I know you check the vin on the tranny but i cant find a site online that will let me check it. The ones i come across only accept vins from the car itself.

 

CarFax will let you check the last known mileage with a VIN number.

 

mat can it be the cars vin # or has to be the vin right on the tranny?

 

The car's VIN should be the one used, unless the transmission was changed at some point.

 

The VIN found on the engine, transmission, body panel and chassis are the same.

 

^ they are? oh wierd didnt know that. IF theyre all the same vin then why place it in 3 spots? lol

So i can find the history and milage/model/year of my current tranny by doing a carfax on my vin # on my windshield?

And do you know if i can see the tranny vin # from just popping the hood? where on the tranny is it? just want to see if it matches with my cars vin, causei want to see if its the original tranny or a newer one.

 

Its placed in a lot more than three spots. Its lets yo know if the vehicle is legitimate or peiced together junk. It also helps law enforcement find stolen cars and parts.

 

ok thanks ^

Well my goal is to find the vin located right on the tranny. Whats the best way doing this without having to take the tranny out? I want to see if it first matches with my cars vin cause before i order an 04/05 tranny I want to confirm first that mine isnt alreeady a replacement. The last thing i need is to shell out money for an 04/05 with 30,000km only to find out mine was say an 03 or 04 lol.

 

I looked today, I can't see the tranny vin from under the hood, I think you'd need to have someone look underneath the car for you. I might just have missed it though.

 

The service manual says there is only one tranny code (sticker). There are probably others known to the manufacturer but, they're not in the manual. Best you can do is confirm it came from the same year/model by reading the tranny code. Just open the hood and it's a little bar-coded sticker on the tranny about an inch left of where the engine code is stamped into the block:


Post the code (it'll be some letters followed by a 7 digit number), weather you have 2-dr or 4-dr, and US or Canadian model.

Also, you might want to see if Honda has a way to identify it better than we can.

 

K ill check. Im surprised yours has that much room in your hood...is yiurs a manual?

 

Yep. 2001 EX with 192K- original headgasket, tranny, and clutch. I'm not a timid driver by any means, I just don't abuse it.

 

Hmm manual trannys must be a lot smaller than Autos cause i opened my hood and can barely see anything aside from the dipstick.

 

K i found it, lazlong, mine was actually visible by just popping the hood. Im hoping this is it. They were upside down from standing in front of the car so i had to read it from standing the side of the car.

BMXA-5276052

THEN BELOW

1PMX95

Its 2dr SI. 01

 

It's a US made 4-speed automatic for a 2001 non-hatch (US or Canadian models). Probably the original tranny, that would be the a correct tranny for a 2001 Canadian SI (US EX model). No Civic SI in the US in 2001.

Yeah, manual trannies are smaller.

 

Thanks how did you find that out? I googled it and one site says the trannys that start with BMXA are 01-05 trannies. Thats a bit too general for me. I want to find the exact year of it. Still gonna look for the vin tommorow when i get my car jacked up cause honda said you will be able to read it from under the car and you can find the exact year by giving them the vin on it.

When I buy another 04/05 tranny from the junkyard, how am i gonna be able to confirm the year of it and milage? They give the vin of the car from what i know. I just dont wanna shell out the money for one only to find out the junkyard lied about the year or milage on it.

 

The first 12 pages of the service manual.

BMXA were made from '01-'05 but, the first number of the code tells me it's an '01 (5= '01, 6= '02, 7= '03, 8= '04, 9= '05).

If Honda says they can tell you with the under car VIN then get the VIN from the salvage yard and ask Honda.

Word of warning: 7th gen automatics aren't known for their reliability, you may be better off biting the bullet and getting yours re-built.

 

T thought 04 and 05 autos are safe and fixed from 01-03?

Well my plan is to get a used 05 i found with only 49000km from a written off car. But should i hve it rebuilt first? I was planning on taking it to a tranny shop first to have them crack it open real quick and check outt thr insides condition.

 

Nah, shouldn't have to rebuild it. Have them inspect it though.

 

Its coming off an LX onto an SI/EX.

The thing is, the lowest ive been able to find is 172,000km. Its from a wreck so they cant tell me if theres anything wrong with it or not. I was told from someone, itd be a good idea to have it rebuilt at a tranny shop with all new parts, theresa good shop near me and they quoted me $700-1000 depending on the current condition of the internals. Taking it that they can rebuild it with new parts, how many kms should i be able to get out of it with 172k km on it already.

Do 01 MTs have te 3rd gear popping out issue?

 

Dude, really? You couldn't ask this in the thread you already made?

I'd search for something with less miles on it. 172km = 106k miles. (give or take)


EDIT: I merged your threads together.

 

No the 172km tranny i found is a manual not auto. I thought milage doesnt matter as much when it comes to manuals?

 

Why are you even asking about it, if your car is an automatic? Makes no sense.

Regardless, if I were going to buy a used transmission, automatic or manual, I'd search for something with less than 106,800+ miles on it.

Depends on who owned it, how well they maintained it, their driving habits, etc. The most common problem is the input shaft bearing.
Total catastrophic failure is nearly unheard of when comparing these manuals to the automatics, but nothing lasts forever.

 

because im strongly considering paying this shop to do an auto to manual swap but it all depends on how reliable these 04 Acura EL auto trannys are and the problems the manual trannys have. I hear a lot about 3rd gear popping out on manual trannys.

I know honda engines run ages and the car will probably fall apart before the engine dies. Is this the same for honda manual trannys? because if the manual trannys can last say 500,000km on average then id be willing to pay the extra money and do an auto to manual swap.