Moondog

I recently bought a 97 Honda Civic LX 4DSD 1.6 with 78,000 miles to get me back and forth to work as the wifey is now pregnant and will be taking my truck . Anyway, I've noticed an issue with my auto transmission. When I take my foot off the gas at low or mid level speeds (10-30 mph or so) the car feels like it's in a lower gear than it should be in. You can feel the car slowing itself down, as if the car has downshifted on it's own, or possibly not shifted to a high enough gear for the speed I'm driving at. In other words, you feel resistance to your rolling along, slowing you down, as if the tranny is in a lower gear than would be appropriate for that speed. Does that make sense? Will I need a new tranny or will this just be an adjustment? Fingers crossed.
Thanks lads.
BTW Great site!

Archidictus

Is there an overdrive button you accidentally turned off?

Moondog

I was thinking that. Where is the overdrive button located on a 97 Civic if there is one? I looked but couldn't find one. Thanks for the quick reply BTW.

Hawk284

My 97 does the same thing. It feels like it downshifted to slow my speed. I rather like it but i dont know what causes it. Then again my tranny isnt exactly working well.