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Hi,
I have a 2002 Honda Civic DX. It has almost 150,000 miles on it, just bought it used. I believe I may have a problem with the transmission as when it sometimes shifts in to 2nd or 3rd gear it seems like the car slows down when my foot is still on the accelerator but I hear the engine rev a little bit higher and then it switches to the next gear quickly. Is this my transmission? If so, also the fluid appears to be a little bit brown and I know it should be changed but I was told that it's already past the point of correction bc apparently the person who owned the car before me did not take care of it so changing the fluid will ruin the transmission even more. What should I do? |
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Mike is completely wrong. You can put a used transmission in the vehicle for 2-3000. It's definitely worth more than that!
If does sound like the transmission is slipping between 1-2 and 2-3. This is common on 01-03 civics with higher mileage. You have two options: 1-have a shop install a remanufactured Honda transmission. It will have a 3yr/36,000 mile warranty, its been redesigned to not fail again, and is of great quality. This will be the more expensive choice. 2- have a shop install a used transmission from an 04-05 civic. These are much less failure prone than the 01-03. The warranty will not be as good, but it will be cheaper overall. By how much, it's tough to know, it changes across the country. Unless your car is so beat up that it's not worth the fix, I would recommend the honda unit. It will have a better life and run better. Good luck. I'm in Utah, check us out if you have other questions. www.accuracyautomotive.com Utah's independent Honda/Acura leader |
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yea, your looking at about $2 grand to fix your tranny. Basically your getting that tranny rebuilt. The person above me is right. This is why you should go with stick. Manual tranny this would have cost you about $400. Automatics usually start dying when they get up to 200k miles and cost $2k or more to fix. I recommend getting the tranny from an autozone or similar store. They usually have rebuilt trannys and warranty then for about 30k miles or 3 years. Thats your best bet if your looking for the comfort of knowing you put a good safe tranny in your car. The cheaper option is to find a used one and swap it in. Good luck with it!
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