Truck for my daughter...

wow that sucks. especially coming from a honda. usually honda's and toyota's do very well. i wouldn't think you would see that kind of issues out of it at ~70k miles. at least you bought into the extended warranty and are getting it fixed. i hope everything goes well after that.

i just bought a 93 corolla manual tranny with 170k miles on it. rides like a charm and gets 36mpg. i hope it lasts me a while. you can't go wrong with honda's and toyota's though no matter what

 

Honda's don't have the best trannys out there. Is it a 5 speed auto with Autostick? My mom has a 2001 3.2TL (rebadge Accord with more options) It has a recall on the tranny. Quick break down of the problems. The 5 speed set up would some times over heat causing a lockup in a gear. The 2nd gear was not properly lubricated over wear and tear. We got the recall notice, brought it in and they added a jet lube kit. Supposibly it would lube the gears properly. It made it worse. My mom's car was stuck in first, hit the rev limiter, shift to 3rd or 4th, and skip second. Then hit 5th,after it got warmed up it wouldn't go to first. So it kept starting in 3rd. Even with the auto stick mode we cant put it to second. it would show second then skip it to third. Went to Acura and ripped them a new one. They have gave us a Remanufactured tranny for free and free labor. Also a new TL to drive for a week.

 

It is the 2.3L 4-speed, I just hope that what they fix or replace doesn't jack something else up. And yea, I am glad I bought into the extended warranty as normally I would have not done it. As a matter a fact, when the sale was done I had told them to remove all of the warranty items from the price, then went back and re-added it.

I will be taking that sucker back for any lil hiccup it has! LOL!

 

Did you ever drive the taco? The 2.4 with an automatic was a dog. I drove identical ones xtracabs one auto one five speed there was a night and day difference. Sucks to hear about the Accord. My truck needed a water pump within the first week. Luckily we bought 2 cars that day from the dealer and the second still wasn't ready, so we said fix it or no deal. I got a free water pump.

 

I didn't get a chance to test drive it, the sales guy was dragging his feet and thus lost out on a sale. It was out of town a ways and we were trying to work a deal and a trip to the dealership but he never called.

When he did finally called it was after the Honda was bought

 

The boy would immediatly regret his decision