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My civic has 39,000 miles on it. I purchased it with16,000 in june. it is now jan. Suddenly my car would not move while i was driving one day. I would put the car in drive. The odometer would move..but the car would not go. I towed it to my deale. Merchant Motors. And they did some testing and could not figure out what the problem was. They sent it to the Honda Dealer. (grappone) . After testing, I have now been told that i need to come up with 3,900 for a new transmission, and 75 an hour for 5 hours for labo. So I just bought this car in june. For about 14,000 and now I need to come up with 4300 to fix this problem?? I do not know much about cars, but i would like to know if this is normal for a 2001 vehicle???
HELPP!!
also its an automatic!

 
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Daaamn.. that sucks! I wold call around and see what other kind of pricing you can get. 4300 sounds way to high, then again I dont know what they go for.

 
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Here's a suggestion: Go to your dealer (or more than one), ask for the service manager, and request a "goodwill consideration", as described below. It looks like you should be eligible for one since you've had the car while it was in warrenty, and it is very close to the warrenty mileage limit. As I understand it, a goodwill consideration means that Honda pays for the parts, and you pay for labor. That should save you some of the cost, but it still sucks. Good luck. If Honda says no, take it up the chain to the regional people.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/TSBScans/sb626650.pdf
"Out of warranty: Any repair performed after w,arranty expiration may be eligible for goodwill consideration by the District Service Manager or your Zone Office. You must request consideration, and get a decision, before starting work."

 
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That sucks man. I had the same problem but mine was bought new, and was still under warranty so they did it without charging me. Good luck with the Goodwill hope it works out for you.