Towing Issues: Honda CR-V 4 wheel drive 2003, tow dolly, honda cr v

Question
Dear Richard,
We moved from CA to Texas a total of 1330 miles.  While towing our CR-V behind our motor home the transmission went out on the last day of travel.  My husband did everything the Honda instructions told him to do with regards to towing.  The vehicle has 14,000 miles on it and we cannot understand why to transmission went out.  Honda is saying because the fluid is burnt it is our fault and will not help with the repair.  Have you any suggestions and do you have knowledge of other such cases?  

Answer
Well as much as I have "COMMERCIAL TOWING EXPERIENCE" not towing vehicles behind RV's, I do know that some of the vehicles are able to be towed for great distances with all wheels down..
From what I understand is that you have to follow a procedure of running the vehicle in neutral for 3 minutes, then pull a fuse and go no more than 6 hours and not over 65 miles per hour before you have to do the procedure again..  (funny they do not tell us that its possible to do that with tow trucks, but then most of the time the vehicles are not operative when we tow them)

Now I just do not agree with what they suggest for a few reasons and the biggest one is the "CHANCE" of damage if you do not follow the procedure EXACTLY..

But back to the transmission issue. It would appear that during the trip something went wrong, and that is why the fluid got burnt. Somehow the fluid was not circulating to places like it should and overheated. That is usually the reason why tow trucks try to get drive wheels off the ground.

I know that its one of those expensive lessons, but I just do not agree with the whole tow vehicle issue without the use of a tow dolly or trailer. Yeah I know it adds weight and is hard to find places to park all the stuff. But it just helps keep the vehicle running right.