civicSIGEP

So, i recently bought a 1998 civic that i enjoy. i wanted the MT but the 98 was 42000miles and i talked the dealership down to 7200 so i took it. A few weeks after i had it, the auto transmission seemed to have a difficult time changing gears. it would rev high and kinda a jerky (not too bad, bad enough for me to notice, but not bad enough for a passenger to notice) and when i took my foot off the gas, it felt as if i had the emergency brake on, the car didn't seem to coast like it should. I checked the AT fluid, and topped it off, and still the problem is around...If anyone has had this problem (or any problem w/ an AT on a similar year) any advice would be appericated. thanks

Regal

I'm not a transmission expert, but it sounds like things are slipping...as in, the car may have been driven pretty hard before. As for the coasting, I have no idea. Nice this is that manual transmissions are extremely cheap and easy to swap in...so if your AT does bite it, just upgrade for cheap.

HBADGE

Im having the same problem with my moms 95 sedan, though nobody could give me some solid info. I was thinking it might have something to do with the computer system itself. Im taking her car in today for a diagnostics test @ honda.

Does the tranny shift later than normal autos youve driven?

sicky

Sounds like the dealership sold you a POS. They might have swapped out the transmission from another car, see if the VIN's match. Best of luck. But with only 47000 miles, that tranny should be like new.