(CL9) Sticky third gear

[aaronng]

Hi all

I just got myself a 2004 Accord Euro (auto), touch wood, the car run well ,I like it a lot.

It's only the battery was re-surrected (probably gonna get change soon) after it'd been left un-move for a year and the third gear is a little sticky (doesn't go into 4th gear, driving in city around 2200rpm/approximately 60km) unless being force to shift into 4th gear.

Sounds normal for Honda's smart autobox. Because the engine doesn't make mountains of torque at low RPM, the ECU doesn't let the gearbox shift into 4th when you are at 2200rpm and it detects city-type driving because it would take it down to about 1300-1500rpm and cause engine lugging. If you do do the same speed in 3rd gear downhill, then it should detect the downhill and shift into 4th. This is a feature called Honda Grade Logic.