On May 15, 9:50 am, "Paul" <pkmuel...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> "LauraM" <fingerso...@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
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> >> > 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!!!
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> >> I have heard that Honda will refuse to honor warranty claims involving
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> >> 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,
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> >> though I'd use the hitch only for a bike rack, not for towing.
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> >> Presumably your transmission will be less subject to the potential for
> >> claims than mine, but you never know.
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> >> Paul
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> > 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.
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> 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.- Hide quoted text -
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I wonder if my 2005 Pilot has reported transmission problems. I
haven't noticed anything yet.