The car drops to idle while driving
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Asked by RobBoca212 Feb 01, 2018 at 06:17 PM about the 1998 Honda Accord LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 98 accord lx with 87k on it. After driving the car for about 18 miles
and then going into store, when I get back in and drive for 5 miles the engine
seems to drop into neutral revving and not drive properly. The engine drops
to about 1k on the tach then up to 2k then back to 1k. It will not get higher
than this. Then about 3 miles driving it resets itself and is fine. I have taken
video of this happening. The transmission has already been replaced. We
are running out of options.

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charles answered 6 years ago

Are you feeling it going in and out of overdrive?

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RobBoca212 answered 6 years ago

no, feels like it is staying in the same gear, it is an odd plodding along that it does, it does seem to try and go in 1st gear then same revving. but doesn't feel like in any gear fully.

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RobBoca212 answered 6 years ago

No actually into idle, but the tach reads the same RPM's as when it is in idle, the car just goes much slower.

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