I agrre with jason. Hesitation maybe a result of a number of things,
judging from your post I would imagine you only add gasoline on your
car to keep it going and nothing more. There maybe other reasons and
not A/T fluid alone, but nonetheless you should change it now.
Another thing, the 2007 Owners manual say that you only have to change
A/T fluid if your driving under heavy conditions regardles of the
mileage. I think that's hard to believe?!
On Dec 31, 8:39 am, "Jason James" <
[email protected]> wrote:
> "Honda-Man" <[email protected]> wrote in messagenews:%[email protected]
>
> > I noticed some hesitation when accelerating. My dad said it might be the
> > transmission. Now the car has 124,000 miles and has never had the
> > transmission fluid changed. When I checked the transmission fluid there
> was
> > some grit on the stick, the oil was brownish red, and felt more like motor
> > oil. Any thoughts on the condition of the fluid?Automatic transmissions dump all their clutch and band wear material into
> the oil. There's often some metal as well from the drums which the bands
> brake against on gear-changes. It is very important to change the ATF
> (Automatic Transmission Fluid) before it changes color too much. Yours is
> way past that, so it's urgent. Having said that, hesitation on accelerating
> is likely more an engine management problem or an ignition or fuel related
> fault, as transmissions causing that symptom would also be making expensive
> noises IMHE.
>
> Jason