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I just bought a 2004 honda civic and have noticed the following problem....

When the engine is cold (car has not been run for several hours) and i first
accellerate from a complete stop, the car will accelerate for a second,
seems to loose power and hesitate for about a second, and then resumes
normal acceleration. After a minute or 2 of driving (once the car gets
warm) the problem goes away. Honda says nothing is wrong with the car, but
i think there is and it is really pissing me off

You should take your car immediately to a dealer. They are the only ones who
are experienced enough to be able to deal with this problem.

"Ron Tucker" <Homer@Simpson.com> wrote in message
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> I just bought a 2004 honda civic and have noticed the following
problem....
>
> When the engine is cold (car has not been run for several hours) and i
first
> accellerate from a complete stop, the car will accelerate for a second,
> seems to loose power and hesitate for about a second, and then resumes
> normal acceleration. After a minute or 2 of driving (once the car gets
> warm) the problem goes away. Honda says nothing is wrong with the car,
but
> i think there is and it is really pissing me off
>
>
>

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 04:06:10 GMT, "Ron Tucker" <Homer@Simpson.com>
wrote:
>I just bought a 2004 honda civic and have noticed the following problem....
>
>When the engine is cold (car has not been run for several hours) and i first
>accellerate from a complete stop, the car will accelerate for a second,
>seems to loose power and hesitate for about a second, and then resumes
>normal acceleration. After a minute or 2 of driving (once the car gets
>warm) the problem goes away. Honda says nothing is wrong with the car, but
>i think there is and it is really pissing me off

What kind of transmission?

This sounds like the tranny problem I had with a 1999 Acura, the auto
transmission needed a flush, as it turns out.

OTOH, it happened all the time, not just when cold, but only when I
accelerated hard. And come to think of it, it seldom happened from a
complete stop, mostly happened when trying to pass from a rolling
start.

J.