I have seen way to many posts in various forums for this to be coincidence. I drove a BMW for over 200,000 miles with zero problems in the tranny.

Honda shouldn't be selling cars whose trannies fail around 50K miles. There is a real problem there.

 

My transmission was fine after 240,000km's. It's just how some people drive.

 

My transmission has seen better days, but it is still functional @ 140k miles and any damage was done so by myself.

 

I have a cx. This was one of honda's only f-ups. Weak syncros. It started going out at 102k. I have heard many horror stories with the cx tranny.

 

The GSR tranny is a work of engineering art IMHO but like anything,it requires some preventative maintennance (like changing the oil periodically) Also, the way you drive it has a lot to do with it's longevity.

One thing to consider though, the packaging constraints of a front driver mean that the transmission case is fairly short compared to a rear drive car. There is a lot going on in a small space. That might have something to do with it.

BMW also builds their cars like tanks Their hard to break.

Mike

 

OK, cool. I figured it was operator error. Especially with the Reverse failures. Since reverse has no syncro, it is more apt to be damaged by a poor operator.

And my guess is that people are trying to cram it into a gear before the syncros match and either bend a shifting fork, or burn up the syncros.

 

i think my syncro is out in 3rd, if i dont fix it.....will there b further problems? or just that it would suck to shift to 3rd? know how much it would cost to fix it?

 

What tranny do you have?

 

98 civic ex coupe tranny.....i think its a rod linkage

 

well lets hopes it a linkage problem, that is about 10,000% easier and cheaper to fix than a bad syncro. If it is a bad syncro, and you feel froggy, you can probably get a rebuild kit for the tranny and rebuild it on a weekend.