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1285 messages, Last post on Nov 25, 2009 at 12:50 PM
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Replying to: grannyX7 (Jan 23, 2009 5:13 am) |
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| I would definitely stay away from Honda. Way TOO many problems. Mine is 2002 with 70k miles. Needs a new transaction, AC compressor and 3 engine mounts. We just use it for driving around town. | |
| Thanks everyone for your suggestions. It definitely happens after you have been driving highway speeds for some time. Don't really notice it with local driving. After the last time it happened, I had my husband open the hood and listen. Nothing while the car was just idling, but when I stepped on the gas, you could definitely hear it. He said it sounded like it was coming from the a belt. If you are looking into the hood, its a belt that is on the left side of the transmission. Its not noticeable straight on, but you do see it from the side. Next time it happens,I will bring it in regardless of whether or not I have an appointment. | |
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Replying to: grannyX7 (Jan 23, 2009 5:13 am)
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Replying to: grannyX7 (Jan 23, 2009 5:13 am) The used Odyssey is way too old for you to be getting into it long-term, and especially since the 99-04 Odysseys were notorious for transmission issues, you just have no idea when the transmission on an Odyssey with 104K miles will go again. The Montana hasn't been a competitive van since the late 1990s, if it was even competitive then. |
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Replying to: bigdadi118 (Jan 23, 2009 6:54 pm) |
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Replying to: g3guy (Jul 03, 2008 6:38 pm) |
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Our 'D' started flashing 9 months ago after a Transmission fluid change. I thought maybe the fluid was just low... and then I found this site. We didn't have any "actual" problems so I decided to ride it out. We've taken it on a couple of 1,000 family visits since then and it's been fine. Last week, my wife noted that it was "driving a little funny in the snow." When I got in it on Saturday (my birthday), I noticed that it took 3-5 seconds to get "in gear" after selecting Reverse and a few again after selecting Drive. It was also making a "belt"y kind of noise that went away after driving it for 10-15 minutes and arriving at the mechanics. He's a Honda and Acura specialist, but not a dealer. The sound had stopped but he told me that my description of everything sounded like transmission trouble which he confessed was very common. He told me about the "7 year 9 month warranty up to 109k miles." Having read a lot on this site, I confessed to not being the original owner, not having all of the documentation for tune-ups, and not buying it at a Honda dealership. To each of these he responded that it wouldn't be a problem. I asked if he wasn't thinking of the recall, and he said it was a warranty. I went home and called the dealership. They told me the recall had been done by the previous owner and that anything else I'd have to take up with American Honda. I called them today and after discovering the guy I was talking to didn't understand the recall at all, he told me there was nothing he could do to help me. I didn't even get an insulting $500 offer. He told me that he couldn't help me because I bought it used, that it was outside the 36k mile warranty and that it didn't have the extended warranty. I told him about the research I had done on the internet including this site and he more or less insinuated that we were all lying. And that whether our transmissions had failed or not was "customer opinion." Then I called the lawyers.
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