DNick454
Member
I love my accord dearly, and I know the suggestion of ditching a 6th gen is probably taboo for this site... but, I've got some reoccuring issues that I think won't make it for the long haul. To start out with, I'll describe the car a bit. It's a 98 Accord sedan, F23A1 so with vtec but it's got the hellbound automatic . Ontop of that, it's got 106k miles (which isn't bad at all) but I think the transmission is starting to take a crap. It slips between 1st to second shift and is quite stubborn on the downshift from 2nd to first when rolling and low speeds and then trying to accelerate. Another issue which has recently presented itself, atleast in my opinion is the alternator. Granted, I do have an aftermarket sound system (hooked up correctly!!! I swear!!! ) but the lights dim alot which turn on thinks like the heater blower motor and other electronic draws. Infact the other day, I had my lights on, fogs on, and my subs thumping some techno lol. I then turned on the heater motor and the lights went really dim and then my gauge cluster actually turned off and the needles went dead then shot back to life for a quick instant. And there is one more issue which I'm not really sure what the hell it is, so I'll try to describe it. Basically when I come to a stop and then start to accelerate, I hear like a weird crunching noise, I don't mean like something bad, but sounds like something shifted ever so slightly. The motor and tranny mounts are fine, so I'm wondering could that be something with the tranny starting to go, or the trans-axle or something? Oh and the car sounds kinda funny when I go over medium sized bumps at speeds, like a clunking, but I've done some researching on that and it could be my front sway bar mounts just needing to be replaced/greased.
I apologize for the huge long brick wall of text, especially being my first post lol, I figured I'd try and knock it out in all one fell swoop. I'll post some pics of my car a little later
Oh... and any idea why I can't post in general area section of the forums? Do I have to have a certain post-count or permission or something?
Nick
I apologize for the huge long brick wall of text, especially being my first post lol, I figured I'd try and knock it out in all one fell swoop. I'll post some pics of my car a little later
Oh... and any idea why I can't post in general area section of the forums? Do I have to have a certain post-count or permission or something?
Nick