Honda Car Forum

I have a 98 Civic DX, automatic and recently I have been noticing what
appears to be strange shifting. For instance, when I roll up to an
intersection and the light turns green before I stop or when I make a slow
speed turn (into a driveway for instance) and then get back on the gas, the
transmission shifts down with a bit of a clunk (nothing too loud, just
abrupt/rough). Also, when coming off the highway onto a ramp (and on the
brakes) the car seems to be abrupt/rough when it downshifts (from 4th to
3rd).

Does this sound like a fatal transmission problem or might it be an issue as
simple as new honda tranny fluid? Any suggestions? Thank you for your
assistance.

Spurr wrote:
> I have a 98 Civic DX, automatic and recently I have been noticing what
> appears to be strange shifting. For instance, when I roll up to an
> intersection and the light turns green before I stop or when I make a slow
> speed turn (into a driveway for instance) and then get back on the gas, the
> transmission shifts down with a bit of a clunk (nothing too loud, just
> abrupt/rough). Also, when coming off the highway onto a ramp (and on the
> brakes) the car seems to be abrupt/rough when it downshifts (from 4th to
> 3rd).
>
> Does this sound like a fatal transmission problem or might it be an issue as
> simple as new honda tranny fluid? Any suggestions? Thank you for your
> assistance.


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Knowing your mileage would be a big help, and you didn't say when you
last changed your ATF, but it sounds pretty normal behaviour for a Honda.

Change the Z1 tranny fluid twice, and keep going.

'Curly'

if you had a manual, it would be easy to say it was the clutch. As
Curly said, Change the Z1 tranny fluid twice.

janos

motsco_ _ wrote:
> Spurr wrote:
>
>> I have a 98 Civic DX, automatic and recently I have been noticing what
>> appears to be strange shifting. For instance, when I roll up to an
>> intersection and the light turns green before I stop or when I make a
>> slow speed turn (into a driveway for instance) and then get back on
>> the gas, the transmission shifts down with a bit of a clunk (nothing
>> too loud, just abrupt/rough). Also, when coming off the highway onto
>> a ramp (and on the brakes) the car seems to be abrupt/rough when it
>> downshifts (from 4th to 3rd).
>>
>> Does this sound like a fatal transmission problem or might it be an
>> issue as simple as new honda tranny fluid? Any suggestions? Thank you
>> for your assistance.
>
>
>
> ----------------------
>
> Knowing your mileage would be a big help, and you didn't say when you
> last changed your ATF, but it sounds pretty normal behaviour for a Honda.
>
> Change the Z1 tranny fluid twice, and keep going.
>
> 'Curly'
>
and do the changes a couple of weeks apart

OK. I'll change the fluid then. By the way, the car has approx 140,000kms.
Thanks for your help everyone.

"mopa" <buttakid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> if you had a manual, it would be easy to say it was the clutch. As
> Curly said, Change the Z1 tranny fluid twice.
>
> janos
>