Honda Owners Force Free Transmission Fix

Ah, the power of peaceful protest.

Honda and Acura owners recently saw their hard work pay off when Honda issued a technical service bulletin for the vehicle. The issue? Owners of certain vehicles claimed the car had a transmission problem involving the third gear randomly popping into neutral and grinding incessantly.

Previously, Honda claimed to know nothing of the problem and refused to issue a recall. A TSB is short of a recall, but owners can still get the problem fixed free of charge by bringing their vehicle into a dealership. You can see the TSB for the Honda Civic and Accord here, and the TSB for the Acura here. For a full list of models affected, go to the jump.

• 2003-07 Honda Accord V-6 with M/T
• 2008 Accord V-6 coupe with M/T
• 2006-08 Civic Si coupe
• 2007-08 Civic Si sedan
• 2003 Acura 3.2CL with M/T
• 2002-06 Acura RSX with six-speed
• 2004-08 Acura TL with M/T

Protesting Honda Civic SI Get Transmission TSB (The Consumerist)

Comments

[Marcus]

What about us owners with Accords that seem to love eating transmissions. I'm on my 3rd...hopefully the last.

[Stan]

The TSB states that it only in warranty vehicles are covered but the regional office MAY choose to fix for free out of good will.

Right now it appear that the defective part will cost you if you're out of warranty, unless the local Honda office is feeling generous.

[Adam]

Now Honda needs to stand up and help us '01-'02 Accord owners. Failing automatic transmissions were very common for those years. My '02 transmission failed at 80K miles recently. This being my third Honda, I was NOT happy. I had never had to pay for anything except the routine stuff, up until this point.

[Brett]

honda sucks my 95 5.0 mustang has 160k and the tranny and engine are mint