so my transmission finally went out...

[tien]

61,xxx miles on my 98' honda accord and my tranny goes out.

it slips in first gear and drops into neutral on its own every once in a while. when it does decide to shift if jerks the whole car really hard. 1st to 2nd hear it doesn't shift until 6,XXX RPM. :(

i called honda of america to complain, they assigned me a case number and i have to take it to john eagle tommorrw so they can see if they will cover the costs for me. otherwise, i have to take it to get rebuilt... ($1250 :eek3: )

does anyone know someone that has a 98-02 V6 transmission for sale? or does cheap work for rebuilding?

oh if this should be in car talk or something...move it please. didn't know where to post...

[XAoPillz]

you can find that tranny in about half the junkyards in houston...and they will work fine!

[tien]

you can find that tranny in about half the junkyards in houston...and they will work fine!
so far i've called

aldine auto parts
NT auto salvage
acorn auto parts
tasco auto parts


no one has it

[tien]

wait i take that back, Action Salavage did have one...but they wanted $750 for it. :/

[Club Sauce]

samething happened with my car except for it stopped shifting out of first completley sucked ass driving home doing 20-30

[tien]

samething happened with my car except for it stopped shifting out of first completley sucked ass driving home doing 20-30
did you ever get it fixed?

[moleman]

i <3 honda autos

[-=E36=-]

buy one from a junkyard.

edit: saw that you called a few places. But many junkyards dont have listed numbers. Go drive up and down airport.

Ryan

[tien]

i <3 honda autos
i <3 honda america.


seriously though, if the case manager fixes my car for free, i will love them. otherwise, i'm going to buy a mustang. hah! jk. but never again a new honda

[SprayedAccord]

98 accord V6 trannys had alot of problems. I thought there was some recall on it or TSB on the trannies.

[tien]

98 accord V6 trannys had alot of problems. I thought there was some recall on it or TSB on the trannies.
01-02 had an official recall, but 98-00 never did. in some cases they're doing a good faith thing to pay for the repairs...that's what i'm hoping for. i don't know why they never recalled the 98-00, they all suck anyways.

[Club Sauce]

yeah i got it fixed it had a factory recall on it at the time which is stupid because i took it in and they checked up and said it was fine then a week later it broke tranny in TL's are shit though its about to go out again

oh yeah when it went out it only had like 40,000 miles on it :yeahno:

[Pranav]

Just curious, how often did you have your transmission fluid changed, and how? Was it a simple drain+refill, or one of those $100 dealer machine flushes? Did you use genuine honda ATF?

I've *heard* that the machine flushes are not *good* for the Honda transmissions, but I dunno if it's bullshit or not (or whether or not the bad cases had to do with ATF that hadn't been changed in 90k+ miles)

I read a lot about 98-02 v6 trannies taking dumps, but never get to see how much/little the owners actually change the ATF. If Honda does fix ur car for free, I highly recommend getting an auxiliary trans cooler, hooking it up downstream from the stock one (built into radiator), and change the ATF more often. I myself change the ATF every other oil change on my '02 I4, and have been running a B&M tranny cooler for almost 2yrs now. Hopefully I won't have probs, since I auto-x almost every week :hs:

[Bryan]

so far i've called

aldine auto parts
NT auto salvage
acorn auto parts
tasco auto parts


no one has it
You need to call Skip at Bottom Line or Superstar on Airline. You'll find it there and cheap.

[LilCivicThatCould]

theres a all honda/acura junkyard off of airline. not sure of the name. its got a big black and yellow honda sign can't mess it. im sure they have it, and they give nice prices too.

[Club Sauce]

mine was changed regulary at the shop

[tien]

You need to call Skip at Bottom Line or Superstar on Airline. You'll find it there and cheap.
do you have the numbers?

[tien]

Just curious, how often did you have your transmission fluid changed, and how? Was it a simple drain+refill, or one of those $100 dealer machine flushes? Did you use genuine honda ATF?

I've *heard* that the machine flushes are not *good* for the Honda transmissions, but I dunno if it's bullshit or not (or whether or not the bad cases had to do with ATF that hadn't been changed in 90k+ miles)

I read a lot about 98-02 v6 trannies taking dumps, but never get to see how much/little the owners actually change the ATF. If Honda does fix ur car for free, I highly recommend getting an auxiliary trans cooler, hooking it up downstream from the stock one (built into radiator), and change the ATF more often. I myself change the ATF every other oil change on my '02 I4, and have been running a B&M tranny cooler for almost 2yrs now. Hopefully I won't have probs, since I auto-x almost every week :hs:

i hear it's mostly the v6 transmission, not the 4cyl. i did change my ATF a few months ago w/ Honda ATF ($12 a quart :eek3: ) and that helped a little. (full machine flush) but my dad did it at the shop, not at the dealership.

[ScionGuyizCool]

same thing with my old accord and two of my other friends accords, the trannys on the v6's are crap

[FiLLuP]

honda atf is like 4.15 a quart, is it not? i just bought some last week.

[tien]

same thing with my old accord and two of my other friends accords, the trannys on the v6's are crap
what did you guys have to end up doing?

[ScionGuyizCool]

we got rid of our accords, cause the value of our cars was about the same as it would cost to have the repairs done

[tien]

we got rid of our accords, cause the value of our cars was about the same as it would cost to have the repairs done
ouch. well my car is still worth like 8-10k so i can't really do that.

[tien]

honda atf is like 4.15 a quart, is it not? i just bought some last week.
it was somewhere around $12 at gillman honda north about 5 months ago

[ScionGuyizCool]

ouch. well my car is still worth like 8-10k so i can't really do that.

how many miles on it, wait 61, damn 8-10 k my friend got 4 k for his 98

[tien]

how many miles on it, wait 61, damn 8-10 k my friend got 4 k for his 98
dude, that sucks. how many miles?

my kbb is $10,XXX, but then again my car is in mint condition. and i only have 61k miles.

[mofoD]

my car is at 93k miles and the tranny still works fine. just got a transmission fluid change done by JEH last week.

*knocks on my wood*

[tien]

i took it to another transmission shop...they're gonna call me with a price later today

[TaXiGirl]

*sighs* i'm going thru the sametime...i haven't driven my car in months, well not anywhere too far away at least... so how's everything coming along now? find any good shops?

[tien]

*sighs* i'm going thru the sametime...i haven't driven my car in months, well not anywhere too far away at least... so how's everything coming along now? find any good shops?
my dad's friend is taking care of it...i had to get the whole thing rebuilt. he said that the clutch was grinding on metal...something like that.

i would try replacing the solenoids/speed spenors/etc. before taking it apart. generally, people charge around $1500 to rebuild...I would send you to my dad's friend but he wouldn't really cut you a deal, but i do guarantee he does good work and gives a 1 year/12,000mi warranty.

[tien]

she's baccccccccccck

[ProjektSol]

yay now take to me to galveston bitch

[drunkenmaster]

what did john eagle say? usually if you speak in a proper manner with the honda corp or with glenn at JE. they will give you great service.

[tien]

what did john eagle say? usually if you speak in a proper manner with the honda corp or with glenn at JE. they will give you great service.
nope, they claimed that my "Front end collision" caused the axles to cause pressure on the transmission, which in turn caused it to break?

:dunno:

[melovecivic]

hahahahaha i call bs

[tien]

hahahahaha i call bs
??