Here is a 4 cylinder Accord automatic transmission failure story. 175,000 miles. This car is my wife's daily drive for her 100 mile round trip daily commute to work. I'm a former ASE mechanic so the car receives the best care. Never any transmission issues prior.
In 1/11/2014, she called me and said the engine was quitting while coming to a stop, sometimes lurching when it died. She could restart the engine but it would quit again when she put it into drive. There was no check engine light nor any codes stored in memory. I was able to get the car back home by keeping the rpm's up and dropping it into drive. As long as it was moving, it appeared to run and shift fine. By the time I got it home, it was running normally. For the next 4 days the problem would come and go as I went thru fuel pressure checks, IAC valve clean outs etc.
On day 5, she notified me of a rattling noise coming from under the hood accompanied my the the renewed engine quitting. The rattling noise was coming from inside the bell housing and signaled to me the torque converter was coming apart. Drove it to the transmission shop and upon tear down, noticed the torque converter failing, sending metallic particles throughout the transmission. Transmission is being rebuilt as we speak.
Here is a 4 cylinder Accord automatic transmission failure story. 175,000 miles. This car is my wife's daily drive for her 100 mile round trip daily commute to work. I'm a former ASE mechanic so the car receives the best care. Never any transmission issues prior.
In 1/11/2014, she called me and said the engine was quitting while coming to a stop, sometimes lurching when it died. She could restart the engine but it would quit again when she put it into drive. There was no check engine light nor any codes stored in memory. I was able to get the car back home by keeping the rpm's up and dropping it into drive. As long as it was moving, it appeared to run and shift fine. By the time I got it home, it was running normally. For the next 4 days the problem would come and go as I went thru fuel pressure checks, IAC valve clean outs etc.
On day 5, she notified me of a rattling noise coming from under the hood accompanied my the the renewed engine quitting. The rattling noise was coming from inside the bell housing and signaled to me the torque converter was coming apart. Drove it to the transmission shop and upon tear down, noticed the torque converter failing, sending metallic particles throughout the transmission. Transmission is being rebuilt as we speak.
- proftomda, Newnan, GA, US