Drain and refill or at least check the fluid level. If you do have the fluid changed, make sure you only put in Honda fluid. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES put Lucas whatever in the transmission. Not only are Hondas particular about the type of fluid, they will not like BS additives.
The age old transmission fluid question. What really happens is a transmission is going bad due to age and lack of proper service, a fluid change is done, the transmission fails in a month, which it was going to do anyway, and......people think the fluid change caused the failure. That is like me seeing people with umbrellas when it is not raining, then it rains and....I think the umbrellas caused the rain.
I think there were some recalls on that car? You are probably way past the mileage limits.
You need to take it to a dealer and have them evaluate. You for sure need a drain, filter change, and refill of transmission fluid. Note I said drain and fill, not flush.
Take it in to a trans shop before it lets you sit and your core trans is worth nothing on the trans you need to buy. These year accords had problem transes.
I have a 2000 Honda Accord with the 4 cylinder engine and automatic transmission and has 180K miles. I recently have started experiencing my car jump and show RPM's in the 2700-3200 when I normally accelerate from stop into the first two or three gears or so. If I slowly accelerate or let off the gas right before it shifts, there's little to no jerking and high RPM's are non-existent.
I've been told that changing my tranny fluid and adding Lucas Tranny Treatment will help with the problem. But others say that I shouldn't because it'll make things worse.
What should I do?
