Your right about that, thats really the only ongoing problem that i have heard about Honda's and Acura's. And about you saying that people would still buy there cars, it actually damaged their sales. That is why the CL was discontinued in 03, their sales had greatly declined due to people realising how bad the auto trannies were. If you notice, they dropped the 2g CL the SAME YEAR because of the trannies. Back to the topic, i'm getting my tranny fluid flushed next week and filled up with Hondas newer formula. We'll see how it goes, I'm hoping to feel a little smoother shifting responce

 

but the continued with the tl and teh 04 and 05 auto tl's still had problems.

 

yeah but their trannies were still more reliable than the older gen ones

 

Yeah, sorry thats kind of a dumb way to look at it.

GM makes a 200+mph supercar, has TONS of racing heritage, and TONS more R&D in their history compared to Honda.

I have used the GM syncromesh and it worked just fine, as a matter of fact it was a HUGE improvement over the old formula Honda fluid. Honda finally caught up to GM's product and now IMO they are very similar in quality.

 

Couldn't agree more. Don't knock it til you've tried it.

 

no comment...anyway, I used the semi-synthetic gm fluid and I recommend it. It really is an improvement over the new honda fluid. I had a honda mechanic do the 105 and he even commented on how it out preforms the honda tranny fluid. So do what you want but I think youre a bit blinded by your perception of reliability.

+1 for gm syncromesh.

 

Glad you like it

Experience trumps falsely-based assumptions anyday.

 

Just an FYI I changed my trans fluid today (120k interval), and I used the new formula Honda stuff. I had GM syncromesh in previously at the 90k change, and I didnt notice any significant difference off the bat.

 

fare enough. repost in 20k and let us know how it holds up

 

It could also have alot to do with the current condition of your transmission.

 

70k on the GM syncromesh fluid in my trans and my trans is still butter smooth. Ill be changing it out soon with more of it.

 

good thread. i'm going with the GM stuff tomorrow when i do the fluid change

 

I just got my tranny fluid replaced with Hondas new fluid. VERY smooth!