Transmission slipping and smoking, this has caused a hardship for our family due to the fact that this is our main mode of transportation. My wife is afraid to even drive the car and refuses to place our son in the car.

- Naashville, TN, USA

In February, 2004 I purchased my pre-owned 2002 Honda Accord LX 4dr sedan at my credit union's event. It had only 14,000 miles on it at time of purchase. I thought I was getting a super great deal on a" used" Honda with low mileage! I have since used it for my job locally, on the road 5 days a week. I have kept up the maintenance from minor oil changes and fluid/filter changes to major tune ups, all at the local Honda dealership. Since that time I would put between 16 to 18,000 miles per year on the car. Two years later, by August of '06, I felt that the car was not pulling its weight properly and took it in for a check up. They said that there was nothing they could find; but keep a log of when and where it occurs throughout the day and bring it back in 2-4 wks and they would check it again. I did this, brought them my log, they looked at the car again and said it needed a new transmission (this was at 53,000 miles). Fortunately, it was under extended Honda care warranty, and I paid only a $50 deductible. For the last 3 years, I put approximately 18,000 miles per year on it again. This past October I just had them replace the timing belt, a large ticket item! now, a month later the car has been driving with a slight lurching as I begin to move from a stop or as I decelerate to brake. I took the car in and low and behold, they tell me the transmission is out! again! this is ridiculous. I have friends with Honda at 250,000 miles and never lost their tranny! what can I do? this is a huge expense; one I never suspected I would have to replace again before reselling or trading it in.

- San Leandro, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2002 Honda Accord. In January of 2008, the contact noticed that the engine and traction control lights illuminated on the instrument panel. He turned off the vehicle in order for the lights to reset. He took to the vehicle to the repair shop and the mechanic diagnosed the issue as beginning symptoms of transmission failure. The dealer confirmed the diagnosis and stated that the transmission will need to be replaced. The repair cost for a new transmission was estimated at $2,800. The failure mileage was 58,000 and current mileage was 68,000.

- Kansas City , MO, USA

When we drive on a highway at about 70mph, the check engine light on. After we check, the worker said it's about a transmission sensor problem and we can replace it after out weekend trip. But on the way back, the light is on again and the speed decreased from 70 mph to about 30-40 mph. If we add more oil, the engine will rotate at 4000-5000turn with great noise. So we have to drive at 30-40 mph speed. It's very dangerous because the car behind us have to turn left and passed us away because we let our urgent lights on. We don't know how to treat this problem. We think Honda should recall these cars because it may induce incidents and dearth. Could you please help to let Honda recall the transmission because it's really dangerous for drivers and passengers. I couldn't understand why Honda produce such cars and after incidents they refuse to help owner and don't want O recall them. I will never buy Honda cars and more and more people dislike Honda for their bad reputation. It's such a bad company.

- Austin, TX, USA

The D4 light started blinking in my 2002 Honda Accord ex, not allowing my car to upshift properly on the highway leaving me having to drive slow on a highway with speeding cars. I know Honda has had numerous complaints about the transmissions in their 2002 Accord models and refuses to recall. This is certainly a safety issue' or does Honda just want to wait until people die because their car stopped dead on a highway due to a faulty transmission?

- Levittown, PA, USA

My transmission slips and jerks going into 1st and second gear. It also jerks when I come to a complete stop and jerks out of 1st gear. The car eventually wouldn't accel when I pressed on the gas and would only go 20 mph. I took it to a Honda dealer and they said I needed a new transmission so I took it to another car shop who replaced the solenoids which seemed to help a little. I have been driving it for a while now but it is still not 100% and recently has been getting worse and is really slipping or jerking into gear everytime I drive it.

- Warwick, RI, USA

2002 Honda Accord transmission failure. Had to pay to get transmission rebuilt. Extremely expensive. Only had 89,000 miles on car.

- Midland, MI, USA

I purchased a Honda Accord 2002 in April 2003 the transmission was replaced by dealership in November 2003 when I took in for maintenance due to a noise the dealer reported to me...now the reverse gears are slipping and I think this is rather odd...to have two transmission failures in one vehicle are there recalls on this model or reports of such problems noted anywhere?

- Hattiesburg, MS, USA

Normal driving, car transmission gives jerk when comes to stop, Honda has given no help, simple no. It occurs everytime the car slow down and sometimes the engine stops working.

- San Franscisco, CA, USA

I own a 2002 Honda Accord 4 cylinder. I have problems with the transmission slipping. This problem has occurred for a year and a half. I have taken it to the dealership they cannot reproduce my complaint. I have also flushed the transmission to see if this would resolve/ help no luck I have also tried 3 transmission shops no one can diagnose it. This website www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/Accord/2002/transmission/transmission_slipping_and_jerking.shtml has had 57 complaints of the same problem I have had. I know Honda has problems with their transmissions they will fix it if it is an 00 or 01. Please can someone get them to fix the 2002 models.

- Bountiful, UT, USA

2002 Honda Accord developed problems with the transmission, and dashboard light sensors. 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.

- Fords, NJ, USA