The Lemon Index$3,600 middle bill · most between $3,000 and $4,200
Lower than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 97,000 miles (165 reports).
Honda Accord owners reported paying a median of $3,600 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,000 and $4,200. That's from 181 owner reports (181 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0001%
- $1,000–$2,5009%
- $2,500–$5,00080%
- $5,000 and up10%
Share of the 181 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Honda Accord11$3,000 middle bill
- 2001 Honda Accord12$3,300 middle bill
- 2002 Honda Accord40$3,400 middle bill
- 2003 Honda Accord89$3,800 middle bill
- 2004 Honda Accord20$4,100 middle bill
- 2005 Honda Accord3$5,000 middle bill
- 2006 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
- 2007 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
- 2013 Honda Accord2too few for a middle
- 2017 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
- 2021 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2003 Honda Accord385 complaints name it19% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Honda Accord173 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Honda Accord136 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Honda Accord76 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2000 Honda Accord53 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Honda Accord24 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
1.5 Turbo (L15B7) · J35 3.5 V6 · K24 2.4
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Honda Accord reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda Accord owners reported
Brake repair (100) · Starter replacement (67) · Head gasket replacement (55) · Fuel injector replacement (28) · AC condenser replacement (27) · Steering rack replacement (22) · Radio and infotainment screen repair (18) · ABS module replacement (17) · Spark plug replacement (10) · Engine replacement (8) · Wiring harness repair (8) · Fuel pump replacement (7) · Torque converter replacement (7) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (6) · Alternator replacement (6) · ECM (engine computer) replacement (5) · Turbocharger replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11724363, 11679992, 11433176, 11418147, 11241656, 11006702, 10935280, 10732697, 10662835, 10653815, 10650680, 10621796 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Honda Accord?
Honda Accord owners reported a median of $3,600, and the middle half paid $3,000 to $4,200, from 181 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Accord transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Accord middle bill of $3,600 is lower than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Accord repair costs come from?
From 181 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Honda Accord years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2003 (385), 2002 (173), 2004 (136) Honda Accord named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.