We are on a one week summer family vacation and the one car we think is reliable has broken down in the mountains near Cashiers, NC. The car briefly displayed "Emission, Transmission, Blind Spot System Problem" the day before and we stopped the car, shut if off and restarted it and the errors went away. The next day we went to start the car (as we were renting a boat that day) and the car flashed the errors again.
This time when we put it in Drive it stayed in neutral and would not advance. We unplugged the battery and tried again with no luck. We called the Acura dealership that just changed the oil the week before and they thought it was in need of a software update. Unfortunately, the closest dealership to us that can do a software update was in Asheville, NC. We had to pay a tow truck to bring it to Asheville and rent a car to return back to Cashiers, an hour and a half away.
The next day the dealership called to let us know the transmission was in need of replacement - $4700 part and $1000 in labor so $5700. We were shocked as we always had the car for regular maintenance at the dealership and never had a problem. We were told the error codes were -P0651 ACURA - Sensor Reference Voltage 'B' Circuit Fault and P0841 Transmission Fluid Pressure Sensor / Switch A Circuit Range Performance both pointing to an electrical issue that normally costs $100 to fix. However, Acura won't allow the dealerships to replace any parts on their transmission and therefore we need to pay $5700 for a brand new one.
We bought a Honda because we thought it would be reliable after 70K. Boy were we wrong. Just months after we bought the car the transmission was over-shifting on hills. We had the software updated and it fixed the problem for awhile but it came back.
The shifting of this car has never seemed to be right. I think the transmission on these cars is faulty and now we feel like we have bought a lemon. If we wanted a $5700 repair cost we would have kept our BMW and at least enjoyed the ride for the first 70K miles. This incident is costing us thousands of dollars and has basically wrecked our summer vacation with our teens who will be off to school next week. Thanks Honda! We learned our lessons buying this car!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
We are on a one week summer family vacation and the one car we think is reliable has broken down in the mountains near Cashiers, NC. The car briefly displayed "Emission, Transmission, Blind Spot System Problem" the day before and we stopped the car, shut if off and restarted it and the errors went away. The next day we went to start the car (as we were renting a boat that day) and the car flashed the errors again.
This time when we put it in Drive it stayed in neutral and would not advance. We unplugged the battery and tried again with no luck. We called the Acura dealership that just changed the oil the week before and they thought it was in need of a software update. Unfortunately, the closest dealership to us that can do a software update was in Asheville, NC. We had to pay a tow truck to bring it to Asheville and rent a car to return back to Cashiers, an hour and a half away.
The next day the dealership called to let us know the transmission was in need of replacement - $4700 part and $1000 in labor so $5700. We were shocked as we always had the car for regular maintenance at the dealership and never had a problem. We were told the error codes were -P0651 ACURA - Sensor Reference Voltage 'B' Circuit Fault and P0841 Transmission Fluid Pressure Sensor / Switch A Circuit Range Performance both pointing to an electrical issue that normally costs $100 to fix. However, Acura won't allow the dealerships to replace any parts on their transmission and therefore we need to pay $5700 for a brand new one.
We bought a Honda because we thought it would be reliable after 70K. Boy were we wrong. Just months after we bought the car the transmission was over-shifting on hills. We had the software updated and it fixed the problem for awhile but it came back.
The shifting of this car has never seemed to be right. I think the transmission on these cars is faulty and now we feel like we have bought a lemon. If we wanted a $5700 repair cost we would have kept our BMW and at least enjoyed the ride for the first 70K miles. This incident is costing us thousands of dollars and has basically wrecked our summer vacation with our teens who will be off to school next week. Thanks Honda! We learned our lessons buying this car!
- Maureen B., Atlanta, US