'05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
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'05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
Hey all,
I bought a 2005 EX V6 sedan last summer with around 80K miles on it. I now have 90K and over the last 6-8 months I have noticed the transmission doing strange things when shifting between gears. The RPM revs about 500 rpm over when going from 2nd to 3rd gear. The other gears do it slightly but not nearly as bad.
I had the $99 transmission service at a jiffy-lube type place a few weeks ago and nothing changed.
Any idea what could be going wrong?
I bought a 2005 EX V6 sedan last summer with around 80K miles on it. I now have 90K and over the last 6-8 months I have noticed the transmission doing strange things when shifting between gears. The RPM revs about 500 rpm over when going from 2nd to 3rd gear. The other gears do it slightly but not nearly as bad.
I had the $99 transmission service at a jiffy-lube type place a few weeks ago and nothing changed.
Any idea what could be going wrong?
Last edited by Schlag96; 03-25-2012 at 09:20 PM.
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Re: '05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
take it to Honda, shell out $3400-4000 and get a new reman. tranny unless the wish to warranty it somewhat.
Known issues with the 98-05 V6 transissions in the Oddessey and Accord
Known issues with the 98-05 V6 transissions in the Oddessey and Accord
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Re: '05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
So I just got screwed buying this car, eh?
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Re: '05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
Pretty much yeah, those transmissions were junk, don't even think about trying to find a good used one, they just don't exist.
Btw, not that it really would have mattered at this point anyway, but generally speaking do not powerflush a Honda transmission, it tends to kill them.
Btw, not that it really would have mattered at this point anyway, but generally speaking do not powerflush a Honda transmission, it tends to kill them.
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Re: '05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
Pretty much yeah, those transmissions were junk, don't even think about trying to find a good used one, they just don't exist.
Btw, not that it really would have mattered at this point anyway, but generally speaking do not powerflush a Honda transmission, it tends to kill them.
Btw, not that it really would have mattered at this point anyway, but generally speaking do not powerflush a Honda transmission, it tends to kill them.
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Re: '05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
That's not what I said. A remaned/rebuilt unit is fine (although they still suffer from the same design flaws as the originals). But a used junkyard transmission isn't worth the gamble.
That's your call, if the car is still otherwise in great shape then it's probably worth the expense of putting in a rebuilt unit. There's also a fair number of people that have swapped in a newer 6 speed manual that basically eliminates the chance of future transmission issues.
The 3rd gear clutch pack is probably toast. I rebuilt an '03 TL transmission for someone last summer, they're very similar. 3rd gear clutch pack was absolutely destroyed. The only part of it I was able to reuse was the outer drum.
That's your call, if the car is still otherwise in great shape then it's probably worth the expense of putting in a rebuilt unit. There's also a fair number of people that have swapped in a newer 6 speed manual that basically eliminates the chance of future transmission issues.
The 3rd gear clutch pack is probably toast. I rebuilt an '03 TL transmission for someone last summer, they're very similar. 3rd gear clutch pack was absolutely destroyed. The only part of it I was able to reuse was the outer drum.
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Yes, it's been done before, more than once.
It depends a lot on what it costs you to source the parts, and what the labor happens to cost you.
http://www.v6performance.net/forums/...sion-done.html
It depends a lot on what it costs you to source the parts, and what the labor happens to cost you.
http://www.v6performance.net/forums/...sion-done.html
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Re: '05 EXv6 Transmission slipping?
So assuming this is what's wrong with mine, is that a total rebuild for the tranny? How much will that cost me? Assuming the actual parts are a few hundred bucks it's mostly labor right? Is this something I could do myself? I am an engineer and I have access to the auto hobby shop on base where I work. I'm very handy and would have all the tools I need. Or is a transmission rebuild something that requires alot of experience and finesse?
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So assuming this is what's wrong with mine, is that a total rebuild for the tranny? How much will that cost me? Assuming the actual parts are a few hundred bucks it's mostly labor right? Is this something I could do myself? I am an engineer and I have access to the auto hobby shop on base where I work. I'm very handy and would have all the tools I need. Or is a transmission rebuild something that requires alot of experience and finesse?
I had a lot of expirence rebuilding Honda manual transmission, but absolutely no expirence building any kind of automatic when I did this. I didn't even want to take it on, but I was eventually talked into it. I'm on extremely good terms with my local Honda dealer and they were nice enough to hook me up with parts of the service manual (you NEED this stuff) as well as lending me the honda tool to get the clutch packs apart. I cheated a bit when I did this in that I didn't take the valve body apart. I probably should have but the failure was caught pretty early and there really didn't seem to much dirt floating around. All that said I think the transmission has been in long enough at this point to be declared a success. Other that the aformentioned clutch pack tool and some big sockets (34mm IIRC) you don't need too much in the way of specialty tools. If you're particularly handy you might not find this too bad. I don't know, I really don't want to make this sound easy, but it isn't rocket science either.
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