Yes.

Nil.

I have a great relationship with my Honda dealer.  And I know how their
system works with respect to Honda.  I also have an 02 Odyssey, which is
a different transmission than yours but which was subject to its own
recall.  I do not plan on ever--EVER--paying to replace or repair the
transmission.

Were I you, I would calmly head to your dealership service manager and
ask that this be taken care of--quietly.  You bought the car with
Honda's reputation in mind, and everyone knows that Honda's bean
counters dropped the ball on these things BIG TIME.  In addition, you're
only 9K miles out of the official warranty.

Honda provides its dealers with a decent amount of latitude to take care
of its customers in situations like this.  I know that were I you, I
would not have to pay for the transmission repair, or even ask more than
once to have it covered under goodwill.  (That's the key term for Honda:  
goodwill.  You must acknowledge that technically Honda owes you nothing,
but perhaps they'd fix it under a goodwill policy.)

The clutches went out in my Dodge Durango at 90+.  I thought that would
mean a new tranny, but the clutch pack was changed for about $250.
Maybe aftermarket has different ideas about how to fix this.

You have a 100,000 mile warranty?  I had a failure on a Ford at 106,000
that I whined about and they agreed to cover the parts, I pay for labor.
When I picked the car up, they said that the warranty had picked up the
part, and the dealer was covering the labor.
I had none of the routine maintenance done at the dealer.

Also on the Ford... I found that different dealers are very much different
in their knowledge of Technical Service Bulletins (TSB).  When the intake
manifold cracked, the dealer where I had it towed knew nothing about the
extended warranty, but my selling dealer said it was covered.  I had some
trouble with the dealer where it was, but that was eventually covered,
although it was not a pleasant experience.  I had to provide the TSB
number.  My dealer looked it up by VIN.  Don't they all use the same
system?

I have a 1999 Odyssey which we bought new. It now has 109K miles. My son ha
been driving it, and reported that the transmission sometimes slips. I too
it to the dealer and they said they got the transmission to slip, the code
reported by the transmission indicated a failing clutch, and that th
transmission would need to be replaced. They said my car was beyond th
warranty (which I believe ends at 100K miles for my car) and the replacemen
would cost $2700. So now for my questions

Does this sound like the symptoms of the transmission failure for which th
warranty was extended

How does the failure typically progress from here? Should I expect a sudde
catestrophic failure which would leave me stranded, or do they generall
degrade gradually while maintaining some ability to get home

What are the odds that the problem stays at about it's current level (whic
is not a big deal) rather than progressing

Has anyone had success with fluid changes or flushing (or for that matte
anything other than a complete replacement)

Are there cheaper alternatives than the dealer for transmission replacement
and if so, with which national brands (if any) have people had success

Thanks in advance

Frank Kerfoo
Honda has had problems with the eaerlyer year odyssey"s
transmission. in canada i remember there was a recall on the

and Honda even extended there transmission warranty
they are "Faulty its a Fact" Frank"  Honda knows that cant be to har

for them to admit it especially when its listed right on there computer. and no
to mention all the service bulletins from ALLDATA on there as well. Frank i woul

gather up my maintanance service records and get honda to acknowledge th
fact that they indeed have a faulty transmission on hand and that its only FAIRE tha
they fix there faulty problem at there cost

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johnin