I have a 98 LX with 155,000 miles the transmission seems to be acting up. I just got the car and it's had the problem since I before I got it. When I drive the car will rev up before it shifts and jerk into gear,I hope this makes sense I tried an oil change and transmission fluid change with no luck. I got a quote of $1800.00 to rebuild the transmission plus labor. I'm trying to find out if this is a good price and if any of you experts have any advice or ideas. I don't know much about cars.

Thanks

 

sounds steep to me you could get a new one for that price

 

Based on the diagnoses I gave, does it sound like the transmission is wearing out?

 

Thats too expensive, you need to go to your local Honda-Acura shop and ask them to swap out for another used transmission.

 

If I got a used transmission whats a maximum amount of miles it should have on it?

 

Honestly it sounds more like a typical 6th gen honda automatic tranny. Most of them shifted like crap right out of the box, the good news being that it will probably continue to keep going, the bad news being that the shift quality leaves something to be desired. Mom's '96 has been doing the same since she bought it with 45,000kms on it, its got 103,000 on it now and its still the same.

 

Is the CEL ON or the D4 light blinking?

Try flushing the transmission with Honda or Honda-recommended automatic transmission fluid.

 

No neither light is on. The drives fine I put about 25 miles each way to work a day on the highway.

 

I just wanted add I just talked to the guy I bought the car from he said the transmission has been doing this for last 30-40 thousand miles.

 

i guess you dont have much to worry about then. it probably wont change for the next 40k miles either

 

What would the D4 light blinking mean? My D4 light is out completely, all the other ones work though.

 

Storage of a transmission trouble code in the ECU is indicated by the D4 light blinking or CEL illuminating. Check whether the D4 light was disabled by the previous owner to mask a transmission problem. First check whether the bulb was removed and whether the D4 light was disabled at the shift lever switch.

 

your in luck. as 94EG8 said on a previous post, the demand of auto trannys are low since many are doing auto to manual swap. you can get one pretty cheap here on the hondamarketplace.

 

auto honda trannys suck. my 98 does it from time to time where it shifts very hard
and jurky,
1800 + labor is way to high, you would be better off going to a honda/acura shop and picking up a full tranny,
most likely someone didnt take car of that tranny, but i dont think your going to have to worry about it for another 40k, but autos arent that much money, and getting them put in isnt that bad either depending on where you go.

 

why dont you opt for the famous auto to manual swap?

 

NEVER flush a honda auto tranny. honda will hunt you down and kill you

drain and fill only

 

are you serious?! why not? i thought all trannys can be flushed?

 

as the tranny wears down, material and **** settles in the passages. this is one reason why they go bad but in most cases where the material is its not hindering the trannys performance. if you do a flush you stir up the crud and it can block the passages causing the tranny to not act correctly. i have 222,xxx miles on my auto tranny and have been keepin up with the DRAIN and FILLS and have no shifting issues. smooth and nice

 

yea but doesnt the tranny have a magnet to collect and hold all the metal shavings that it drops?
and every how many mile are you supposed to do a tranny drain and fill?

 

the honda automatics dont have a magnet. that im aware of at least. vehicle pending, its one drain and fill every 30k. d trannies have about 12 quarts in them but only 2 1/2 comes out per service.

 

well ****, if it doesnt have a magnet im going to go to walmart and buy a freaking magnet and super glue it inside the tranny!

and if it does have a magnet, where should it be located at?
ive heard "in the deep side of the tranny where the oil is" and ive heard at the screw that you remove to drain the oil.

 

oh yes there is a magnet on the drain plug itself. sorry jumped the gun. now that i think about it, that is the only magnet inside the tranny. oh and no dont put a magnet in.

 

lol. yea i thought so. i remember reading something about a drain plug magnet. and why shouldnt i put a magnet in?

 

one is where the hell would you put it and two its not suppose to be in there lol

 

lol. i would outside. lol but nah. now that i know for sure that there is a magnet on the drain plug then im good.
thanks