malvothegreat

Ok transmission died today it's an auto don't really want to put acl tranny back in since all the problems with them any suggestions? Car is a 01 cl type s. Thanks

kyamcg

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Same boat, mine just died about an hour ago as well.
Depending on what you're looking for, auto or manual, you have a few options.
Auto: Odyssey transmission
Manual: CLS6 tranny; 3g TL 6sp tranny; or AV6 but IIRC, they don't have a LSD.
(Someone please correct me if i am wrong about any of these)

I'm personally going to try to go the 6speed route, there are some DIYs around the AZ.

malvothegreat

BTW its an auto tranny

kyamcg

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If you're having transmission problems, then we all automatically assume it's the auto.

The worst part is that mine was replaced in december of 2007 with a 36 month/36k warranty. That puts it only 5 months/4.5k past the warranty. And being done by the Honda Service Center (at the Honda plant in Marysville), I may give them a call and see if they can do anything for me...

friesm2000

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never heard of such a thing personally but then again how many employees at the plant drive hondas though lol, so would kinda make sense there though

kyamcg

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It's just for Honda associates, but it's a nifty little place. If you work at Honda and need to go on a business trip, you pick up your "rental" car from there, and that's where they do all the maintenance to them. They also have usually-cheaper service/repair, sell car care products, have a carwash, and even a gas pump that sometimes is slow to get it's price raised after the rest of the pumps in town

I towed my car out there tonight, and got two calls today. One from the service center saying it'd be $3500 for a new transmission, and the other was from a guy who works at the service center saying that him and a partner rebuild them on the side for $1500. Our other transmission place in town said $700 for the labor plus the cost of the transmission as well.

I may just talk to the guy about the rebuild, then sell this car asap. I'd hate to do it, but I can't stand the autotragic and don't have a place to get the swap done.

Friesm: and yes, there are quite a lot of Hondas in town, for obvious reasons. Any U.S. Honda/Acura you can imagine is an every-day sight here. (Minus the NSX, I only know of two in town; and S2ks but there are a decent amount of them as well)