"LauraM" <fingerson88@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1179204050.265416.30140@q75g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
> We're looking to buy a trailer hitch for our 2005 Honda Pilot. We're
> planning on using it to tow a small trailer filled with a washer-
> dryer, furniture, etc. Do we need to install a transmission cooler
> and -- I can't remember the other item that I've heard about. ?? Any
> help would be appreciated!!!
>

I have heard that Honda will refuse to honor warranty claims involving the
transmission if there's a hitch installed but no transmission cooler. I
don't know whether it's true, but you wouldn't want to find out the hard
way. It's one reason I haven't had a hitch installed on my '01 Odyssey, even
though I'd use the hitch only for a bike rack, not for towing.

Presumably your transmission will be less subject to the potential for
claims than mine, but you never know.

Paul