"LauraM" <fingerson88@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On May 15, 7:04 am, "Paul" <pkmuel...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> "LauraM" <fingerso...@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
>
> I just got off the phone with a guy who works for the place I take my
> Pilot for servicing. He said the Honda will not honor warranty claims
> after 50,000 miles, which it already has. So we'd have to pay for the
> transmission anyway. So you might check your warranty. If you have
> an '01, your warranty on it might be up, unless you bought an extended
> warranty.

Because of numerous transmission problems in the earlier Odysseys, Honda
extended the warranty on the transmission. I don't remember all the details,
but I think I'm still within the extended period. I didn't buy an extended
warranty, and so far I haven't needed it. Never got a nickel's worth of use
out of the one I bought on my '00 Accord.