Quote:
Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Ahh so with Honda its under rated, with MB its a lemon.
Honda recalled all those hundreds of thousands of Odyssey trans and updated them right? My friend who only got one covered and had to pay for the last two out of pocket to the tune of about $6k would love to get that recall number.
A lot of people with the last gen Accord would also love for Honda to help them out.
|
Thats right.........Honda acknowledged and extended the warranty, MB denied and never admitted to the fault.........its a lemon allright.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Odyssey
Transmission issues
Many owners reported transmission problems with their second generation Odyssey, and Honda ended up replacing many transmissions under warranty for free. The 4-speed automatic transmission in 1999 to 2001 models had very serious problems with transmission durability. Honda responded to the problems by extending the warranty on the transmission to 7 years or 100,000 miles (160,900 km). A class action settlement further extended coverage to 109,000 miles (175,400 km) or 93 months for some '99-01 Odysseys in the U.S.A.[1]. Canada is not included. The five-speed automatic introduced in 2002 was supposed to fix this, but general reliability of the transmission did not improve until 2004. The five-speed introduced in 2002 suffered early wear out and failure of the transmission's third clutch pack. This causes large amounts of clutch debris to migrate through the transmission and block flow of transmission fluid, caused slipping, poor or no shifts, or sudden down-shifts from 5th gear to 2nd gear. Under some conditions, the second gear could overheat and break, causing the transmission to lock. An oil jet was added to lubricate this gear but this did not solve the third clutch problem[2]. The addition of a transmission cooler with the towing package does not help with transmission reliability but it was required for any towing, or the warranty would be voided. The optional towing package included coolers for power steering and transmission.
2003 models are also affected by this problem.