Dave Garrett <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:MPG.22eac5bc96ac27f98a242@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <g5q8hg.bgk.0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Pszemol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>> "Dave Garrett" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.22e80e465c3839198a23e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > 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.
>
The 1998 Accord is, as far as I can determine, not part of the inherently
defective crowd.
Honda has very publicly admitted to the existence of several serious
defects in V6 auto trannies for the '99 to '04 model years of various
models, and has been generous in fixing them. Honda has had its eye on
Toyota and their past troubles with certain 1MZ-FE 3.0 V6's, and is not
eager to be tarred with the same brush.
Your '98? Well, it's ten years old, with ten years of potential neglect
and
abuse. The wrong fluid, neglected changes, who knows what.
To "mashup" Curly and the rock group REM, "What's the Code, Kenneth?"
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