ssmshortie

ahh im hatin my civic, yet i miss it, right now its 5 hours away in north carolina

not sure what exactly is the problem but i was at a red light at the bottom of a hill, and the light changed to green i pressed the acclerator and the b*** just revved like i had it in neutral so luckily i was right beside a driveway so i just pulled in.

i call NCSTYLE (Brad) and he's like try all the gears at first none of them worked, then i tried 2nd and it worked so i pulled back onto route 1 and drove up the rest of the hill bout a mile to i-440

and when i got to the top it wouldnt go again so i pulled into this texaco station, they were glarin at me cause i stopped in the middle of the parking lot like a fool, so they came out and started the car it went in reverse for a lil then i called aaa and other people, had to wait for towing which costed me 20 bucks cause i needed a flat bed grrr lowering a car sucks well not really but right now it does.

so they check fluid and ****, thats fine duh of course it is cuase i just got an oil change and they checked it so i get it towed to this place called cottman transmission , this was saturday now its monday and they just looked at it and said its really bad, they have to go internally to find the exact problem they said it could be many but it costs a f**** 389 bucks just for an inspection

so ya i had fun at the southern meet i went to but im so stressed i needed to vent and i had to drive a pos lancer up here from south of the border yesterday

ahhh im done venting time to eat some lunch.

aim : civicboiva

evanl85

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lol @ automatic transmissions

JDog2001CivicEX

iTrader: (1)

just ask them to replace the tranny and then go to Honda and claim that because of their denial to release a recall due to the faultiness of their first gear in their trannies that they now owe you for the replacement of your tranny

ssmshortie

try driving a stick in northern virginia i wish i had a car that was that kind that you can push a button it be auto and push it again and it be stick that would be nice

he said there's alot of damage under the hood including the torque converter

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

I'm assuming you're out of warrenty then. That really sucks for a new car (only a few years old) to have a tranny go out.

ssmshortie

yea its got like 65,000 miles on the car

JayFReaZy

damn man, hope everything turns out ok. I know how ya feel, my alternator went bad at 55k. Had to get a new one .

ssmshortie

thanx and it bein 5 hours away from me kinda makes things worse

ssmshortie

ahhhhh omfg

omfg guess how much its gona cost to fix it

only recondition the parts $2,185.92
6 months 6,000 mile warrenty

2599.13
honda spec parts

36,000 mile warrent

it says i need a new friction clutch, lip seals, regulator body trington bearing, filter, and torque converter.

tinman

That's the cost of the whole tranny. They are hosing you real good, since they know you are not local. I have rebuilt Auto's before. I can GUARANTEE you that ALL parts to totally overhaul an auto tranny cost about $500 MAX!
That includes ALL friction discs, steels, valves, gaskets, O-rings, etc, etc.
Usually, the valve body develops a problem, something gets stuck or clogged. Then the transmission won't shift. Unless you do burnouts, the clutch packs should still be fine. Unfortunately, unless you understand how an automatic works, the shops will royally give it to you. It's like a mystery box to most people, and always REALLY EXPENSIVE to fix.
I'd bet you they'll flush the valve body and/or replace $100 worth of parts, MAYBE. It'll run 6 monts for sure, so they make their money. If it doesn't, and you tow it all the way back there (god forbid) they'll just tell you that you abused the tranny, and void the warranty.

Sorry I can't help you, but maybe you are a bit more informed now.

Interesting, my 82 Accord tranny ran 151000 miles when I gave the car away. It's STILL running. My record was 268,000 miles on a Jatco automatic from Japan. I then replaced all the clutch packs ($40) and kept on drivin.

Anyway, realize that ANY shop sees autos as EASY MONEY. Beware!

ssmshortie

sheesh thanx i think but anyhow since my money kinda tight im gona get the 6 month warrenty its a world wide warrenty so i can get it serviced up here and wont have to drive 5 hrs thankfully i'll just have to make monthly payments to my dad ahhh i wonder wut caused it

you have any idea ?

the mechanic said he's not even sure

OsOBooSTeD

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our trannys suck thats what caused it...

dude ur getting raped.

i just bought a new tranny with 5k on it ... for 450.
clutches cost 300 ish

and well i did the install myself...
BUT.. labor should be about 5-600 too cause they're gonna pull the subframe do it .

ssmshortie

guess im stupid "sigh" lease:

tinman

It sucks. It's probably a little fleck of crud that got stuck inside one of the tiny ball valves in the transmission. What REALLY sucks, is that on a FWD transmission you cannot just drop the oil pan and unscrew the valve body to check it. You have to take the whole thing OUT and then apart.
A pain in the a$$, for sure.

ssmshortie

u need to live over here tinny

tinman

Heh.... yeah.... I bet.

Nooooo..... I think I'll stay in sunny California.

ssmshortie

nope, u need to come help lol

supermanrjs

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D*MMIT........Shortie the southern meets are cursed........what 2 months after your tranny went out mine has gone.....exactly like yours!! Mine is under waranty thank GOD.....waranty does cover transmision right guys? Right now it is ittin in the middle of Downtown Gettotown.........couldn't get it towed tonight cause it was like 1:00 am, so I had to leave it sittin....Takin it Monday to the Honda place.