Transmission issues older car = time to get rid of?

[Anonymous]

2004 Odyssey with 210k. Last a couple days, I felt transmission slip a few times. Does this usually mean it’s time?? I don’t know if “minor transmission repairs” really exist. Certainly not going to put in thousands to fix it. Could it be just low transmission oil?? Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2004 Odyssey with 210k. Last a couple days, I felt transmission slip a few times. Does this usually mean it’s time?? I don’t know if “minor transmission repairs” really exist. Certainly not going to put in thousands to fix it. Could it be just low transmission oil?? Thoughts?

Your 2004 is on its original transmission at 210k? That gen of odysseys is well known for transmission issues and many had to replace their transmissions at much lower miles than yours. Go to the odyssey owner forum if you want to get good advice. But yeah, if you haven’t changed your transmission fluid in awhile that would be the first thing to do and it might help.

[Anonymous]

We owned a 2001 Odyssey (your generation) and a 2006 Odyssey of the following generation. Each of them needed a new transmission between 200k-230k miles, so I'd say you're right on schedule. The total cost of the repair was $2500 for a rebuild of the 2001 and $3200 for a replacement of the 2006.

Yes, changing the fluid might buy some time but I'm guessing one of the clutches or gear sets is failing. Now is the time to get educated and make some decisions, including whether it might make sense to repair the car (what else is due to fail, how many more years do you need a minivan, etc)

I learned a lot at Odyclub.com

[Anonymous]

Your car is 19 years old and has over 200,000 miles on it. The transmission is starting to have problems.

It's time for a new card. What happens in this situation is that you get the transmission fixed and something else breaks. Things wear out eventually and at the age your car is at, it's time. It's not a great time to be in the market for new cars given the current shortage so maybe you can stretch it for another year but not promises.

I had a car with a transmission problem before. It left me stranded on the side of the road. You're better off buying a new car than having your car break down and get stuck.

[Anonymous]

It’s time to get a new car. Start looking now. Don’t wait until it leaves you stranded.

[Anonymous]

Car market any better these days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your car is 19 years old and has over 200,000 miles on it. The transmission is starting to have problems.

It's time for a new card. What happens in this situation is that you get the transmission fixed and something else breaks. Things wear out eventually and at the age your car is at, it's time. It's not a great time to be in the market for new cars given the current shortage so maybe you can stretch it for another year but not promises.

I had a car with a transmission problem before. It left me stranded on the side of the road. You're better off buying a new car than having your car break down and get stuck.

Maybe, maybe not. OP does need to evaluate the state of the rest of the car in terms of things that need to be replaced and/or might fail but I look at these repair costs in terms of what is the number of months of a car payment vs. how long the repair will last. So, in this case, 2500 for a new transmission is about 6 months of a new car payment and assuming that it's done properly will last much, much longer than that so if the rest of the car is in decent shape, I might consider this repair particularly depending on where things stand in the budget and if there's "room" for a 4-5 year car note. But, as others have indicated, I'd check out the info on the forums and probably try changing the fluid.

[Anonymous]

Get it checked out to find out. But yeah it may be time. I tried 2 trans repairs in my frugal 20s, and the fix was never perfect. And cars are more complicated now, more to continue going wrong.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks guys for your insights. I will take it in and see what they say. The slips were so small, I question myself if it really happened. But I've been driving that car for so long I can "feel" the car pretty well and something doesn't feel right at the moment. No oil drops or anything. I just spent 1800 in November doing 200k service (it was 207k).

[Anonymous]

You have an almost 20 year old car. Wait for the transmission to fully go out and then get rid of it.

[Anonymous]

Like somebody suggested educate yourself before taking the car in. Going by whatever dealer tells you with your 19 year old car is a prescription for a bad decision on your part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have an almost 20 year old car. Wait for the transmission to fully go out and then get rid of it.

Just hope that you're not in the middle of nowhere when the transmission does go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have an almost 20 year old car. Wait for the transmission to fully go out and then get rid of it.

Just hope that you're not in the middle of nowhere when the transmission does go.

AAA or other emergency road side assistance would take care of that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have an almost 20 year old car. Wait for the transmission to fully go out and then get rid of it.

Just hope that you're not in the middle of nowhere when the transmission does go.

I would assume this is a local driver. Op is not going to believe what cars have on them now.

[Anonymous]

no keep it