Honda Civic 2000 -- the end or the beginning?

2000 Civic with 100,000 miles on it.. It has been sitting for 3 year
in an indoor garage

So... Replaced the battery, muffler, ran seafoam through the system
changed the oil, checked spark plugs and fluid, did a very thoroug
check up..

After a week or so on the road, my transmission seems to be failing.
Very slow to accelerate. After driving it around a bit, it becam
obvious that it was not shifting, only driving in a stuck gear (my ca
is a 3 speed + overdrive, automatic)..

I'm going in to get it looked over, but my long winded question is ho
much should I expect it to cost worst case scenario -- rebuilding th
transmission? The auto guy said it might just be a speed controlle
thing.. which I'm guessing would cost less. My friend gave me a cos
estimate (if I have to rebuild) somewhere around 1000-1500 dollars.

Would spending that money on a 2000 Civic LX be worth it? Or should
just cut my losses and put that money down on a new/used car? I'
really torn

Thanks for any feedback

 

janellelk, wrote the following at or about 3/31/2011 9:55 AM:

I'm not going to try to do your number crunching for you, that's your
problem<g>

What I will say is that $1,000-$1,500 for a transmission rebuild doesn't
seem out of line.

I had a transmission fail in Buick Regal circa 1997 and a transmission
rebuild on that was $1,300.

Then, again, in 2004 I had to have a remanufactured transmission
installed in a 3 year old Buick Park Aveue (see a pattern here and why I
now drive Hondas?<g>) That cost $2,450 at the GM dealership to install a
Mr. Goodwrench Certified Rebuilt that actually had a much better
warranty on it than did the original transmission as it rolled off the
assembly line. What was and remains puzzling to me was that the deal
offered by the dealership beat the snot out of a rebuilt or
remanufactured transmission from some private garages or the chain
transmission shops.

YMMV

 

the 2000 lx is 4 speed plus lockup clutch.

and "slow to accelerate" needs more explanation. does it slip in any
ratio? does it not go into first? or are you simply used to driving a
carrera 4?

why would you pay that kind of money for a rebuild when you can get a
low mileage used jdm transmission for a few hundred? apart from
anything else, the low mileage jdm is likely going to be much more reliable.

i don't see anything to be torn about. you can get the transmission
replaced for a good deal less than you'll lose in depreciation on a new
vehicle. just find someone to repair the vehicle without overcharging
you [as seems to be the case at present] and enjoy about another 200k
miles of carefree motoring.

 

You didn't mention Tranny fluid replacement ?

 

I'm having a 2001 automatic rebuilt in Brooiklyn for about $1750. I
imagine that's high compared to the rest of the country, but it's not
out of line with experiences other people I know have had.

 

Forgot to add that includes replacing a broken transmission mount.