this prob has been happening every now and then, like once a day or something during regular driving since i got another auto tranny put in. anyway this tranny has about 63,000 on it, and the thing is that when it goes into the overdrive gear it goes in pretty hard (it even shakes the car a little) this happens only when im driving like an old person. why is this happening???

 

is this another honda tranny sign of death?

 

well?

 

come on. someone has to know what this means

 

overdrive? do you mean downshift?

 

I think he's referring to when his car goes into the final drive gear. (highest gear possible/normally during highway traveling) My guess is that there is a problem with the tranny. But first check the trans fluid. Or even have it changed just to be sure. If that doesn't work take it to honda AND MAKE SURE you go on a test drive with them to point out the problem. A lot of times a service tech will take the car and bring it back saying nothing is wrong

 

thanks for the help, ill do a flush soon

 

i heard you aren't supposed to flush honda trannys. just drain and refill, drive a little, and repeat until the fluid coming out looks like the fluid you put in. something about them being sensitive to the chemicals used in a power flush.
also, i don't believe honda's have an overdrive. they have a torque converter lock-up. if its locking up harder than normal, maybe your tc is dying.

 

its all hearsay. some say a flush can mess up the seals, some say a flush is needed to get all the metal shavings and debris that clog the clutch packets from getting proper ATF pressure...

 

i couldnt find any honda atf, but i got some dexron III (honda is specified on the back of bottle) stuff at autozone is this ok?