Problems with 2002 Honda Accord POWER TRAIN

Thumping noise like a tire low on air noticeable from about 35 and above. checked tires and they were ok. determined it was something in drive train. noise went away when in neutral and was less on downhill. took car in and described problem. service guy said it sounded like "some bad bearings" in the transmission and that they had seen this several times before. it would be replaced under warranty or out of warranty. mine was in warranty.*ak

While driving 55 mph, the vehicle decelerated rapidly. the check engine light came on and the traction control system light illuminated. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who informed the consumer that the transmission did indeed fail. the dealer agreed to repair the problem. *jb

I bought a 2002 honda accord 2dr ex v6 new around dec '01. the day after delivery i noticed a whining sound around 40-45mph. i practically begged the sales mgr to let me do an even trade... he said no (albert fieto). honda replaced the transmission under warranty but the same problem appeared about a year later. it is just at the right sound level where it drives me nuts but the tech from the dealer can't hear it; my wife hears it as well. there is no excuse for the same problem appearing twice on a new car.i fell like i threw away 25k! i real feel honda should replace the vehicle.*ak

I had the transmission replaced in jan of 2002 after noticing a whine from the transmission around 45mph unaffected by gear selection and being confirmed by service techs. i am now noticing a similar, but not as loud, whine around 42-44mph which goes away if i shift from say 4th to 3rd, or into neutral

While driving at any speed, the vehicle would stall and it would be hard for consumer to control the vehicle. dealer has been notified. ph

On december 27, 2002 i experienced potentially dangerous safety issue with my honda accord lx v4 2002. on a exit out of a shopping center i regularly go to (terra nova shopping center on east h in chula vista, california) the car in drive started to roll back after the brake was released as traffic started to move forward. in order to prevent the vehicle from continuing to reverse in free fall and strike another car in the rear it was necessary to slam the accelerator down to regain forward motion. after i got home i called my dealer (tipton honda in el cajon, california) and one of the technicians informed me that a slight rollback was normal in small cars because of their transmissions. i then called a friend of mine who has a degree in automotive engineering and he told me that rollback is not normal on any car; there is a brake that is suppose to activate in the transmission to prevent this when then the car is stopped. i then began to contact other local honda dealers, ball honda in national city, connected me to a technician who said that in order to meet the stringent requirements on emissions (vtec ulev) in california the timing had to be altered which does result in some rollback. the next week i talked to lateefah from honda (case no. 12002-12-300-1175) and she other customers had reported this and honda was aware of it but the engine was designed to meet specs and they would never sell an unsafe car. she stated a service bulletin had been issued and said that the dealer should be have told me about it she stated that all you had to do was move your foot from the brake to the accelerator. after i talked to honda i tried the car on my uncle's driveway and we found that it rolled back which his car does not and there was no evidence it would stop except when it leveled out. as neither honda nor the dealer will do anything to fix the problem i find myself unable to safely drive the car anywhere with a steep incline.

Automatic transmission failure. check engine light came on,'d' light was flashing, and 'tsa' light came on. drove to dealer and dealer checked and verified that internal failure of transmission had occured. dealer installed new transmission. dt

The consumer took the vehicle to the dealership for check up. and the technician noticed that the transmission was making a winning sound. the dealership is aware of the problem. mr the dealer has now replaced transmission under warranty.

Manual transmission has been having ongoing problems with its shifting very hard into gear, mostly in low or reverse gears. vehicle was serviced 3 times. dealership has indicated that no mechanical problem was found. they changed the transmission fluid and lubricated the shifter linkage, but the failure recurred. *ak

The auto transmission has problem with 1st and 2nd gear. when car moves slowly at 20 miles or less, a rough down shift starts from the 2nd gear to 1st gear that makes car jerking. took it back to a honda dealer for a check but they could not duplicate the problem. the problem still randomly shows up when car is driven in the 25 miles/h zone.

Transmission will not shift into gear. *tr

The transmission on my 2002 honda accord started failing before it reached 100,000 miles. when i press the gas to accelerate the rpm's rev up to 4 and it jerks into gear. i don't understand why this is happening when honda's are suppose to be reliable cars. that's why i bought it. i am under the impression that the honda manufacturers used a different company to supply transmissions for the honda accords made between 2000-2003. if this is true then some investigations should be done and honda should have to pay to replace the transmissions on all the honda's that have problems with their transmissions made in between those years. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 honda accord. the contact stated that the transmission has been slipping ever since the vehicle was purchased in 2002. he took the vehicle to a repair shop and they performed a transmission flush, but it did not correct the failure. the contact will take the vehicle to the dealer. the vin was unknown. the failure mileage was 77,000.

2002 honda accord ex, 4 cylinder, automatic, has hard shifting problems. this can cause a dangerous situation when pulling into traffic at an intersection. the car sometimes will not accelerate and gets stuck between 1st and 2nd gear. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

While driving 25 mph vehicle jerked and vibrated uncontrollably. consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer for inspection. mechanic determined that transmission needed to be replaced. *ak

This is the 3rd brake failure (2 partial/1 complete) that we have had with this vehicle,all of which have been reported to the dealership(technicians, management and owner), american honda, and nhtsa. on 4/22/02, odometer 498/traveling 25mph/dry pavement/smooth road, the abs and tcs warning indicator lights came on and remained on. i immediately pushed the brake pedal which had softened to a little less than half before engaging. frightened, i pulled over using my emergency brake to safely stop the vehicle. after stopping, i placed the vehicle in park and pumped the brake several times in an attempt to get the brake pedal to re-engage properly. it did not and both warning light indicators remained on. because i was 1 block from the house and there were no other vehicles on the road, i decided to coast home at 5mph using the emergency brake. at my house, i placed the vehicle in park, left emergency brake engaged and turned off the vehicle. i immediately called the dealership with a detailed description and a tow truck was dispatched. it was determined to be a disconnected left abs sensor. i do not believe this is accurate nor is it consistent with the braking (and electrical) issues that we have experienced and previous repair attempts made by the dealership. i refused to pick up the vehicle on the grounds of this safety defect and the dealerships inability to accurately diagnose it. the vehicle was taken back by the dealership and we were placed in another new accord. i aggressively stated to peter heuy, his sales manager, service manager, and technician and american honda, that this vehicle contains a major safety defect in its brake system that an engineer from american honda needs to isolate before placing the vehicle back on the road. anything less than that is gross negligence. the dealership indicated this would not be done and the vehicle would be used as a demo.*ak

2002 honda accord 62000 miles v6..transmission failure while driving..had to pull over quickly on an incline.. the transmission gave out with no warning..went to the dealer..confirmed transmission failure..called honda usa "no recall, no replacement" there are many, many more complaints on this particular model..what will it take? wait for someone to die? *tr

2002 honda accord developed problems with the transmission, and dashboard light sensors.*mr the transmission was replaced 3 times. after the last visit to the dealer the ignition began to malfunction, after putting the gear into park sometimes the key would lock in, which would require the consumer to restart the vehicle, shift the gears place back into park and then pull the key out of the ignition. *jb