At about 5k miles, our Accord started to have a problem shifting into 3rd and sometimes, it would pop out and grind on the upshift. Had it do it once downshifting. Took to dealer and received the "we can't duplicate it" answer. They told me there weren't any known issues with the 5 speed, only the 6 speed in the Accord coupe and Civic Si. Guy at the service desk tried to tell me I wasn't shifting it right. Seriously? I've been driving manual transmission cars for thirty plus years...

At 15K they talked me into changing gear lube, but only with Honda lube. Can't put anything else in or it would void the warranty. Roll eyes. It shifted well for another 5k, then started in with the same thing. Told them I wanted to use BG Syncroshift synthetic gear lube. They had no problem with it after I talked to Honda of America. I had a local trusted small shop do the change and it has shifted as smooth as butter ever since. It now has 65k on it and not one bit of a problem yet. I had read several Honda forums and learned people with the 6 speed were using a GM semi-synthetic with good results.

While driving on the highway, whenever I take my foot off the gas pedal in order to decelerate gradually, the car revs up immediately & loudly in an effort (I assume) to maintain my faster speed level. The RPMs spike up from around 2,000 to over 4,000 in an instant. It sounds as though the car just wants to take off like a rocket but is fighting itself to not over-accelerate. It is strange and frightening! I fear that someday whatever is preventing the car from over-accelerating will fail and I'll crash into something. Typically, I'll try tapping my gas pedal a few times and this tends to drop the RPMs back down to around 2,000. Again, I just pray that whatever keeps the car from taking off doesn't fail. Despite getting a new short block in my car about 2 weeks ago, this just happened again today but the RPM spike was significantly lower. Then again, I was driving on the highway during rush hour so I was probably only going between 40 - 50 mph. I'll update this note when I next drive at a typical highway speed.

OMG! This Accord 2008 scores really high! So many repairs for just 2 years of ownership... As everybody here says mine just doesn't wont to go to the 3rd gear some times. Sometimes it would kick back. As usual, Honda dealer says that they cannot duplicate the problem. However, I was informed by the dealer that ..."Honda is aware about such transmission issue on some particular Accords 2008... while mine Accord is not on the Honda USA list.." The dealer offered me to get out of the lease earlier and to lease another Accord 2010. Yeah, sure!

18th jan,2010 there was rain in the morning for 1hr and i just drive my car from home 2 office which was just-3kms,iparked my car in my factory ,after 4hrs i want to drive out of town and my car was not able to transmit (manual gears),i contacted honda company an a enginear came and checked and said the problem is with clutch plate and the reason been water.the company said the problem is with clutch plate leathers,pressure plate,flywheel and the company is denying to change all the spares under warranty,though the technitions are saying its all due to water

I have a 2008 Honda accord coupe and it has a slew of problems so here is one more to add to the list. It has had problems going into third gear since around 25,000 miles, sometimes it goes into gear if you force it, other times it will not go in gear at all or grinds really loudly. It also makes a Loud popping noise at times when releasing the clutch. It sounds like someone hitting the car with a sledge hammer, I went to the dealer 3 different times and they say they cannot duplicate the problem. I think it is a broken motor mount. The service adviser laughed in my face and refused to go on a test drive with me so I could try to replicate the noise.

I bought the car in November 2008 and it never really shifted smoothly into 3rd gear but was told that it would be better by the time it was 10,000 miles by the service tech at the dealership. I had the gearbox replaced and have had the car for one week and now the transmission is kicking it out of gear in 4th gear and it is making a whinny sound so I will have to take the car in again and have them try to fix it. They gave me a crappy Chrysler rental car that has 2 out of 5 crash rating that I drove for two days from enterprise rent a car. This is the 3rd Honda product I have owned. The first a Honday Prelude which was a great car 45,000 miles when I sold it no problems. Acura TL 3.2 2001 had it for 8 years they replaced the transmission gave me a nice loaner car for one month while they replaced the transmission. I sure hope Wilde Honda can fix this car correctly and will be calling them tomorrow. I am concerned that this problem will continue and I will not be covered under the lemon law since I took delivery of the car on November 2nd. The accord v6 is a sharp car but I don't know how reliable it is. At this point I am very dissatisfied with the quality of this car.

I have reported this problem to the dealership at least four times. Each time the excuse is "We could not duplicate the problem." When the transmission is cold, i.e., has not been run in at least a day or two, the first five to ten shifts from 2nd to 3rd gear jam. Occasionally it will reject, or grind when I let off the clutch. Other times I am able to force it into gear. Then occasionally, after the car has been run for over a hour, with lots of shifting (suburban driving), the problem re-occurs when a downshift from 4th to 3rd is called for. Same effect, when the clutch is let off, there can be grinding or gear rejection. This car is not the 6MT paired with the V6 which has a TSB for nearly the same problem. This is a 5MT with a I-4 engine.