my car ran for about 5 minutes that began to slip a lot. i thought it was the fluid but it was full, did not smell burned either. i am a certified mechanic but i admit i dont know a thing about transmissions. i searched online and through phone books looking for a shop and i fed in to the free diagnostic. they recomended a rebuild as best solution. rob did a good job no denying that. he got my civic back on the road within a week, 3 days i think. at $1800 buck they better do a good job, and they did. the only thing is that my 02 civic specified z1 fluid, but was filled with dexron3. i asked why they put that in instead of z1, i was given the answer "it works fine, i use it all the time". i thought, hey he would know right? except i noticed the trans would slip and shift slowly when cold, once warm it was no problem, althought slow to shift when putting pedal to metal on highway passing, it also vibrated a lot. after changing the fluid myself at the tone of $ 80 buck to flush vibration
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