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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2003 Honda Accord suffers from widespread transmission failure & problems with the stereo backlight failing. We recommend avoiding this model year like the plague.
The transmission begins slipping & eventually has to be replaced, typically soon after 90,000 miles & with a repair cost of over $2,000. Transmission failure has been a huge problem for the Accord & several other Honda models all through the early 2000s model years. Honda extended the transmission warranty to 93 months/109k miles for the 2000-2001 Accord as a class action lawsuit settlement, but owners of other Accord model years with transmission problems are out of luck.
The stereo backlight problem has been an issue since these Accords were only a few years old. Honda eventually issued a recall which covered the repair for 7 years/100k miles, which was nice while it lasted but now that period is over. Honda initially was replacing the entire radio ($800) but eventually began replacing just the PCB which at ~$300 is much cheaper. That sounds like a deal, but keep in mind we're talking about a backlight bulb that costs $2 to fix in most other cars.
9.3
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,560
- Average Mileage:
- 113,950 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 33 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace transmission (17 reports)
- not sure (16 reports)
transmission problem
Helpful websites
- 2003 V6-EX - Violently downshifts into 1st gear at highway speeds
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
The night of February 22 my family and I were coming home from the airport and to our surprise or Honda Accord transmission started shifting violently and roughly while driving on the highway. It was very scary and schoking! The car downshifted in such a violent way that we all yelled! We almost had an accident! We had to stop on the side of the road to calm down. After a while my husband managed to drive the car home at five miles per hour and the next day he took the car to the dealer. At the dealer they check the car and told us that the transmission looked really bad and we need it to change it. The total amount in the report that the dealer gave us is $4,498.00!!!!!(amount that we do not have)
After this happened I Google transmissions on the internet and found this website with all this complaints from other Honda Accord's owners. After reading all this, we are ready to fight for our car. We want Honda to fix the issue and recall the cars. We can not let this happened without complaint, it will be terrible if someone has an accident and die on the road! My husband and I are committed to complaint and fight because we believe that Honda must do something!!!! This is a safety issue!!!!
- florencega, Sugar Hill, GA, US