My V6 Accord lost all speed and the tachometer went up to 6000 rpms all of a sudden. I had a lot of traffic behind me and had I not been on a downhill slope I could never have pulled over in time. Downshifting to Third got me a ways further, but again lost speed and the engine revved to 6k rpms. On the third attempt to make forward progress I had to stop as the traffic was fast approaching behind me and I would have caused a huge pile-up. I had to pull into the breakdown lane with my emergency flashers on and wait for a tow truck.

Advice: Buy a Honda re-manufactured transmission with a warranty, do not buy a used transmission no matter how low the mileage. Mine went at 103,000 miles, but I see that most went at much lower mileage. Honda Customer Care gave me so little care it was ridiculous. A mechanic I know well who has worked on Honda's for over 35 years told me all Honda automatic transmissions from 1999-2006 are trash. Honda itself will not tell you that, or even come close to admitting it. Through 2004 Accord automatics were recalled...all of them. There was an extended warranty for 2005 automatic transmissions in the Accord but it expired in Sept. 2012 and I am told it was VIN specific and my VIN was not included. I owned the car then and was never notified, but obviously I should have been.

I've owned Honda's since 1979, but Honda could have cared less. Report any problems to the National Highway Transportation Safety Admin. Please. It might help.

I purchased my brand new flame red 2005 Accord EX coupe over eight years ago from a local dealership and chose Honda based on their great reputation and word of mouth from friends and family. I racked up only 66,000 miles since 2005 on a daily commute of light suburban driving that hasn't changed since it was purchased. I am a mechanically inclined former USAF crew chief turned IT manager and have religiously maintained and pampered my otherwise outwardly attractive car, so it was both disappointing and frightening that my transmission recently started to intermittently disengage while driving. The first time I noticed something was wrong, the engine unexpectedly hit high RPM's as if it were in neutral gear while I was travelling at highway speeds. No dashboard safety indicators have been visible during subsequent 'episodes' as some other folks have reported here.

So apparently I am not alone, but that is a small comfort seeing that the average repair costs are MUCH more than I can possibly afford. I intend to use my AAA benefits and have the car towed to the dealer where it was originally purchased later this week and will follow up with how this situation concludes soon afterwards.