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1297 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 11:50 AM
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Replying to: pachiefman (Oct 07, 2009 8:13 am) Hondas. Nice cars, crappy automatic transmissions, questionable customer commitment. I never had isses with Honda transmissions when I had the manual trannys. |
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Replying to: pachiefman (Oct 07, 2009 8:13 am) After much research I concluded that: 1. Honda trannies are under-designed. 2. The Honda fluid doesn't do a good job of keeping the tranny alive and well. After much research, I switched to using Amsoil synthetic transmission fluid and had my dealer change it over 3 "drain-and-fill" methods. While initially they tried to scare me in to not using the fluid, they performed the service, each time reporting that the old fluid being drained out looked a lot cleaner. The shift quality has improved considerably and I think the tranny will last longer. I also had my Acura dealer use the same fluid in my Acura TL 2005 tranny with the same result (no issues with my acura before or after - still on original tranny). What was even more interesting was that the Acura dealer did not try scaring me in to not using it and also after looking at the results on my vehicle, use the same fluid on other acura's that are just starting with tranny issues and and reporting good results. Note that the Amsoil fully synthetic fluid is about the same or cheaper than the honda fluid and from research it is the only tranny fluid that claims compatibility with the honda fluid (meaning it has similar or same additive packages). I am not advertising for Amsoil here. I have no stake in Amsoil or their products other than their good use in my honda ody 05 and acura tl 05. I hope my story helps someone save money and headaches with honda tranny issues. One thing is certain I will rethink my decision to buy a honda again. I have had many issues with my ody 2005 (motor mount, a-pipe, power-steering pump and more) most of which were fixed under goodwill after the std warranty was way past expiration by my dealer (a fantastic dealership with a great service manager who helps customers out).
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Replying to: coredump (Oct 08, 2009 9:42 am)
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Replying to: bigdadi118 (Oct 08, 2009 7:20 pm) |
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I bought the VAN last year. have 22K miles on it. After my recent oil change my VAN started shaking at different speed. I came to find out that there was a recall on the car and they updated some software during my recent visit which caused my van to shake. I just called to complain about the issue and now they are saying they need to replace torque converter..... guys watch out with Hondas.... the van is not even two years old and it needs torque converter replacement.
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Replying to: user_1999 (Oct 10, 2009 6:46 am) Are you saying you took the car in for an oil change and they did other work on it without your knowledge or permission and that was a software update? The software update didn't work right and your van was shaking. Now it needs a torque converter, which may have been related to the reason they tried the software update in the first place but it's going to require a replacement instead of them fixing it, temporarily perhaps, with the software update?
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Oct 10, 2009 11:42 am) |
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Replying to: odsytranny (Sep 09, 2009 3:26 am)
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Replying to: odsytranny (Oct 11, 2009 6:53 pm) |
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