NHTSA Complaint #10608575 — 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY

I WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING FUNNY. I DROVE IT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES TO OUR DEALERSHIP. LUCKILY I MADE IT. THE HIGHEST SPEED I COULD GO WAS ALMOST 40MPH. PULLED INTO THE DEALERSHIP AT 8:30A.M. AND WAITED. WAS GIVEN THE NEWS THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, AND IT WAS ALMOST $6,000.00 TO REPLACE. THEY HAD ME. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO...AND HAD TO PICK UP KIDS AT SCHOOL AT 3;30P.M. ENDED UP SINKING $40,000.00 INTO A NEW 2014 ODYSSEY. BOY DO I FEEL TAKEN! AND THEN TO FIND OUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH HONDA TRANSMISSIONS FROM 1999. I DO QUESTION THE TRANSMISSION OF THE ONE I AM DRIVING NOW....IT SHIFTS FUNNY. MY 2004 ALSO ALWAYS HAD A FUEL SMELL. WAS CONCERNED AT TIMES OF STARTING IT. WE ALSO PAID TO HAVE THE DASH LIGHTS FIXED....AT OUR EXPENSE. DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THAT EITHER......DARN THOSE DEALERSHIPS!!! THEY GOT US ON THE TRANSMISSION TOO!! *JS