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#7206 of 7211 Odyssey - odyssey by cabmanjd Oct 02, 2009 (11:25 am)
I have a 2001 Odyssey, never had a lick of problems until 94,000 miles when the check engine light came on. We live in a small town an hour from San Antonio TX, so when we took the van in for repairs I thought I'd check out the Element for the cabinet company I work for as a service vehicle. I left early to test drive and talk to the salesman and my wife was to meet me at the service dept. While talking to the salesman I get a call from my wife that she is at the service dept and the teck is saying something about replacing the tranny. I said I'd be right there. I walked over to the service cubby to "I knew that would get you over here fast, chuckle, chuckle". I told them that wasn't funny. Well - the next day the service guy calls and says "I've got bad news, we have to replace the transmission!" My reply was that wasn’t funny yesterday and is bordering on crewel today. But he wasn't kidding the tranny needed to be replaced, but Honda was going to pay for it. I was relieved but disappointed in the Ody. March forward 3 years and 30,000 miles, my pregnant daughter-in-law my daughter and girlfriend ask to use the van to move her stuff to Pensacola Fl. where my son is stationed in the Navy. I thought it best to get the tranny fluid changed before the trip and have the machine given the once-over. All went well until they got to Florida, the check engine light came on. It was the weekend and I asked them to take it to a place to get a code from the computer since the dealer was closed. It came back it was the tranny again. Crap, I’ve got 3 young ladies in Pensacola with my van with a bum tranny. I told them to wait until Monday morning so I could talk to the service advisor at my dealer in San Antonio, (Gunn Honda). We determined that they should be OK to drive it back - - - They made it to about 30 miles from Gunn Honda when it broke down, undrivable. I had it towed in. I was really upset because it was past the warranty, (100,000 mile extension on the transmission) and it need to be replaced. I thought the transmission should have lasted more than 30,000 miles and told Honda that. Well they agreed and are replacing the tranny again and picking up 90% of the bill. I’m disappointed that Honda released this car with a bum transmission but am ecstatic that they have the integrity to make things right. Hats off to Honda! Replies to this message: vger (Oct 02, 2009 12:36 pm)
#7207 of 7211 Re: Odyssey - odyssey [cabmanjd] by vger Oct 02, 2009 (12:36 pm)
Replying to: cabmanjd (Oct 02, 2009 11:25 am) Actually, if you paid for the extended warrenty, the first tranny was covered, the second should have been covered 100% because Honda Odysseys' have a Tranny Recall on them. Still, your dealer is pretty good at 90%. Mine would only give 50% and did not honor the Recall. What they did was they wrote the first one as the Recall at 70,000 instead of using my extended warrenty. Thus when it died the second time it was out of warrenty and they used the Recall. Never going back there again... and to think I sent four other people there to buy cars from them. It's Toyota for me now.
#7208 of 7211 Gear Shift Selector Moves too easily by caseyh1 Oct 22, 2009 (8:19 am)
One day we just woke up and the gear shift on the steering column no longer required us to pull the lever toward us and then move it down into gear. Now it requires just a very slight pressure downward and it just ratchets through gear positions . Also, "D" no longer catches the downward movement and it can easily go down past it or pop up to Neutral or Reverse.   The dealer thought it was the 'shift interlock solenoid' wearing out. But everyone else who has that kind of problem is having it get stuck in Park, which we are not. I'm pretty handy and don't mind getting into it but I don't want to just throw parts at it until it is fixed.   Anyone who has had this and/or knows what it is please let me know Replies to this message: vger (Oct 22, 2009 9:39 am)
#7209 of 7211 Re: Gear Shift Selector Moves too easily [caseyh1] by vger Oct 22, 2009 (9:39 am)
Replying to: caseyh1 (Oct 22, 2009 8:19 am) Hi Caseyh1, Speaking from the top of head, it soundsa more like linkage problem than electronic solenoids. I would trace down the linkage line first... again sounds like something came loose where there is notches to lock a position for each gear setting... whether external or internal. Vger
#7210 of 7211 forever by autowrite Oct 23, 2009 (1:43 pm)
how long can I expect my 2002 odyssey to last? I currently have 237,000 kilometers (Canada) on it and would like it to last 600,000 miles. I replaced the transmssion at 180,000 kms (1st and only time). Replies to this message: vger (Oct 23, 2009 7:12 pm)
#7211 of 7211 Re: forever [autowrite] by vger Oct 23, 2009 (7:12 pm)
Replying to: autowrite (Oct 23, 2009 1:43 pm) Do you mean 600,000 kilometers? 600,000 miles is asking a lot for any vehicle in miles... not that it can not be done, but it really depends on two things. Doing regular maintenance and the type of driving you do. Regular maintenance I'm sure you know why, type of driving is based on the enviroment extreme harsh weather, road condition, steep uphills, stop and go traffic, all are hard on your vehicle. The other which you have more control over is hard starts (lead foot), unnecessary loading up your vehicle, hard stops. unnecessary fast acceleration ( where your tranny downshifts, the VTEC kicks in), All of these will shorten the life of your vehicle.   Vger

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