GVWR: Class 1B: 3,001 - 4,000 lb (1,360 - 1,814 kg)
Make: HONDA
Manufacturer: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
Manufacturer Id: 987
Model: Prelude
Model Year: 1996
Plant City: Sayama
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Saitama
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Trim: Si
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 1998 HONDA PRELUDE WITH A AUTOMATIC WITH THE SPORT SHIFT TRANSMISSION. THE ONE THAT COMES WITH THE BASE MODEL PRELUDE. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND I FELT THE TRANSMISSION NOT PULLING NO MORE THEN THE ENGINE REV HIGH AND THEN I LET MY FOOT OF THE GAS AND THE TRANSMISSION SLAPPED BACK INTO GEAR. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND IT IS STARTING TO DO IT AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO HONDA AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THEM TO DO BUT PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR AND IT WOULD BE VERY COSTLY AND I HAVE TALK TO PEOPLE WITH THE CAR AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS . SO I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A VERY HAZARDOUS TO THE DRIVER. *LA