Assuming you've had the car since you bought the 2001 new, it should last you as long as you own the car.I'm driving a 1991 Geo prizm, with over 220K miles on it, and it's still the original auto tranny in it.Either you got suckered to get a new one, or there was a major defect in it somehow to break it, especially if it is a Honda. It should last you for decades.One sure thing to make sure a transmission lasts is to change the tranny fluids regularly. Once a year is a good suggestion, even tho' the manual may say just every few years. Every 20,000 miles is an extremely good mileage for changing, but every 50,000 is probably just fine for normal use of a car.But consider the cost of changing fluid once a year, compared to having paid for a brand new transmission when it should have gone easily 10 more years!!!"Somewhere, something bad got done to you!!!"If you bought the car used, then you probably got stuck with a bad tranny, and the cost of the repair. But now, that new tranny should last even your kids learning to drive in that car!!!I'm not kidding!!!