On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:23:14 GMT, Ramapo <ramapo@youbetyourass.com>
wrote:
>When cruising at 60 mph, the trans is in OD and the engine only
>turning 2000 rpm. That's pretty steep. When you push down gently on
>the accelerator in this situation, the car tries to stay in OD and
>acceleration is modest, especially if you are only going 40 or so
>to begin with. A stronger push almost always results in a 2 gear
>downshift and the engine builds up rpm and you take off. I have yet
>to figure out how to get it to only shift down one gear, but I expect
>I'll get a better feel for it over time.

Here's how - have the tranny flushed.

I know this behavior, my 1999 CL 3.0 did it, too. And like you, I
thought for the longest time this was a programmed behavior, something
about the computers and emissions control. It's not. At 30k miles
the dealer changed (there's no official "flush") the tranny fluid.
For the next few weeks, the shift behaved as you'd like,
single-downshifts were fast and simple. Then it slowly deteriorated
again.

Welcome to Honda automatic transmissions.

My 2004 Accord I4 tranny started out correct, and there is no recall
listed for the tranny (never was on the CL, either), and it's a
totally different model from the old Acura - 5 speed rather then 4 -
but sadly, it is slowly slipping into the same sticky, sluggish
malfunctioning behavior as the others.


J.