Re: A/T skipping 1st gear

On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:00:28 -0700, "Dabbler" <db@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>My '94 Accord LX never had a transmission problem before but today, 
>after a short stop, I had a hard time getting the car rolling. It was as 
>if you tried to start a manual transmission car in the 3rd gear. So the 
>1st and possibly even the 2nd gear was skipped. Also, the A/T speed 
>indicator in the instrument panel was fla****ng the #4 gear position. 
>According to the official Honda Service Manual this blinking means that 
>the TCM senses an abnormality in the input or output systems and the 
>exact nature of the problem could be diagnosed only by reading a special 
>code from the service check connector. Unfortunately I don't have that 
>code reading tool, so it looks like Monday I'm going to have to take the 
>car to a shop that hopefully won't tell me to have the whole A/T 
>replaced for more than the car is worth. In the meantime I wonder if 
>anybody experienced similar situation and could fill me in how it was 
>resolved.
>
>DB 

On my '92, I had a similar thing happen.  The trans goes into a
'cripple' mode which is third gear.  It'll get you  off the road and
possibly to a garage.  

My problem was that the transmission computer was gone....or rather
the electrolytic capacitors were leaking (internally).  I replaced the
caps which, as I understand, is very similar to what's done during a
'rebuild' of the circuit board.  And everything was back to normal.  

YMMV.   Good luck.