Chip Stein wrote:

> news@daytona.jcu.edu (James) wrote in message news:<896c9ed3.0408130454.21910141@posting.google. com>...
>
>>"Stuart S. Berr" <berr@virginia.edu> wrote:
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>>>It does happen as the car is shifting between gears (maybe it is mosre
>>>like 3 seconds). A burned out clutch pad sounds like it might be it.
>>>Does the transmission have to be replaced to fix this?
>>
>>If a Honda dealer does it under warranty, then yes - they will order a
>>remanufactured (nice, huh?) trans and replace it. In the Accord the
>>trans swap is about a 6 hour job.
>
> and yes the reman ones do fail from time to time.

Of course, all devices fail from time to time.