My SS Auto failed at 32,000 miles after having shifting issues for 20,000 miles.
Honda refused any attempt on my part to get the transmission fixed while the car was still working. I first took it to Honda with 11,000 miles on it and told them there was a shifting problem. 2 other subsequent attempts to get the problem fixed resulted in a refusal to fix the transmission as well.
The unit finally failed on Christmas Day 1999 2 days after the last time I took the car to Honda and told them there was something wrong.
I have a 1998 Honda Prelude.
I've got no mods on the car that effect the engine.
mine is a 97....i bought it with 38 on the tach at 50 some odd thousand miles...at 78k it finally stopped dead. i had no warranty on it so was it worth hassling them to fix it. NO! honda is supposed to make high quality/dependable vehicles. hell if i would have known this i might as well have bought a damn white trash ferrari aka mustang. i dont understand why its 00-01 vehicles (besides they are being to cheap to fix all their ****ups). the same trans. in the 00-01 is in my 97....like i said before it's not 7 yrs. old and it doesnt have 100k on it like they are talking about doing. so why shouldnt mine be included.
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Also, if this is not too much to ask. could this possibly be made a sticky for about a week or two. Especially since this is such a serious and uncalled for expense for owners of these cars. thanks
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Originally posted by Gerhard
We are not interested in transmissions without problems.
Who is we? The National Association of Failed SS Transmisons?
You should add a "NO" option if you want accurate results, since you can then get an idea of the failed tranny/problem-free tranny ratio...but it seems that your objective is to see what years are more problematic.
We are not interested in transmissions without problems.
Please post your message somewhere else.
-Gerhard
IMO, this pole would have been more useful if it also gathered data on those who have not had to replace their SS trannies. Seeing a ratio of replaced vs not replaced would be interesting. I think we have enough SS members here that with such information we could make assumptions as to the ratio for the whole population of SS ludes. It would certainly make a statement if indeed the percentage of replaced is as high as it seems to be. As an SS owner, this is something I would like to see. But hey, it's your poll.
Who is we? The National Association of Failed SS Transmisons?
You should add a "NO" option if you want accurate results, since you can then get an idea of the failed tranny/problem-free tranny ratio...but it seems that your objective is to see what years are more problematic.
Ok, I'm only going to say it one more time:
There is NO "NO" option because it is not relavent to the poll.
We are not looking for working transmissions, but failed ones.
...AND ONLY FAILED ONES.
Not to be mean, but if you completely read my 1st message and the hyperlinks you'd know why:
Honda has just indicated they have a problem with the transmissions in ALL year Preludes, but only are extending the warranty for the 2000 & 2001 model years. Which is effectly screwing the rest of us.
...and WE is any Honda owner that's gotten screwed by Honda when they've attempted to cover up their transmission problems.
I agree with Gerhard's points, I would be mad as hell if I bought a '97 to '99 SS Lude with tranny problems, thats a good 5grand to fix with your own money. Its bull**** if you ask me, why Honda is not including the other year models.
Honestly Gerhard, I don't think anyone was giving you #%@! about it. We are all friends here I do agree that Honda is sucking major @$$ for not applying this to all years of the lude.
Last edited by sharkcohen; 09-21-2002 at 08:55 PM.
I haven't replaced mine yet (just got extended warrenty, gotta wait) but it is almost shot. Takes about 7 seconds to go into gear from Park, and slips bad inbetween gears. 97 w/ 74k on it. (I didn't vote yet).
IMO, this pole would have been more useful if it also gathered data on those who have not had to replace their SS trannies. Seeing a ratio of replaced vs not replaced would be interesting. I think we have enough SS members here that with such information we could make assumptions as to the ratio for the whole population of SS ludes. It would certainly make a statement if indeed the percentage of replaced is as high as it seems to be. As an SS owner, this is something I would like to see. But hey, it's your poll.
Actually, now that I think of it, I think we've had a poll before asking SS Auto users IF they've had a problem... If not, I think we should start one of that nature.
The numbers I remember from last time were 35-40% failures.
The odd this is that you'd think that transmissions with more miles would be more likely to fail, but the stats didn't work out that way. It turns out that some units had problems early on, and thoughes that did not fail tended to make it to 80,000+ miles.
Originally posted by JakeTheSlayer I haven't replaced mine yet (just got extended warrenty, gotta wait) but it is almost shot. Takes about 7 seconds to go into gear from Park, and slips bad inbetween gears. 97 w/ 74k on it. (I didn't vote yet).
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I do agree that Honda is sucking major @$$ for not applying this to all years of the lude.
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