transmision problem?

My wife's 1999 Accord has this situation. When accelerating at a
normal pace and the engine (automatic) shifts into 3rd gear and you
then push your foot down to pass (i.e. getting on the expressway) and
the engine down-shifts into second gear, there is a slight hesitation
with the engine still reving before the car takes off.

I went to a transmission place and they said there was "metal debris in
the system". He said they did not know what kind of metal but they
would have to take apart the transmission to look inside ($500 labor)
plus the cost of parts. Is there any truth to this or is he just going
to not do anything and say something like "well, the parts look
good...cash or credit?"

If there is something wrong will it eventually hurt the car and make it
(maybe) not operable, or can I just not floor it in this situation?

Thanks!!

Eddie G

 

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Hondas have a magnetic drain plug . . There's always metal filings on
it. That's the way it's designed. It's a great 'sales feature' if the
repair man is a crook, sadly.

'Curly'

 

It could also be the transmission solenoids need to be removed and
cleaned along with new clean fluid. The solenoids could be sticking due
to metal debris or sticky fluid, causing hesitation. This does not
require "disassembly of the transmission", but only removal of the
solenoids to flush them out. I have done this to my own acura legend
and it works great. I only had to remove the battery to get to the
solenoids.

I would go to another transmission shop for another opinion.

dan

 

Is it a V6? The 98 thru 2000/2001 V6 Accords had a lot of transmission
failures. We had to have ours replaced at 73,000 miles in our 99 V6 Accord.
We had the transmission fluid changed every 30,000 miles at the dealer.
Honda paid for a replacement tranny but we had to pay for the labor.