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Replying to: abt2buyody (Feb 20, 2009 10:42 pm) |
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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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I have a 2000 odyssey (purchased in March 2000). I purchased extended warranty at the time of purchase (7 yr warranty). After several complaints in recent months dealer has said transmission needs to be replaced. Van has 109000 miles and been consistently serviced by same dealer I purchased from as recommended by honda. Transmission cost $4000. I understand that the class action settlement (my van was included according to honda) extended the warranty to 7 yrs 9 mos or 100000/109000 miles. My van is just shy of 9 yrs old. Does anyone know if, in the class action settlement, there was any extended warranty for owners who purchased the extended warranty to start with? Per dealer, honda will cover 60% of cost and I'm left paying 40%. Dealer not covering anything. Thanks.
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Replying to: abt2buyody (Feb 20, 2009 10:42 pm) So far good as per the complaints. I think 2000 - 2004 had the most problems. |
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Replying to: 2000odymgm (Feb 25, 2009 2:42 pm) |
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Replying to: bigdadi118 (Feb 05, 2009 7:14 am) |
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