Transmission Solenoid problems of the 1998 Honda CRX

98 Honda civic dx transmission slippage my car has been having this transmission slippage problem intermittently for about 4 years. It recently started doing it for about 2 weeks straight so I tried to go online and find out if there was some type of solution. I found other complaints about transmission problems in Honda accords/civics/odyssey's and even acuras. I called Honda corp. And their only response was you're not on the recall list so you'll have to go to the dealer and get it repaired. I did that and they told me I needed to get a refurbished trans at 5k a pop! that's a rip off. So I researched it some more and found out on about. Com that you can basically just drain the transmission fluid and replace it with Honda atp fluid and replace a piece called the solenoid assembly and a washer. If this is the case why isn't Honda doing a general recall and have everyone pay a certain price or have everyone with certain VIN numbers come in and have their trans checked out. This is a rip off through Honda corp. They're trying to make money and so are the dealerships!.