3rd Gear TSB fix review

[icewildabeast]

I got my car back on Friday. Of course I felt totally jittery when going to pick it up cause I know what the notchiness feels like and how it feels when it's just about to grind/pop out of gear.

Anyways, even when warm, it can still be notchy. So they show me my car, give me the keys and send me on my way. So I take it out of the parking lot, take it at about 1/2 gas all the way to 7k rpm in 2nd and shift to 3rd. BUTTER
1 notch, not 3, not 4, not 5, but 1 notch just like the rest of the gears. Take it to 4th, and then after a bit downshift to 3rd. BUTTER. lol, I think my 3rd gear is actually the smoothest gear out of all the gears.

I did some shifting at lower rpm (doing 3k rpm shifts and down shifts, then 4k rpm, then 5k rpm) All BUTTER. This fix is IT.

I then decided to do a little race shifting (power shifting with gas on pedal the entire time and also just shifting quick w/o gas on pedal entire time)

BUTTER

I took it on some winding roads that would be the equivalent of auto crossing and did some heavy shifting up and down between 2nd 3rd and 4th. Not even so much as a hint there was ever a problem. This TSB is the sh*t.

If you are a car that is affected, but havent felt it as bad as others, I still HIGHLY reccomend getting it because the notchiness is COMPLETELY GONE.

Since the notchiness is gone, so is the grind, and the possibility of popping out of gear.

I had a grin on my face for like the entire day every time I shifted to 3rd Gear.

Cheers

~Will

[Johannes]

Nice To Hear That!!!....

[jdmcoupe]

nice tohear everything worked out

[innrfusion]

hey man glad to hear that. im 800 miles in after i got my fix and....BUTTER... lol. not a notch not even in 40 degrees. 4th feels a lil less snuggly when you put it into gear now but....its still....BUTTER.

[Special Ringpop]

God, you lucky SOBs. I got my fix done last week and there is utterly no difference at all.

I am so ******* tired of this...

[User_name:]

Im the lucky SOB, my tranny has never been ripped apart and always shifts like butter into 3rd... ummm butter

[hoonu]

I can't wait. I hope they can resolve my notchy 2nd gear too. I figured when they have my tranny out and looking at it... they can see if anything is fubard.

[fatality122887]

now if only i had a dealer ship that would ******* fix myne instead of just threaten 2 void my warrenty

[VTECnical]

Yes! I can't wait to pick it up!

[Special Ringpop]

Originally Posted by User_name:

Im the lucky SOB, my tranny has never been ripped apart and always shifts like butter into 3rd... ummm butter

Thanks for all your constructive, useful advice. You are a finely polished gem in this community.

Oh wait, here it comes...

</sarcasm>

[CivicSi907]

what was done to fix it? Do you got a new transmission???

Me and my FG2 dont know what to do here in germany! Is the fix a official fix now? Do you think Honda Germany can contact Honda USA and ask for the fix?

[jthoske]

Mine goes in Wednesday to have this done, can't wait!

[Special Ringpop]

Originally Posted by CivicSi907

what was done to fix it? Do you got a new transmission???

Me and my FG2 dont know what to do here in germany! Is the fix a official fix now? Do you think Honda Germany can contact Honda USA and ask for the fix?

Given that many of us in America still can't even get Honda to acknowledge this, I think the chances of American Honda authorizing anything in Germany are about the same as the chances of Richard Simmon's being straight.

[skibum]

I'm actually writing this while I'm sitting at Honda. I just dropped it off, but apparently they need to "verify" that my civic is actually symptomatic even though the TSB lists all the VIN's of the affected cars. I was just curious if any of you have had this issue at the dealer, I'm praying that something will happen with 3rd while they have it but I don't know what to do if they just give it back. Maybe i'll just stop by the dealer monthly 'til it actually happens.

[Special Ringpop]

^ Allow me to put this in perspective.

It took me over twenty cumulative visits, a few hours each, at six or seven different Honda dealerships, over a two year span...to get them to acknowledge it.

[06civicsiguy]

im glad that those of you that got it done it workd for you guys. bt i got mine done and its actually worse now. all gears bind except 6th. before it was just 2nd thru 4th and 3rd was worst. now its equaly bad with all my gears and alot of the time it does not even want to go into reverse. so im guna take it in again. mine was done on apr 17th and was smooth as butter every gear the 1st week and half then it was down hill after that. iv prob put bout 1000 to 1200 miles on it since the fix.

[Dark.GEAR]

Originally Posted by 06civicsiguy

im glad that those of you that got it done it workd for you guys. bt i got mine done and its actually worse now. all gears bind except 6th. before it was just 2nd thru 4th and 3rd was worst. now its equaly bad with all my gears and alot of the time it does not even want to go into reverse. so im guna take it in again. mine was done on apr 17th and was smooth as butter every gear the 1st week and half then it was down hill after that. iv prob put bout 1000 to 1200 miles on it since the fix.

i could be wrong, but i remember my dealership telling me that honda released and shipped out the new gear synchro. on the 23 for the TSB...so i'm not so sure you got the right fix....

[06civicsiguy]

Originally Posted by Dark.GEAR

i could be wrong, but i remember my dealership telling me that honda released and shipped out the new gear synchro. on the 23 for the TSB...so i'm not so sure you got the right fix....

my guys at the dealership orderd the part before he even calld me. he wantd to make sure i was one of the first ones ordered and that they did not run out.i remember the date cuz it was in the 1st week of my new job.