I have a 2005 Honda Rancher with a little over 200 miles on it and have a problem with the transmission. It is stuck in high gear and will barely move in reverse. Took it to the local honda dealer and they said it needs a new transmission/Honda Matic. Has anyone had any simular problems or know anyone that has had this problem as well?

On 12-17-08, I changed the angle sensor and that corrected the problem. The local Honda dealer wanted $2800 for the repair. Thanks for all the information on this web site.

 

Your model is the Rancher 400AT, not to be confused with the new Rancher 420AT, which has a completely different transmission.

There are a fair number of posts in here from folks having problems with these. Honda discontinued this model after only a couple years of production....maybe for good reason!

You can try a search, but like you they probably didn't properly identify the model so it may be hard to pick a search term that will work. Maybe you can pm some of the tech guys in here, and get some advice?

 

Yes, if you need advice and are a little handy with basic tools, PM me and I can have you do some tests to confirm the problem for sure.

----- Gimpster -----

 

Not sure if you received my email from your last responce, but any help would be appreciated. The local Honda dealer wanted $2800 to repair. I am pretty sure the transmission is ok, I think it is an electrical problem.

thanks, Mike