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I have a 2001 Honda CRV SE and I am having a flashing D light transmission problem to were I only have 2nd and third gear but no 1st and Overdrive. When I take off from a dead stop and the car is on Drive it starts from 3rd gear. If I manually shift it into 1st it actually shifts to 2nd and when I manually upshift to 2nd it actually shifts to 3rd. I bought the car from Lexington KY about 6 months ago and drove it all the way up here with no problems.. Started having this issue a few months after having it so my research online told me it may be the lockup solenoids on the top of the transmission. I was able to get one from the salvage yard and also changed the transmission fluid with HONDA fluid and I will say the fluid that came out was grey. Looked like it had been a very long while since it had been changed. Things seemed to be fine for a month or two but it has started again doing the same thing so I again changed the transmission fluid basically just to flush out anything that the previous fluid change may have worked up. The fluid change helped for a week but now EVERYTIME I get in it for the past week and put it into drive, it without hesitation acts up with the flashing D light. I hate to change out the transmission when it could just be a sensor that needs fixed and I hate to buy unnecessary sensors that aren’t the problem. Was wondering if anyone had any insite on this. Any help would be much appreciated.
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if you put the car in neutral with your foot on the brake wheel it start and is it on the n for neutral?
Yes Hambys Auto when the car is in neutral on the N it will start just as if it were in park. The gear selector is in the appropriate locations. It used to be once in a blue moon the CRV would do this. Now it’s more like once in a blue moon it will be just fine. For example the last 4 days it has been acting up. But today I hoped in it and took the granddaughter to the park. Drove smooth with no hiccups at all.
Did you scan for codes? I repaired a 2002 CRV beginning to a family member with a flashing D and it gave me a code for a 3rd gear sensor which was an easy fix. Hopefully you will get lucky and have a code point you in the right direction.
well the next step would be to get that code read. chance is that either one of the pressure sensors is bad or a wiring problem and that thing has about 10 sensors on there so get that trans code read and let us know? with it coming and going i would say most likely a wiring problem.
When you changed the transmission fluid, did you change the filter as well? Perhaps the filter is clogged and the pump can’t pull enough fluid to make the trans work correctly.
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