| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006054701 | Incident Date: Jan, 28 2006 |
| Consumer's City: KANEOHE | Consumer's State: HI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: ACCORD | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1HGCG32511A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 31 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Honda accord 2001 ex coupe (automatic transmission) i have a huge transmission problem in which the gears slip before catching. the result is an unexpected bang feeling and an abnormally fast acceleration time which for sure will cause an accident one day. (for something to compare by, its like putting gas until your rpms reach over 5000 in a standard car and then suddenly popping the clutch) the transmission also does not shift properly into gear, often times shifting extremely early causing me to have a feeling "like i plowed into someone and then suddenly was hit behind". i have taken the car to windward honda and the people there including the shop foreman continues to say that the huge bang and abnormal shifting is normal. within one day after i took the car in i almost ran into a parking structure pillar when the transmission did not catch until the engines rpms hit past 3000. there has been one injury involving a slight case of whiplash after the engine somehow revved up past 5000 and then caught. (the gas was pressed down and even after the gas was released the engine continued to rev up and when it hit around 5500 rpm the transmission caught making it feel like i got banged by another car going 15+ mph) nothing has been done to fix the problem because honda claims that if they cant duplicate it on their test drive around the area, they will not replace or fix the problem (honda is very poor at duplicating the conditions in which the failure happens) the failure happens in the following conditions: 1. when you are in heavy traffic requiring you to stop and go constantly 2. entering short on ramps requiring the car to downshift 3. anytime i slow down but don't come to a complete stop and then accelerate. *honda was testing the car in highway conditions with no traffic incidents started from june of 2003 and is still ongoing today january 31, 2006 (the exact number of times this has occured is unknown, occurs mutiple times in daily traffic)*jb |
