Car made a thud and wont move now. Speedometer moves when in gear but car stays put. Wha does that mean for my car?

Asked by joker3237 Feb 25, 2015 at 04:05 PM about the 1986 Honda Accord LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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have you checked CV joints and do the front tires turn freely in nuetral

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Sounds like you broke a CV joint as indicated in the previous answer. If the CV joint breaks the final drive still turns but not the axle or wheel so the trans sees a signal from the speed sensor as though the car is moving.

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I took the car to a shop as they had just worked on it. They turned the wheels, heard a thud and then it worked. But tonight it did the same thud then no moving. They said something internal in the tranny broke. Could that be that be the problem.

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if the axle is spinning the car would move unless the outer CV joint has come apart but the still looks like it is 1 piece. The other possibility is that the axle has popped out of the spline in the trans do to a bad snap ring perhaps and when they turned the wheels the spline re-engaged with the final drive gear and worked temporarily until in popped out again. To be honest, this should be rather easy for any technician to see and diagnose.

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