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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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I have a 2001 Odyssey which has run 73.5 k miles. 1) I'm told by my my local auto shop that the catalytic converter might have to be changed. I saw in some forums that up to 80k catalytic converter will be replaced by Honda. Is this true? I dont have a Honda warranty (it expired in 2008).From my vehicle history I see that Honda did a one time fix on the transmission of my car because of similar problems across many 2001 models - like a recall. 2) Does it make sense to buy an extended warranty? 3) I'm told a CC will cost $1000 for the Honda brand. Has anyone purchased Eastern Catalytic converter or anyother non honda converters? I see them listed for around $200. 4) Also I have not changed the timing belt on my car. Should i spend for all at once and hope to be happy for a while? Please help!
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Replying to: kmuodyssey01 (Feb 10, 2009 12:32 pm) It doesn't really make sense to purchase an extended warranty at this point, because in 2 years, you really don't know if you'll still be driving the same 2001 Odyssey. Honda did offer transmission replacements, although in recent years, they've been more restrictive and the offers less generous- even during earlier years, transmission failures were taken on a case by case basis by Honda North America in regards to payment. I'm sure at this age of the car, Honda would have stopped paying. I see it as you have 2 options: 1. You can fix everything that needs to be fixed right now (get a mechanic to do a complete inspection) and drive it for another few years 2. You can fix nothing, and go ahead and trade it in, and take a small hit on resale value. Any dealer will probably be fixing everything before putting it on the lot anyway, so you will take a hit on the trade-in value. Don't fix one thing but not fix the other- the 2 solutions that make financial sense (at least to me) are all or nothing solutions. |
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| About to drop $34K for a 09 EX-L and reading all these tranny problems on previous Odysseys... now I am concerned and realize why so many people are buying the extended warranties. I have a Accord that has never had a problem... Am I walking off a cliff here? | |
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Replying to: xhonzi (Feb 05, 2009 7:55 am) |
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Replying to: abt2buyody (Feb 20, 2009 10:42 pm) 15,000 miles later, the tranny went out----and we were gentle with it as we were with all our cars. I was SHOCKED. Shocked that a Honda van transmission would go out at less than 50,000 miles. But, I was more SHOCKED at the RUDE, unprofessional Honda of America attitude, like you are saying. Because I didn't buy it at a Honda dealership, they'd only give me $500. It cost $3,600 to fix. I told them about this site and that there were others who had double the mileage and they got all but $1,000 paid for. He said nastily, "if you don't like it, we can resend our offer to you". I was more than mad at that. I told him despite my great success with the Accord, I would not buy a Honda again. With that he said, Fine. We resend our offer. I hate Honda Of America now. DESPISE them. They're attitude is counterproductive to say the least. Oh but of course----we are all lying. We have nothing else to do, but bad mouth Honda of America.
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Replying to: ddbarrett (Feb 24, 2009 2:27 am) First thing is Honda should not equipped these vans with bad tranny for so many years, 1 or 2 years is enough headache. |
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It is really all about the bottom line for them. Customer service for most makers has gone out the window. If it saves them millions up front to deal with customers this way they will take that road but it will cost Honda more in the long run by loosing customers. I purchased the new Sedona because it best fit my situation. In all honestly, it is not as nice as the new Honda as far as handling and a few other little features. But, you don't hear the same problems with them. Most of Hyundai and Kia's problems are little things. Also nice to have the peace and mind of a long warranty. The Koreans are putting together a very competitive product now. |
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Replying to: abt2buyody (Feb 20, 2009 10:42 pm) Pro 1)Believe in 07 the transmission was replaced so you have a chance of that problem being resolved. 2)Nice handling and acceleration 3)Eight passenger seating is nice except no place to put the eight seat when not needed (started in 08 in 06 and 07 the seat would store in the storage space). Con 1)Braking is soft (reading the forum on braking) but recently they have posted a bulletin on the issue with a couple people seeing improvements. Interesting to see if that lasts. 2)Towing needs an expensive towing package or void the warranty. Seems like they still do not trust the transmission yet to allow a small towing capacity without the package. 3)The shield in the back (over the rear window) is worth less and even bothersome. You cannot clean the entire window and have heard that ice build up will cause to crack when opening the door. 4)Lots of noise with the doors. Both front doors had noise issues and are sliding doors make odd noises also. If I was buying now I would give Toyota a try based on my needs. A couple pros and cons for the Toyota that I noted are: Pro 1)Does not require an expensive towing package. 2)Has an AWD option Con 1) Eight passenger seating causes you to lose the captain chairs (not so in the Odyssey) 2) Does not have the nice front storage compartment like the Odyssey |
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