My 2006 civic hybrid has been having some strange transmission issues
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In January of 2016 I had the IMA battery replaced in my 2006 civic hybrid. In October, I had the motor replaced. About a month later, the transmission slipped while I was driving uphill, and would not return to a drive gear no matter what I did. Thinking the transmission went out, I had it sitting in my garage for about 2 weeks while I did some research into shops, parts, etc. and realized I needed to start it for a while to keep the battery in decent working condition. For giggles, I decided to try to put the car in gear, and it worked! I was blown away, but happily drove it for 6 months without further incident. In May of 2018 as I was driving through town, it slipped out of gear again, and hasn't worked since. I've been searching for a used tansmission, but it occured to me that an intermittent problem like that was probably something specific, but no one around here knows much about hybrid vehicles. Anyone have any thoughts?
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I would take the vehicle to a shop for diagnostics before buying a transmission! Figure transmission internals are either broken (all the time cause its broke) or not broken, not ususally going to fix itself and drive fine for months and months. Sensors and Solenoids could fail intermittantly and maybe the transmission doesent know it's supposed to be in drive or a specific gear. Without looking at the car I'd be thinking neutral safety switch or something of that nature. Most shops should be able to monitor the computer to see if those parts are at fault. Go somewhere good avoid the "$Cha Ching$" look in peoples eyes when you say theres a trans issue. Diagnostic is even cheaper than a transmission flush. Good luck to you. Post what fixed it.
