Hello, I've got a '98 Accord (automatic, 4-banger) that is my wife's daily driver, and lately it's developed a strange problem. When driving along at cruising speed (>50 mph) it seems to slow down rapidly when you let off the gas. Almost as though the emergency brake was lightly engaged. There are no strange sounds or other behaviors and it doesn't do this at lower speeds. I did notice that if I'm driving at about 60 mph or so on a flat surface and not accelerating, if I take my foot off the gas the RPMs do not immediately drop. The engine speed seems to be locked to the vehicle speed. I seem to recall that normal behavior for an automatic would be for the RPMs to drop when the driver lays off the gas. What could cause this behavior? The transmission is actually new and still under warranty (Honda replaced it about 10K miles ago), so I'm hoping that it's a defective tranny. However, I'm afraid that this sounds more like something is wrong with the lockup torque converter. Any ideas or suggestions? Thank you in advance. Ryan VanMiddlesworth
