Re: Accord transmission problems - best approach?

On 2008-07-19, Pszemol <Pszemol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "TomP" <roadcyc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> If you have had this car serviced by the "dealer" for the last 5 years.
>> They may go to bat for you.
>> 10 year old car: At what point do you take full responsibility and own
the
>> car?
>> 
>> I'm curious, just what is your expectation regarding transmission life?
>
> My expectations are for the whole life of the car, 300 thousand miles or
more.
> Properly mainained transmission should never go bad in my opinion :-)
> Are my expectations too high for honda?

Your expectations are too high for anyone.

While most of them will last that long, mechanical failures do occur, 
and at that age/mileage, it is hard to tell the cause, especially if 
you don't know the maintenance history...


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