I am thinking about buying a 6th gen Accord and may have to get an automatic. Any known major problems with these ? I'm not real impressed with the auto in our 6th gen Civic....are they the same ?
Thx

 

Use the search button. Not 2 days ago there was a thread about transmissions and about half of hte pepole with 98-up accords had transmission problems.

There are also links to the warranty info in some of these threads. just search accord transmission, both recent and archived.

 

There are 2 ways to view it - either stay away from the 6th gen automatics entirely, or make sure you buy a 2000 or 2001 with low mileage, so your trans will be covered by the extended warranty to 100k miles. I bought a 2000 EX last month with 64k miles, took it to Honda for a full checkup, and drove out with a new (rebuilt) transmission for free. Seems like a pretty good deal to me....and I have another 3 yrs/36k minimum warranty on the replacement trans.

On the other hand, I bought a 2000 LX with 98k miles, had the trans examined on 3 separate oil change visits, and there is no sign of any problems with it.

There's your 50% failure rate...

 

I have no problem with my auto 6th gen, its still running stong and its now 88k

 

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They did not charge you any $$$$ for labor to remove or install the tranny ??

 

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They did not charge you any $$$$ for labor to remove or install the tranny ??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not for me they didnt...almost 2 grand job totally under warranty

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pairallel &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There are 2 ways to view it - either stay away from the 6th gen automatics entirely, or make sure you buy a 2000 or 2001 with low mileage, so your trans will be covered by the extended warranty to 100k miles. I bought a 2000 EX last month with 64k miles, took it to Honda for a full checkup, and drove out with a new (rebuilt) transmission for free. Seems like a pretty good deal to me....and I have another 3 yrs/36k minimum warranty on the replacement trans.

On the other hand, I bought a 2000 LX with 98k miles, had the trans examined on 3 separate oil change visits, and there is no sign of any problems with it.

There's your 50% failure rate... </TD></TR></TABLE>

why do you have THREE accords though

 

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1 for me, 1 for daughter #1, 1 for daughter #2...

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Not a penny...although my other 3 Hondas I have serviced there probably helped them see the wisdom in helping me out...

 

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1 for me, 1 for daughter #1, 1 for daughter #2...

Not a penny...although my other 3 Hondas I have serviced there probably helped them see the wisdom in helping me out... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Lucky ! I hear-tell a remanufactured auto-trans plus install would be $2000 +

 

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Not for me they didnt...almost 2 grand job totally under warranty </TD></TR></TABLE>

same here, quick turn around also... i dropped my car off in the morning and got it back early afternoon the next day

 

Can someone tell me how many hours does it take to remove old tranny and replace it with a new one ??

Official hours anyone that dealer has to follow?

Does new tranny comes with new solenoid's

 

I bought a 2001 Accord with 46k and within a month.....it started slipping so I took it to Honda and they researched the VIN and they said that the transmission was changed before. But all I needed was a Linear Solenoid and they replaced that and now it's been running fine. I travel a lot so I've already put 30k on it since that and it's still going smooth. But i'm now in the 80k range. The warranty ends at 100k. What should I do? Should I get rid of it now or hold onto it? I love the car but I don't want to be stuck with maintenance problems. The way I drive, the 100k will be here real soon. I changed the fluids at honda at 64k. I think I'm gonna do it again next week. Can I get some advice?

 

I got a 00 accord lx, been over a year now bought it from a local honda dealer. the tranny was slipping when I got it. I took it back and they checked up on it and told me that there was a recall on all 00' accord's with auto trannies, at least that's what they told me. I had the warranty so the put in a brand new tranny for me. To this day since the new install no problems at all.


Frank

 

The 6th gen accords, 98-02 preludes and CRV's have tranny problems from what ive read. The tranny has a tendency to slip which has a potential for disaster (ie: on the freeway). It can even slip when the car is stopped and is still in gear, even in neutral (just read a small article in the LA Times about it). the lesson here is to ALWAYS use the parking brake just in case