I am adding my name to this growing list of Accord Owners with Tranny problems. I have my Accord that I use as a part-time vehicle (I have a very long commute to the office each day and felt I would split the chore between two cars to spare any expensive costs in maintanence and/or repairs). I have upheld all recommended servicing in the owner's manuel on or before they were due. Several months ago, I started noticing a hard shift on occasion when beginning to accelerate from a dead-stop. In addition, I began noticing when slowing down a hard jerk when at about 10mph...almost like it was stopping before it should. I took the car in for the recommended timing belt change and mentioned it to the mechanic who told me that a flush of transmission fluid would help. After having him do this service and using the 'required' Honda ATF fluid...the problem persists. I am now being told that despite not having any alerts (no lights going off)...my 'tranny is on the way out'.

Like so many people before me, I am VERY CONCERNED about the notion I had that Honda will last 200k if you treat them right and take good care of them, only to find that gentle driving and a great deal of servicing over the last few years means nothing.... I plan to call the attorney listed before me to add my name to the list of class action filing and call American Honda to request a formal complaint. I do not know if anything can be done since the car is outside the original warranty, but I certainly will have a nasty word for Honda if ever asked for a recommendation from friends/family in the future. I am so disappointed. I hope to get some flicker of good news tomorrow and will pass along anything I discover.

Bought car new in 2002. First transmission failed at 38000 miles. Dealer at first said

warranty was expired (36000 miles), fork over $3000 for a new one! After some begging and pleading with American Honda (they were very reluctant), a new transmission was installed on their dime. Now, at 72000 miles, the transmission has failed again requiring replacement ($3500 says the dealer). After pleading with the dealer and opening up another "Goodwill Repair" case with American Honda, I'll get a rebuilt transmission but I'm stuck with $700 worth of install and a $400 car rental bill (Case review, transmission order, and install was over 10 days!). American Honda says I should consider myself lucky and made me feel ungrateful and greedy!...Then I told them of my 2001 Honda Accord with the exact same problems, i.e, 3 transmissions failed in 125,000 miles!!...2 well maintained Honda Accords requiring 6 transmissions and I should feel ungrateful? No more Honda cars for me...I guess I'm just greedy.

Unfortunately I decided on buying this car on 2002 Sep/Oct. The problems were unlimited 1. In one month the heater blower went bad 2. In less than 2 years Brake master cylinder went bad 3. In less than 3 years transmission started slipping at less than 35000 miles on the car. I was lucky. I had 5 years extended warranty.

All the above got covered under warranty.

4. Again the transmission started slipping now at 68,000 miles on the car

Is that the Honda transmission lives only for 30-35 K miles? Called the Honda dealer and he says it costs 3000-3500$ and they can give only 6 months warranty on the replaced transmission. I asked him "Why 6 months only. Don't you believe in Honda transmissions your self?" and irony is....... he said YES.

My friend bought a 2003 Accord after seeing me buying one. and his transmission also got replaced at 35-40K miles.

I have a 1992 Toyota Camry and it never gave any problem till now. I feel that this Honda car is a big curse on my family. Myself or my friend will never buy a Honda again and we will never suggest Honda to any one.

Honda company is interested in selling more cars than taking care of the car quality. More than quality it is a safety issue. My wife was driving the car with my kid and the car suddenly dropped the speed and didn't move on an express way.

It is not acceptable. If this is the case, soon no one will prefer Honda. Honda should recall for this transmission issues and increase the warranty to 10 year/100,000 miles at least.

This is my fifth Honda Accord purchased since 1989. My first probelm with a transmission on my 2002 Accord EX. Honda and other repair shops says $3,000 will fix it. Repasir shop advised me of the past problems and extended warranty possibly through Honda. Awaiting word from them. My 2007 Accord EX runs great so far.

Update from Nov 12, 2009: local transmission shop advised transmission must be replaced for $3,000.00 They suggested contact local dealer due to problems with the Accords and Odessey model from 2000-2004. I contacted Honda America Customer Service , who advised they could not assist me even though I had purchased 5 Accords from them over the past 20 years. I the contacted the local dealer whom I purchased the vehicles from. They evaluated the problem, agreed to replace the transmission for $2,5000.00. Original price would have been $3,309.00 but they reduced the price by $809.00. Price included taxes, fluids, transmission and labor.

I have been problems with transmission for three-four months now. The car gives a jerk when shifting gears and the check engine light is on.

Took my car to Pepboys today and they gave me the reason for check engine light as the codes p0730, p0780.

Last quotes received to rebuild the transmission was in 2000-3000$ range.

I am trying to figure out if there has been any recall or class action on Honda Accord 2002 transmission failure. This seems to be a problem for a lot of cars. Is this a really fault of Honda or should I be looking at it a maintenance I need to do at 100K+ miles?

Looks like I am just adding to the list of many complaints regarding the same 2002 Honda Accord automatic transmission problem. It slips terribly from 1st to 2nd, get the occasional clunk and slip from 2nd to 3rd. Honda Dealership says only way to fix it is replace it to the tune of $3600! Are you kidding me! Glad we decided against the Honda Pilot when we bought our new vehicle this year. Now I feel guilty about trying to sell this POS Accord to anyone else. Oh well, you live and you learn I guess.

I have a beautiful 2002 Honda Accord. Never had one problem until this month. The temp. starting dropping and my tranny started slipping and banging into gear. Took it to the dealer they said" You need a new tranny". I called Honda America- they said" too bad we cant help you!" This needs to be taken care of ! after reading all the posts about hundreds of 2002 Hondas with the same problems its time for Honda to step up to the plate and re -call all 2002 Honda Accords now! Not a safety issue- I must disagree- when you are pulling out of your neighboorhood and have to cross on coming traffic to go the other way and the car is slipping and not going any where while cars are slamming on blakes to avoid hitting you. THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE !!!

This is my first car, and I'm heartbroken. My husband and I are paying for it by ourselves, and it will be paid of in March 2010. BUT, it probably won't make it that long, if we don't get the transmission replaced. I brought it in to replace the timing belt (100,000 miles), and the Honda mechanic advised me to think hard about putting $600 into a car that will require $3000 in transmission work. I really appreciate his honesty. AND, I'm really pissed that Honda is not automatically taking care of this problem. Honda coasts on the reputation of great cars from the past. If they take their "everyone knows someone who loves a honda" commercial seriously, they should make sure those of us who have Hondas continue to love them.

Update from Dec 30, 2009: We bought a Chevy Equinox. We will never buy a Honda again, and I will definitely advise all my friends to NOT buy a Honda.

The customer service people at the national office were terrible. In particular, a woman named Caroline was rude and disrespectful. The dealership would only give us a partial discount. We still ended up paying more than $1500 for the repair. We figured that we'd like to at least drive this car until it's paid off...and we HAD TO replace this transmission in order for it to be safe. How disappointing...we could not even get this car paid off before the transmission went bad.

I bought a used 2002 Honda accord with 110273 miles on it.i had it for a mounth and the transmission quit on me.I'm f*cking pissed.Many people at work said that I f*cked it up by my driveing.Then I came across this website that has 289 complaints about the trannie going out in 2002 hona accords!!!!!!!!!!more Then any other complaint about them.Damn shotty car!!!!!!!!I earn $300.00 a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm so pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!what the f*ck are people supposed to do?be screwed oviously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!mother f*ckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!cheap ass car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ronald Farrell = )

I get information from the web, counting hundreds of complaints with 1998-2002 transmission failures... all describing similar problem. I understand a class-action lawsuit challenged Honda for 98-01 and was settled with Honda extending warranty coverage to 10yr/100,000 miles. I also found that Honda is said to have extended that warranty to go until 109,000 mi. or 96 mos., and apply also to the 2002 models.

Honda ran my VIN and said my vehicle didn't qualify because only certain "plants" made the vehicles subject to that coverage. So, I suppose Honda doesn't make all the transmissions in the same place (hard to believe). I can understand assembly is different plants, but manufacturing of a key component is had to believe./ In any case, one would believe that if you build to a bad spec, the result will be crap wherever it is built.

So, Honda's goodwill (from their Midwest Rep) is that they would be will to assist if I can prove I changed the trans. fluid evey 30 thousand. Humh... never heard of that requirement to honor a warranty before That sounds like a trick to weasel out of paying for something they know they caused with poor quality control. I have never changed fluid in a transmission unless it needed it. I have always had the fluid checked regularly and it still looks good. I presume it was changed at 30,000, since it was still being maintained by a dealer. LESSON LEARNED TO ALL: don't trust that Honda you love so much. My next car will not be another Honda. My last one I just bought and when the warranty is up I plan on trading for a Toyota or something better.

We had a reliable 1989 Honda Accord! We decided to get a 2002 Honda Accord. We have had 2 transmissions installed under warranty assistance. Now we have another transmission problem. I feel that Honda should get there act together since they say that Honda's are a reliable quality product. I am waiting for a representative for warranty assistance to let me know if they are going to take care of the transmission and I would pay the labor. Hardly seems fair as the Honda Accord class action suits are too numerous to mention on the website. Please help!!

We bought a 2002 Honda Accord since we were very satisfied with a 1989 Honda Accord that we had. We have had 2 transmissions put in, the first one was faulty so they had to order another one. Now, this past Monday, at the Honda dealer, they said it was shift malfunction and and incorrect gear ratio. One the first two transmissions we had installed, we were granted a warranty assistance after I bitched about it to Honda Corporate Headquarters. I am still waiting for another warranty assistance and I would think that Honda would take care of the whole bill since this model is on the website as a problem.

I bought this car about 8 years ago brand new from the dealer, I was told Honda has extraordinary quality and no major worry below 100K, I was very convinced at the time up to last Thursday I bought the right car, I brought it for regular maintenance pretty much follow the manual. Last Friday, when driving under 90+ degree with my family , it started to jerk and slipping after stopped at a traffic light, then this continued dozen times in a 10 miles journey back home. I brought the car immediately to the dealer , and to my surprise, they told me pretty quickly that I need a new transmission, Honda doesn't rebuild transmission , and to my shock , it will be a $3500 bill. I was caught completely by surprise that a young car ( in the told Honda legend, 8 year is mid-age at most?) I need to replace the transmission. I am extremely disappointed at the quality, and I asked the dealer to deal with Honda to get a discount . After couple of negotiations since then, finally I got my price: $1500, a new transmission with 3 year 36000 miles warranty. I can't say I am happy with the result, but after reading all your posts, I think I get an average deal . $1500 is a lot of money, I hope this new transmission will run this car to 150K. Lesson learned from this, 1. make sure you keep all the service record, ( I lost a lot of these, if not, maybe I can get even a better price),

2. don't believe what people says about Japanese car, in general, they are good, however, you really need to know what you are buying and do the homework and look at the track record.

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. After looking I found many other people have had this same problem but could not find any complaints registered with the Office of Defects Investigation at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/index.cfm My Confirmation number (ODI Number) is: 10283744

I strongly suggest that others with this issue file a complaint as this is a safety issue and be sure to stress safety in your complaint!