96 Honda Accord Lx transmission slipping

Discussion in 'Accord' started by Grey-hound, Mar 8, 2005.

  1. Grey-hound

    Grey-hound Guest

    I have a 96 Accord LX with automatic transmission. Has 4 cyl and 115K miles
    on it. Drained and replaced the trans fluid 1 1/2 months ago with Honda
    auto trans fluid. Tonight while driving home city/highway it would not go
    faster than 30 mph (3k rpm's) and prior to this some major slipping like the
    clutches were not biting into anything (rpm fluxed with no increase in
    speed)or had no trans fluid in the transmission. After the slippage the
    engine lite came on. The fluid is at the proper level and does not smell
    burnt. Any ideas?
    Thanks
    Greyhound
     
    Grey-hound, Mar 8, 2005
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  2. The engine light gets my attention - once you know what that's about you
    will be closer to a definitive answer. The tranny is electronically
    controlled and the problem could be electrical. A friend of my wife has a
    Buick and the engine light turned on when she stopped at a light. As she
    pulled away the speedometer read 0 and the transmission was stuck in low.
    The problem: failed vehicle speed sensor. What gear should the transmission
    be in if the speed is 0?

    Since you didn't mention any speedometer weirdness I'm guessing the problem
    isn't the speed sensor, but it could still be electrical; bad alternator
    diodes, intermittent connection in the battery, loss of the engine ground (I
    think yours is the same as our '93, a braided wire from the front of the
    valve cover to the frame near the radiator). But we really need to know what
    the code is that is turning that light on.

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Mar 8, 2005
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  3. Grey-hound

    G-Man Guest

    If the CEL is still on, take it to someplace like Trak Auto, Autozone, etc.
    and have them hook a code reader to the OBDII port and get a number. This
    will help.

    G-Man
     
    G-Man, Mar 8, 2005
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  4. Grey-hound

    Grey-hound Guest

    This morning reverse worked fine and that was the only gear that worked.I
    ended up calling the transmission place to pick it up.
    Greyhound
     
    Grey-hound, Mar 9, 2005
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