Q: over revving and gears bang in hard each time

asked by on August 11, 2016

i have a 1997 honda prelude h22 automatic rebuilt transmission and my gears keep over reving at each gear and there banging into gears each time. From stop to go it sometimes feels like it slips out of gear and just revs over 3,500rpm and than jumps into gear and tugs my car. im not sure if its my engine or transmission? the car has 150k on it with new spark plugs, wires, rotor and cap, ignition coil, transmission solenoid and vtec solenoid

My car has 150000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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