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.
5.3
fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
17,500 miles
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2005 Honda Accord had a recall for the fuel pump relay. Consumer states that he paid for diagnostic test. The consumer stated he was having problems with the vehicle starting and there was a delay when the accelerator was applied.
Early last year the car would not start. According to dealer the relay switch was bad and needed to be replaced. In March 2007 Honda issued a recall relating to a defect with the relay, causing the fuel pump to lose power, become inoperative, and possibly leaving the vehicle inoperable. According to Honda's March 13, 2007 letter to Mr. Daniel smith at NHTSA the vehicle fell into the VIN numbers which were subject to the recall as this vehicle's VIN was, and the VIN range given by Honda was [xxx] - [xxx]. curiously, this vehicle did not fall into the alleged dates of manufacturing listed by Honda. More specifically, it appeared this vehicle was manufactured in January 2005, while the vehicles with the affected VIN range were allegedly only manufactured between April 13, 2005 - June 15, 2005. I contacted Honda with this information, and was advised that this vehicle was not part of the recall, yet my relay had failed a year earlier. I am concerned that the VIN numbers listed by Honda to be affected by the recall did not match up with the alleged dates of manufacturing listed by Honda, thereby calling into question the true number of vehicles that contained this serious, safety related defect which warranted a recall. I would like someone from NHTSA to contact me on this problem. Updated 07/10/2012 information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Honda refused to honor recall #07V097000 based on their own service bulletin #07-020 which included this vehicle's VIN for the 4-door V6 VIN series as listed. I never received any recall notice from Honda in regard to this problem.
- Carpentersville, IL, USA
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