Tony Serrato

So my sister has a 04 accord v6 auto with 192k yesterday she lost all power while driving so i had tp tow her home when i opened the hood i can smell burnt trans fluid great so i replaced the filter and fluid today and took it for a test drive no problems shifting fine so went home to check the fluid and its dirty/burnt like i never changed it and when i went to back out of the driveway it reversed fine but in drive nothing turned it off and back on and had full power again so my question sound like trans going out or possibly torque converter ?

poorman212

Sounds like it might be done for. You can try a few more drain and fills....or go all out and pull one of the trans lines and run the car with it off as you continually pour fluid in. You can do a search for a few videos on this. Kind of a last ditch effort as if the fluid got that bad there might be damage to the "clutch packs" that new fluid just isn't going to solve.

If it does "somewhat" come back to life, another filter change wouldn't hurt.

IMHO, the trans on the 7th gen's is a pretty good one - we won't talk about the 6th gens - so if you have to get a replacement, a used one from a bone yard might be the best bet.