Differential Unit Problems of Honda S2000

The differential went out. I know this may sound like a maintenance problem, but this is very common in the Honda S2000 community. The metal (gears) in the housing begin to break apart. All it takes is a chunk of that metal to lodge in to the wrong gear and your wheels could lock up and it doesn't care if you are doing 30 mph or 90 mph. This is potentially dangerous or even deadly. My car has approximately 130k miles on it. I was taking a right turn from a dead stop/stop sign when mine failed, fortunately. Again. This is very common for these (differentials) to fail. I was able to get it off of the busy road and on to a residential road. It hasn't drove since. To make matters worse, the rigt turn I was making was at the end of a curve making visibility of my being there very low. Again. Good thing I was able to limp it in to a u-turn and back to the residential road where traffic was significantly lower.

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Below is a list of all the failures that my 2001 Honda S2000 has sustained. The first being the only one that Honda has covered via warranty despite knowledgeableness of issues. 1800 miles - 5th and 6th gear synchros had to be replaced 3000 miles - clutch failure 8500 miles - rear differential failure 12000 miles - second gear failure 15000 miles - engine failure all besides the first were denied warranty repair from what Honda calls "driver abuse". Having no proof besides the fact that tires I purchased used showed some wear. Even after the initial claim of abuse, after bringing it in for the next issue, they could not provide me with specifics of tread depth or anything. Also they had thrown out my old parts, for the reason that I believe to be so I couldn't use them against them.

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Differential failed, causing limited slip, leaks, and noise.

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Transmission grinds at any speed when shifted to second gear, the limited slip differential leaks and is noisy.

Transmission grinds at any speed when shifted to second gear, the limited slip differential leaks and is noisy.