Dave Garrett wrote:
> Well, it finally happened. A couple of days ago, the CEL came on in my
> wife's 98 Accord V6. She also reported that she thought the car wasn't
> shifting normally. I drove it and couldn't be sure, but I thought it was
> not shifting as decisively as it normally does. Fearing the worst, I had
> her take it over to our favored independent shop this morning so he
> could pull the code. Sure enough, he reported that it indicated problems
> with the transmission.
>
> The car has 116K miles on it. We purchased it used (certified, with a
> HondaCare warranty) from a Honda dealer about five years ago with 41K
> miles on it. Major service interval maintenance has been performed at
> the same dealer, and a drain-and-refill was just performed about three
> months ago. I am well aware of the numerous problems with the V6 auto
> transmissions, as well as Honda's quiet warranty extension on the 00/01
> model years and "unofficial" warranty extension on some of the other
> years. Frankly, it's ridiculous that a Honda transmission should be
> heading toward failure at under 120K miles.
>
> The code was reset after being read today. Assuming it recurs, I plan to
> take the car in to the dealer and attempt to make the case that Honda
> should cover the cost of a replacement transmission as this is a well-
> documented engineering flaw and they have provided similar consideration
> in the past to other owners. I'm not sure how much this dealer will be
> willing to go to bat for me with American Honda, but I'm prepared to
> contact American Honda directly if I can't reach a mutually acceptable
> agreement with the dealer. I'm hoping that my long history of Honda
> ownership will count in my favor if they're on the fence about doing
> anything.
>
> For those of you who have dealt with this problem previously, and have
> managed to convince Honda to absorb some/all of the cost of a new
> transmission, any words of advice as to the best approach to take, or
> links to other sites I might want to check out?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dave
>
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What's the code ? ? ? ?