![]() Unfortunately the not so surprising call came back from him telling me I wasn't so fortunate and the transmission needed replacing. I did and the service rep said more then likely it is just a bad solenoid, he sees it all the time, I was pretty excited. Honda USA told me to take the van in to my local honda dealer to get it diagnosed and they would go from there on deciding wether to help or not. Update from : Update: After reading tons of reviews of honda not helping customers with this known problem, I called Honda USA and stated my case, knowing I was outside the extended warranty honda put on this defective transmission but I felt they way I had maintained this van up until now, it wasn't fair for Honda to walk away from helping me out. Shame on Honda for not standing behind this issue. I have a lot of company with this bad transmission. I guess all I can say is misery loves company. And now a bad transmission! Due to the cars age, blue book value is a jokingly $3500, about the same as a rebuilt transmission would cost me. Looks almost new, perfect engine, new timing belt. the van is in perfect like new condition. I have a mint condition 2003 Honda Odyssey with 114000 miles on it which I have had since it was new. ![]() If anyone knows about any class action lawsuit against honda in this regard, please let me know. Honda dealership wants $5800 to put in a new transmission. Seriously, you want the consumer to have the wheels lock up due to a faulty transmission and get into a car accident before you decide to do anything. Their case manager said that unless the wheels locked up on you while driving, it's not considered a safety recall. Honda should have put in a new transmission in it at 90k instead of just the oil jet kit which wasn't going to do much against a poor quality transmission. This is the worst Honda I have ever owned. Honda says they washed their hands off with this by putting in the oil jet which is supposed to lubricate the transmission further from getting hot and failing. It eventually failed now 3 years down the road and it would shut itself off on the road while driving or while standing at an intersection. This van (2003 Honda Odyssey) had the so called oil jet for the transmission recall done in June of 2013 with close to 90k miles on it at that time, however, the damage had already been done to the transmission by then.
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