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Well, I left a detailed message via Email to a local Honda dealer who has a service web site area and did not receive one phone call today from them all day! Go figure. They just simply ignore this issue, always have. Looks like I'll have to show up in person again! I just hate dealing with it anymore.
Be assured, I'll ask why no one ever contacted me. Let's see what lousy excuse they give me this time. I always find it comical.
More to come...
BTW, My brother rode with me the other night and I slowed to a stop sign and then took off without coming to a complete stop and like on cue, the tranny jerked big time and he said "Whoa, what the *ell was that!?" So maybe mine is worse than other's who knows. I just know it's not right and even other people riding with me feel it without even pointing it out. Why the Honda machanic seems to think this is normal is beyond me. I just know I'll never be able to sell it to an individual and that makes me mad. My luck, I'd trade it in to Honda and they would come back and say I have a bad transmission. I would bet my life on it.
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If your warranty is expired then I'm sorry.
If you still have valid warranty...try harder to break the tranny so you can get a new one.
Keep it in D3 everytime and use D2 often too.
As soon as it breaks have it towed to the dealership and get a new tranny free under warranty.
__________________ Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
"When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman.
Well, I found her but, alas, she was waiting for the ideal man."
-- Alain (1818-1951), French essayist, philosopher
Well, since Honda never bothered to contact me I guess I'll have to just show up and drop it off. With 90K on my car I know they won't work with me so I am expecting the worse, like a new tranny or a rebuild. My questions is this:
Should I pay for a rebuild or just replace the whole thing? Also, will they put the same kind in or are their different trannys for our cars? I'm also getting several opinions. I will take it to a Danco for another quote and compare the two. I know Honda will try to rip me off so I want a second opinion and there is a Danco right down the road from Honda. This might take a few weeks because I have to leave the car each Saturday... I need it for work! So this week I'll leave it at Honda and next week Danco can inspect it.
I'll keep ya posted on the developments!
Is there anyone out there who knows anything about our transmissions? If so, please feel free to comment. Remember, I have the automatic.
Last edited by UltimateWarrior; 11-13-2004 at 07:21 AM.
ha ha.. I thought I was the only one with this problem. I was told it could be a motor mount or in need of cv joints... I really have no idea what it is so I am just driving it alot easier and not being so rough on it. When I get the funds I'll be taking it to the shop. Actually I say that but I will probably get rims, tint and alarm... then maybe take it to the shop... that is so backwards.. Oh well
Well, nobody could get me in today so I'll have to put it off another week. Seems like everyone around here needs a week advanced notice! Sheesh. I did talk to someone from Danco and he said they switched to synthetic fluid to help some Honda customers. I guess it's worth a try but I doubt it will help mine. I really think it's shot. It's a lot worse than it use to be so before I switch to synthetic I am still having it looked at. Some of you with less problems might want to try this for smoother shifting.
The Honda dealer was rude and said I'd have to make an appointment for next week sometime. The AAMCO dealer never returned my call. The Danco guy answered and said it was his private cell phone he had rolled over because they weren't open on weekends. At least this guy answered! What's the deal with companies anymore?
I am about ready to trade this in and move on with my life...
yea i experience the same annoyance. my car is a 2001 EX coupe with 46000 miles. I changed my tranny fluid twice since then with full synthetic. It shits fine when its warmed up properly. But every now and then i expereince that jerking.
i have that same jerky feeling with my car (i had it in my 03, but its worse in my 04). i brought my car to a honda dealer a while back for this and some other issues, and they told me that it was normal.
btw..on my car, there's a sound with that jerk. its sort of like a popping sound. does anyone else notice this? or is it just my car? i can only hear it when i have my radio off.
and, im just wondering..what does likeaferio mean when he say's that if you want to break your transmission quicker, leave it in D3 or 2? is it really that bad to use D3 or 2?
Last edited by fuzzylogic426; 11-15-2004 at 02:05 AM.
I noticed after I put the subs in my trunk this past weekend the jerk got harder... That sucks but the extra weight is making the car handle like crap... so with that said I'm taking it all out.
yeah... my dad has a 98 accord, and it slowly started to fall apart, leak oil, etc... he mentioned he will never buy a honda again. toyota will be his next choice in which he's had no problems with before. i dunno... to each his or her own i guess.
My dad got a 92 miata and all that's been replaced since then is the clutch. Nothing else! My mom's 92 accord however...master brake cylinder, joints, tranny ready to go from leaking and can't be repaired (only a matter of time) and more problems. Oh yeah distributor blew and threw off the timing 27 degrees.
I noticed after I put the subs in my trunk this past weekend the jerk got harder... That sucks but the extra weight is making the car handle like crap... so with that said I'm taking it all out.
Subs in the trunk is like driving with your little brother in the car 24/7...
...the car was designed to haul more than 1 person.
An extra 40-50 lbs is close to nothing...I think you're getting paranoid.
Put that BUMP back in there!
__________________ Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
"When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman.
Well, I found her but, alas, she was waiting for the ideal man."
-- Alain (1818-1951), French essayist, philosopher
so I want a second opinion and there is a Danco right down the road from Honda. This might take a few weeks because I have to leave the car each Saturday... I need it for work! So this week I'll leave it at Honda and next week Danco can inspect it.
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