Honda Car Forum

Hey,

This is a NEW transmission installed at 84K mi under the extended
warrenty. Since I've only had it since 83K and its just gotten cold I
don't know if this VERY stiff shifing into drive is normal. When the
car warms up it gets normal. I got in this morning at about 15F and it
was very hard to shift. My '97 TL doesn't do it. otherwise I'm lovin
it! - wazzup?????

JK

On 12/27/04 8:44 PM, in article 41d0c847.11657250@news.verizon.net, "Jon
Klapper" <captainjon@federalhill.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> This is a NEW transmission installed at 84K mi under the extended
> warrenty. Since I've only had it since 83K and its just gotten cold I
> don't know if this VERY stiff shifing into drive is normal. When the
> car warms up it gets normal. I got in this morning at about 15F and it
> was very hard to shift. My '97 TL doesn't do it. otherwise I'm lovin
> it! - wazzup?????
>
> JK

I have never noticed any difference in the shifting on my 2000 cold vs.
warm. It has only gotten to 15f here in the Dallas area a few of times
since it was new and the car was actually out of the garage and in it,
though.

When you say very hard to shift, do you mean the shift lever is physically
hard to move, or the transmission is hesitant/slow/abrupt when changing
gears? If the lever is hard to move, I would say something wasn't put back
correctly when they replaced the trans. Either way, it probably calls for a
trip back to the dealer to make sure they didn't screw up.

Thanks for the response. Its hard to physically move the shift lever.
There is no catching or scraping feel it just feels as though the
fluid has turned to molasses. It shifts smoothly going through the
gears by itself and its easy to move the shifter once it warms up.
Just a problem when its cold.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:59:23 GMT, "E. Meyer" <e52.meyer@ieee.org>
wrote:

>On 12/27/04 8:44 PM, in article 41d0c847.11657250@news.verizon.net, "Jon
>Klapper" <captainjon@federalhill.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> This is a NEW transmission installed at 84K mi under the extended
>> warrenty. Since I've only had it since 83K and its just gotten cold I
>> don't know if this VERY stiff shifing into drive is normal. When the
>> car warms up it gets normal. I got in this morning at about 15F and it
>> was very hard to shift. My '97 TL doesn't do it. otherwise I'm lovin
>> it! - wazzup?????
>>
>> JK
>
>I have never noticed any difference in the shifting on my 2000 cold vs.
>warm. It has only gotten to 15f here in the Dallas area a few of times
>since it was new and the car was actually out of the garage and in it,
>though.
>
>When you say very hard to shift, do you mean the shift lever is physically
>hard to move, or the transmission is hesitant/slow/abrupt when changing
>gears? If the lever is hard to move, I would say something wasn't put back
>correctly when they replaced the trans. Either way, it probably calls for a
>trip back to the dealer to make sure they didn't screw up.
>