Dhorn33

I am looking at buying a 97 Civic HX with 128k miles on it. The lady said she was driving home from work and the car just started slowing down and she barely made it home. The car starts right up and seems to run okay - but when you put it in gear (auto tranny) and hit the gas it just slips and barely moves. You can eventually get it to go - and you can get up to highway speed if you have enough time! Anyway - it seems like it is in some sort of limp mode and it has a check engine light and blinking "D" gear indicator light. I pulled the codes but I am not finding them anywhere so I need some help:

CEL:
60 (I cannot find this code anywhere?)
70 (this one indicates a problem with the A/T)

TCU codes (blinking D):
31
33
42

Obviously I realize the tranny could be shot - but since the car actually still moves and drives it just seems like there may be a bad sensor or something really stupid that I fix for cheap. Please help asap!

hndrider

check all the fuses first. sounds like your tranny is starting in 3rd gear or something. it could be elecrtical related, maybe the shift solenoids are gone bad. do you have any P####? those you can get pulled at auto zone, then you can look up what they mean. Do you have any metal shaving in the tranny oil by any chance? that would def. mean your tranny is toast.

Dhorn33

I passed on this car and it sold to someone else. Thanks for the help.