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97 Honda Accord EX V6 transmission problems

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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 06:21 AM
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Default 97 Honda Accord EX V6 transmission problems

About 2 weeks ago I noticed that while driving, on the highways especially my RPM gauge starts going crazy, at first it didnt correlate with performance at all but in the last couple of days when it does this it seems like the its "not sure" what gear it wants to be in.

The car has about 147K miles, scheduled maintenance is up to date and oil changed regularly.

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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 06:40 AM
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Default Re: 97 Honda Accord EX V6 transmission problems (sadpanda)

VSS?

When your RPM guage goes crazy, what does your speedometer do? Nothing? Goes crazy as well?
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 06:44 AM
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no the speedometer is normal
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 06:46 AM
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check your alternator... the two things you describe are classic symptoms of alt failure...
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 07:03 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by YeuEmMaiMai &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check your alternator...</TD></TR></TABLE>

ah, true. I didn't think of that. Did that to my girls brothers CRX one day. Within 10 min the car was dead.
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 07:04 AM
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Thanks I will check that. OK I have one more question and don't want to start a new thread.

How difficult is it to replace the A/C condenser on my car (97 Accord EX V6)? Is it something a n00b w/ some help should attempt?
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