OT Honda Transmission

My wife’s 2001 Honda civic transmission went out today. At least what I appears to be, I not had a chance to check it out as I was at work when it went. She had just had 4 new tires put on and when she backup out of the shop she along with guys at tire shop heard a pop and they thought that they had not secured the spare tire, but they could not find anything loose.
She drove it about 2 miles and popping noise started again while driving and got worse and more frequent. She was trying to go back to tire shop and car just stopped. She tried to call the tire shop but they were already closed as it was right at closing time when she got her new tires.
Ok now here is the weird part, 4 years ago, she had a flat and went into a tire shop ( not same one as today) to have tire fix and less than one mile after having her flat fixed her transmission went out. This time it was still in warranty, and Honda house replaced transmission.
Is there and thing that could be related to having tire work done and a transmission going out, I cannot think of any reason, but sure seem to be a strange to go out twice right after having tire work.
Any ideas of thought
Thanks

Many many eyars ago I had one of them and had something like that happen. It was a CV joint that went out. $100 later it was back on the road

Maybe, where they put the lift brackets? Maybe put the lift brackets on a pipe or something by accident?

It's really far-fetched, ADMITTEDLY, it sounds VERY coincidental.. can you take the front tires off yourself and just look at what they could have done? look underneath?

My suggestions are really far-fetched and probably puts the tire shop at a .01% chance of them being responsible. UNLESS... a young kid has been taking it around the shop laying rubber!

sounds more like cv joints they uaually make a popping noise when they fail

Sure don't know nothin' fer nothin' about your Honda.

However, like the others say, that "popping-noise/then no-move" really smells like a CV joint problem.

Good luck; hope it's not too painful.

Allan

I have to agree with everyone else: CV joint.

Just a theory: On a lot of cars, when you jack them up and set them back downn, the wheels will be cocked inward until you drive a few feet. Maybe your car has a CV joint that was marginal and the act of jacking it up and setting it back down was enough to pop the joint.

you need to get under there and take a look at the cv joints as well as check for anything dammaged by lifting equipment ect while it is fresh, my mother and sister have owned honda cars since 1980, never ever any tranny trouble, mom i can understand, but to understand the durability here you would have to watch my sister drive,even at middle age now she only knowes 2 ways to operate a vehicle, full throttle and stop, ive seen her take a civic into places that would make a military duce and a half cringe, but never had a problem with the transmission, by bet is cv joints

The others make alot of sense and hopefully it is just a CV joint.

OR my first thoughts were the kids at the tire shop went for a test drive and did some reverse slams ! or neutral drops !!!!

If it`s a CV joint, here`s the quick check...
Put the car in gear and rev it up alittle, if the speedometer jumps up, it`s more than likely a cv joint...

With a joint blown it allows the dif to spin like you were making a sharp turn. The speed sensor reads either off the dif or the output shaft, either way it`ll look like your doing whatever MPH while standing still... Good Luck

JM-
see this occasionally- Inboard CV splines slide into trans and is captured by a wire c-clip. Sometimes under full suspension droop (like when the car is lifted) the wire clip pulls out of it's groove and the splines of the axle disengage from the trans. Since it's an open rear , the car doesn't move- it will occasionally pop or jerk forward as the splines get minimal contact.
Probably do not need a new trans, matbe not even a new axle. Loosen the outboard CV joint nut almost all the way out, put a 2x4 over it and wack it with a hammer. Hand Torque the nut and see if it doesn't work for ya.