Just the other day I had to fully ally the brakes to not get sideswiped by a car switching lanes on the highway, no accident, but then when I tried going the engine revved almost redlining but it was not really accelerating, kinda sluggish and not wanting to get back up to speed, seems fine today but I'm curious to why it didn't want to go. (1999 accord)
Well if it doesn't happen again it could have been some kind of a glitch almost getting an accident may have tripped something in the computer system not too long acceleration you want to pray that it wasn't the transmission slipping because that's actual wear and eventually it would cost a fortune to rebuild the transmission on that Honda
@scottykilmer
I have no clue if the transmission is going or not, it seems fine today after having an hour drive, but during the cold mornings (when it's not heated up), I noticed when I shift from drive to reverse it jolts a little, and not so much when I go to drive, is that a sign of it going out?
Was it the stability control kicking in? Any lights flashing on the dash? It will reduce power for a few seconds.
@mountainmanjoe
Nothing flashed or was on, on the dash, and I don't think it had anything to do with the stability, roads dry and was going in a straight line.
stability control can still kick in on dry roads. The computer senses minute changes in wheels speed and reacts to them thousands of times per second. Long before you realize that anything is happening. This can easily happen with the brakes floored.
@mountainmanjoe
good to know
So I have had this issue when I drove my s10 it happened whenever I went onto the freeway, it would stop acceleration at around 50mph for a couple of seconds while the engine would keep going, for me it turned out that the transmission was slipping bad, the same thing happens with my LeSabre but I only ever see it when I'm flooring it and it doesn't last that long. I'd say if it happens again and again later you may want to take it to a specialist, transmission problems may only happen under certain circumstances, it could be one of the tires lost traction and it locked it out from the transmission, making it free spin. I'm not positive I'm not a mechanic, my families mechanic actually rebuilds transmissions and I caught a few things here or there but nothing to be certain on.
@lockinhind
thank you for the information! ill be sure to keep an eye on it, that's for sure.