CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2005 Honda Accord suffers from transmission failure. It's not a huge widesperad problem like in prior years, but definitely still something to consider.
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 problems have been a huge problem for the Accord & several other Honda models all through the early 2000s model years. Honda eventually extended the transmission warranty to 93 months/109k miles for the 2000-2001 Accords as a class action lawsuit settlement, but owners of other Accord model years with transmission problems are out of luck.
Since I purchased the car in November 2004 there have been repeated incidents when both the door locks and the doors themselves were frozen in "extreme" cold weather.
Usually I could get the trunk open, fold down the back seats and crawl through to the front to start the car.
As this has occurred more than several times each winter, I believe that there is/are definitely design flaws and perhaps inadequate materials used for the cold of the northern climates of Toronto.
Dealer is baffled.
Roaming the Internet has produced suggestion to use penetrating gun oil in the locks and on the door seals. Yet to be tried.
Should a 68-year old woman (or anyone else) have to be crawling into the car like this?
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Since I purchased the car in November 2004 there have been repeated incidents when both the door locks and the doors themselves were frozen in "extreme" cold weather.
Usually I could get the trunk open, fold down the back seats and crawl through to the front to start the car.
As this has occurred more than several times each winter, I believe that there is/are definitely design flaws and perhaps inadequate materials used for the cold of the northern climates of Toronto.
Dealer is baffled.
Roaming the Internet has produced suggestion to use penetrating gun oil in the locks and on the door seals. Yet to be tried.
Should a 68-year old woman (or anyone else) have to be crawling into the car like this?
- Louise J., Toronto, Ontario, Canada