97 Accord Automatic Transmission Surge

well, the surge itself is no indication that the tranny is dying
basically a car with a manual tranny will have it's rpm's surge if you dont
shift well (on the downshift) and that's perfectly normal....

unluckily auto trannys are much harder to troubleshoot... when did you last
change the transmission fluid? that could (if you're lucky) be a
poke-in-the-dark solution to your problem

is this happening to you on downshifting or upshifting?



"icebox" wrote in message

 > I have a 97 4cyl accord with automatic trans. The engine seems
 > to surge about 1000 rpm when it shifts. This seems to be worse when
 > the trans is cold. The car has 217,000 kilometers on it (134,000
 > miles). What could this problem be? It is clutch bands or sticking
 > valves? What would be a fix for this prob? Is the trans soon going to
 > die? (I suspect that). Help please.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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I plan on replacing hte trans fluid. If that does not work, I will
also add some Lucas Trans Fluid Stabilizer. I hear that stuff is good.


On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:48:41 -0500, "Yuri Nebogatov"
wrote:

 >well, the surge itself is no indication that the tranny is dying
 >basically a car with a manual tranny will have it's rpm's surge if you dont
 >shift well (on the downshift) and that's perfectly normal....
 >
 >unluckily auto trannys are much harder to troubleshoot... when did you last
 >change the transmission fluid? that could (if you're lucky) be a
 >poke-in-the-dark solution to your problem
 >
 >is this happening to you on downshifting or upshifting?
 >
 >
 >


  >> I have a 97 4cyl accord with automatic trans. The engine seems
  >> to surge about 1000 rpm when it shifts. This seems to be worse when
  >> the trans is cold. The car has 217,000 kilometers on it (134,000
  >> miles). What could this problem be? It is clutch bands or sticking
  >> valves? What would be a fix for this prob? Is the trans soon going to
  >> die? (I suspect that). Help please.
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I would imagine a surging problem to be engine related as opposed to
transmission related. But that is just off the top of my head

CaptainKrunch

"icebox" wrote in message

 > I plan on replacing hte trans fluid. If that does not work, I will
 > also add some Lucas Trans Fluid Stabilizer. I hear that stuff is good.
 >
 >
 > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:48:41 -0500, "Yuri Nebogatov"

 >
  > >well, the surge itself is no indication that the tranny is dying
  > >basically a car with a manual tranny will have it's rpm's surge if you
dont
  > >shift well (on the downshift) and that's perfectly normal....
  > >
  > >unluckily auto trannys are much harder to troubleshoot... when did you
last
  > >change the transmission fluid? that could (if you're lucky) be a
  > >poke-in-the-dark solution to your problem
  > >
  > >is this happening to you on downshifting or upshifting?
  > >
  > >
  > >


   > >> I have a 97 4cyl accord with automatic trans. The engine seems
   > >> to surge about 1000 rpm when it shifts. This seems to be worse when
   > >> the trans is cold. The car has 217,000 kilometers on it (134,000
   > >> miles). What could this problem be? It is clutch bands or sticking
   > >> valves? What would be a fix for this prob? Is the trans soon going to
   > >> die? (I suspect that). Help please.
  > >
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Did you ever find out what was wrong with the transmission?
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