2006HondaAccord EX-L 4 Cylinder Automatic 4 door 23,500 miles
Purchased this car brand new September 2005 Lynnwood Honda Washington State.
Have owned many Hondas over the years, Civic, Accord, and Odyssey. This Honda has the worst transmission behavior of any car I have ever driven.
Problems while Driving:
Transmission holds back and feels like it does not want to relax into final gear (overdrive).
When going at any speed particular down grades with no brakes the engine is almost compression breaking instead of just coasting. If I slip it into Neutral and back into drive then it coasts fine and the rpms drop and energy is not wasted. This happens on the freeway too.
Around July 2007 I was told by Pennzoil that my Transmission was leaking from somewhere. I immediately brought in to the dealership for service. I was told that the Transmission was indeed leaking from somewhere but they did not know where after running it up on a rack etc. I was told my transmission fluid was extremely low. I was told to just keep and eye on it.
I went in for another Oil Change at Pennzoil and was told again that the Transmission was leaking and the fluid was very low. The mechanic indicated that he could see Trany oil leaking from where the cable connects to the transmission. I went home and added more Honda ATF fluid again.
March 7th 2008 I had just returned from a trip to the airport and the transmission was causing me grief and my passenger noted the problem as well. I checked the fluid level while parked in the garage on level ground after a few minutes and it was bone dry. I immediately called Lynnwood Honda service and got an appointment.
I had to add more Honda ATF fluid just to bring the level up high enough to show something on the dipstick before driving the car back to the dealership. I have never found any tranny oil on my garage floor so it must be burning up or dripping out when driving only.
Brought the car in today to dealership and provided them 6 pages of documentation by me regarding the above. They called me back 4 hours later and said that the Transmission was in fact leaking somewhere and the dipstick was dry. They said that a Honda Factory Rep was briefed about my problem and they were advised to put a brand new transmission in and they wanted the bad one for an autopsy.
I have a free rental car and renewed hope that my HondaAccord will be actually fixed and the problem solved. I will keep you guys posted and hope this helps anyone with the same problem.
