No quick and dirty fix here. Tranny time or use that money as the down
payment on another car. Unless doing this yourself don't bother with used.
Same age-mileage temporary repair at best.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 2:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: NVC Need Honda Automatic Transmission advice

Son-in-law's 2000 Civic is in my driveway. AT won't shift, makes a noise
under acceleration like swishing, belt slipping or something dragging, but
only when the pedal is depressed (I won't call it acceleration, as that is
the problem). Chilton's manual no help. Seems that it won't downshift from a
higher gear, not like it is stuck in first.

Any ideas as to where  to start looking and what to look at, email me
privately.

Thanks,

Jim