Honda Odyssey Transmissions

[haydenshoulders]

I just gave up on my 2005 Odyssey at 120,000 miles and got rid of it. We were hoping to have it make it to 175,000 miles but the $6,000 of work it needed sealed that deal. We did 30/60/90,000 mile services as well as all other recomended maintenance including the timing belt at 100,000 miles. At 120,000 miles in addition to needing new struts, which was a maintenance issue, the transmission went bad with bands and torque converters and fluid squirting out the side. When they got in to do the transmission they discovered the engine mounts, that are $600 each, had gone bad as well as a rack and pinion that was going bad. In the interest of disclosure this vehicle was in an accident at around 30,000 miles that did around $4,000 dollars damage on the drivers front of the vehicle but other people I have talked to are dealing with the same problems… The oversimplified explanation from a friend of mine as to the problems was that Honda is trying to get the Odyssey to do more than it should be doing. So I bought a Yukon XL!