WE NOTICED HESITATION IN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. IT SEEMED AS IF IT WOULD SLIP INTO NEUTRAL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5-10 SECONDS IT WOULD SHIFT INTO THIRD. THE TRANSMISSION WAS CHECKED AND FLUSHED IN EARLY 2011. THIS CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS. AFTER DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM WITH VARIOUS MECHANICS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIRD GEAR WAS GOING OUT. DRIVING TO REPAIR LOCATION THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR WENT FROM 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY TO STUCK IN SECOND GEAR AFTER THE ENGINE WARMED UP. THIS CAR WAS PART OF THE RECALL IN THE SUMMER OF 2004 AND THE REPAIR WAS MADE. HOWEVER, AFTER RESEARCHING THE HONDA 2003, IT APPEARS AS IF THIS IS A CONTINUAL PROBLEM AND HONDA IS AWARE OF THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION YET DOES NOT ASSIST IN THE COST OF REPAIR. *TT
