# 2005 Honda CRV trans

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-crv-trans/68088>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cr-v, honda\
**Created:** [September 21, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-crv-trans/68088 "2011-09-21T15:49:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![faypit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@faypit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/faypit)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-crv-trans/68088/1 "2011-09-21T15:49:44Z")

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Recently, I had to replace the transmission on my 2005 Honda CRV. It only had 52,000 miles. I bought it a little over a year ago at 35,000 miles. Had clean carfax, single owner, looked like the perfect used car.

So, $3300 later I need to know why on earth a Honda trans died. Has anyone heard of such a thing? My mechanic and then the trans specialist were both astounded. They see that sort of thing around 150k miles, not 50k.

Honda is doing a recall on its 2007 -10 trans and the problem sounded incredibly similar.

Any insight anyone?

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**Author:** ![StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/strongdreamswaithere/32/2014_2.png) [@StrongDreamsWaitHere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StrongDreamsWaitHere)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-crv-trans/68088/2 "2011-09-21T15:52:12Z")

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Does it have a tow hitch? Or can your mechanic spot the signs that it used to have a hitch? If it was used for towing, that could chew up the transmission pretty fast, depending on what was towed and what maintenance was (not) provided.

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**Author:** ![faypit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@faypit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/faypit)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-crv-trans/68088/3 "2011-09-21T16:02:13Z")

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Good idea, but nope. That’s one of the reasons I bought it as it was so pristine. None of the usual (inside or out) nicks, scrapes, stained carpet of used cars.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-honda-crv-trans/68088/4 "2011-09-21T17:03:16Z")

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There are a very large number of reasons that one might need to replace a transmission. I think that if you want any good insight, then folks will need to know the failure mode - i.e. exactly what was wrong with the transmission.