On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:28:34 -0500, "R Flowers"
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> wrote:
>"Rachel" <rkim007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> The following ONLY occurs during wet weather:
>> I have a 92 Honda Accord LX with automatic transmission. Starting
>> from a stop, the car feels as though it's trying to start in third
>> gear. Once we get going, I cannot seem to get it to go beyond third
>> gear. On the highway, I can't go past 50 mph, and the tachometer
>> stays around 3. I noticed that with the engine running and while at a
>> stop, if I ****ft into other gears, the D4 light on the dashboard
>> remains lit (i.e., if I ****ft to reverse, the R light and D4 light are
>> lit). The car moves in the correct direction while in the other
>> gears, but the D4 light stays on.
>>
>> I think the Transmission Control Module (TCM) is bad, but I wanted to
>> get others' opinions. Is there a way I can test if the TCM is bad?
>> Do you have any other ideas of the problem?
>
>I had almost exactly the same problem (91 Accord), except the gear
indicator
>showed the selected gear, and my 'S' light was on. (Actually, the 'S'
light
>would wink out sometimes, and the car would drive normally. Then, it
would
>come on, and the transmission would go into 3rd gear.) It seemed to be
>related to wet weather.
>
>Here are some links that may help - or not :)
>http://www.hondacarforum.com/honda-3/16786-fla****ng-s-light-91-accord-lx.html
>http://www.honda-tech.com/z*****hread?id=962851&postid=33094332
(old, some
>pictures gone)
>
>After reading some advice on the Internet, I came to the conclusion that
the
>TCU was bad. Some of the literature suggested it was worth a try to fix
the
>board itself. So I removed the TCU and exposed the board. Sure enough,
there
>was a bad capacitor, as evidenced by some obvious leakage onto the
circuit
>board. I bought a replacement at Radio Shack for $1.50, unsoldered the
old
>capacitor, cleaned the board as best I could, and soldered the new
>replacement in. That did the trick, and that repair has held for about 5
>months now.
>
>If you feel adventuresome, I suggest you remove the TCU and look at the
>circuit board. If you find an obviously bad component, try replacing it.
>(Leaky capacitors are one thing - you can still see the specs on the
side;
>burnt resistors may totally obscure what they were, as you cannot see the
>colored bands.) Chances are, you have not much to lose, since a rebuilt
TCU
>will probably cost about $150.00.
>
>-- R Flowers
>
On the other hand, I bought an ECU at a junkyard for something like
$40. It's been working fine for at least two years.
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