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If the Legend was well cared for and maintained,
then you may not neeed the warranty. However, I would
keep it. A common problem for Honda/Acura cars is for
the plastic radiator top tank to crack and leak. This
is not a big problem if you get it fixed right away.
However, some owners fail to realize this in time as the
car still cools for a weeks after it cracks, and they
only realize after the car overheats. When the car
overheats, it could cause damage to the headgaskets. The
headgasket problem may not show right away, but later it my
show up as a blown headgasket. The problem is, you
don't know what the history of the car was, and if any
of this occured with the previous owner. There are
many 91+ Legend owners who have 200K + miles on their
cars, with no problems. There are also a buch who have
had the headgasket problem with lower 100K miles.
Tranny failure on a Legend is not that common. If you
maintained it well, and used Honda ATF only, then it last a
long time. And yes, use Honda ATF. The manual does say
you can use Dexron, but Honda ATF has an additive
which makes it a high silone base to help in the
lubrication and shifting of the tranny. Dexron does not have
this. This information is provided via many Legend
owners, some Acura techs, and a transmission rebuilder
who rebuilds Honda/Acura trannies for Honda/Acura
dealers nation wide who posts in antoher Legend Forums.
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