John Horner wrote:

> Overall I have not been impressed with the quality of my Honda. Rattles
> have never been fixed, transmission replaced under warranty, brake
> problems, etc.
>
> Honda has not lived up to it's reputation in the case of my car.

The fact that Honda extended the warranty on V6 4-speed automatics and
issued a recall for 5-speed automatics is reason to believe that Honda has
lived up to its reputation. At least they acknowledge major problems like
this and work to fix them. You cannot say that for some Fords and Crapslers
that have higher rates of tranny failure than Honda.

As for the rattles, you can thank the environmental pussies who convinced
the governments to mandate a bunch of regulations to satisfy their
tree-hugging needs--among them, the use of hard plastics. I know people
with some newer Toyotas and Fords that have these rattles and squeaks too.
Just be thankful that it won't leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere
like a Ford or Crapsler.