Might as well be huh? Now that I have your attention...how many of you have tranny crunch/grinds? ie. 1st to 2nd or the the infamous 3rd gear grind/pop out. It seems to me along with the weak motor mounts in the EP3 (even the JDM review video of the EP3 the guy says EP3's have weak motor mounts but thats another isssue) that our EP3s have crappy transmissions. Most people, specifically Honda/Acura enthusiasts will concur that Honda for the most part makes good motors, but sh!tty transmissions. I was on 8th gen civic and those people with the FA/FG Si Civics complain about the same issues of 3rd gear grind/pop out when shifting spiritedly. Now when I drive like a grandma shifting around 3K, I am good. Now sometimes I will open the car up/go WOT and bam I get the grind and cringe. And yes I am depressing the clutch all the way to the floor and not doing anything sketchy such as speed/power shifting which btw I think is a cruel and idiotic method of rowing through the gears. Now what I ask is for most if not all of you with the grind issue, what did you do about it? I keep hearing/reading rave reviews about this GM synchromesh fluid, anyone vouch for that? Also just for your information if you didnt know, most of my friends have DC5s and they to have the 3rd gear grind/pop out. Well for my car/situation I cant remember when I ever had a pop out, just the grinds. But its not just...we drive Hondas dammit...they shouldnt have poopy trannies. BTW our 2002 Acura TL has been through 2 trannies.

 

I change the trans oil at least every year, using oem Honda oil; 86k miles on my 2005, no issues.
I can vouch for Pennzoil/GM syncromesh in other cars, but don't have any experience with it in Hondas.

I've always had the same shifting habits over the years, and the only transmission I've had troubles with was my 2005 subaru 2.5rs, which I bought new - it needed full rebuilds every 27-30k miles.

 

1-2 shift grinds sometimes, but I've gotten used to do that shift more carefully so I rarely have any problems

 

i only get second gear grinds. seemed like i only get it if i shift at 3.5k. if i shift at 3k or 4k, its fine :/

 

any K series tranny is a glass tranny....

 

agree 100%, my 3rd grinds after one year of them being replaced.

 

when i had an rsx type s the 3rd gear started to grind and eventually it wouldnt even go into third :/ . now i have a ep3 but ive had no problems transmission wise.

 

i guess the most common problem for the ep3 is the 2nd gear grind, i had that issue too and then i used royal purple tranny and the issue is gone for like a year then after my mechanic changed my clutch and used honda mtf or whatever it is called the grinding came back again