I have a 2003 honda civic, ZERO mods, completely bone stock. I was given this car by my father as a kick around car to drive around town when I am not using my BMW.

It has 150k on it, runs GREAT. sometimes, though, my transmission seems to struggle. for example, i'll be slowing down at a stop sign and if no one is there at night and I feel like cruising through it and punch on the gas, the car will kind of lurch and NOT go smoothly into the next gear. like a clunk almost. whereas when I drive other cars, and you do the same thing, it smoothly shifts into a higher gear with no struggle/clunk.

other than that, the tranny never acts up. I am trying to be as careful with it as I can, as I would like this to be my main driver and last me a long time. the car is in great shape cosmetically and all mechanical-wise things are great.. any suggestions? is it transmission fluid or something? or is the actual transmission going. please give me any info you have on this. thanks!!

 

Transmission Slipping Symptoms