If you ever take a marketing course, they will tell you that branding is everything. You have to uniformly and successfully brand your product or service and stay “on brand” at all times. After all, what you sell is your brand. Athletic wear brands don’t sell running shoes, they sell an active lifestyle. Beer brands don’t sell IPAs and lagers, they sell good times. And auto manufacturers don’t sell cars, they sell adventure, luxury, environmental consciousness, and half a dozen other things. But is this all that brands are?
When it comes to the automobiles themselves, there are some significant differences between auto brands. We can see this in the transmission, as well. Often, these differences are subtle. Sometimes there are major differences. Knowing the differences between different automakers’ transmissions might not make a huge difference, but it can help you make the best purchase for your needs and wants or help you to take care of your transmission. In this article we will discuss Honda transmissions.
Honda Motor Company, Ltd. was founded in Hamamatsu, Japan, in 1946. In addition to automobiles, they make motorcycles, aircraft, power equipment, and more. Popular Honda cars include the Civic, the Accord, the CR-V, and their luxury brand, the Acura. As a company, Honda is doing very well. They are the world’s largest producers of internal combustion engines by volume. But how good are their transmissions?
The first thing to note about Honda transmissions is that you should really use a Honda branded transmission fluid with them. If you use non-Honda branded transmission fluid in your transmission, you might run into problems. It might sound like a cynical ploy to get you to buy their transmission fluid, and it’s kind of is, but it does have an actual effect on your Honda transmission.
It should also be noted that Honda automatic transmissions don’t have replaceable filters. Honda transmissions do have filters, but the filters are internal. The only way to change the filter in a Honda transmission to open the transmission case. Honda transmission filters are, ostensibly, lifetime filters and therefore they do not have a suggested service interval. The required maintenance with a Honda transmission is only to drain out the old fluid, clean the drain plug magnet, and refill with new Honda fluid. If you do this about every 50,000 kilometers then you should be able to avoid most transmission problems. But, like with all transmissions, if you neglectthe recommended maintenance procedures, you’re likely to encounter transmission problems.
To learn more about Honda transmissions, or about the transmissions in vehicles from any other brand of automaker, please do not hesitate to contact Mister Transmission today. We have worked on countless Honda transmissions as well as transmissions from every other major brand of vehicle.
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