The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated the failure was not serious enough to replace the transmission. Please investigate this before someone gets seriously injured or killed. I have taken the car to the honda dealer and they compared it to another on the lot. Let me know if you need anything else. I asked my son if he could respond to this problem with my car.
By the way, many owners of Honda cars say that the torque converter often fails and burns up the transmissions fluid. The vehicle was not repaired. I have been forced to put the only form of transportation I have to the side until I can attempt to get the money to repair it. I also followed up with research on service history, and have come to the conclusion that honda was just not the name it use to be. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. I am unable to drive beyond 10 miles or go to 2nd or more gears.
While the contact was driving approximately between 20-35 mph, the transmission exhibited hesitation in a jerking motion. Complaint Number: 10046862 Incident Date: November 10, 2003 Date Added to File: November 13, 2003 Description of the Complaint: Transmission failure. Complaint Number: 10417893 Incident Date: April 15, 2011 Date Added to File: August 8, 2011 Description of the Complaint: The contact owns a 2001 honda accord. It is really best tro dis-connect to battery from the positive and neagative cable and get large aligator clips or clamps, you can find them at Radio Shack or auto parts store, as it is best to prevent that kind of stuff from happening and if you have anyuthing powered straight from battery it could damge it. How am I going to ever sell this car with a repair record like this? To ensure solenoid still moves properly.
The check engine light, tcs light and the d4 light kept coming on. There are 3 types, the large double bladed, the small double bladed and the fuse that looks like a cylindrical glass tube. If the car does not shift there is something wrong. Its excellent packaging, comfortable driving and top ranked quality made this car so popular and provided the long term reign. Complaint Number: 10256198 Incident Date: January 17, 2009 Date Added to File: January 24, 2009 Description of the Complaint: Driving approx 5 mi per hour and approaching a stop sign in front of a local dept. Also get smaller alligator clips for terminals in part, these are not as necassary as you are not working in a cramped place and terminals are close together, or the twisted ends will work just fine.
I called san leandro Honda and they told me not to bring it in until it is doing it bad. Car has not been in accident and had to have casters on front frame adjusted so it wouldn't chew up the tires. One month later, rpm needle jerking and hopping, car not responding well to gas input. Then get a good pair of elctrical plyers to strip wires and crimp terminals on wire. Is this where a fused jumper wire would come in, and if so, how do I make one. The vehicle on occasions will downshift with a thump when decelerating into 2nd and 1st gear and there is a whirling sound which is only audiable when the vehicle is in gear. You have the technique and guidance and I can tell that uou are very thorough.
Took the car to get the transmission problem formally identified and the service manager asked local Honda rep for assistance and this was declined. I also noticed that my Haynes books says to use a fused jumper wire when running power to test these solenoids, but I have no idea how to make one. I left the car at the dealer and got a call the next day that it was a bad transmission and honda would replace it for free. Complaint Number: 737564 Date Added to File: December 13, 2000 Description of the Complaint: This model honda makes a loud noise, coming from the underneath the car, when first started cold. After checking further my mechanic found out that it was the transmission that was locked up. We took the car in for repairs.
Failure the same reason you replaced the trans in the first placed. When driving the vehicle it jerks making it unsafe to drive. Today when I was drivign on freeway the car was jerking when it was shifting gears. About a year ago I had the timing belt and spark plugs replaced. It was completely random when it would turn on and off. To make a long story short she said she could not help me since the local rep for the area had already declined. An abnormal loud noise from the transmission.
I then took it to right honda in scottsdale, and they then flushed the linear solenoid, and when I got it back, it was still was doing it. The suspension is an inconvenience but can be held off on or you can save a ton and do it yourself. I want Honda to compensate me with a new vehicle. I'm not sure what honda has done. I have noted on various online forums that eventually led me to this site that there are hundreds of complaints for this same problem, same year, same model. Complaint Number: 10237036 Incident Date: March 24, 2007 Date Added to File: August 5, 2008 Description of the Complaint: Honda accord 2001 transmission and coolant system.
Since it's under the 100,000 mark, I'm covered. The failure continued and the contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. I know it is not needed, but by doing that I would be able to have a jumper with either fuse size for the hot side if I need to switch them. Taken to shop for checkup. You might want to mount the fuse near the battery as mounting it near the test end may become cumbersome. No rental car was offered.
If your Accord won't stay in gear while you are driving, this can indicate a serious problem with an automatic transmission. Oh, and I also forgot to mention that there are no stored or pending codes. We informed them we live 60 miles away and would need to get home and back to dealership on monday. Under magnuson-moss warranty act, they have had sufficient times to try and repair this vehicle! It may not be the problem, but it is failing and you can eliminate it from the list of possibilities. I really hope that you may be able to help. All this work for nothing. I have found that I am not alone in dealing with this problem, as almost everyone with a v6 automatic Accord seems to notice this problem with the transmission! At 30 mph, the revolutions per minute continue to rise, but the vehicle will not change gears.