Honda V6 tranny rebuild or new? Hi guys, Running into the famous issue of V6 Accords and TL tranny failures. Out of warranty so I am sh!t out of luck. Can anyone recommend me a good place with experience on Honda transmission re-maufacture replacements or rebuilds? Also, i heard this is a design flaw? does this mean that it will reoccur? Any approximation on how much this will cost me? Thanks |
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Mr. Transmission did an awesome job on my wifes 98 V6 Accord. Call them |
When you install the new tranny, go buy a B&M tranny cooler from Lordco. Increases the longetivity of the tranny and smoother shifting. Somewhere around $150. Posted via RS Mobile |
It's pretty damn expensive. I sent one of my buddies TL's to tranny shop. Ended up cost 2+k It's pretty much a design flaw. But I heard during the final years of the warranty (they extended to 7 years) they actually put in completely new design transmission. Before they installed some sort of transmission cooler to help reduce break down, but it still happened frequently enough. If you repair yours now, it'll still technically just be repaired and will probably have the same issue down the road. |
whoops.... that was me ^ |
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^ and i ended up paying $4500. |
accurate transmission does honda/acura trans rebuilds i think. they also have a 3 years warrenty. i dont know how much help this does, but honda has changed their specifications from using Honda Z1 fluid to fully synthetic Honda DW-1. |
jst got mine done a month ago..lucky to find this small shop. called everywhere for months getting quotes usually raning 2k-3k. this guy charged me 1850 but only 20k km warranty. took about 2 days to rebuild. its across from icbc newton, called aaa transmission. rebuilt with parts from usa. the ones used in our accords/tls are from mexico they burn really fast thats what he told me. cheapest place i guarantee u'll bump into. nice east indian man been doin it for years. |
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If you get it rebuilt, be prepared to do it again, as you are just repairing a flawed design. Or you can spend more money up front and get the Honda re-man tranny, its been re-designed to run cooler and distribute the fluid better to all the clutch packs. |
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OP, go to Honda and bitch. Imho, it should have been a recall back in the day. That said, I bitched at Honda and they replaced my tranny for free, 5 years after the warranty expired. That made me happy. |
Wow, ive never heard of this before.. what year accord has this problem? My sister is looking for a car so I should tell her to watch out. Sounds like a huge problem from honda =/ |
^usually 98-2005 honda v6 automatic trannys |
^ yup. That said, Honda was really good to me for replacing my old tranny. I bought a 2011 Odyssey because of it. They don't screw up often, but when they do they stand behind their product. |
My dads 2000 Odyssey needed a new tranny. Replaced under warranty. Dads 01 Accord V6 is slipping from first to 2nd. Needs fixing sooner than later Bro just rebuilt his 03 tl-s tranny $3Gs. All cars are taken well care of and still have problems. Its just a known issue with their tranny;s. |
got mine rebuild by Accurate transmission on coquitlam 4 yrs ago. No problem since. drove over 120,000km on it already. I dunno if this is normal and no idea what accurate transmission has done. Mind you that i dont drive like a jackass. I dont floor it and brake heavy making tranny work hard up and down the gear. Also I do transmission fluid change frequent, sometimes under the suggested interval |
I'll post the place up here later, but we had our V6 Honda Odyssey transmission fixed at some place in surrey for $1500 a few months ago... and the tranny was totally fucked. |
Thanks all for the good info. Keep them coming. So there seems to be a difference with re manufacture transmissions. I guess only Honda sells that and costs like a bitch I bet? I understand that the cooler helps, but what's a friction kit? |
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Apparently they figured it out a couple years ago. I hope... |
98-02 Accord v6 tranny were made by GM....honda partnered with GM back in the day to design the tranny. If you take apart the tranny you will find certain parts branded with GM logo. Posted via RS Mobile |
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That's like 6000km's a year only and still died. Driven by an senior. So he's not harsh on the car. Quote:
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Had the issue of slipping in a 01 tl I changed to fluid and the 3rd and 4th presure switchs as well as the trans fluid filter and the issue almost went away, what did it in was the person kept driving on the trans when he noticed it slipping. If you stilling running that garbage z1 honda fluid change that asap. |
Rebuilt or used...same thing...it's a ticking time bomb...the luck of the draw. Thank honda for a shitty design flaw...majority of the models have automatic tranny problems. Just read around and u'll witness countless complaints about it. Prelude, Odyssey, Civic, Accord, etc. The worst part is...problems arise after your warranty expires. You either beg honda head office or take it up the rear and pay for repairs. Preventative maintenance is all you can do and prayer. |
Even though I'm not the first owner of my CL, I'm going to bring it up with Honda and see how far I can get... I don't want to shell out a few grand to "fix" it. |
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