Any non-quality car might be a candidate for a transmission
problem around 100k miles.Most certainly Kia, Hyundai, American, VW,etc.
But the reason Toyota, Honda, Mercedes Benz, etc
have a reputation for quality is that you can avoid these
kind of problems as being normal for 100-150k miles>>>

However, there was in-fact an unusual amount of transmission failures in 6th gen Accords (both I4 and V6 models) as a result of bad carrier bearings from the factory. As was stated above, there is no data that I've seen that shows how many have failed vs. how many havent... but it was enough for Honda to issue an extended 7year/100k mile free replacement warranty. Naturally, as time goes on and the cars get older... the number of failures will increase.

Honda isn't perfect. Back in the mid 90s they were caught with faulty emissions controls. They had to extend their emissions warranty another 7 years and 80,000 miles on top of the original coverage period to all 95-97 models (excluding Passport) as well as offer free tune-ups to customers who were between 75,000 and 150,000 miles.

The difference with Honda is that they have been pretty good about taking care of the problems, working with the customers and offering goodwill services to people outside of the warranty coverage.


Toyota had similar experiences with head gasket failures on the 3.0 V6 engines and oil sludge in the 4-cylinders. Although Toyota issued a recall warranty, a good friend of mine was stuck with the entire repair bill to have his engine replaced on his 99 Camry when the engine sludged up and failed at 90,000 miles. He didn't have every single oil change reciept from day 1 and was denied warranty service.