Yeah, it's said that Honda cares much more about their customers.
I recall reading about the weaker differential bearings disintegrating
and plugging up the strainer in these transmissions. This starved the
clutch packs of ATF and they burn up in no time.
The plugged strainer/filter is a reason, aside from hard part failure
plugging it, why I like to change ATF much more frequently. And for
transmissions with replaceable strainers/filters I do those too
12K-15K miles, and wipe the worn clutch/steel materials off the pan
and magenets.
On Aug 3, 12:07=A0pm, Dave Garrett <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Update: took the car to the dealer, and as I expected, the tranny was
> toast. The dealer quoted $3450 to replace it. I told them I would be
> requesting a goodwill repair from Honda, and immediately faxed a polite
> letter to American Honda do***enting my long history of Honda owner****p
> and awareness of the problems with V6 trannies over the past ten years
> (including a citation of the applicable TSB number). Within a couple of
> days, I got a phone call from a case manager in Torrance, and as soon as
> he talked to the dealer to verify the service history of the car there,
> Honda offered to cover the cost of a remanufactured tranny if I would
> pay for the labor to install it ($560). That was all I was really hoping
> for, and I expressed my appreciation to the case manager for Honda's
> consideration. The new tranny has a 3/36 warranty, and he said he hoped
> I wouldn't ever have to use the warranty but it was good to know I'm
> covered if future problems arise.
>
> Got the car back yesterday, and the difference is unbelievable. Judging
> by how smoothly the new tranny ****fts, I have to think that the old one
> had been going south for some time, as it ****fted much more roughly than
> the new one even before it started exhibiting clear signs of imminent
> failure.
>
> Interestingly, I'd just had a brake job done about a month ago, and at
> that time discovered that the front motor mount and one of the side ones
> were cracked, so I had them replaced. When they pulled the tranny prior
> to installing the new one, they found the tranny mount was also worn out
> and replaced it as well. I'd been thinking that something in the front
> suspension was worn out because the car seemed to be riding rougher over
> bumps than it used to, but after the various mount replacements, the
> ride is back to normal. I don't think I've ever had to replace motor
> mounts on any of the cars I've previously owned.
>
> This was really the first major repair I'd had to have done on this car
> in the 75,000 miles we've owned it. Prior to this, aside from normal
> maintenance of brakes, fluids, and batteries, I'd only had to replace
> the starter, an O2 sensor, and the factory CD player (which was covered
> while the car was still under warranty). Here's hoping for another
> similar stretch of relatively trouble-free motoring.
>
> Dave
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