Have and 01 CL Type S with 73K miles.Currently on 2nd tranny (first one crapped out at 47K miles). I currently live in Central NJ and will be moving to the mountains of Orange County NY in the Spring.

I'm trying to decide if I should dump my car after I move. My main concern is that when the 100K warranty on the tranny exprires, my tranny is going to crap out again. Also I want to make the decision before I put more money in my car for timing belt replacement and possible OPDS replacement (my SRS light has been on for a while and one dealer told me that the whole unit needs to be replaced for about $1,000).

Since my new residence will be taking most of my $$$, if I do trade in the car ( and get about $10K trade in) I was looking at something more practical like a Subaru RS Wagon. The Subie will be cheaper on gas, handle better in the snow (which I will be seeing more of because of the area I'm moving to), and my payments should be fairly reasonable.

I was hoping to get at least 150K miles out of my CL, but I don't know if I should risk keeping it .

 

IMO, I'd sell it, who wants to pay the cost of a very possibile traanny replacement esp when it may go out again after that. Don't understand why there is not a permanent fix for the trannies. good luck.

 

100k warranty on the trans...I dont see a problem.

 

I put about 20,000+ miles a year on my car, so 100K miles will come up pretty quick.

 

I had a similar experience to yours ... 1st tranny DIED at 48k miles, 2nd DIED at 78k miles. I had purchased the car for all of the obvious reasons like quality, ride, power, comfort, and longevitity. But after the 2nd tranny died, I just didn't trust the car. Sold it. I miss the car but I don't miss the worry of expensive repairs after 100k miles. Good luck.

 

sell it

 

Based on how much you drive in a year. I would have to say....sell it!

 

I've got an '00 Accord. I put in a tranny cooler/filter on mine (by B&M). I think you can prob put one on your car too.

I am lucky in that I got that put in about 10k ago, and my tranny is fine. There were some sh!tty shifting going on last year, but I haven't had anything of late. I do drive 20k+ miles per year and I bought Honda for the quality. I hope that this will last.

 

I have 78K on my car, but still on the first tranny :knockonwood:
I will be selling my car around 85K. Even though I have not had one single tranny problem, I still feel like I can't trust it. If it wasn't for that, I would keep it for another 5 years.
So, I would have to say: Sell it.

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