2003 HONDA ACCORD, V-6, AUTOMATIC. FIRST OWNER, ALL SERVICES (BUT FOR LAST TWO OIL CHANGES (BY ME) DONE BY HONDA. AT 81,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION OFTEN FAILS TO UPSHIFT FROM 2-3D GEAR, WILL ALSO DOWNSHIFT ABRUPTLY TO 2ND GEAR, CAN APPROACH ENGINE OVERSPEED AND DIFFICULTY WITH CONTROL OF THE CAR AS THE FRONT WHEELS WILL TRANSIENTLY LOCK-UP IN THIS EVENT. THE CAR WAS ONLY DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AFTER THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED. VIRTUALLY EVERY 2-3 SHIFT NOT CORRECT, USUALLY WITH SLIPPAGE TO 4000RPM, WOULD EVENTUALLY UPSHIFT TO 3RD, BUT RANDOM TIMING. DANGEROUS WITH APPROACHING CARS FROM BEHIND. STARTED LAST WEEK, CURRENTLY IN SHOP, IN GERMANY, AS I AM IN THE US MILITARY HERE. HONDA NA CONTACTED, WILL REVIEW THEIR ADDRESS OF THE PROBLEM AFTER I HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED. I HAVE READ OVER 300 COMPLAINTS THIS MODEL, THIS YEAR WITH EXACTLY THE SAME DESCRIPTION. THIS CAR WAS SUBJECT OF 2004 RECALL FOR OVERHEATING OF 2ND GEAR. THAT RECALL PERFORMED (AN INSPECTION AND OIL JET WE WERE TOLD. *TR
2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OUR 2013 HONDA ACCORD EX-L IS EQUIPPED WITH A RIGHT TURN SIGNAL BLIND SPOT CAMERA WHICH ACTIVATES WHEN THE DRIVER INITIATES A RIGHT TURN SIGNAL. THE DASH CONSOLE DISPLAY SCREEN GIVES THE DRIVER A VIEW OF THE BLIND SPOT AREA. THE SCREEN ALSO DISPLAYS THE AREA DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CAR WHENEVER THE DRIVER PLACES THE CAR INTO REVERSE. ON THE DAY SPECIFIED, THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL CAMERA ACTIVATED AS I WAS MERGING INTO THE RIGHT LANE, BUT THEN, INSTANTANEOUSLY, THE DISPLAY SYSTEM FROZE, POPPED REPEATEDLY, AND THEN WENT TO A DARK SCREEN--MUCH LIKE STATIC ON A TELEVISION SET. THIS HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN TIMES, EVEN AFTER MY LOCAL DEALER REPLACED THE UNIT. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE REAR BACK-UP CAMERA EITHER FREEZES, POPS, AND GOES TO DARK SCREEN OR FREEZES IN POSITION--WHILE I AM DRIVING FORWARD DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALER FIVE TIMES ALREADY, AND, AS OF YET, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE WHOLE SYSTEM POPS, FREEZES, AND REBOOTS ITSELF MULTIPLE TIMES EACH DAY. SOMETIMES IT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO STOP THE CAR, TURN IT OFF, AND THEN TURN IT ON AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THESE FEATURES TO WORK. *TR
