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Well its now been a week without my car. My car shifts hard and keeps popping out of second gear when making left hand turns and the dealership has now tried fixing it 3 times. Theres a service bulliten on it, but even after replacing 1st,2nd, 3rd, and 5th gears along with the outer transmission housing it still has a problem. At this point I think the only option is to put in a whole new transmission. Luckily its under warranty still, but with only 9000 miles on the car you wouldnt think it should be a problem. If anyone else has problems with their 2001 5 speed coupe shifting hard from 1st to 2nd then definatly bring it in to get it fixed before your problem gets worse like mine.

 
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Maybe check your lemon laws in your area if the dealer doesnt fix it. I think that after a certain amount of legitimate attempts they have to give you a replacement or your money back.. sumptin like that.

 
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LEMON!!







This sounds like it would qualify for a reimbursment on your purchase

 
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Stopped and talked with them today. After replacing all gears but 4th they test drove it and as soon as they put in in 4th and let out the clutch, it now pops out of 4th. They said they overnighted the parts yesterday and they were there this morning but the tech that was working on it called in sick, so it should be done tomorrow. I've also had a squeak in the engine which I let them know about so if thats not gone I'm gonna flip out. The bad part is I have so much stuff done to the car, I'm not sure if they deem it a lemon what will happen to all my aftermarket parts? On top of the fact that the trunk has a custom fiberglass install in it and I no longer have the factory trunk pieces to go back in there.

 
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Did they say anything about your drop maybe causing too much load on the tranny ? I hear dealerships say that sometimes ... and if they did how did you get around it so they would fix it under warrantee ? basically, what did you say to the dealer so they didnt blame it on your mods ?
L8tr

 
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Here's the Lemon Laws for New York, taken from: AutoSafety.Org

NEW CAR LEMON LAW BILL OF RIGHTS

(1) IN ADDITION TO ANY WARRANTIES OFFERED BY THE MANUFACTURER, YOUR NEW CAR, IF PURCHASED AND REGISTERED IN NEW YORK STATE, IS WARRANTED AGAINST ALL MATERIAL DEFECTS FOR EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MILES OR TWO YEARS, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

(2) YOU MUST REPORT ANY PROBLEMS TO THE MANUFACTURER, ITS AGENT, OR AUTHORIZED DEALER.

(3) UPON NOTIFICATION, THE PROBLEM MUST BE CORRECTED FREE OF CHARGE.

(4) IF THE SAME PROBLEM CANNOT BE REPAIRED AFTER FOUR OR MORE ATTEMPTS; OR IF YOUR CAR IS OUT OF SERVICE TO REPAIR A PROBLEM FOR A TOTAL OF THIRTY DAYS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD; OR IF THE MANUFACTURER OR ITS AGENT REFUSES TO REPAIR A SUBSTANTIAL DEFECT OR CONDITION WITHIN TWENTY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE SENT BY YOU TO THE MANUFACTURER BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED; THEN YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO EITHER A COMPARABLE CAR OR A REFUND OF YOUR PURCHASE PRICE, PLUS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION FEES, MINUS A MILEAGE ALLOWANCE ONLY IF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN MORE THAN 12,000 MILES. SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MAY APPLY TO MOTOR HOMES.

(5) A MANUFACTURER MAY DENY LIABILITY IF THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS OF THE CAR.

(6) A MANUFACTURER MAY REFUSE TO EXCHANGE A COMPARABLE CAR OR REFUND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE IF THE PROBLEM DOES NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIR THE VALUE OF YOUR CAR.

(7) IF A MANUFACTURER HAS ESTABLISHED AN ARBITRATION PROCEDURE, THE MANUFACTURER MAY REFUSE TO EXCHANGE A COMPARABLE CAR OR REFUND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE UNTIL YOU FIRST RESORT TO THE PROCEDURE.

(8) IF THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOT HAVE AN ARBITRATION PROCEDURE, YOU MAY RESORT TO ANY REMEDY BY LAW AND MAY BE ENTITLED TO YOUR ATTORNEY'S FEES IF YOU PREVAIL.

(9) NO CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT CAN VOID ANY OF THESE RIGHTS.

(10) AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ARBITRATION PROCEDURE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MANUFACTURER, YOU MAY INSTEAD CHOOSE TO SUBMIT YOUR CLAIM TO AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR, APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY A FEE FOR SUCH AN ARBITRATION. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CONSUMER OFFICE OR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO FIND OUT HOW TO ARRANGE FOR INDEPENDENT ARBITRATION.

 
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Well theres 2 things I have going for me on that. First I know the guy in the service department and second if they ever deny warranty of any mods done to your car, there is a law which protects you. Its called the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975. Basically it says that they cannot void your warranty for any aftermarket parts unless they can specifically prove that the aftermarket part was the cause of the problem. I basically walked in and talked to the guy a know and said " the cars lowered and has a cold air intake, don't bust my *****"
Ho told me not to worry about it and things would get fixed, but they called yesterday and said the parts still weren't there.

 
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flotsamm, good reply

I think i just heard the magic words... "Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975"
Time to get back to my dealership.

 
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Honda called today and they have no clue on how to get it to stop poppong out of 4th gear. They order me a whole new transmission and said they would have my car till atleast next friday. So if something else happens then i'll be very close to the 30 days to make the lemon law take effect. Its pretty sad that after only 9,000 miles on the car that the entire tranmission has to be replaced.

 
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i'm having the same problem with my car... its hard for me to shift into 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th gears... this just happend a few days ago... i'm taking it to the dealer next week cuz thats when they have time... wish me luck..
p.s.
i also have AM parts.. i dropped my car with neuspeed springs, cold air intake, axle back exhuast, projector lights, euro tail lights.. do u think the dealer will use this against me???

 
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I've heard of crazy stories where the dealer would say something like since you added a CAI(or any other AM part), it increased the performance of the car and subsequently put more stress on the tranny. Sometimes they can get away with saying this, but in most states they have to prove in court that the AM part did in fact cause the problem. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please thanks. Hopefully you dont have to go there and get all nasty with them... good luck.