Transmission Replacement

96 Accord LX
156,000

Last week my transmission went out on me completely. Tranny was slipping out of gear for a while (but was not sure what was happening) then this past Monday tranny went out on me while driving (fortunately was not to far from my mechanic's shop) had to crawl over to my mechanics shop in 2nd gear with check engine light on. He told me I needed a new transmission. Prior to this happening did not have one day of problems with this car and have owned the car for 7 years.

The car however was stolen this past July and not sure what the thieves did to my car when they had it (don't know if they were racing the car or not). It was missing for less than 48 hours and recovered. In tact from what I could see, outside of a busted ignition and my stuff thrown around in the car.

Mechanic suggested a used transmission with 30 day warranty - $1,200. Not sure what to do because I really can't afford a car payment right now and I can only "pray" that if I went that route -- that the used tranny will hopefully hold up for at least 2 years (enough time to save up a decent downpayment for a new car so my payments would not be too high).

Any and all advice would be appreciate. Thanks in advance.

oldmoviez <none.TakeThisOut@000.com> wrote in news:951062
_efb3d1356fbfe41527e876adae67f804.TakeThisOut@autoboardz.com:

> 96 Accord LX
> 156,000
>
> Last week my transmission went out on me completely. Tranny was
> slipping out of gear for a while (but was not sure what was happening)
> then this past Monday tranny went out on me while driving (fortunately
> was not to far from my mechanic’s shop) had to crawl over to my
> mechanics shop in 2nd gear with check engine light on. He told me I
> needed a new transmission. Prior to this happening did not have one
> day of problems with this car and have owned the car for 7 years.



You need to get the error code(s) read from the Check Engine light.

If you have a 4-cylinder and an error code of P0740, there is a TSB that
may apply.

There may be more TSBs, but for that you'd need to visit (or call) your
local Honda dealer and ask, after giving them your VIN and your symptoms.

You may not need a new transmission at all, so don't spend anything until
you check the codes, and check with the dealer..

When was the fluid changed last, and was genuine Honda fluid used?



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