Originally Posted by sleepyx637
last tranny fluid change was at 58500mi, im now at 62K. I don't think the shop used genuine honda fluid cuz i didnt take it to the dealership.
I'll do the test after work today and let you know what happens =/
if it is the TC thats the problem, how bad is that? will it f*** up my car if i just dont fix it for awhile? how much is it to fix? (whats TSB? sorry, im noooooob). thanks again bro.
TSB is Technical Service Bulletin, basically a notice sent to dealers by Honda telling them of known problems that aren't severe enough to require a recall or extended warranty but do exist in relatively large quantities. The TC is an integral part of your tranny and usually the first to go on our cars (either that or second gear). Thankfully, Honda extended the warranty to 7yr/100k on your transmission so you have awhile to go. My tranny went at 150k miles and I replaced it with a MY2000 tranny that had 30k miles. Now I have 172k/52k on the tranny and it’s running perfect. Below are two documents. The first is the extended warranty notice that depicts what symptoms need to appear for them to replace your tranny or torque converter, and the second is how to test out your torque converter to see if it’s bad or not. If it is a bad TC, eventually it will **** up the whole tranny and you’ll begin to notice major problems with it. But like I said, you’ve got until 100k miles.
If you care about keeping the tranny, change the fluid IMMEDIATELY to Genuine Honda tranny fluid. If you think that it definetly is going, keep the other stuff in there and hopefully it'll deteriorate enough by 100k miles to make Honda give you a new one. Let us know.
Chris