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Old 17 Oct 2009, 05:50 pm
Dillon Pyron
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Default Re: Sports light on + shfting problem

Thus spake "Charles" <electrochuckREMOVE@XXXatt.net> :

>Fijoy wrote:
>> I have a 1991 Accord. The sports light comes on when I start the car,
>> and remains on, though the sports switch is in the 'off' position. The
>> acceleration of the car from a stop is much slower, and the
>> transmission is not shifting at all.

>
>It's probably in limp-home mode giving you just two gears.
>
>> What is possibly wrong?

>
>As Dan has written is might be your transmission control computer. The other
>possibility is a faulty sensor that is monitored by the transmission control
>computer. It would be instructive to know the code that the TCU
>light-emitting diode is flashing. The module itself is probably under the
>carpet under your passenger's left foot. It has a small window through which
>the lamp may be seen. Don't confuse it with the adjacent engine control
>computer.
>
>Do a search in the Honda newsgroups for "TCU." That will lead you to some
>details of diagnosis.


Even if it's not the TCU, replacing it cause no damage and is $60/hr
cheaper than finding out that's the problem.
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