CarComplaints.com Notes: The 1998 Honda Accord suffers from widespread transmission failure, peeling paint, & subframe rust. We recommend avoiding this model year like the plague.
The transmission begins slipping & eventually has to be replaced, typically soon after 100,000 miles & with a repair cost of over $2,000.
Peeling paint has also been a huge issue for these Accords. Most of the complaints are with darker paint colors -- especially green & blue.
Subframe rust near the front passenger side wheel has become a problem recently, due to the poorly positioned A/C drain hose directly above that area. Repair cost to the subframe is over $2,000.
Honda Accord, Civic & Odyssey Transmission Failure - Seven pages describe widespread Honda transmission problems with actions you can take and possible avenues of recourse. A good summary of the hundreds of reports I've found on various blogs on the internet regarding these lousy transmissions. The numbers of owners affected is huge - Why hasn't the NTSB issued a recall?
My transmission started giving me problems around 90,000 miles. The only way I can describe the problem is to say when I am driving, if the car were a stick I would have to shift, but with my car it shudders, and then shoots forward. Since I have an automatic it should shift automatically. It has gotten significantly worse. It only used to have a problem when I started the car, now even if I have been driving 30 min. it still does it. I took it to a transmission specialist, and they could not spot the prob., they said they would have to take it apart, and probably build a new one. This seems extreme for a car that is only 8 years old.
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My transmission started giving me problems around 90,000 miles. The only way I can describe the problem is to say when I am driving, if the car were a stick I would have to shift, but with my car it shudders, and then shoots forward. Since I have an automatic it should shift automatically. It has gotten significantly worse. It only used to have a problem when I started the car, now even if I have been driving 30 min. it still does it. I took it to a transmission specialist, and they could not spot the prob., they said they would have to take it apart, and probably build a new one. This seems extreme for a car that is only 8 years old.
- nannyjena, San Jose, CA, US