OldMan

Hi,

Kind of new to the Honda world, so forgive an old guy for asking newbie questions. However, my girl has a 96 Honda Accord. She had Aamco replace the first transmission and I have had it replace two more times under warranty. It was just replaced in November and it has been slipping 4th gear since I got it back. The car is not dependable and I have decided to either replace the trany myself or sell the car. I would like to find a wrecked car at the auction and just replace the transmission and be done with it. My question is, what other years of another Honda can I pull a transmission from? I am new to these cars, so please let me know any specifics that you might want to know. I believe it has the 2.4 and is the same motor as the Prelude. However, I am not sure what else will work. I just had the 90,000 mile tune up done on it and would like to see it last another year or two.

Thanks

crazyhatch

hard to find one that old that does not have a shifting problem they all get it mostly a hard shift or a slip good luck finding a good one, call american import junk yard on MLK, 94-97 same,

rebels

you can use a tranny from a 1990-1997 accord.. you could even use the H22 or H23 tranny if you really wanted to.

if she has the automatic, you can hit up a junk yard here in st pete and they have plenty of accords from 90-97.. some with the trannys in there.

accord95

from what i know, 94-97 tranny's are the same.

so you know, your honda accord has a f22 engine(SOHC). the prelude has h23(DOHC) or h22(DOHC). but you can still use a tranny from either of these motors as well.

honda auto trannies suck, i went through the same thing as you, slipping into 4th. i converted my accord to stick and got rid of the problem.

also, if you let off the gas right before the shift, it will shift normal.

OldMan

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the information, as I will try to find a car in the years that you specified. I will look to get something as close to 96 or 97, and I now know that I can look for the Accord or a Prelude. I was really hoping that you weren't going to say that these cars had bad transmissions. My fear is that I am going to find another one with the same problems! The car not only slips 4th, but it won't shift after you are going. (What I mean is you have to come to a complete stop, or the car will rev out to 4,200 and stay there until it finally gets to the speed you want. If you stop completely, it work just like normal.) It has a Input Shaft Speed Sensor malfunction code, but Aamco says that is not the problem... :bbb: Of course, they already replaced one and then it gave the code again less than 5 miles from the shop. Last time in, they are telling me that it is the computer on the car.

I really appreciate the information about motors. Like I said, this is a whole new world to me. I don't know anything about these cars, so thanks for being patient with an OldMan.

rebels

If for some reason they do say it's the computer, most likely it will be the TCU (transmission control unit) and not the ECU. I do have an ECU here for a 5th gen (94-97 Accord) automatic LX non-vtec id you did need one. I never really hear of the TCU's going out.. so your best bet is to just find a used tranny, and if you have a problem I can find you one. I know a lot of people with wrecked cars and they sell them for cheap.

OldMan

Yea, they did tell me it was the TCU? However, I wasn't really sure what that was. I know it is behind the glove box, but that was about it. To be honest though, I don't really feel that is the problem. The transmission is just lazy, but I don't know if that is electrical or not? If you put it in reverse, it takes a second or two before you feel it go in gear. It does seem to get worse, the hotter it gets. By that I mean, the more stop and go traffic you are in, the more it slips 4th gear. Does that sound at all like something the TCU would cause?

If you happen to come across a wrecked car that had a good trany, please PM me. I would be happy to talk about it and see what we can come up with.

Thanks again,
Brett

vonrobins

just make sure that you dont get a 90-93 tranyy cuz there cable trannys and yours is hydraulic but u can use 94 up f22,h22;h33,f23 trannys

HOOKSH

automatic CABLE tranny? i think the cable/hydraulic thing is just for clutch assemblies on 5spd cars not automatics

psycho

I have a 94 accord and have the exact same problem. I've had the car for more than 2 years now, it just got a little worse than it was. From what i heard, most of the time it is the Vehicle Speed Sensor "VSS", which sends the speed reading to the TCU so it shifts in the right time. I've always wanted to change the VSS and see what happens, but never had the chance to. If you ever change it and it makes a difference, let me know so that i change mine too