Hi all, Before I begin, I'm not much of a techie when it comes to cars, so on the auto maintenance jargon, I rank a lowly 1/10 ! Here goes, I have a 92 honda accord lx 2d coupe, 109k miles (auto tranny..but plz no discussion on auto vs manual!). About 2 months ago, while I was driving, the D4 indicator starting flashing, and it seemed like the engine just wasn't getting enough power, but after about 10 secs, it became normal and i had an uneventful drive home. The next day i took it to my mechanic, he drove it around and the problem didnot manifest itself, and being a student, i didn't want fix something that wasn't broke. he made a superficial inspection of the tranny fluid, which was perfectly fine (i cheked that too) and nothing seemed to be wrong at the time. Then about a week after that, at startup, my D4 light would remain on for a couple of secs, flash once, and then go off and the car behaved normally (while driving). I thought about taking the car in, because postings on this group suggested something could be wrong with the TCU and that might need to be replaced. But after a day or two, the light stopped flashing and it behaved normally. This cycle of flashing d4 and normal behavior kept me away from the mechanic for the last 2 months. Then without a warning, last evening, the D4 light started flashing again, but this time after a few secs it stayed on permanently (irrespective of the gear I was in). Now while driving, it takes forever to change from 1st to 2nd, but after that it picks up like it used to and I was even able to crank it up to 60mph. But the initial pick up still continued to be a problem and the D4 light continues to remain on. Before I take it in to my mechanic, I want to be sure that hes not just going to make me get a new tranny, just because of my naivety. If anyone has any experiences/solutions with/for this scenario, PLEASE HELP ME! I'd like to keep the cost of this repair as low as possible! All help in this regard will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, praveen ()
