First and foremost-COMPLAIN. If that does not work take them to court-small claims. They don't like that at all. The reality is you should have gone to a dealer in the first place-they use genuine parts and in the case of our 5th gen's NEVER rebuild in house except on a very special basis. This tranny is too complicated internally for most shops to work on. That is another reason it is so expensive and there are only 3 companies that actually do them. For you to be insulted and told that Honda's machining is to blame is like saying that you cannot make a peanut butter sandwich-nonsense.

Your problems can be solved at a dealership and with the aid of a factory rep. Be prepared to pay for the repairs on a car with 95K. I will agree that there are pieces that may have been improperly reinstalled or not connected for that matter. You need a factory diagnostic since the comupters must be checked-if they have failed then AAMCO owes you big time.

I wonder if many here understand how this gearbox actually works? If you do then you understand what I am saying. Think 6 speed motorcycle tranny-they are sequential and so is the SS. The only real difference is that in SS mode you can flick to the new gear-but guess what you are actually going one gear at a time up or down.

Our RSX has the 5 speed SS and it works like a charm. Even my wife understands the tricks it can do. IOur Prelude is a joy to drive and my dealer tech is wonderful-he teaches his customers what they need to know.

GO get it fixed right. You may go thru a bunch of $$$ but you will have a genuine Honda warranty. Possible that Howard ENgineering will do the rebuild and their stuff is virtually bulletproof as is the warranty.