Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange
On the flip side, I had a friend with a Honda Accord that was having automatic trans problems and it made more trips to the dealer as they struggled to solve the issue than it did almost anywhere else. Finally, one time after it was really acting up the dealer called to say they had good news and bad news. Good news was they figured they finally had a definitive fix for it. Bad news was the car was now out of warranty and it was going to cost about $2800 to fix. I was there when my buddy got the call - I thought he was actually going to go through the phone and strangle the guy! Seriously, with all the documentation surrounding attempted repairs they were not going to warranty the problem. He ended up having to fight with the district manager (or whatever the position is you deal with when things escalate like this) before they finally gave in. That's just inexcusable.
There's good and bad everywhere.
It seems that when it comes to Honda, their weakest link is their atomatics.
I've known several people who have had problems with theirs, but usually long after it was out of warranty. Only thing I was told to do by a good friend who's a Honda mechanic was to keep changing the tranny fluid often. Which is really simple to do since the drain plug is right next to the oil pan plug.