Well, the Odyssey will get a new lease on life after all. The local dealer has slashed the price of a replacement transmission to $1800 on account of our long-time service relationship. While its not a free replacement, I think its fair considering that Honda’s response when it became apparent this model had transmission issues was to extend the warranties to 100,000 miles. Since our van is at 120,000 miles ours is obviously beyond that window.
Oh, and the engine needs new mounts, which is apparently another common issue from what I’ve read on the forums.
If you’re an Odyssey owner and haven’t dealt with this yet there is a simple visual inspection the service department can do to ascertain whether your transmission is in danger. See the recall notice for details. It would behoove you to get it checked out!
$1800 is about what a transmission rebuild would cost at an independent shop. You talked them down from ridiculous to just expensive. Congrats 😉
Its good to know you’ve got my back, Chris. Heh.