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Honda Accord (1994-1997) Maintenance and Repair

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Re: A sad day: My auto-transmission failed on my 97 Accord, looking for advice [techman41973] by thegraduate
Apr 24, 2009 (7:20 am)
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Replying to: techman41973 (Apr 23, 2009 9:47 pm)

My advice - sell the car for what you can get for it. The transmission work will cost more than the car is worth.
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Re: A sad day: My auto-transmission failed on my 97 Accord, looking for advice [techman41973] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Apr 24, 2009 (8:33 am)
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Replying to: techman41973 (Apr 23, 2009 9:47 pm)

280K? The car owes you nothing. It's been a great soldier, so give it a decent burial. Last thing you want to do is put a brand new transmission in a car with the other 90% worn out.
 
I doubt the warning lights would have saved you. It was just the car's time--you beat the odds by 100K.
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Stalling problem by garie
Apr 26, 2009 (5:29 pm)
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'96 Honda Accord
150k miles
standard transmission
 
Recently, my car has been stalling when I start it. The car starts, but then the car slowly dies. It hasn't stalled after I've driven and am sitting at a red light. I talked to a mechanic and he says he wants to do a diagnostic check and get data from the onboard computer but I feel like that's a waste of money since I'm pretty sure a checklist could diagnose my problem. I thought it might be a fuel pressure issue but he said that's extremely rare. The car only seems to stall when it's hot outside - tonight after it was quite cool the car started very well and the RPMs didn't dip at all.
 
On an unrelated note, the car makes a ticking noise when turning left. I think it's because of the CV joint. Will anything bad happen if I ignore it? I'm (obviously) trying to spend as little money as possible but I don't want my axle to break in half while turning or anything.
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94 honda accord dash lights by aarcee
Apr 28, 2009 (8:00 pm)
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My dash light have gone, how can I check them without pulling the dash apart?
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Re: 94 honda accord dash lights [aarcee] by tallman1
Apr 28, 2009 (8:11 pm)
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Replying to: aarcee (Apr 28, 2009 8:00 pm)

My dash light have gone, how can I check them without pulling the dash apart?
 
All of them at once? If so, I'd check the fuses first.
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Re: Stalling problem [garie] by omarr
Apr 29, 2009 (5:06 am)
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Replying to: garie (Apr 26, 2009 5:29 pm)

Yes a check list of 10,000 items makes perfectly good sense. It probably will only take a couple hundred hours and cost thousands of dollars. Those code things can't be trusted.
 
I would just keep on driving it with the CV joint ticking noise. When the wheel locks up you will know for sure what the problem was. At that time it will cost only a couple thousand to repair the damage.
 
You conclusion make perfectly good sense
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Re: Stalling problem [omarr] by garie
Apr 29, 2009 (8:02 am)
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Replying to: omarr (Apr 29, 2009 5:06 am)

As I understand the "code thing", it requires the engine to report a problem code. I may be no expert, but I'm pretty sure if the car's computer detected a severe problem and reported such an error code, the "check engine" light would come on, which hasn't happened, or I would be happy to look at the error code.
 
I had my friend's boyfriend check out the cooling system and it ended up being an 8 dollar fix. Guess that checklist thing would've worked after all if the man at the auto place had actually listened to me. I saved $92. I'm also moderately sure that there aren't 10,000 different things that could go wrong with the cooling system.
 
Pardon me if I don't fully believe you when you imply that the wheel will lock up if I keep driving on a bad CV joint when I consider the rest of your post, but I'm not going to spend money if it is unnecessary. I was ASKING if it was unnecessary. I define necessary to be life threatening, car totaling, or cost me a great deal more if I wait. If someone who doesn't belong to the Internet Hate Machine and actually read my question would enlighten me as to what can happen if someone were to drive on a bad CV joint, I would truly appreciate it.
 
I'm pretty sure most people who ask questions here are looking to save money or they would just hand the car over to a mechanic and say "have at it". I'm very sorry if my attempting to not waste my money horribly offends you.
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Re: Stalling problem [garie] by elroy5
Apr 29, 2009 (2:23 pm)
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Replying to: garie (Apr 29, 2009 8:02 am)

I don't think the CV joint breaking would lock the wheel, but when it does break, you will not be going any further toward your destination. The clicking noise is a warning, and you are driving on borrowed time. It could last a year, or it could snap tomorrow.
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Re: 94 honda accord dash lights [tallman1] by aarcee
Apr 29, 2009 (5:02 pm)
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Replying to: tallman1 (Apr 28, 2009 8:11 pm)

Neither of my fuse boxes match the diagrams on them, so I had to check every fuse. They appeared OK.
Can a fuse appear OK but still be blown?

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