Transmission issue

BADLUCK21

MEMBER
1996 HONDA ACCORD
2WD
AUTOMATIC
275,000 MILES

I have only owned this car about a month. Today I lost my speedometer and at the same exact time my car started having issues accelerating, almost like it was having a hard time shifting. I would push the gas and it will review high but it struggles to move. I have checked the fluid and it is where it should be. I do not know what else could be wrong with it.

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STEVE W.

MECHANIC
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Sounds like you lost a speed sensor. It reads the vehicles speed at the transmission and the PCM uses the information to operate the speedometer as well as control the transmission. Do not drive it as it is, the transmission could easily be damaged.
The loss could be something simple like the wire came unplugged to the sensor or it may have broken or the sensor itself may have failed.

The first three pictures show the sensor on the four cylinder VTEC cars, it is on the right rear of the transmission. There is a very small piece that drives the sensor, if you opt to replace the sensor, be sure not to drop/lose it.

The other two pictures are for the V6 cars. They have a different style sensor that is touchy when installed.

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