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1990 Honda Accord LX - S Light flashing and will only shift into 2nd and 3rd
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jforrester
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Oct 10, 2017, 10:12 AM
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1990 Honda Accord LX - S Light flashing and will only shift into 2nd and 3rd
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Hello everyone, I have a 1990 Honda Accord LX. For the past few weeks it has been doing weird random stuff, i.e., wouldn't shift down into 1st and the speedometer stopped working but then worked again. Now the S Light has started flashing and the car will only shift into 2nd and 3rd.
About 2.5 years ago I replaced the TCU (transmission control unit). I bought a used part from a junk Honda off eBay, but it was a factory part. The car has run great until recently. I also recently replaced the speed sensor. That fixed the speedometer issue but the S Light started flashing about a week after that. I don't think the speed sensor caused the S Light to flash and don't even think the speed sensor was bad. I think it was all random, like everything else that has been happening. My question: It behaves with the same symptoms that happened when I replaced the TCU before 2.5 years ago. Would it be likely that the TCU is bad again, just coincidentally (especially since it was used), or is this something that just doesn't go bad often? Would it point to something else being the problem? I could buy another TCU and replace it but I don't want to waste money if it's not likely to be bad again.
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Hammer Time
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Oct 10, 2017, 10:14 AM
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Re: 1990 Honda Accord LX - S Light flashing and will only shift into 2nd and 3rd
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Instead of just taking wild guesses, you need to have the transmission codes read and that will give you a starting point.
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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Oct 10, 2017, 1:44 PM)
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gsferraro
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Oct 11, 2017, 1:50 PM
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Re: 1990 Honda Accord LX - S Light flashing and will only shift into 2nd and 3rd
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Hello,
The above post is exactly what you need to do, the connector may be blue in color, jump the connector and count the flashed, (there may be more than one code) let us know what you find.
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