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I have the exact same car. My transmission has been bad for a few years, but it is getting worse. It slips into gears and hits them hard now and then. I replaced the fluid and added some lucas treatment and it’s seemed to help a little bit. My advice, if it’s running smoothly, is to change the fluid now, and then again every 15-20,0000 miles to make sure it stays clean, as there is no serviceable filter on these transmissions. I’m not sure what the service interval is for the transmissions, but I’m pretty sure its around 30,000 or something. Considering how many miles you have, it definitely would not hurt to change it sooner, even though the fluid is a little pricey. On that note, ALWAYS USE GENUINE HONDA FLUID!!!!!!!! If you don’t, kiss that tranny goodbye. The fluid is ZW-1 and can be purchased at the dealer for around $9 a quart. It’s about 2.5 quarts for a change, so you’ll need to buy three. You can change it yourself, it’s easier than changing the oil. There is a square plug that you just hook the ratchet into (you can look online for a diagram if you have trouble finding it). The reason it’s easier than the oil is because, again, there is no serviceable filter. I changed the oil myself on mine for the first time a few months ago, and that filter is hard to get without long, skinny arms and a filter wrench that will fit on a socket wrench. I did the transmission fluid as well and it was definitely easier once I got the bolt loose. You don’t even need to jack the car up, just know where the plug is and find it with your hand.
Even if you have somebody else change it, buy the fluid for them and make sure that they only use the Honda stuff. The places that say they will change it for $30 are lying to you, the fluid is barely that cheap. Also, NEVER let them “flush” your transmission. The machine they use will also kill it. If you want to actually flush it, buy a lot of fluid and either change it and drive it several times, or disconnect the cooler line and run the engine while you pour in extra fluid until it starts coming out red.
It sounds like your car was pretty well taken care of if they gave you receipts for some of the work, and if it’s running well now then keep up on the maintenance and it will last you a long time. I’m up to 208,000 miles on mine, and the engine is still performing like it just rolled off the line. It does leak some oil, but I’m going to invest the money in replacing all of the seals because these engines run clear past 300,000 miles easily. On top of that, it was not well taken care of as far as maintenance goes and it still runs well other than the transmission, and even that survived the abuse this long. I think you made an excellent choice in your car, just don’t let that money go to waste over not changing fluids.
It depends on whether your car is an automatic or manual. If it’s a manual, your clutch is probably slipping. If it’s an automatic, then you may have a slip in your transmission. Mine does the same thing, but it does eventually catch and accelerate after about a second or two. If yours did not catch at all then you have a serious problem going on
I have done some tinkering and I think I might be on to something. After doing what I did in this video the transmission feels like it is not hitting the gears so hard. It still slips a bit but I have not yet touched the A solenoids or the clutch solenoids.
However, if you do know what that weird noise is coming from the engine bay it would be greatly appreciated.
We checked the connection to the crankshaft sensor. The wiring had gotten into the serpentine belt and was shredded. We discovered this today when the car would not start at all. The previous owner had obviously fixed that issue once before as it had already been taped, but the thought never occurred to actually secure the wire so that it wouldn’t do that again. We cut out what was left of the wire and repaired it and now it fires right up with no trouble. We were doing this when I got your reply in my email, I guess the car repair god was sending us both a message. Thank you for the help, you were spot on with your diagnosis!
I have 6x9s in my accord. My friends think I have subwoofers, and I bought the cheap ones. If that isn’t enough proof for you I don’t know what is.
PS I did upgrade my head unit as well, and I upgraded the door panel speakers. All in all, the two 6x9s pump out most of the bass, and it sounds really good at a reasonable volume. No, it’s not going to shake the windows on the houses as you drive by. If you need that much power then you have issues beyond what size speakers you should be putting in an Aveo.
Even if it were stuck part way open, or maybe just clogged? And would you recommend cleaning them and the screens that filter them? I know the solenoids themselves are pricy, but having a technician diagnose is also expensive around here.
Even if it were stuck part way open, or maybe just clogged? And would you recommend cleaning them and the screens that filter them? I know the solenoids themselves are pricy, but having a technician diagnose is also expensive around here.
I was able to get out and shoot a driving video. If you think I need a video of the gauges let me know and I’ll see if I can phone a friend to hold the camera for me. I tried to get my dash cam to stick to the steering column or something but with no luck.
Thanks again
I was able to get out and shoot a driving video. If you think I need a video of the gauges let me know and I’ll see if I can phone a friend to hold the camera for me. I tried to get my dash cam to stick to the steering column or something but with no luck.
Thanks again
Well, nothing’s changed much in the last couple of months. I’ve been busy with school but I was finally at least able to get out a shoot a video of it today. When I get the chance I’ll try to get a video of actually driving the vehicle, but at least I was able to get footage of the solenoids clicking with the car in the ‘on’ position but not running, as well as a shot of the engine when I manually shift it into 2nd gear. Let me know if this sparks any ideas:
PS thank you for everything that you’ve all said so far. I’ve looked at purchasing a reman on ebay for anywhere from $1100-$2000, but I’d still have to pay to have it installed unless I’m pretty darn sure I can do it myself. I agree with MusicCity on this one that if the tranny is bad I’ll just have to ride it out as long as I can and either replace it when it fails or just get another car. It’s been so trustworthy and has had very nominal issues to this point so it’ll be hard to give up.
Well, nothing’s changed much in the last couple of months. I’ve been busy with school but I was finally at least able to get out a shoot a video of it today. When I get the chance I’ll try to get a video of actually driving the vehicle, but at least I was able to get footage of the solenoids clicking with the car in the ‘on’ position but not running, as well as a shot of the engine when I manually shift it into 2nd gear. Let me know if this sparks any ideas:
PS thank you for everything that you’ve all said so far. I’ve looked at purchasing a reman on ebay for anywhere from $1100-$2000, but I’d still have to pay to have it installed unless I’m pretty darn sure I can do it myself. I agree with MusicCity on this one that if the tranny is bad I’ll just have to ride it out as long as I can and either replace it when it fails or just get another car. It’s been so trustworthy and has had very nominal issues to this point so it’ll be hard to give up.
Does this sound like something that could be caused by a stuck solenoid? What mostly tips me off is the fact that under certain acceleration the car will shift fine. And how hard are the solenoids to replace? Do they pop out of the housing easily, or do I need any special tools? Thank you for what you’ve said so far
Does this sound like something that could be caused by a stuck solenoid? What mostly tips me off is the fact that under certain acceleration the car will shift fine. And how hard are the solenoids to replace? Do they pop out of the housing easily, or do I need any special tools? Thank you for what you’ve said so far
I’ve seen the videos a while back, but it did give a few ideas to start with. But I’m looking for like is there anything to do with the gas and/or carburetor before trying to start it? It’s been sitting a long time and could possibly even be locked up for all I know. I guess when we get a chance to look at it more closely I can see what’s up with it.