Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2004 Honda Accord has 321 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 1 powertrain-related recall.
321
Complaints
1
Recalls
11
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
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POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON SOME MINI VANS, SPORT UTILITY AND PASSENGER VEHICLES, CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS CAN RESULT IN HEAT BUILD-UP BETWEEN THE COUNTERSHAFT AND SECONDA...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | The transmission in my 2004 Honda Accord V6 3.0L is experiencing a serious safety defect. The transm... |
| Sep 13, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | Second gear jumps erratically , loses power and won’t move until you shut the engine off and start a... |
| Aug 8, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | 2004 Honda Accord V6 178000k miles Car was just driving fine through all gears then out of nowhere... |
| May 15, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | One day I was driving on the highway I all of a sudden lost power to acceleration. The rpm went up a... |
| Sep 18, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | I was having problems with my transmission and had a mechanic look at it and I was told there was a ... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | Transmission is stalling I had it looked over my a technician they informed me of a recall for 04 Ho... |
| Jun 6, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | Several months ago while driving on the freeway, the CEL came on and the engine revved high without ... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | Automatic transmission. Car stalls out coming to/at stop in drive. Idling is way to high and irregul... |
| May 1, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | Transmission seems to disengage after 20 minutes of driving and the worse bthong about it is it does... |
| Jan 10, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | WAS DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL IN THE 2004 HONDA ACCORD V6. HEARD A LOUD POP AND IT JUST STOPPED ... |
| Dec 16, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | WHEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE FOR OVER AN HOUR THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING BUT ONCE I BEGAN DRI... |
| Nov 25, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, A LOUD SOUND WAS HEARD AND... |
| Sep 29, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | WHILE OUR SON WAS DRIVING HIS 2004 ACCORD THE TRANSMISSION, WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY INDICATION, WENT ... |
| Jul 20, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | HELLO, I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME WITH THIS. I OWN A 2004 HONDA ACCORD WHICH HAS... |
| Jun 1, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHEN ATTEMPTING... |
| Feb 18, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TRANSMISSION LOOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING !!! |
| Feb 15, 2019 | POWER TRAIN,AIR BAGS | WHILE DRIVING ON 787 IN ALBANY N.Y. MY 2004 HONDA ACCORD LOCKED UP IN THE FRONT END AND SEEMED TO SL... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SHIFTING GEARS THE VEHICLE STALLE... |
| Feb 1, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED AND SHIFTED IN... |
| Dec 6, 2018 | POWER TRAIN | CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. |