2000 HONDA PASSPORT Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

BOUGHT NEW 2000 HONDA PASSPORT (ISUZU RODEO) OCTOBER 2001. JULY 2002, APPROXIMATELY 11K MILES STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, DESCRIBED TO MECHANICS AS CLUNKING,BANGING, NOISE & IN REVERSE,VEHICLE HESITATED. (I HAVE CONCERNS DOCUMENTED)REPORTED PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES BUT TOLD COULD NOT DUPLICATE."THEN,NOV 2004,PREVIOUSLY CONDITIONS WORSENED & TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 45K MI. TOWED TO MIKE'S TRANSMISSION WHO INSTALLED REPLACEMENT TRANS. WEEK LATER GOT VEHICLE & WITH IN A MONTH,TRANS LIGHT CAME ON & CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING. HAVE HAD TO TAKE CAR IN ALMOST EVERY MONTH TO GET TRANSMISSION FIXED,AT LEAST 10X IN LESS THAN 1 YR. I WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE BY ONE MECHANIC & TOLD I SHOULD TRADE CAR IN B/C PASSPORTS "ALL HAVE THIS PROBLEM" & THEY KEEP "REPLACING DEFECTIVE PARTS" IN MY VEHICLE WITH NEW DEFECTIVE PARTS". COUPLE DAYS LATER, THE TRANS LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO MILLER HONDA & PAID FOR A 2ND OPINION & WAS...

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS INCIDENTS, BUT AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS THAT SICK IN MY MIND. THE FEELING THAT MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN REAR ENDED, LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, NO CAR BEHIND ME. I HAD MY TRUCK IN THE SHOP AT WALT'S AUTOMOTIVE ON AUBURN BLVD. AT LEAST TWO IF NOT THREE TIMES AND TOLD THEM THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. FINALLY, IN JANUARY I PUT MY TRUCK IN THE SHOP AT DON HILL AUTOMOTIVE. THEY DROVE THE TRUCK, TOLD ME THERE WAS A BAD TRANSMISSION LEAK, AND HAD IT SEND TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THEY USE. I WAS TOLD BY THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS "FRIED" AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOO FAR GONE TO BE REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY $3,000 IF NOT MORE TO REPAIR IT. DON HILL...

MY 2000 HONDA PASSPORT STALLED ON ME ONE THURSDAY MORNING AND CALLED AMERICAN HONDA TO FIND OUT IF THE PROBLEM IS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I WAS INSTRUCTED BY AMERICAN HONDA TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A NEAREST DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED FOR ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE AND GIVEN A CASE# FOR THIS INCIDENT. I RECEIVED A CALL THE FOLLOWING DAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP WITH REGARDS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT'S A BROKEN TRANSMISSION SEAL THAT CAUSED MY CAR TO STALL AND I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATED WORK ORDER OF $385. I FOLLOWED UP WITH AMERICAN HONDA AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SITUATION DOWN TO ME RENTING A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE WHILE IT'S BEING REPAIRED. I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO EVALUATE THE PROBLEM AND WILL REIMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIR IF IT FALLS WITHIN THEIR "SAID" GUIDELINES. SO I WENT AHEAD AND PAID...

I BOUGHT A NEW HONDA PASSPORT 2000 IN SEPTEMBER, 2000. AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING AND THE CAR SHOOK WHILE AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING GEAR. I SENT IT TO A HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIR, BUT IT STILL LEAKED AND SHOOK AFTER THE REPAIR. I THEN SENT IT TO ANOTHER TRANSMISSION SHOP. THE SHOP SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS MADE BY GM, AND THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION HAD A LONG HISTORY OF DEFECTIVENESS. IT NEEDED TO BE OVERHAULED. THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER THE 3-YEAR WARRANTY JUST EXPIRED. I BOUGHT THE HONDA BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE OTHER BRAND OF ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, BUT HONDA PUT GMC TRANSMISSION IN THEIR CAR, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A DEFECT. NEGOTIATION IS IN PROGRESS WITH HONDA MANUFACTURE BUT UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN COMPENSATION OR RECALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD CHANGE GEARS AUTOMATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. *NLM

THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP INTERMITTENTLY. THE TRANSMISSION WILL EITHER GO STRAIGHT TO SECOND GEAR OR NO GEAR AT ALL. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACE BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *NLM