First off; it's my DD, so no "do a manual swap."

The car is a 98 LS automatic, has ~70k on it. Recently it has been shifting a little odd; namely on the highway it seems like the torque converter will randomly lock and unlock. It does it while traveling at a constant speed on level ground, so the load is not changing.

Is this typical behavior for an automatic honda? Is there a separate computer for the transmission that might be on the fritz?

TIA


Modified by 4g63powered at 1:02 PM 11/14/2008

 

Honda has been known for having issues with their automatic transmissions. Not to the point of Dodge however.

The absolute first thing to do when you are having transmission troubles is change the fluid. People rarely ever change the fluid, and many problems can be avioded by doing this.

 

if that don't work then change the transmission. at acura damn near anytime that the car throws a hydralic or mechanical tranny code the replace the transmission

 

Got the transmission flushed last night, and it seems to have done the trick.

 

Just keep an eye on it. Sometimes flushing the tranny is just a temp fix.

Good Luck

 

Fingers are already crossed.