In article <UKSdnT-K0deSqubeRVn-pQ@adelphia.com>,
"Bob Palmer" <jenbobkatelyn@adelphia.net> wrote:

> We have a 2000 Odyssey with the 4 speed tranny and have no problems. It runs
> as good as it did when we purchased it in Oct 1999. I think that all of
> these so called "problems" are magnified because people across this country
> are amazed that Honda has something that could fail.

No, that's not it at all.

Starting with the transmission they put in the V6 Accord in 98, which is
the same one they put in the all-new Odyssey in 99 (not to mention the
Acura models), Honda has had major, major problems.

That's not to say that every one of them failed; shoot, even Chrysler
has transmissions on the road with lots of miles and years on them that
haven't failed. But that's far from saying that they're not problematic.

At one point, my Honda shop was replacing 4-5 Accord and Odyssey
transmissions per week--at $4K per, customer pay. Everyone at the shop
agreed, that was unheard of.

Then Honda makes the 5 speed transmission for the 02 model year--and
come 2004, two years later, Honda launches THE LARGEST RECALL CAMPAIGN
THEY'VE EVER HAD--some $360 million. Why? Transmissions.

Even on the new 5 speed models, they couldn't get it right. To have a
$360 million recall campaign means that it's not "magnified by people
amazed that Honda has something that can fail". That's Chrysler
territory, pal.

Everyone knows: the Honda beancounters spent about 10 years running
things into the ground. Honda is now paying for that.

I'm a Honda man from way, way back. I currently have an 02 Odyssey.
Nonetheless, if someone asks about buying a recent used V6 Honda, I
would lay out the facts and let him decide on his own.

And the facts are pretty damning.