I didn't buy the $1200 service plan for my AV6. I have 123,200 miles (Pic at 123,456 )on her now and all she's costed me is $220 in extra maintenance when an EGR blew. They fixed an O2 sensor for free when it broke at only 40k. I drive the piss out of my car (see my 138MPH post), so it's not like it's been babied. I guess you just got an unlucky tranny. 1.8% of them go bad, says Honda and the NHTSA, so sorry about that. Good thing you got the service plan...for me it would've been a grand wasted :thumbup: