Help...Is my tranny dying?

[lakersgo]

I make the same post on V6P.net, just want to get maximum feedback as quickly as possible.

It all happens when I crank up the engine. It took an unusually long time to crank and the car was sounding sick. I was like "ok, this has happened before, it will mend itself" So as I start getting out of parking lot, I notice very very rough and slow shifting in the 2nd gear. And then I kept on driving hoping the tranny will sort it out...but no, the 3rd and 4th gears are rough too, downshifting from 2nd to 1st was very abrupt. Something is defnitely wrong with the tranny, this is my 3rd tranny and I am totally out of warranty (98 Accord V6 with 137k). It was replaced when the car had 86k on it so the 3rd tranny lasts about 50k miles.

What are my remedies now? I don't want to spend $$ on fixing this car since it's not worth much now. Do you think Honda will replace for free again? Do you think it might be the torque converter that went wrong? I am tempted to call honda for a replacement but I am expecting them to play tough this time since the car is out of warranty. What's my best strategy to approach this? Last week I was talking to my father about how I plan to keep driving this car for another 5 years. Awww...

 

[CG6-WASABI]

did u go to honda dealership all 3 times when u replaced ur tranny???

 

[lakersgo]

Yes. Actually twice. It only takes two visits to get to the 3rd tranny, right?

 

[CG6-WASABI]

oops my bad lol i misread ummm it sounds like it can be ur tranny, i replaced mine twice also, the first time was a bad experience i dont want to get into detail, but the second time i did it at aamco, if it is ur tranny u should try aamco

 

[lakersgo]

Which aamco shop? I am in SoCal too.

And why aamco? Isn't that place full of the brake warranty scam?

 

[jbisselwhiteac6]

dont worry about it it will be find that is just the begginning stages of a dying tranny. All you have to is take it easy on the acceleration and it will be find for another 20 k

 

[CG6-WASABI]

i did it at the one in i believe montclair, central and foothill (really close to foothill but the shop isnt on foothill) and i dont know about the brake warranty scam

i did it at aamco because they gave me a better warranty than honda, 3 years unlimited miles

 

[lakersgo]

The car seems to be running ok now. I drove it around neighborhood last night and it returned to how it was. If the tranny holds out and I do my maintenance, I think i can get another 5 years out of this car. Everything else is as strong as when it were new.

 

[CG6Lemon]

u do any maintence work to it?

 

[HondaLuver83]

try draining 3 qrts of your tranny fluid and replace it with honda atf. My tranny is starting to waive the white flag with 111,598 miles. It's only occasional that it will shift a little hard into 2nd or 3rd. And sometimes has trouble downshifting from 2nd to 1st on a 10mph roll, i have to either stop the car to get it to downshift or ease on the accelerator to get it to shift. Other than that u wouldnt know it has problems. But its real early. I could probably get another 10-15k if i drove real slow(yah right ahah). What I did was poured 1 qrt of reputable lucas transmission oil and 2 qrts honda ATF. It got noticably better, but that only buys time and doesnt fix the problem. If i were u, i would either sell your car. Or if ur like me have too many mods, you can end all the problems and do a auto to manual swap. U might even be able to swap a prelude h22 auto tranny w/tiptronic. But u might need a new ecu,shift linkage and shifter. I use my 96 toyota avalon as my daily driver, i was going to do the auto to manual swap but my buddys shop said it makes more sense to just buy an h22 engine and manual tranny coupled together and sell the f23 engine since its in excellent running condition. I still just wish I never bought the auto, but my wife cant drive a 5speed.