Re: Accord transmission problems - best approach?

In article <g5q8hg.bgk.0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Pszemol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> "Dave Garrett" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > take the car in to the dealer and attempt to make the case that Honda 
> > should cover the cost of a replacement transmission as this is a well-
> > do***ented engineering flaw and they have provided similar
consideration 
> > in the past to other owners.
> 
> How can you know it is the same issue as with other owners? 
> How are you going to prove that this is engineering flaw?
> What exactly is the problem with your transmission? The code #?

It isn't exactly a secret that there have been instances of Honda V6 
auto transmission failures in numbers far above what could be considered 
a normal statistical average. I don't know exactly how many failures 
there have been, and I'm sure Honda isn't eager to publicize that kind 
of data, but there have been enough to cause at least one class-action 
lawsuit to be filed and the factory warranty period extended to 100,000 
miles for certain model years. 

It's not just random chance that has caused failures specific to V6 auto 
trannys over multiple model years of Accords and Odysseys dating back to 
1998. I don't know what else you'd call it besides an engineering flaw. 
It's certainly a marked downturn for a company that used to be known for 
the superior engineering of its powerplants.

The problem with mine is an increasing reluctance to ****ft. And as I 
mentioned in another post, I don't have the code # yet but will post it 
when I do.

Dave