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1285 messages, Last post on Nov 25, 2009 at 12:50 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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Replying to: ctdinc (Jan 23, 2009 4:59 am) Have you had any luck contacting the attorneys regarding the class action settlement? I clicked on the link in your message (http://www.hondatransmissionsettlement.com/php/login.php), but I can only access the VIN validation page. It says mine is covered, but I can't view anything else on that website. I looked up the law firm on yellowpages.com, and found the address/phone: Kirby Noonan Lance & Hogue 625 Broadway Ste 600 San Diego, CA 92101 (phone # deleted IAW forum policy) I called a yesterday afternoon, and was transferred to the voicemail for Rose Reynolds. I am currently awaiting a return call. Let me know if you have any luck. |
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Replying to: xhonzi (Feb 03, 2009 1:30 pm) But they gave me the same crap. You must have talked to Ron at Honda, he is a good liar. He told me no one else is having these kinds of problems, and that I can't believe what I read on the internet.
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I was reading/skimming the settlement at (http://www.hondatransmissionsettlement.com/). I'm not in the legal profession, so I'm not sure what I just read... What exactly did members of the class get? I was under the impression from reading these forums that they had their labor/parts charges reversed in part or in whole and that they got it in "cash." After talking with someone at the NYC Firm, I am now unsure of what exactly they "won." Can anyone comfirm? |
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I am worrying this transmission crap all the time I own a Honda. Plan to get rid of the Honda as soon as standard 3-yr / 36,000 mi. warranty is expired.
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Replying to: rfreitas (Feb 04, 2009 9:39 am) The dealership will let us know what the $$ is today so I'll be able to say whether 25% would even make a difference. Question: Has anyone ever gotten timing belt work done on their car at the same time? Would it save any labor costs to do so?
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Excuse the volume of my recent posts... I called the Honda Specialist again to ask him more about the "7 year 9 month, 109k warranty" he was telling me about. He used the term "extended warranty." I said that I never purchased an extended warranty and he again said that it didn't matter. The American Honda rep told me, "You don't have the extended warranty." I took him to mean that I didn't buy one. Did he mean that I didn't qualify for one? Why not? What this sounds like is the result of the Class Action lawsuit for the 99-01 models. Does that make sense?
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I also left a message for Rose at attorney's office that handled the class action lawsuit, but have yet to receive a call back. We were originally quoted $4200 to replace the transmission at Autoway Honda in Clearwater, FL -- which came with a 36K/3 yr warranty (our van has 70K miles). After 6 weeks ....YES, 6 weeks of going back and forth, they finally agreed to replace it for $1800 -- but with only a 12K/1 yr warranty. We took it to Aamco who will rebuild it for $2300 AND warranty it for LIFE. Be REALLY careful getting work done at the dealer (unless you're under warranty, of course). The dealer told us that we also had 2 broken engine mounts, but we've had two other shops look at it and there's only one broken mount. I've owned Honda's for the last 15 years, but this will be the last one that I will ever own. This experience has shown me their lack of professionalism, sneakiness, and unwillingness to take responsibility for their errors, which I might be willing to suffer through if they had a dependable product.....but alas, they don't!!
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