WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD V6 MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTED MY CAR FROM 5TH GEAR TO 1ST VIOLENTLY LURCHING MY CAR AND FORCING ME TO SLIDE OFF OF THE HIGHWAY. BOTH MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER WERE THROWN INTO OUR SEATBELTS AND TOSSED BACK INTO OUR SEATS AFTER SLIDING INTO THE HIGHWAY MEDIAN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF TRYING TO GET MY COMPOSURE WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND LIMP HOME IN FIRST GEAR USING BACK ROADS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HONDA FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND LEARNED THAT THERE IS A LONG KNOWN ISSUE ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY WERE NOT SURPRISED. NOW AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND THAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE TO HONDA. HONDA EVEN COMPENSATES SOME REPAIR COST AS A GOOD FAITH MEASURE. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HONDA IS GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER. MAYBE NO ONE HAS DIED YET, BUT I CAME CLOSE TO IT! I CONTRACTED WITH BLACKWATER INTERNATIONAL FOR 4 YEARS AND WENT THROUGH INTENSIVE DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE COMBAT DRIVING SKILLS TRAINING AND I BELIEVE THIS TRAINING IS WHY I KEPT MY HEAD AND AVERTED A CRASH, THE NEXT PERSON MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. *TR