Originally posted by skids929
Hey guys...ok let me get this straight you are saying that under normal usage the auto trans in an a 98-00 accord has a tendancy to die at 100K? I am about to purchase a 99 with about 60K on it and would probably not do it if this is the case. I mean is this with aggressive usage or under normail driving conditions? Because it looks like you guys trick your cars out a little which suggests you drive em more aggressively. Let me know. THX!
well, carta79's roblems cropped up after he used Dexron in his car (was it Dexron III?).
I autocross mine and I've never had trouble with it. However, at this practice session I never let the car cool off properly when I made like 20+ runs :doh: The transmission got so hot that it would shudder for a sec whenever I pulled it into D (like it was trying to find the gear), but the problem disappeared overnight as the fluid cooled off, and it never acted up after taking it to the autocross the next day. I've been to five more, and transmission works just fine right now...
It's really heat that affected my transmission, so I installed a big transmission oil cooler as extra insurance, plus I plan to change the ATF at least every 2-3 oil changes (5k miles/year; 2 oil changes/year) since I autocross so much. What I'm doing puts more strain on the AT than anything else, but I'm not worried about it because I keep it cool, and will make sure the ATF is always good...
I don't think the I4 6th gen Accords have had any trouble, just the V6s...