I own a '01 Honda Civic that was purchased used in '03. Well about 2 years ago in early '06 i started to notice a slight hesitation or maybe skip shifting, i really don't know what to call it because i don't know much about cars. It occurs upon rolling stops at a stop light, like without coming to a complete stop. When you go to press the gas pedal it causes a split second hesitation like it realizes it's still in a higher gear and downshifts, then goes. It also does it on right handed turns onto side streets. I'll brake as i'm coming into the turn and then as i pull out of the turn and hit the gas pedal again it will hesitate in the same fashion in terms of realizing it's still in a higher gear and drops to a lower causing a quick drop or hesitation in acceleration for a split second before continuing on.
At this point it's more aggravating than anything else because otherwise everything runs fine. But i'm now beginning to think that this is a sign to a possibly much larger problem that might end up costing me a lot in the end to repair the longer it goes unchecked. I had already planned on taking it to have it looked at but i need something solid to tell them so maybe they can isolate the problem a lot faster than had i not told them anything.
Anyone's help on what it could be would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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