2004 accord 4-cyl: ATF filter?

John Horner wrote:
> E Meyer wrote:
>> On 9/9/08 10:14 PM, in article , "Pszemol"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting article about ATF replacement in your Honda Accord:
>>> http://www.driveaccord.net/forums/sh...t=14714&page=2
>>>
>>> Anybody knows why Honda does not call for replacing the filter
>>> mentioned there in any of their maintenance schedules?
>>>
>>> Do you replace this filter in your Accord? How often?
>>
>> Honda automatics do not have a replaceable filter. They use a series of
>> inaccessible screens within the transmission.
>
> That was true for a time, but Honda then started using them again ...
> about the same time they were trying to get massive transmission failure
> rates under control.
>

i wonder - were these failing transmissions built here or in japan? i
ask because i bought honda shocks for my crx recently, and in
inspection, i find one was made in japan, the other here. the one made
here was notably inferior metal because the thread at the top of the
piston rod was torn indicating that it had some kind of ductility problem.

translated to transmissions, production of swarf in a transmission is
usually either lubrication failure or a problem with the material from
which the gears are cut. honda atf is excellent in my old transmission
and i get almost no swarf at all, so i suspect the latter on the failing
transmissions.

On 9/20/08 12:12 AM, in article bv0Bk.524$1a2.283@trnddc04, "John Horner"
> wrote:

> E Meyer wrote:
>> On 9/9/08 10:14 PM, in article , "Pszemol"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting article about ATF replacement in your Honda Accord:
>>> http://www.driveaccord.net/forums/sh...t=14714&page=2
>>>
>>> Anybody knows why Honda does not call for replacing the filter
>>> mentioned there in any of their maintenance schedules?
>>>
>>> Do you replace this filter in your Accord? How often?
>>
>> Honda automatics do not have a replaceable filter. They use a series of
>> inaccessible screens within the transmission.
>>
>
> That was true for a time, but Honda then started using them again ...
> about the same time they were trying to get massive transmission failure
> rates under control.
>
Its still basically true that there is no replaceable filter in the
transmission. They started putting one in the cooler lines between the
transmission and the radiator.

I find it interesting that even in the '06 CR-V FSM there is no mention of
the existence of the filter (at least none that I could find). It is only
shown in the parts diagram for radiator replacement in the engine cooling
section, and in that picture it is the one component not identified. I had
to look at the parts diagrams at Majestic to verify that it was indeed the
transmission filter.