Vehicle 2003 Honda Accord EX V6, 5 speed auto, 179k miles, trans rebuilt at a kennedy transmission at 110k
Above vehicle was basically running fine (certainly in terms of the trans) all the sudden it's not. Checked dipstick and it doesn't seem low on fluid or stinky bad fluid or anything - it was literally shifting flawlessly until today.
Driving about 80mph on highway and was going along fine and out of the blue the vehicle drops out of cruise, downshifts a gear (it wasnt just going out of converter lockup, the RPM went up to 3k rpm and such obviously) for like half a second and then resumes. I cant 100% swear I didn't bump the brake somehow so I continue on. Maybe 40 miles later, again suddenly downshifts (revs to 3k rpm), drops out of cruise. This happens maybe 2 or 3 more times after this too on a 240 mile trip, all highway miles. I start driving without the cruise to see if that's somehow aggravating it - and once when I drop the throttle to zero load it does the same downshift, rev to 3krpm, and then back to normal gear. This is all with no real hills or wind - no real load. So I drive slower at 70mph.
Finally get into town - seems okay at first, but then when just going at 40mph in town it seems to do the wierd downshift at again zero load and nearly no throttle, so it's not just highway speed. Car jerks. Then a mile later, suddenly it slips a shift - this time it revs up past the shift point before suddenly catching, again at extremely low throttle and only 35mph. Two miles later, it does it again and slips a shift.
So now i'm parked wondering what in the world is going on. There are no codes thrown. I can post a picture of the trans fluid later when my phone charges but it seemed quite normal, and around the two little dots on the bottom of the dipstick. (there was also a dot multiple inches up the stick - stupid Honda doesn't have any words saying normal level anywhere, so i'm assuming it's between the lower dots, otherwise yes it is low on fluid somehow)
Unlike my previous 'emergency' post trying to help a friend with a slipping trans just limp it a bit further, this car was meant to be a keeper - I need it for school and work, I have money to take it to someone but not for another $3500 rebuild, the whole point of the car was believing I wouldn't need to worry about engine (honda reliability) or trans (rebuilt 70k ago) so I honestly overpaid vs book value hoping it would be okay. It's otherwise a nice car that I like and has no other problems minor or major that i'm aware of. But I dont have a pocketbook for major trans work.
Above vehicle was basically running fine (certainly in terms of the trans) all the sudden it's not. Checked dipstick and it doesn't seem low on fluid or stinky bad fluid or anything - it was literally shifting flawlessly until today.
Driving about 80mph on highway and was going along fine and out of the blue the vehicle drops out of cruise, downshifts a gear (it wasnt just going out of converter lockup, the RPM went up to 3k rpm and such obviously) for like half a second and then resumes. I cant 100% swear I didn't bump the brake somehow so I continue on. Maybe 40 miles later, again suddenly downshifts (revs to 3k rpm), drops out of cruise. This happens maybe 2 or 3 more times after this too on a 240 mile trip, all highway miles. I start driving without the cruise to see if that's somehow aggravating it - and once when I drop the throttle to zero load it does the same downshift, rev to 3krpm, and then back to normal gear. This is all with no real hills or wind - no real load. So I drive slower at 70mph.
Finally get into town - seems okay at first, but then when just going at 40mph in town it seems to do the wierd downshift at again zero load and nearly no throttle, so it's not just highway speed. Car jerks. Then a mile later, suddenly it slips a shift - this time it revs up past the shift point before suddenly catching, again at extremely low throttle and only 35mph. Two miles later, it does it again and slips a shift.
So now i'm parked wondering what in the world is going on. There are no codes thrown. I can post a picture of the trans fluid later when my phone charges but it seemed quite normal, and around the two little dots on the bottom of the dipstick. (there was also a dot multiple inches up the stick - stupid Honda doesn't have any words saying normal level anywhere, so i'm assuming it's between the lower dots, otherwise yes it is low on fluid somehow)
Unlike my previous 'emergency' post trying to help a friend with a slipping trans just limp it a bit further, this car was meant to be a keeper - I need it for school and work, I have money to take it to someone but not for another $3500 rebuild, the whole point of the car was believing I wouldn't need to worry about engine (honda reliability) or trans (rebuilt 70k ago) so I honestly overpaid vs book value hoping it would be okay. It's otherwise a nice car that I like and has no other problems minor or major that i'm aware of. But I dont have a pocketbook for major trans work.