Expected life of Automatic Transmission in Civic's
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Expected life of Automatic Transmission in Civic's
Ok, first I searched. 2nd this is a car for my teenage daughter. 3rd I like the 5 speed in the lil' 97 Civic HX I picked up last month, but she is having a devil of a time with it. 4th, the 88 Buick she drives has a hard miss I can't find after 2 days work, and when the junk yard told me yesterday, "Mister, we don't have parts for cars that old..." Well maybee it's time. PS: I know to stay away from the CVT in the HX's...
Poll question is: What is the expected life for an Automatic Transmission in a Civic, before a major repair... considering that the tranny is not abused.
Comments on the failure modes welcome.
Poll question is: What is the expected life for an Automatic Transmission in a Civic, before a major repair... considering that the tranny is not abused.
Comments on the failure modes welcome.
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Re: Expected life of Automatic Transmission in Civic's (BigMoose)
On my moms 1994 integra with auto trans, it has 150k miles and just shifts hard when cold, no real problems. And a few years ago, back in my ricer days, it saw a few neutral drops, and is no worse for wear.
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Re: Expected life of Automatic Transmission in Civic's (EFB16ACRX)
I have seen Honda automatic transmissions in both Civics and Accords with over 300,000 miles and they drove perfectly fine. If you change the fluid with anything that resembles regularity, consider the life infinite.
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Re: Expected life of Automatic Transmission in Civic's (drdisco69)
Thanks for the info guys. I couldn't pass the deal up today from a guy at work after reading your advice. Picked up a 1996 Acord with 105,000 on it. Already ordered the stuff to do the timing belt change. Thanks again.
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Re: (slomofo)
slomofo whats the going price for an Accord automatic rebuild? If your willing to share, what needs to be looked out for? I have done 6 automatic rebuilds in my day. 1 GM 350, 4 GM 700R4's, and one GM 4L60E... with that experience, is the honda within the skill set? What parts absolutely need to be replaced? An aftermarket converter vendor that you recommend?
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