Transmission kicking out of gear

2002 HONDA CIVIC
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NEWYORK444
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2002 Honda Civic when driving the vehicle and reaching a speed of about 40 mph the vehicle kicks out of drive into neutral.
Aug 7, 2011 at 5:12 PM
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F4I_GUY
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Does the selector physically move up into neutral? If so, check out the shifter cable.

Or does the shifter still stay in D but it feels like you're in neutral? If that's the cause, the transmission is slipping, which means you might have serious internal damage.
Aug 7, 2011 at 9:10 PM
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KHLOW2008
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Is this manual or automatic transmission?
Aug 7, 2011 at 10:23 PM
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