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Transmission failure while I was in heavy traffic. Engin would rev up but the transmission would not engage. This caused a stressful and dangerous situation with traffic since I could not move any faster than 10 to 15 miles per hour.
2006 Honda Accord SE 4cyl automatic trans. Transmission failure on highway. Entering highway and merging into high-speed traffic, and transmission started slipping to the point where it had no forward power (however engine was running fine). A large 18-wheeler truck was behind me and had to brake sharply as my car slowed down. Had to pull off, shut off engine for a few minutes before was able to get car to next exit and off highway.
Transmission shudders when RPM's reach 1500-2000 at slow to moderate acceleration. Shuddering does not occur when hard accelerating. Tends to happen when speed is reaching 35mph though has occurred at other speeds. Has happened on multiple road surfaces and in multiple cities. Veh has not thrown any service code's or warning lights. Dealer does not seem to want to fix problem. This vehicle is not covered in the class action lawsuit but symptoms seem identical.
During multiple instances, my car (Honda Accord 2006) was either in nearly stopped position or stopping in the line of traffic red light behind other car. Suddenly, it just self-accelerated itself with RPM cranking up to 1.5 K-RPM while I was braking my brake peddle to set my car in stopped situation. Normally, when it was in fully stop or idle position, the engine idle RPM speed is 0.75~0.8 K-RPM. These scary instances of "self-acceleration" happened at least three times in recent two months. Luckily, I was in fully depressed brake position for these instances. When I heard and saw the engine RPM speed suddenly cranking up twice as fast, I instantly depressed further down the brake even harder to make sure the car didn't gallop up and hit the car in front of mine. This is a very serious situation. It just likes some other people (ghost driver) is driving my car besides me.
The contact owns a 2006 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle failed to shift into third gear. The contact also mentioned that when he attempted to shift into third gear, the shifter would not engage or immediately disengage independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The mechanic did not diagnose a failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000. The current mileage was 110,000. Updated 11/06/13
- Boone, NC, USA
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An abnormal noise is occurring in my vehicle transmission when I am in the secondary gear. The vehicle engine has and continues to occasionally stall as if their is a short circuit in the electrical component and transmission of the vehicle and vehicle engine which intermittently shuts down but comes back on before the vehicle engine completely stops. When the vehicle is placed in the parked gear position, the vehicle occasionally rolls until the parking emergency brake is applied. I do not want a failed transmission bearing to cause more damage to my vehicle transmission. I discovered this problem was recalled on August 8, 2011 for 2006 Honda Accord vehicles. Recall no. 11V395000, under "automatic transmission bearing failure."
I bought my 2006 Accord V6 auto not quite 4 years ago as a 2 year old, off lease beautiful, gently used model with 38,000 miles. Around 85,000 miles I noted the transmission started to shift abruptly/hard. I had a transmission fluid service completed and this seemed to solve the problem. The abrupt shifts started again around 128,000 miles. Now at 130,000 miles, the transmission completely failed. After a 65 mile trip, the car would not get out of first gear. The engine revved and revved, but would not shift. After a 5 minute rest, the car would not even go into reverse or drive. When the tow truck arrived 45 minutes later, the car did manage to go into reverse and drive to get the car aligned with the flat bed. The result from an independent Honda specialist: $3932.74 to replace the transmission. A call to stevenson Honda, who did not look at the car, quoted $4200 for a "remanufactured" transmission. Not sure how Honda could continue to build this transmission and install in their top of the line model after knowing there were problems as early as 2003, in this specific model. I'm not quite sure what my plan of action is after calling Honda 800-999-1009 to complain. I don't have $4000 laying around.
The contact owns a 2006 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while downshifting, the gears shifted violently and the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where they advised the contact that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown. The current mileage was approximately 121,124.
While accelerating to highway speed (65) my car automatic transmission suddenly fell out of gear and the engine raced to 6K rpms and was unable to catch gear again with patting the gas peddle. It was almost as if the cars brake was on because there was almost no glide. I was just barely able to get off to the shoulder and not be rear-ended at high speed. I turned off the car for a few minutes and started it back up and it was able to progress through shifting but is now unable to advance above 50 miles per hour due to it not being able to shift higher. It is also falling out of gear when idling. I kept regular maintenance on my car and changed the transmission fluid about 15K miles before I experienced this issue. I am being told by a transmission shop that the problem is likely with the torque converter and I will likely N need a new transmission at the tune of ~$4000 needless to say I feel this is an extreme safety hazard and probably caused by original parts being low quality or poorly designed.
The contact owns a 2006 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 135,000.
The contact owns a 2006 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving 5 mph, the vehicle accelerated and the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the contact was advised that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the problem continued. The manufacturer was contacted but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 25,700 and the current mileage was 55,000.
The contact owns a 2006 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph and above, the vehicle would begin to jerk. The failure recurred on an intermittent basis. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.
Upon having the secondary shaft bearing recall completed my car started to drive very sluggish. Upon acceleration the car is very slow to accelerate and feels like it's dragging and staying in one gear too long. When finally I get to desired speed the car will slightly jerk as if it is trying to switch gears and will sometimes decelerate in speed. I have to constantly accelerate to keep car going up to speed and sometimes have to press gas pedal to floor to get up to speed. Car makes a humming sound on and off when trying to get up to speed. Dealership ran all checks and could not find any failures. I hope Honda investigates this issue. My car was running very smoothly before I took it in for recall and now it runs very rough. Very disappointing!!!
The contact owns a 2006 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle would roll away when shifted into park. The only way to stop the vehicle was to engage the emergency brake. The contact stated the failure had occurred at least four times. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The failure mileage was 34,000 and the current mileage was 40,000.
We experienced a problem in stopping at a red light on our trip back from an out of town trip last weekend. As a result of this experience my wife is now afraid to drive this car. After a few hours of highway driving, and decelerating through an exit ramp, then re-accelerating and attempting to stop at a stop light we experienced and an extremely resistant brake pedal requiring extremely hard pedal pressure and the engine seemed to continue to rev during braking. While stopped at the light the engine continued to rev abnormally. Our 30-year-old son was driving. He did not move his foot from the brake pedal for fear of what would happen. He switched into park and the engine stopped revving. While keeping his foot on the brake pedal he put the car back in drive. Then the engine seemed normal and the brake pedal pressure returned to normal. This was a disconcerting experience because it was abnormally difficult to stop, and we almost ran into a car in front of us. There were three adult witnesses to this frightening episode, my wife, our adult son, and me. We did not use the cruise control at any time during this trip. We took the vehicle to our Honda dealer. They examined the car thoroughly and could find no problems. They hypothesized that this may have been a computer error, but the systems test out fine now. Now our family is left with a car that we know has a serious safety defect, and we drive it in fear that this could happen again, hurting others or us. We also recognize the possibility that this stealth defect may be lurking to hurt others in other 2006 Honda Accord V6 cars.
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- Snellville , GA, USA