# Looking for a larger vehicle...any bad history on these guys?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-a-larger-vehicle-any-bad-history-on-these-guys/66359>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 18, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-a-larger-vehicle-any-bad-history-on-these-guys/66359 "2011-07-18T16:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![momofthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@momofthree](https://community.cartalk.com/u/momofthree)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-a-larger-vehicle-any-bad-history-on-these-guys/66359/1 "2011-07-18T16:38:22Z")

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Upgrade to a larger vehicle to fit this ever growing family!I am looking at a few different options and am curious about positive or negative feedback on them. I have put 90,000 on my 03 Pontiac Vibe with no trouble and am now looking at 2005 -2007 cars…all of which have 60,000+ miles on them.

Honda Pilot  
Honda Odyssey  
Volvo XC90  
Acura MDX

Any feedback on these cars?

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-a-larger-vehicle-any-bad-history-on-these-guys/66359/2 "2011-07-18T16:49:17Z")

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Honda Pilot - solid  
Honda Odyssey - auto trans is a weakness  
Volvo XC90 - lots of problems and very expensive repairs likely - avoid this one  
Acura MDX - not sure if this model has some auto trans issues or not

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-a-larger-vehicle-any-bad-history-on-these-guys/66359/3 "2011-07-18T17:00:47Z")

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Honda’s auto transmission problems were more common in the 1999-2004 vehicles. I like my 02 Odyssey and would buy a 05-07 model.

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**Author:** ![eraser1998](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6de8d8/32.png) [@eraser1998](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eraser1998)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-a-larger-vehicle-any-bad-history-on-these-guys/66359/4 "2011-07-18T17:17:20Z")

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Yes, the MDX did have transmission issues, most prevalent in the 2003 and earlier models. The 2005-2006, though, have an high rate of complaints for harshness of shift.

There really weren’t many Honda vehicles in the late 90s / early 00s that didn’t have significant automatic transmission issues of one sort or another. Get one with a manual, though, and you’re golden.

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**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-a-larger-vehicle-any-bad-history-on-these-guys/66359/5 "2011-07-18T22:29:47Z")

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Isn’t the MDX just a gussied up version of the Pilot?

Check out the Mazda Cx-9