I never thought that it was Honda ATF Z1 that was the issue with Honda's as it's their auto trannys that die an early death(and not ever single one).
Since Honda started building larger, heavier vehicles with V6's, their trannys were under developed. At one time, Honda only built 4 cyl car mostly with manual trannys. Then more and more were comming with auto tranny's. Now, V6's and auto trannys w/AWD.
Honda just needs to focus more attention on their auto trannys(and other things too) so that they become the reliable vehicles that we always bought Honda's for.
Larger heavier vehicles, V6's, AWD, Luxury Division(Acura). They're not the "little engine that could" any longer. They're a major contendor in the market and they have issues just like any other mfg.
It's not just the 4 cyl Civic, Accord & Perlude any longer. I remember when that's all they had!
Since Honda started building larger, heavier vehicles with V6's, their trannys were under developed. At one time, Honda only built 4 cyl car mostly with manual trannys. Then more and more were comming with auto tranny's. Now, V6's and auto trannys w/AWD.
Honda just needs to focus more attention on their auto trannys(and other things too) so that they become the reliable vehicles that we always bought Honda's for.
Larger heavier vehicles, V6's, AWD, Luxury Division(Acura). They're not the "little engine that could" any longer. They're a major contendor in the market and they have issues just like any other mfg.
It's not just the 4 cyl Civic, Accord & Perlude any longer. I remember when that's all they had!