Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) | ||||||||||||||||
| 11V395000 | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | from 07/01/2004 to 01/18/2010 | V (Vehicle) | 1512107 | 08/27/2011 | MFR | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 08/04/2011 | 08/04/2011 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Honda is recalling certain model year 2005-2010 accord, 2007-2010 cr-v, and 2005-2008 element passenger cars manufactured from july 1, 2004, through september 3, 2010. the outer race of the secondary shaft bearing may be broken during certain driving styles. a broken outer race may cause abnormal noise, the malfunction indicator light to turn on, and allow contact between the transmission idle gear and an electronic sensor housing within the transmission. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could result in a short circuit causing the engine to stall. additionally, broken pieces of the outer race or ball bearing from the secondary shaft may become lodged in the parking pawl resulting in the vehicle rolling after the driver has placed the gear selector in the park position. engine stall and unexpected vehicle movement increases the risk of a crash or personal injury to persons within the path of a rolling vehicle. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Honda will notify owners and dealers will update the automatic transmission control module software free of charge. the safety recall began on august 27, 2011. owners may contact honda automobile customer service at 1-800-999-1009. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Honda's recall campaign number is r89.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) | |||||
| SB-06-045 | 07/15/2011 | 10040489 | Honda: 2006 accord hybrid. there is a software update to increase fuel mileage. *rm | 08/31/2011 | |
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||||
| 1205 | 12/16/2005 | 10018868 | Transmission grinds at shifts, skip shifting. *tt | 01/19/2006 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 01/01/2011 | 194000 | ||
| An abnormal noise is occurring in my vehicle transmission when i am in the secondary gear. the vehicle engine has and continues to occasionally stall as if their is a short curcuit in the electrical component and transmission of the vehicle and vehicle engine which intermittently shuts down but comes back on before the vehicle engine completelly stops. when the vehicle is placed in the parked gear position, the vehicle occasionally rolls until the parking emergency brake is applied. i do not want a failed transmission bearing to cause more damage to my vehicle transmission. i discovered this problem was recalled on august 8, 2011 for 2006 honda accord vehicles. recall no. 11v395000, under automatic transmission bearing failure. | |||
| 11/01/2012 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while downshifting, the gears shifted violently and the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where they advised the contact that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. the current mileage was approximately 121,124. kmj | |||
| 12/14/2012 | 130872 | 1 | |
| I bought my 2006 accord v6 auto not quite 4 years ago as a 2 year old, off lease beautiful, gently used model with 38,000 miles. around 85,000 miles i noted the transmission started to shift abruptly/hard. i had a transmission fluid service completed and this seemed to solve the problem. the abrupt shifts started again around 128,000 miles. now at 130,000 miles, the transmission completely failed. after a 65 mile trip, the car would not get out of first gear. the engine revved and revved, but would not shift. after a 5 minute rest, the car would not even go into reverse or drive. when the tow truck arrived 45 minutes later, the car did manage to go into reverse and drive to get the car aligned with the flat bed. the result from an independent honda specialist: $3932.74 to replace the transmission. a call to stevenson honda, who did not look at the car, quoted $4200 for a remanufactured transmission. not sure how honda could continue to build this transmission and install in their top of the line model after knowing there were problems as early as 2003, in this specific model. i'm not quite sure what my plan of action is after calling honda 800-999-1009 to complain. i don't have $4000 laying around. *tr | |||
| 11/01/2012 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while downshifting, the gears shifted violently and the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where they advised the contact that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. the current mileage was approximately 121,124. kmj | |||
| 12/14/2012 | 130872 | ||
| I bought my 2006 accord v6 auto not quite 4 years ago as a 2 year old, off lease beautiful, gently used model with 38,000 miles. around 85,000 miles i noted the transmission started to shift abruptly/hard. i had a transmission fluid service completed and this seemed to solve the problem. the abrupt shifts started again around 128,000 miles. now at 130,000 miles, the transmission completely failed. after a 65 mile trip, the car would not get out of first gear. the engine revved and revved, but would not shift. after a 5 minute rest, the car would not even go into reverse or drive. when the tow truck arrived 45 minutes later, the car did manage to go into reverse and drive to get the car alligned with the flat bed. the result from an independent honda specialiast: $3932.74 to replace the transmission. a call to stevenson honda, who did not look at the car, qouted $4200 for a remanufactured transmission. not sure how honda could continue to build this tranmission and install in their top of the line model after knowing there were problems as early as 2003, in this specific model. i'm not quite sure what my plan of action is after calling honda 800-999-1009 to complain. i don't have $4000 laying around. | |||
| 11/01/2012 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while downshifting, the gears shifted violently and the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where they advised the contact that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. the current mileage was approximately 121,124. kmj | |||
| 12/14/2012 | 130872 | ||
| I bought my 2006 accord v6 auto not quite 4 years ago as a 2 year old, off lease beautiful, gently used model with 38,000 miles. around 85,000 miles i noted the transmission started to shift abruptly/hard. i had a transmission fluid service completed and this seemed to solve the problem. the abrupt shifts started again around 128,000 miles. now at 130,000 miles, the transmission completely failed. after a 65 mile trip, the car would not get out of first gear. the engine revved and revved, but would not shift. after a 5 minute rest, the car would not even go into reverse or drive. when the tow truck arrived 45 minutes later, the car did manage to go into reverse and drive to get the car alligned with the flat bed. the result from an independent honda specialiast: $3932.74 to replace the transmission. a call to stevenson honda, who did not look at the car, qouted $4200 for a remanufactured transmission. not sure how honda could continue to build this tranmission and install in their top of the line model after knowing there were problems as early as 2003, in this specific model. i'm not quite sure what my plan of action is after calling honda 800-999-1009 to complain. i don't have $4000 laying around. | |||
| 11/01/2012 | |||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while downshifting, the gears shifted violently and the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where they advised the contact that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was unknown. the current mileage was approximately 121,124. kmj | |||
| 12/14/2012 | 130872 | ||
| I bought my 2006 accord v6 auto not quite 4 years ago as a 2 year old, off lease beautiful, gently used model with 38,000 miles. around 85,000 miles i noted the transmission started to shift abruptly/hard. i had a transmission fluid service completed and this seemed to solve the problem. the abrupt shifts started again around 128,000 miles. now at 130,000 miles, the transmission completely failed. after a 65 mile trip, the car would not get out of first gear. the engine revved and revved, but would not shift. after a 5 minute rest, the car would not even go into reverse or drive. when the tow truck arrived 45 minutes later, the car did manage to go into reverse and drive to get the car alligned with the flat bed. the result from an independent honda specialiast: $3932.74 to replace the transmission. a call to stevenson honda, who did not look at the car, qouted $4200 for a remanufactured transmission. not sure how honda could continue to build this tranmission and install in their top of the line model after knowing there were problems as early as 2003, in this specific model. i'm not quite sure what my plan of action is after calling honda 800-999-1009 to complain. i don't have $4000 laying around. | |||
| 06/12/2012 | 98640 | 1 | |
| While accelerating to highway speed (65) my car automatic transmission suddenly fell out of gear and the engine raced to 6k rpms and was unable to catch gear again with patting the gas peddle. it was almost as if the cars brake was on because there was almost no glide. i was just barely able to get off to the shoulder and not be rear-ended at high speed. i turned off the car for a few minutes and started it back up and it was able to progress through shifting but is now unable to advance above 50 miles per hour due to it not being able to shift higher. it is also falling out of gear when idling. i kept regular maintenance on my car and changed the transmission fluid about 15k miles before i experienced this issue. i am being told by a transmission shop that the problem is likely with the torque converter and i will likely n need a new transmission at the tune of ~$4000.00 needless to say i feel this is an extreme safety hazard and probably caused by original parts being low quality or poorly designed. *tr | |||
| 09/10/2012 | 135000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning lamp illuminated. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 135,000. | |||
| 09/10/2012 | 135000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning lamp illuminated. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 135,000. pmb | |||
| 05/23/2012 | 166000 | ||
| Appears the vehicle pcm has to be replaced caused car to stall | |||
| 03/24/2012 | 25700 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving 5 mph, the vehicle accelerated and the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. the vehicle was towed to the dealer where the contact was advised that the transmission needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired, but the problem continued. the manufacturer was contacted but provided no assistance. the failure mileage was 25,700 and the current mileage was 55,000. kmj | |||
| 03/24/2012 | 25700 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated while driving 5 mph the vehicle accelerated and rear end another vehicle , the vehicle was towed to the dealer were the dealer diagnose the vehicle. the dealer stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired, but the problem continue. the manufacture was contacted. the manufacture stated that the vehicle was already repaired under recall. the failure mileage 25,700 the current mileage 55,000.jp | |||
| 09/05/2011 | 56000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving 55 mph and above, the vehicle would begin to jerk. the failure recurred on an intermittent basis. the vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 56,000. kmj | |||
| 08/19/2011 | |||
| Upon having the secondary shaft bearing recall completed my car started to drive very sluggish. upon acceleration the car is very slow to accelerate and feels like it's dragging and staying in one gear too long. when finally i get to desired speed the car will slightly jerk as if it is trying to switch gears and will sometimes decelerate in speed. i have to constantly accelerate to keep car going up to speed and sometimes have to press gas pedal to floor to get up to speed. car makes a humming sound on and off when trying to get up to speed. dealership ran all checks and could not find any failures. i hope honda investigates this issue. my car was running very smoothly before i took it in for recall and now it runs very rough. very disappointing!!! | |||
| 09/05/2011 | 56000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving 55 mph and above, the vehicle would begin to jerk. the failure recurred on an intermittent basis. the vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 56,000. kmj | |||
| 08/19/2011 | |||
| Upon having the secondary shaft bearing recall completed my car started to drive very sluggish. upon acceleration the car is very slow to accelerate and feels like it's dragging and staying in one gear too long. when finally i get to desired speed the car will slightly jerk as if it is trying to switch gears and will sometimes decelerate in speed. i have to constantly accelerate to keep car going up to speed and sometimes have to press gas pedal to floor to get up to speed. car makes a humming sound on and off when trying to get up to speed. dealership ran all checks and could not find any failures. i hope honda investigates this issue. my car was running very smoothly before i took it in for recall and now it runs very rough. very disappointing!!! | |||
| 09/05/2011 | 56000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. the contact stated that while driving at highway speeds, the vehicle would begin to jerk. the failure recurred on an intermittent basis. the vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 56,000. sm. | |||
| 08/19/2011 | |||
| Upon having the secondary shaft bearing recall completed my car started to drive very sluggish. upon acceleration the car is very slow to accelerate and feels like it's dragging and staying in one gear too long. when finally i get to desired speed the car will slightly jerk as if it is trying to switch gears and will sometimes decelerate in speed. i have to constantly accelerate to keep car going up to speed and sometimes have to press gas pedal to floor to get up to speed. car makes a humming sound on and off when trying to get up to speed. dealership ran all checks and could not find any failures. i hope honda investigates this issue. my car was running very smoothly before i took it in for recall and now it runs very rough. very disappointing!!! | |||
| 12/24/2005 | 1800 | 1 | 11/25/2005 |
| We experienced a problem in stopping at a red light on our trip back from an out of town trip last weekend. as a result of this experience my wife is now afraid to drive this car. after a few hours of highway driving, and decelerating through an exit ramp, then re-accelerating and attempting to stop at a stop light we experienced and an extremely resistant brake pedal requiring extremely hard pedal pressure and the engine seemed to continue to rev during braking. while stopped at the light the engine continued to rev abnormally. our 30-year-old son was driving. he did not move his foot from the brake pedal for fear of what would happen. he switched into park and the engine stopped revving. while keeping his foot on the brake pedal he put the car back in drive. then the engine seemed normal and the brake pedal pressure returned to normal. this was a disconcerting experience because it was abnormally difficult to stop, and we almost ran into a car in front of us. there were three adult witnesses to this frightening episode, my wife, our adult son, and me. we did not use the cruise control at any time during this trip. we took the vehicle to our honda dealer. they examined the car thoroughly and could find no problems. they hypothesized that this may have been a computer error, but the systems test out fine now. now our family is left with a car that we know has a serious safety defect, and we drive it in fear that this could happen again, hurting others or us. we also recognize the possibility that this stealth defect may be lurking to hurt others in other 2006 honda accord v6 cars. *jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 07/04/2008 | 38405 | 1 | |
| Left a light and made a left-hand turn when the transmission disengaged. (had revs, no movement.) d3 would not work, d2 got it going again. never could get it to work in d3 or d on the way home (about 5 miles). stopped once and restarted the engine, but had the same problem. left it sit for a while at home (2 h), and tried again; same problem. had it towed to a dealer and left it there for a week. they used it for 39 miles but did not find anything. *tr | |||
| 08/29/2007 | 65000 | 1 | 03/01/2004 |
| 2004 honda accord transmission melted. customer states while driving the vehicle, it would not accelerate and did not have any gears without any warning. mechanic determined the transmission imploded. *kb the mechanic informed the consumer that the gears had melted.*jb | |||
| 08/29/2006 | 10791 | 6 | 04/14/2006 |
| 1) new wheel bearing at 10,768 miles 2) new transmission and removal/replacement of same shift cable at 10,791 miles (service tech acknowledges the noise on the work ticket) 3) rotate and balance of tires due to a serious vibration problem in the steering wheel at 10,791 miles 4) resurfacing of original rotors, 4-wheel alignment due to noise at 11,002 miles 5) replacement of old rotors with new rotors and brake pads at 11,184 miles. we cannot understand why all this work has been performed on our vehicle if everyone now states that they cannot hear the grinding noise. we have made multiple good faith attempts (5 logged which includes the final attempt, and 1 not logged), to have our car repaired correctly. at this time, we are only left with the route of arbitration procedures or be left with a substandard honda product. *nm | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 06/15/2006 | 10000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda accord. while driving approximately 80 mph the vehicles gears would not shift. the vehicles speed would not decrease. the contact shifted the gear to d3 in order to get the speed down. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and they were unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle has not been repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 10,000.ds | |||
| 06/30/2009 | 6000 | 1 | |
| 3rd gear repeatedly either fails to engage or remain engaged. has happened repeatedly...3rd gear & synchro(?) replaced after updated fluid didn't help. first happened at 6k, then 15k, then at 19k. *tr | |||
| 09/15/2006 | 5000 | 1 | |
| I was merging onto an expressway and i shifted into 3rd gear to accelerate to the speed of (heavy) traffic. the transmission popped out of gear and i was nearly rear-ended by a tractor trailer (that was going too fast). i had to swerve over to the shoulder to avoid the collision. this popping out of gear, and difficulty shifting into gear has been going on for three years and occurs 3 or 4 times a month. after this near miss, i took the car into get it serviced (this was in 2006). i was told by the dealer that this was normal for this transmission and that there was no fix for the problem. i have not had any close calls (as bad as the first one) since, but i have learned to force the car into 3rd gear every time. i have also had my share of horns directed at me due to delayed acceleration. recently, i did an internet search on 3 gear accord 6 cylinder manual and one of the results was honda service bulletin 08-020. this bulletin covers my 06 accord and is for transmission grinds when shifting into 3rd gear, pops out of 3rd gear, or is hard to shift into 3rd gear, note: these symptoms can be intermittent and sometimes more noticeable in colder climates. faulty 3rd gear synchronizer or shift sleeve sounds exactly like my problem so i went to the dealer today to have it corrected. the dealer went for a test drive and couldn't duplicate the problem (it can go for over a week without showing up), he said honda's policy was unless they could see the problem honda would not authorize any repairs to be made. so honda has found a problem with their transmission (the one that almost caused me to have a collision), released a service bulletin on how to fix it, but refuses to do any repairs until this 3 or 4 times a month intermittent problem starts to fail often enough for it to fail while the dealer is actually driving the car. meanwhile everyone with this transmission is placed in harms way. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2009 | 12000 | 1 | |
| Third gear constantly pops out of gear upon slower/normal acceleration. the fluid was changed at approx 12k miles, third gear synchro was replaced at approx 15k, and now around 19k it is happening again..major safety concern as car wont accelerate in neutral. *tr | |||
| 11/01/2005 | 3000 | 1 | |
| I purchased a brand new 2006 honda accord, with a 4 cylinder engine and 5 speed manual. the car is a lx special edition, with a 2.4 liter, 4 cylinder. the car has burned excessive amounts of oil since day one. it burns more than 2 quarts of oil between each oil change. at first i thought it was due to the thin oil that is required and that it was just the break in, but it keeps getting worse. i have run the factory honda oil and filter and the problem keeps getting worse. this oil change i tried mobil 1 synthetic oil in the recommended weight, but it did not help. the oil is at 50% and the car has already burned over 1 quart of oil with just over 20,000 miles on the car. i have done all of the required oil changes at the proper intervals. the cars transmission is also abnormally stiff when it is warming up. a friend of mine was able to insist that they rebuild his manual transmission for similar problems. the excessive oil burning is the problem i am writing about though. *tr | |||