how rough are we talking about? like jerking from 1st to 2nd? >>>

Correct, a slight jerk when upshifting, and quite a jolt when downshifting. Honda had a sugar coated name for this (positive shifting?) or something alone those lines. It's the nature of the tranny. Some people don't like it, some do, others could care less. I have gotten used to it, though it never did bother me... I think it gives the car a sportier feel. One of the reasons a lot of us bought the Accord was because we didn't want a cloud cruiser. Back to the 98-02 trasnmission issue, my advice to people I guess would be to opt. for the 5 spd...Hondas are well known for their manual transmissions.

I believe they first started making the transmissions in the US during the 6th gen run (2000 I think?)>>>

They began using more domestic suppliers, however, from what I read on some of the other forums, this was not the cause for failure. The part at fault is a bearing of some sort that wears prematurely (or so this is the case with the V6) This part was issued by foreign suppliers. Apparently, the transmission defect was more wide spread among the V6 Accords (and Odyssey, Acura TL/CL, etc.) than the 4-cyl models (which use a different AT)

 

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Nice post! :goodjob:

 

If you went 100K miles on your first tranny, then by domestic car standards you didn't do too bad. But for a Honda, the tranny should've lasted another 50K miles. That's just the standard Honda has with previous gen. Accords.

 

$635 for a tranny flush??


It's only $99 here in Cali...

 

What's up Dan?

Yeah that was a quote from a Honda Dealership here in CT, I couldn't believe it either. I went to other transmission shops around the shoreline and no one would even attempt to flush a transmission.
After doing research on flushing transmissions I have decided not to do it. Neither do I want a rebuilt transmission. My only options are to find a good tranny at a salvage yard or just wait to my tranny blows out and buy it brand new. I've had this car for four years and this is the only problem I have had with it.

BTW the side skirts look really good.
-Will

 

Our dealer charges $99 for a transmission "flush" They hook up the fluid lines to a machine and "flush" the transmission.

What kind of "flush" are they doing where it would cost $634? Are they dropping the transmission and cleaning the insides?

 

The Honda dealership out here in CT must have a license to rob people. They basically told me they have to take the transmission apart. I knew it was BS and that they were trying to take advantage of me. They tried to rape me mang.

 

well, yeah $634 sounds right if they're taking it apart. What would they be cleaning if they did that?

 

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...