Q: Transmission does not shift properly
The car won't change gears properly. It especially acts up when accelerating. It does better if there is no stopping involved so driving in traffic, etc. is near impossible. It only drives at around 20 mph and as soon as it accelerates over that it stops. I have read that there's an issue with Honda and that you have to stop and re-start and then it resets.
My car has 156000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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