Hello, everybody. Wasn't sure which forum to post this in. I figured either this one or general forum.
My wife recently lost her Accord in an auto collision. We're trying to figure out what car to replace it with, and another Accord seems to make a lot of sense. Only problem is, from my understanding the automatic transmissions in this era of Accords are prone to failure. I understand the issue could be avoided by getting a manual transmission, but its harder to find one she wants with a MT and I want her to be happy with it.
Are there any ways to avoid transmission failure in this era of Accords? Any ways to tell if the Accord we are looking at may be more or less prone to transmission failure? It was not an issue on her car, but from what I'm reading its a common enough issue that it should be a concern. I'm thinking if we get one it should be a meticulously maintained 1 owner car as a precaution. I'm also thinking the V6 autos are more prone to failure because they have to handle more power, am I wrong on this? She likes the V6 because of the available seat warmers though. We've pretty much narrowed it down to another Accord, Lexus ES 300, or Toyota Avalon (I hope this isn't blasphemy).
Anybody have any experience/problems with this? Any advice? It sounds like more than anything she wants another Accord. Thanks.
My wife recently lost her Accord in an auto collision. We're trying to figure out what car to replace it with, and another Accord seems to make a lot of sense. Only problem is, from my understanding the automatic transmissions in this era of Accords are prone to failure. I understand the issue could be avoided by getting a manual transmission, but its harder to find one she wants with a MT and I want her to be happy with it.
Are there any ways to avoid transmission failure in this era of Accords? Any ways to tell if the Accord we are looking at may be more or less prone to transmission failure? It was not an issue on her car, but from what I'm reading its a common enough issue that it should be a concern. I'm thinking if we get one it should be a meticulously maintained 1 owner car as a precaution. I'm also thinking the V6 autos are more prone to failure because they have to handle more power, am I wrong on this? She likes the V6 because of the available seat warmers though. We've pretty much narrowed it down to another Accord, Lexus ES 300, or Toyota Avalon (I hope this isn't blasphemy).
Anybody have any experience/problems with this? Any advice? It sounds like more than anything she wants another Accord. Thanks.
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