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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 01:01 PM
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Hi Guys,

just bought my 1st car a used 1998 accord LX sedan 134k miles 4cylinder. joined the forum to learn more stuff about cars, just know how to drive maintenance and other stuff I have no idea. will start reading the manual tonight.
 
Old Jan 6, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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Welcome to the forum. One thing to look out for on those cars is the automatic transmission, they have a tendency to well...........break.
 
Old Jan 7, 2011 | 09:12 AM
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how do i prevent that kind of problem?
 
Old Jan 7, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Sadly it is kind of unpreventable, you should keep up with the scheduled transmission flushes; but even this can't guarantee a long life.

There have been some horror stories of people with 98-02s having to replace the automatic transmission 3 or 4 times. There was a class action law suit against Honda over it.
 
Old Jan 8, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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welcome enjoy your stay
 
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