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Car Forum / Honda Cars / November 2004No clutch then what is the problem?
I have a 1991 Honda Accord Wagon. It is an automatic. I live on a slight hill. When I pull out of my driveway and try to drive up this hill the car goes up the hill very very slow. I push on the gas harder and harder and the car gets louder but it goes up the hill very slow as if it was a cluth problem which it does not have as it it an automatic. However, when I drive on a flat surface there is no problem and after driving on a flat surface for about a minute and then going up the same hill there is no problem. Can someone PLEASE clue me in on what is going on and what I can do? Even my mechanic is a bit puzzled. Dave > I have a 1991 Honda Accord Wagon. It is an automatic. I live on a slight > hill. When I pull out of my driveway and try to drive up this hill the car [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dave ========================= Dave, Automatic trannies need clean, fresh fluid to keep them from chewing their (very costly) guts out. Honda trannies only work correctly with Honda fluid. At what mileage did you last change the fluid? What is the mileage now. How full is the fluid, and does it smell? Is it translucent red, or brown? Your Owner's manual tells you how to check some of this stuff. 'Curly' Transmission fluid changed one year back at 94k and it is 104k now. Don't even know how to check transmission fluid color. > > I have a 1991 Honda Accord Wagon. It is an automatic. I live on a slight > > hill. When I pull out of my driveway and try to drive up this hill the car [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > 'Curly' > Transmission fluid changed one year back at 94k and it is 104k now. Don't > even know how to check transmission fluid color. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> >>'Curly' =============== When you wipe the little dipstick off, use a Kleenex, and see what color / smell is like. If you top it up, make sure to add just a bit. It's not like adding oil to the engine. A bit goes a long way. If it was something other than Honda Z1 ATF that was used, your tranny may be damaged. 'Curly' Well Curl, you were certainly right. My mechanic got rid of the old transmission and put in the good stuff that you recommended and now the purrs like a kitten on that hill. > > Transmission fluid changed one year back at 94k and it is 104k now. Don't > > even know how to check transmission fluid color. [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > 'Curly' > Well Curl, you were certainly right. My mechanic got rid of the old > transmission ((fluid))and put in the good stuff that you recommended and now the > purrs like a kitten on that hill. ======================= Great . . . . I thought Chip's answer was the better one (it is 99.9 % of the time) :-) Glad it didn't cost too much either. 'Curly' > Transmission fluid changed one year back at 94k and it is 104k now. Don't > even know how to check transmission fluid color. bad tranny computer. it's stuck in 3rd gear. pull the shifter back to 1 and try it, it will override the tcm. Chip |
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