Originally Posted By: thrace
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If what you're saying is true, then I suspect that we'd be seeing Honda tranny's dropping like fly's and a high failure rate, as I suspect that a majority of car owner's are not as, dare I say, fanatical about our cars/vans fluids?
Maybe they are dropping like flies. Two out of two friends who own 2000-2002 Acura CL or TL had early transmission failures. Both before the first recommended ATF change interval. More than half of 99-04 Odyssey owners I know well have had transmission failures. My 2002 Odyssey failed at 72K after too frequent 10K mile ATF changes with Z1 and no towing. Dropping like flies? Maybe dropping like Hondas.
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Since the "average Joe" probably isn't as fanatical, most likely they'd be following mfr (Honda) recommendations or the MID. With the exception of the previous gen Odyssey and I think the previous gen Accord for a few years (as far as I know) which had tranny issues, I don't think there have been any widespread tranny failures in Hondas.
Accord, TL, CL, Odyssey, MDX are on the problem list. Also, my only friend with the MDX is on his third AT 170K miles. 2002 model. Takes it to dealer for routine maintenance by the owners manual.
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So, it lends to me saying that as long as you follow mfr recommendations or the MID, you should be OK.
My vehicle was not OK. Frequent ATF changes did not save my Odyssey. Could have saved time and money by doing less. My Fords and Chryslers cost less to maintain and repair than my Honda. Definitely less transmission failures.
You're right about the CL & TL. I totally forgot about those. As I stated, there were failure's of the Ody and the Accord. On the other end, how about the Civic, Ridgeline, CRV, Integra, RSX, TSX, RL, Legend, etc? I have a 96 Accord and had a 97 Civic and have followed mfr recommendations, without problem.
IMHO, the models/generations you mentioned had design flaws, so even if you over-maintained them, they could fail, which occurred in your case. There isn't much you could have done.