Technical Service Information

HONDA CIVIC
B4RA-M4RA-BMXA FAMILY
WRONG GEAR STARTS-MULTIPLE SHIFT COMPLAINTS

COMPLAINT: After overhaul, Honda Civics equipped with the B4RA, M4RA and or BMXA transaxle may
exhibit wrong gear starts or multiple shift complaints.

CAUSE: The cause may be, that during overhaul of the valve body and re-assembly one or more of the
feed tubes were placed into the wrong hole on the accumulator body or valve body, causing
low modulating pressure , which is solenoid feed and or low clutch apply pressure to one or
more of the clutch packs.

CORRECTION:To correct this condition, refer to Figure 1 and measure the feed tube lengths to ensure that
they are going into the correct locations on the accumulator body and valve body.

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 Technical Service Information

HONDA CIVIC
B4RA-M4RA-BMXA FAMILY
FEED TUBE LOCATIONS

8x145mm
8x40mm
8x192.5mm 8x62mm

8x118mm Accumulator
Body

8x138.8mm

Valve Body

8x105.8mm

8x112mm

Figure 1 Copyright © 2007 ATSG

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