I was reading a post earlier of a person with a '00 Accord that was having tranny problems and the Honda dealership was replacing his tranny for free. He was giving advice to another member who was having tranny problems. He said "Take it to the dealership as long as it has under 100k Honda will replace it for free." I just bought an '02 Accord EX V6 with about 54K on it from a private party. If my tranny starts to go out before 100K will honda replace it for free, or does it have to be Honda certified or something? Thanks for any help.

 

Just take it to a Honda Dealership. My friend was out of luck (above 100K miles) and had to pay for his

 

All Hondas have a Powertrain Warranty upto 100K no matter you buy it from a dealer or private party. It covers your Transmission and Engine. Honda will replace the transmission if it fails under normal circumstances for free as long as all the scheduled maintanence was done on time and you have proof of everything. If you recently bought it, ask the previous owner for service records.
Usualy people take it to the dealer where they bought it from if they get any transmission problem, in your case you can call American Honda and get it done where ever they tell you to go.

Do all the maintanance on time and save the reciepts even for Oil changes and take care of the car overall and you will be ok.

 

Automatic have cooling problems Honda Agnored when they sold them. They dont cover Manuals. Under 100K the dealer will cover it.

 

I thought the powertrain warranty was only 36 months or 36,000 miles...?

 

The 36/36 warranty is the New Car Factory Warranty which covers everything Bumper to Bumper.
After the new car factory warranty expires, you can buy an Extended warranty which will cover everything upto whatever time they give you, think of this one as your new car factory warranty which comes with new car but extended for a longer time.

The Power-train warranty only covers most of the Trasmission parts and Engines components upto 100K on every Honda.

 

Some of the early 6th generation accords had some transmission problems but was alot better on the late models like 01 and 02. It all depends on how you drive it and how you take care of it. Nobody I know whithin my friends circle had problem with 6th generation.

I used to have a 99 accord V6 but was totaled, front tire blew at 90 Mph and hit the pavement in the construction zone, believe me it was not pretty. It circled twice and flipped 3 times before it stopped and I only had some minor scratches, nothing broken except my laptop, the 5 star crach rating is right I guess. Now I have an 03 EX-V6 cause Iam in love with the Accords after that.

Another friend of mine got a 96 Accord with 235K miles and everything still works great. He replaced the radiator once but the Engine and transmission is in good shape so far.

 

hrmm...I totally forgot about the 100k warantee....that might be useful for me in the near future *doh*

Nathan

 

Nope. You're thinking of Hyundai.

PDF guideline to new Honda warranties
http://www.ahm-ownerlink.com/Documen...s/awl26998.pdf

New Honda's come with a 3 year, 36,000 mile warranty. If you wanted to extend that coverage, you need to purchase a Honda Care package. They come in different levels from 50,000 mile to 100,000 mile coverage.

Also, if you haven't kept to your required maintenance schedule, Honda can void your warranty.

Think about it guys, IF the 00 or 01 AV6 transmission was covered up to 100K from the dealer to begin with, why would they issue an exteneded warranty, that everyone knows about, to those specific years up to 100K?

 

So here is the straight answer to the original question.

Your Honda comes with a 36 month/ 36k miles bumper to bumper warranty.

If you bought an extended warranty at additional cost, you may have coverage on the powertrain only for as many as 100k miles.

If you bought a Honda Certified used car, you will have coverage on Powertrain only to 100k miles.

If you have a 2000 or 2001 Accord automatic transmission (I4 or V6) you have full replacement coverage on your transmission until 100k miles.

If you have a 1999 or 2002 Accord automatic (or any other Honda model), and your transmission fails near or under 100k miles, you MIGHT have a shot at getting some goodwill consideration from a cooperative dealer through Honda corporate. This usually takes the form of "labor only" for the transmission replacement ($600 - $800) while Honda pays for the rebuilt transmission.