Car help please

[Kdurham]

Mechanics:

I got myself in a little blind. I bought my son a car, so he can get his brother and himself to school. Unfortunately, a week later and the transmission started slipping. I can’t pay to replace it at this time, so was hoping someone could help walk me through a diagnosis or confirm what transmission guy will tell me. Any mechanics on here work on Acura/Honda or do you know someone?
Thanks


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[BrianL]

Buy a used one.

[Kdurham]

Buy a used one.

Hoping it just needs something fixed in it.



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[Kdurham]

2005 TL and I guess they have problems with the transmission.


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[BrianL]

https://jdmenginezone.com/collections/honda?page=3

just fyi. My son was redoing these and buying the small motor/tranny for civics for less than $500

[Oleman]

May consider changing the trans fluid and filter. Don't know about a Honda but this worked on a ford.

[CastAndBlast]

May consider changing the trans fluid and filter. Don't know about a Honda but this worked on a ford.

This^^^

I had two vehicles in college that were having transmission issues and slipping. I had them flushed and filter/fluid changed obviously. Both of them never had another issue as long as I owned them.

[Gunnyart]

If you end up paying to have it done check Texas Transmission. They're just around the corner from your house. The did the Transmission on a Honda for me and the rear seal for about $1300 I think.

[Kdurham]

If you end up paying to have it done check Texas Transmission. They're just around the corner from your house. The did the Transmission on a Honda for me and the rear seal for about $1300 I think.

Thanks Art. I was going to have the do the free diagnostic and bounce it off another mechanic to confirm. Momma wants to sell it ASAP. So need to fix and move on. Super low miles for the year.


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[Gunnyart]

You could try Lube Guard a couple times. It's often frees up a stuck valve if that's all that's wrong. (it didn't work in my case but it's cheap to try)

[deerplanter]

Are you sure it's the transmission and not a misfire? I get people all the time telling me about their transmission slipping and then when I look at it it's a misfire.

[Kdurham]

Are you sure it's the transmission and not a misfire? I get people all the time telling me about their transmission slipping and then when I look at it it's a misfire.

Yes. I’ve dealt with that on my trucks in the past


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[Redbone]

Had the same issue with an 04 tl. Known problem for them. They don't have a serviceable transmission filter on them. So you can only do fluid changes. Without doing that regularly they are know to not last very long. They are also on the expensive end for a used or rebuilt transmission. Best price I could find was 2300. Good luck. I got rid of it.

[Kdurham]

Had the same issue with an 04 tl. Known problem for them. They don't have a serviceable transmission filter on them. So you can only do fluid changes. Without doing that regularly they are know to not last very long. They are also on the expensive end for a used or rebuilt transmission. Best price I could find was 2300. Good luck. I got rid of it.

Man I can’t even think of having to do that right now. Ugh
Thanks for the heads up.


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[tdwinklr]

My son has an older Honda Accord with auto, it was slipping in the lower gears.
Turns out, we drained the fluid and it was very bad so we dropped the pan and cleaned it all out, didn't look like anyone had every changed it. (We bought the car used). The pan magnet inside was covered in metal dust from when the car was new(normal). Put new fluid in it and he ran it for awhile and it seemed a lot better. A month later I suggested he change the fluid again, to see if any more gunk in there came loose. It was minimally dirty, normal, so we put new fluid back in. Its been trouble-free since, that was a year ago.