCCURS. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA ("BRIAN" AT 800-999-1009 X 117738), AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO HIM. HE GOT BACK TO ME TWO DAYS LATER, AND TOLD ME THAT HONDA WAS UNWILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE WARRANTS AN INVESTIGATION, AS IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH OR SEVERE INJURY. THE SAME VEHICLE ALSO HAS DEVELOPED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS BEGINNING TO FAIL. THERE IS A DELAY BETWEEN GEARS, THAT FEELS LIKE THE TORQUE CONVERTER ISN'T LOCKING UP AS FAST AS IT USED TO. IT MAKES PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC MORE DIFFICULT. DESPITE THERE HAVING BEEN AN ADMITTED TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, WITH 2002 V6 ACCORDS, THE DEALER SUGGESTS THAT I TRY ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE, INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. THEY CITE THE CAR'S HIGH MILEAGE, 142,000 MILES, A

THIS IS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V176000, BUT ITS OCCURRING IN A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS ALMOST EVERY TIME AND THE GEARS DO NOT CHANGE AT THE RIGHT TIME. THIS MAY LEAD TO ACCIDENTS/CRASHES WHEN DRIVING IN/OUT OF FREEWAYS. *TR

CAR BEGAN SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR VERY ROUGHLY. UPON ACCELERATION TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND JERKS. CAR IS AWAITING REPAIR FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. AS WITH OTHER HONDA OWNERS THERE HAVE BEEN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. HONDA SETTLED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR THEIR PROBLEM TRANSMISSION VEHICLES UP TO 2001. THIS PROBLEM CARRIES OVER INTO THEIR LATER MODELS. MY PROBLEM AS WELL WITH MANY OTHERS IS THAT IT SLIPS BETWEEN SHIFTING GEARS. I HAVE TAKEN INTO NUMEROUS DEALERS AND TRANSMISSION SHOPS WITH NO ONE ABLE TO HELP. HONDA AMERICA DOES NOT OFFER ANY HELP WITH THIS SITUATION. OTHER THAN REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. THIS WEBSITE IS ONE OF MANY THAT HAS THE SAME COMPLAINT AS MYSELF. HTTP://WWW.HONDAPROBLEMS.COM/ACCORD/TRANSMISSION-FAILURE.SHTML CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US IN FORCING HONDA TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THEIR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS RELUCTANT TO SHIFT OUT OF THE GEAR. WHENEVER HE SHIFTED INTO FOURTH GEAR IT FAILED TO DOWN SHIFT AND REMAINED IN FOURTH GEAR. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE HONDA DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE FOR $2100. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS, WARRANTIES OR REIMBURSEMENT REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD IS COMPLETELY BUSTED. I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2005 AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS UP UNTIL 2009. RECENTLY I'VE READ THAT HONDA ISSUED AN EXTENSION ON THE TRANSMISSIONS UP TO 7YRS 60,000 MILES. HOWEVER WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, I HAD NO IDEA THAT HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED. NOT A PEEP. MY CAR HAS JUST OVER 61,000 AND JUST OVER 7YRS OLD. JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. NOW, I'VE HAD SEVERAL ESTIMATES ON A NEW TRANSMISSION RANGING ABOUT 3200-3600 DOLLARS. I FEEL HONDA SHOULD REPLACE IT OR AT LEAST HELP WITH SOME OF THE COST AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I FEEL COMPELLED TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. SHE WAS ON THE ROAD AND COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY SOMEONE IF SHE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A INTERSECTION OR SOMEONE ELSE JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE THE CAR DOESN'T GO FASTER THEN 20 MPH. THANK GOD NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED, BUT I'VE READ STORIES ONLINE FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HUNDREDS OF THEM. I SAW ON THE NEWS ABOUT HONDA AND THE AIRBAG RECALLS AND IF I DO GET A LETTER FROM HONDA TO REPLACE THAT, I WONT BE ABLE TO GET MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE MY TRANSMISSION IS TRASH! ALREADY! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW, SO THANK YOU WHOEVER IS THE LUCKY PERSON TO READ THIS. I HOPE I CAN GET THIS RESOLVED. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2002 HONDA ACCORD COUPE BRAND NEW IN 2002. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PURCHASE THE SRS INDICATOR LIGHT BEGAN TO INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THE INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST BUT FINALLY REMAINED ON CONSTANTLY. I MADE THE DEALERSHIP AWARE OF THIS AND THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS IN ORDER TO PASS INSPECTION. IN THE SPRING OF 2006 HONDA FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND SENT NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS. I WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE MONEY I HAD PAID FOR REPAIRS. GIVEN THE PROBLEMS THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART FOR ALL OWNERS. UNFORTUNATELY, A MALFUNCTION OF THE SRS HAPPENED AGAIN IN 2006. AGAIN I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS. AGAIN I SUBMITTED THE INFORMATION TO HONDA AND WAS REIMBURSED. FINALLY, IN 2009 ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE SRS WAS DISCOVERED. I ASSUMED ALL WOULD BE AS BEFORE AND THAT I COULD SUBMIT A CLAIM AND BE REIMBURSED. HONDA DID PAY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM EVALUATED, BUT THIS TIME HONDA REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND DENIED THE CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT. I HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH HONDA OVER THIS ISSUE SINCE FEBRUARY 2009. I HAVE APPEALED THEIR DENIAL AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS THIS PART WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE BEGINNING. NOW, A RECALL OF HONDAS INVOLVING THE SRS SYSTEM IS UNDER WAY, BUT AGAIN MY CLAIM IS BEING DENIED. I AM BEING TOLD THAT THE PART IN QUESTION IS NOT DEFECTIVE. HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS

2002 HONDA ACCORD TRANSMISSION CLUTCH, MANY ACCORD AND CIVIC MODELS AND YEARS OF HONDA WERE RECALLED FOR REPAIRS BUT THE RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS YEAR OR MODEL ACCORD. THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THOSE REPORTED IN THE RECALLED HONDAS. HONDA IS SAVING MONEY BY TRYING TO LIMIT ITS RECALLS AND REPAIR OBLIGATIONS. HONDA CAREFULLY LIMITED ITS RECALL DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS AND THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE CARS DUE TO THESE DEFECTS. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD DEVELOPED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AT 45,000 MILES. AFTER CONTACTING HONDA AND BEING TOLD THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT AFFECTED I REVIEWED THE COMPLAINTS SECTION ON THE INTERNET AND REALIZED THAT 90% OF THE 2002 PROBLEMS LISTED WERE RELATED TO TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND EVEN AFTER MANY PEOPLE PAID TO HAVE THEIR TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED AFTER 30K MILES IN SOME CASES. THE AVERAGE COST OF REPAIR FOR THIS IS $3500 AND IT IS OBVIOUS IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT BY THE HUGE PERCENTAGE OF TRANSMISSION'S. I HAVE TRADED IN MY ACCORD BUT REQUEST THAT THE GOVERNMENT PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE IN DETAIL AND HELP THE MANY UNKNOWING CONSUMERS OUT THERE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR KILLED, AS IF SPENDING $3500 TO FIX AN OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT ISN'T BAD ENOUGH. AND EVEN AFTER SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET IT FIXED IT STILL RE-OCCURS. THIS SHOULD BE A DEFINITE RECALL ITEM. *TR

IT SEEMS AS IF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. IT OCCASIONALLY HAPPENS BUT IS MORE FREQUENT WHEN IT'S RAINING. IT WAS RAINING LIGHTLY AND I WAS AT A DEAD STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND UPON IT TURNING GREEN I GAVE IT SOME GAS BUT IT BARELY MOVED BUT I DID SEE THE RPMS CLIMB LIKE NORMAL, THIS HAPPENED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A BIG METAL CLUNK NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BAY AND THE CAR JERKED AND STARTED TO MOVE, THIS STARTLED AND I'M GLAD NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I MAY HAVE REAR ENDED THEM. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND INFORMED THEM OF MY PROBLEM ABOUT A MONTH AGO BUT THEY SAID THE 2002 ACCORD IN QUESTION DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THE VIN DID NOT FALL BETWEEN CERTAIN NUMBERS. *TR

ON NOV 17, 2009, MY HONDA ACCORD SUDDENLY COULD NOT BE STOPPED WITH THE FULL BRAKE. THE VEHICLE KEPT ON THE SAME SPEED EVEN WITH FULL BRAKE. THEN IT HAD TO HIT ANOTHER CAR. AFTER I SAW THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN THE LANE IN FRONT OF ME AT ABOUT 100-150 FEET, I THEN APPLIED THE FULL BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING, I THEN RELEASED THE BRAKE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE AGAIN, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL KEPT GOING UNTIL IT HIT ANOTHER CAR IN THE LANE. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT TOYOTA ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. ACTUALLY THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I MET THIS PROBLEM. ANOTHER TIME, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAR IN FRONT OF ME, SO THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE GOT STOPPED AFTER I RELEASED THE BRAKE AND TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN APPLIED BRAKE LIGHTLY AGAIN. *TR

HONDA ACCORD 2002. FAILING TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY 6 YEARS ON THE ROAD, AND 70,000 MILES. THE ONLY EVENTS ARE THAT AROUND OCT, 2008, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. HONDA BELLEVUE, WA, WANTED OVER $4,000 TO REPLACE. CALLING OTHER DEALERSHIPS NETTED NEARLY THE SAME COST. THREE OIL CHANGES AND TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACEMENT, WITH CONSTANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, DID NOT RESULT IN ANY CHANGE OF STANCE BY HONDA. AFTER CONTACTING HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE, HONDA DEALER REVISED THEIR QUOTE TO $2,000 FOR A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION. SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOGARITHMICALLY WORSE, WE ATE THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. THE REPLACEMENT WAS BUGGY IN THAT WE HAD TO SPEND CONSIDERABLE TIME AT THE DEALERSHIP WHILE THEY FIXED THE INABILITY TO TURN OFF THE CAR OR REMOVE THE KEYS. *TR

WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE ON RAMP THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD BEGAN TO SLIP IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION AND I HAD TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION TO QUICKLY PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING HIT IN THE REAR AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE BY DRIVING ON THE SHOULDER AND TOOK LOCAL ROADS BACK TO MY HOME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THIS PROBLEM WAS CONFIRMED. THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN THE LAST 25 MONTHS. THE FIRST INCIDENT ALSO RESULTED IN A NEAR ACCIDENT. THIS ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED AND WIDESPREAD ACROSS SEVERAL MODEL YEARS IN THE EARLY 1990'S. HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE, HOWEVER, BUT FOR QUICK DRIVER REACTION THIS DEFECT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE (IN DEC. 2007) HONDA AGREED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRING ME TO PAY FOR 1/3 OF THE COST. (THE CAR HAD 58,000 MILES AND WAS NOT IN ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY). AFTER THIS FAILURE HONDA IS OFFERING TO PAY 50% OF THE COST. (THE CAR HAS 110,000 MILES). SO IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY 50,000 MILES OR SO THIS TRANSMISSION WILL SUFFER COMPLETE FAILURE. HONDA HAS EXTENDED THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY FROM THE ORIGINAL (3YR/36000) TO (7YR/100000). MY VEHICLE IS NOW 7 1/2 YR OLD AND 110000 SO HONDA SAYS THEY WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY

THIS SAFETY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD EX 3.0 V6 THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS ABOUT 90K. RECENTLY I FELT THE TRANSMISSION HAD DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP. ON JANUARY 15, 2010, MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR ENTERING INTO A HIGHWAY AND FOUND IT VERY HARD TO SPEED UP AND THE CAR BEHIND HER HAD TO BRAKE TO AVOID A CRASH. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OF THE CAR WAS ON, AND D4 LIGHT STARTED TO BLINK. THE MECHANIC I WENT TO POINTED OUT (AND HONDA DEALER LATER CONFIRMED) THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNT OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS A FAILURE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS THE FAILURE HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE CAR START TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP OR LOW SPEED AND CAN LEAD TO CRASH IF THE CAR CAN'T SPEED UP TIMELY AND THE CAR IN BEHIND DOES NOT HAVE TIME TO RESPOND. I FOUND ALSO MANY OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM, WHICH SUGGEST TO ME THIS IS AN INHERENT PRODUCT PROBLEM FOR HONDA ACCORD FROM YEAR 2000 TO 2003. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD LX-V6 HAS DEVELOPED PREMATURE FAILURE OF BOTH THE FRONT AND SIDE MOTOR MOUNTS. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT OF HONDA V6 VEHICLES, FOR WHICH HONDA HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB). MOTOR MOUNTS ARE NOT A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM; THEY ARE NOT LISTED IN THE HONDA RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR HONDA ACCORDS UP TO 120,000 MILES AS AN ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR INSPECTED. MANY EXPERTS SUGGEST THAT MOTOR MOUNTS SHOULD OUTLAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR; HENCE THIS CLEARLY REPRESENTS A PREMATURE FAILURE OF A CRITICAL ENGINE SAFETY COMPONENT. THE BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS REPRESENT A 'SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT' AS DESCRIBED IN THE U.S. CODE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY (TITLE 49, CHAPTER 301). A SAFETY DEFECT IS DEFINED AS A PROBLEM THAT EXISTS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE OR ITEM OF MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT THAT 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. BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS (ENGINE MOUNTS) ARE DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AT HIGH SPEED DUE TO WEDGED LINKAGES CAUSING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DRIVING WITH DAMAGED ENGINE MOUNTS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. THE ENGINE CAN ALSO SPIN FRONT WARD AND DAMAGE THE RADIATOR WITH THE FAN BLADES. THE NHTSA HAS PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZING BROKEN ENGINE MOUNTS AS A 'SAFETY-RELATED' DEFECT. ON OCTOBER 15, 1971, NHTSA ISSUED A CONSUMER PROTECTION BULLETIN ADVISING MOTORISTS OF THE "P

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 70K MILES ON THE HONDA ACCORD V6. HAD TO GET THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOR A FEW THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS APPARENTLY IS A COMMON ISSUE AS EXPRESSED BY MANY HONDA OWNERS ON SEVERAL WEBSITES. HOWEVER HONDA CORP DENIES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND THE CONSUMERS ARE BEING RIPPED OF THOUSANDS. HONDA HAS RECALLED TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR ACCEPTED THAT TRANSMISSIONS WERE DEFECTIVE ON 2001 MODELS, THE 2002 MODEL CARDS WHICH ARE VERY SIMILAR TO 2001 COULD HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND COULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY PRODUCED IN 2001 TOO AND HENCE COULD BE FACING THE SAME ISSUE. HOWEVER 2002 OWNERS ARE BEING TURNED DOWN BY THE HONDA CORP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP WITH A JERKING MOTION AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,00. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

CAR BEGAN JERKING ON HIGHWAY AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRANSMISSION DRIVE LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING. TRANSMISSION WAS CHECKED AND DIAGNOSTIC CODE P0740 WAS DISPLAYED. TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED AND SHORTLY AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THE CAR WAS CHECKED AT A DIFFERENT SHOP AND DIAGNOSTIC CODE P0740 WAS AGAIN DISPLAYED. THE MECHANIC STATED THE NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ALREADY BURNT AND PRINTED HONDA HOTLINE ARCHIVES THAT DOCUMENTED TRANSMISSION DEFECTS IN PRIOR YEARS, AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THAT EXTENDED TRANSMISSION WARRANTIES FROM SEVERAL PREVIOUS YEARS THROUGH 2001 TO 100,000 MILES. A HONDA DEALER VERIFIED THIS CODE AND I WAS GIVEN A 15% DISCOUNT ON THE REPAIR, A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WITH A 36,000 MILE WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THIS CAR HAD 73,000 MILES,WAS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH RECORDS AND DRIVEN BY A MIDDLE AGED COUPLE EXCLUSIVELY. TOTAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES WERE GREATER THAN $2,600.00. *TR

WHILE NOT CRASHES OR INJURIES HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE HONDA VEHICLE I OWN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ON THE VEHICLE WHICH ARE A CAUSE OF SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ACCORD WITH ABOUT 131,000 MILES WHICH HAS HAD THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: 1. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AROUND 60,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY HONDA. AT AROUND 100,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO EXHIBIT SAME SYMPTOMS. I TOOK THE CAR IN, BUT, OF COURSE, HONDA DEALER SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. THEN AROUND 116,000 MILES A HONDA MECHANIC SAID THAT MY MODEL OF A CAR HAS AN ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE IS BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO IT. WHILE A TRANSMISSION FAILING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SAFETY ISSUE, LOOSING VEHICLE CONTROL AND DRIVABLE ON THE HIGHWAY COULD BE. 2. NOW THE VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DESPITE HAVING NEW AND BALANCED TIRES ON IT. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO GET NEW STRUTS. SINCE THEN I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC OF VERY HIGH INTEGRITY (NOT THE HONDA DEALER) AND THEY SAID THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM MAY SIMPLY BE ?IMPOSSIBLE? TO FIX SINCE EVERYTHING THEY COULD SEE INDICATED THAT CAR SHOULD BEHAVE NORMALLY, I.E. THE TIRES WERE FINE, THE ALIGNMENT WAS FINE, AND THE CV JOINTS WERE FINE. THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF THE ISSUE AND INDICATES A POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW WITH THE VEHICLE. 3. THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE ARE HORRIBLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT SERIOUSLY IMPAIRS T

2002 HONDA ACCORD VP; TRANSMISION SLIPPING 'GOING OUT'. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. SHE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING SHE CAN HEAR THE ENGINE ACCELERATING WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO GO INTO GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. A MECHANIC STATED THAT SHE NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120000.

LAST MAY, MY 71 YEAR-OLD MOTHER IN LAW LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR SHORTLY AFTER STARTING IT AND CRASHED INTO OUR HOUSE. SHE STATED THAT THE CAR "TOOK OFF" ON HER DESPITE HER STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEFECTS AND THE CAR WAS REPAIRED. I CONCLUDED THAT SHE HAD MISTAKENLY STEPPED ON THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE DESPITE HER CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY AND CONSIDERED THE ISSUE CLOSED. THERE HAVE BEEN NO SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS UNTIL LAST WEEK, I WENT OUT TO MOVE HER CAR (2002 HONDA ACCORD). WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE THE ENGINE RACED. I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT ACCELERATION BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE (IMPORTANT POINT) AND I QUICKLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE RACED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN RETURNED TO REGULAR IDLING SPEED. I THEN DROVE THE CAR BRIEFLY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, HOWEVER I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH HONDA TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THE MECHANICS TESTED THE CAR AND FOUND NO CLEAR CAUSE OF THE RACING ENGINE ALTHOUGH THEY DID FIND CRACKED ENGINE BRACKETS AND REPLACED THEM. WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM THE DEALER I PARKED THE CAR FOR A BRIEF STOP. WHEN I STARTED IT AGAIN I HAD THE SAME EVENT OCCUR THAT I EXPERIENCED LAST WEEK. I DROVE HOME, CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT I BRING IT BACK. WHILE DRIVING BACK TO THE DEALER I HAD TWO MORE INCIDENTS (ONCE AT A RED LIGHT AND ONCE WHILE PULLING INTO THE DEALER PARKING LOT). EACH TIME I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT ACCELERATION BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. I NOT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIFFERENTIAL AND CARRIER BEARINGS ARE DAMAGED - CAR HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY CARED FOR BY THE DEALER BUT TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

A STEERING STUCK INCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE BECOME A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON A BUSY ROAD! WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY AROUND 20MPH IN A 30 MPH SPEED ZONE AND TRYING TO TURN RIGHT, THE STEERING WAS STUCK AND COULD NOT TURN RIGHT. AFTER PROCEEDING STRAIGHT, TURNED RIGHT WITH A GREAT MANUAL EFFORT IN STEERING BY MAKING A VERY WIDE RIGHT TURN AT THE NEXT SIGNAL (ALMOST ENDANGERING CARS IN THE OTHER LANE WAITING AT THE SIGNAL) THEN MOVED INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE I FOUND THE STEERING COULD BE NEITHER TURNED RIGHT OR LEFT. AN EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS SUMMONED AND HE TIGHTENED SOME LOOSE NUT (WHICH HAD RESULTED IN THE BELT BECOMING LOOSE). REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO (1-800-999-1009) ON 12/28/09 AFTER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT MCDAVID HONDA OF IRVING. IF THIS INCIDENT HAD HAPPENED ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAY, IT COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT. DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A CAR BEING REGULARLY SERVICED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER COULD HAVE A STEERING FAILURE? *TR

NOTICED FLUID ON DRIVEWAY. BROUGHT CAR TO MECHANIC, WHERE WE WERE TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE HAD BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 2001 AND IT HAD ONLY 78,000 MILES ON IT. IT ENDED UP COSTING US CLOSE TO $1,900.00 TO FIX. *TR

2002 HONDA ACCORD V6 WITH 52,114 MILES WENT OUT NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION HONDA DEALER SAID IT FAILED. NOW IT COST ME 3068.00 DOLLARS. I CANT BELIEVE WITH LOW OF MILEAGE THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT PLEASE ADVICE. THANK YOU. *TR

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT UP SHIFT AT TIMES OR SEVERE JUMPING WHEN IT WOULD SHIFT; ALSO IT WOULD DOWN SHIFT AT NORMAL DRIVING SPEED CAUSING A SUDDEN SLOWING OF THE CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA ACCORD AND HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING AND/OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAVE CHECK THE RECALLS REGARDING THE PROBLEM WITH HONDA CORPORATION AND NOTICE THAT THE PROBLEM ALSO EXIST IN THE HONDA CIVIC, INVOLVING THE IGNITION SWITCH. I HAVE CONTACTED HONDA AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ACCORD DOESN'T FALL INTO THE RECALL, BECAUSE IT IS A ACCORD AND NOT A CIVIC. I HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT HONDA WOULD NOT COVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN HE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND THEN LURCH FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST FOR INSPECTION. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR CONFIRMATION. HE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,054. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 144,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP GEARS. THIS CONDITION CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140000.