Transmission question

[808accord]

Hello, I've gone through the threads and have a question on a 91 Accord SE auto. There are days where when starting the car, the car will not go into gear when shifting into drive or reverse. Sometimes, the issue can be resolved if shifting into D2 or D1. Other times, I just have to wait for a while with the car running before the issue goes away. No blinking S light or D4 light. This problem seems to go away after a long drive when the car is all warmed up. Does this still sound like a TCM or solenoid problem? I appreciate any feedback.

[Losiracer2]

Hello, I've gone through the threads and have a question on a 91 Accord SE auto. There are days where when starting the car, the car will not go into gear when shifting into drive or reverse. Sometimes, the issue can be resolved if shifting into D2 or D1. Other times, I just have to wait for a while with the car running before the issue goes away. No blinking S light or D4 light. This problem seems to go away after a long drive when the car is all warmed up. Does this still sound like a TCM or solenoid problem? I appreciate any feedback.

This is something i JUST dealt w/ last night on my car. It wouldn't shift into park, reverse, or neutral. I found out it was my shift cable that came loose. A 10mm bolt at the end of it came undone and eventually got looser and looser til it just fell off b/c the techs that rebuilt it didn't fold the locking tabs over the screw. This may be kinda over you head but just take a look at the thread I made about it: http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=112189 A new shift cable is about 130 bucks from Honda or about 80 bucks online. So if your car is kinda hard to shift out of Park, then this would definitely solve that issue.

If your car shifts normally when its driving, then I doubt it would be your shift solenoids since they either work or they don't. But try looking at that thread, it has some useful info about transmission troubleshooting.

[808accord]

This is something i JUST dealt w/ last night on my car. It wouldn't shift into park, reverse, or neutral. I found out it was my shift cable that came loose. A 10mm bolt at the end of it came undone and eventually got looser and looser til it just fell off b/c the techs that rebuilt it didn't fold the locking tabs over the screw. This may be kinda over you head but just take a look at the thread I made about it: http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=112189 A new shift cable is about 130 bucks from Honda or about 80 bucks online. So if your car is kinda hard to shift out of Park, then this would definitely solve that issue.

If your car shifts normally when its driving, then I doubt it would be your shift solenoids since they either work or they don't. But try looking at that thread, it has some useful info about transmission troubleshooting.

Hi Losiracer2, thanks for the link. I'll definitely take a look at the cable. I don't have identical symptoms where the car may roll forward when in park or reverse but my car does shift normally when its driving as you mentioned.

[Losiracer2]

and here's the DIY I followed to fix mine. http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=82506