Honda Motors makes wonderful, dependable cars—for the most
part. But one carefully guarded secret is that automatic transmissions in older
Honda Odyssey minivans have a tendency to seize up!
I lost my first Odyssey tranny at 112,000 miles, and my
second one yesterday at 150,000 miles. The cost? $3,000 a pop! Honda did extend
the warranty on the Odyssey transmissions in 2006 to 109,000 miles. After that,
you’re on your own, and their reps are none too pleasant if you call to
complain.
Well, hello out there in the blogosphere! I’m talking to you
who own Odyssey minivans built between 1999 and 2008. How many transmissions
have you scrapped? Well, there’s a website.
I encourage you to record your experience
there and take advantage of the handy form available there to let the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration know that you’re fed up with exploding
drive-trains and you won’t take it anymore!
Let’s shine the light on Honda and let it know that their
loyal customers should not have to repeatedly pay the price for poor
transmission design!
Let’s end this with a HOO HA!!
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