On 4/13/2008 9:09 AM Woody spake these words of knowledge:
> Unfortunately the problems in the 99-01 Odyssey have nothing to do with
> changing the fluid. Many have failed in under 40k. Very few have made it
> over 100k without failing. The problem is in design which also carried
over
> to the five speeds in the 02-04 van. Although fewer of them failed the
> percentage is still very high....
'Very few' and 'very high' are relative terms. I see an awful lot of
99-01 Odysseys on the road here. My own has over 142,000 miles without
a transmission problem. A friend had 157,000 on a '99 model LX when it
was traded in for a '07 last year.
To be honest, I don't personally know the failure rate, because Honda
has not made it public. But I do know it's not anywhere near 5%. It
*is* a very high failure rate - for a Honda - and there's no excuse for
the problem persisting over several model years, irrespective of the
original cause.
For detailed information on all things Odyssey, check out
www.odyclub.com. When I joined, I was member #6.
RFT!!!
Dave Kelsen
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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy.
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