Honda Civic transmission problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD LOSE POWER SPORADICALLY AND WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC WITH JUST 83,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS PULLING OUT OF A GAS STATION ONTO A BUSY STREET. WAS HELD WAY OUT INTO THE STREET AND TRANSMISSION JUST BOUND UP STOPPING BY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. A CAR HAD TO SLAM ON ITS BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ME AND HONKED EXCESSIVELY AT ME AS IF IT WERE MY FAULT. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THERE IS A VIBRATION AND FORWARD JOLT DURING TAKE OFF FROM A STOP. HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT I PASS IT BY ONE YEAR. THEY RECALLED THE TRANSMISSIONS IN JAPAN BUT FAIL TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY IN THE US. THEY SUGGESTED PERFORMING "BURNISHING" AND IT SHOULD LAST ANOTHER 20K MILES. I HAD THIS DONE TWO DAYS AGO AT THE DEALERSHIP AND CAN STILL FEEL THE VIBRATION AND JOLT. HONDA USED THIS TRANSMISSION FOR THE 03 AND 04 CIVIC HYBRIDS AND FAIL TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ERROR AND NOW THOUSANDS OF OWNERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, WILL BE FORCED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE REPAIR COST IN $4500 AND THERE IS A 6-WEEK WAITING PERIOD. THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE OF HONDA TO PLACE THIS BURDEN ON THEIR CUSTOMERS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS RECESSION, BECAUSE THEY PUT OUT A FAULTY PRODUCT. IT IS SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE LIVES TAKEN, SUCH AS THE TOYOTA RECALL, FOR A US COMPANY TO ADMIT AND CORRECT A MISTAKE THEY MADE IN THEIR DESIGN. *TR

ON 9/10/10 TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING AT RUSH HOUR ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I CALLED 911 AS I WAS IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE. THE ENGINE RACED BUT THE VEHICLE BARELY MOVED THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED. FORTUNATELY A MAN PUSHED ME ONTO A LOT. I WAS TOWED HOME. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. EVIDENTLY THE "COOLER" WAS CLOGGED AND THE FLUIDS WERE ONLY PASSING THRU @ 50%.(VERY SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS SEEN IN THE 1999-2001 ODYSSEY ) CONSEQUENTLY THE COOLER WAS ALSO REPLACED. *TR

ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK THE CAR STARTED JERKING. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED THE RPMS WOULD GO WAY UP INTO THE RED ZONE WITH NO DIFFERENCE IN THE SPEED OF THE CAR. COASTED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT STARTS FINE BUT WILL NOT MOVE. WE HAD AAA TOW US TO OUR LOCAL AUTO SHOP THAT WE HAVE USED FOR YEARS, THEY RAN MULTIPLE TESTS ON IT TO FIND OUT THAT IT NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. WE HAD NO PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THIS. WE HAVE OWNED IT SINCE 2005 WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE COMPLETED. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA THIS MORNING TO ASK FOR A "GOODWILL REPAIR". THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE WE PURCHASED IT AS A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE AND IT WAS OVER 7 YEARS OLD OUR WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WE CAN FAX THEM OUR PAID RECEIPTS AND PROOF OF TRANSMISSION FLUID MAINTENANCE AND THEY WILL REVIEW IT AND HAVE SOMEONE CALL US IN 2-3 DAYS. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE CIVIC ONLY ON THE ACCORD AND ODYSSEY EVEN THOUGH THROUGH MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION. I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED HONDAS BECAUSE THEY TRULY ARE LOW MAINTENANCE AS LONG AS YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THEY WILL LAST FOREVER. MY LAST CIVIC WAS A 1988 THAT I HAD FOR 9 YEARS AND IT WAS 17 YEARS OLD WITH OVER $160,000 MILES - NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. HONDA NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION. *TR

DRIVING ON MAJOR FREEWAY IN ATLANTA RUSH HOUR GOING 60MPH. ACCELERATION IS LOST. NO WARNING LIGHTS. NO SOUND OR ISSUE NOTED WITH CAR. PROCEED TO COAST OVER TO SHOULDER JUST IN TIME TO WHEN CAR LOSES MOMENTUM. COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY REAR-ENDED AT 60 MPH SITTING STILL WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN BODILY INJURY OR DEATH. HAD CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND SERVICE AND HONDA DEALERSHIP 3 DAYS PRIOR AND NO ISSUES WERE NOTED. HAD TRANSMISSION REVIEW AND BASIC CHECKS FOR CAR DONE PRIOR TO OIL CHANGE SERVICE NO ISSUES FOUND. ORIGINAL OWNER. ONLY DEALERSHIP SERVICE MAINTAINED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FOR MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID IS FAILING. IT'S NOW AT ABOUT 170,000 BUT THE PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THE PROBLEMS HAVE TO DO WITH BUCKING ON ACCELERATION, JUDDERING ON ACCELERATION, AND THE CAR MOVING IN REVERSE WHEN THE GEAR IS IN DRIVE AND NOW A NOISE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. I PURCHASED THIS CARE NEW IN 2003 AND HAVE BEEN TAKING IT IN FOR SERVICE EVERY 10K MI. THIS IS MY FIRST CAR SO I THOUGHT THE "BUCKING", JUDDERING AND "REVERSING WHILE IN DRIVE" WAS BY DESIGN, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL YEARS LATER THAT I GOOGLED MY CAR AND NOTICED OTHER PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. JUST GOOGLE "CIVIC HYBRID TRANSMISSION". I'M NOW FACED WITH PAYING ALMOST 4000 TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. INTERESTINGLY, THERE HAVE BEEN TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FOR OTHER HONDA PRODUCTS OF THE SAME YEAR (ACURA TL, HONDA ACCORD). I REALLY THINK THERE'S A FLAW IN TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS OF AT LEAST SOME HONDA MODELS FROM THE 2002-2006 PRODUCTION YEAR. *TR

I OWN A 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX. WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN A BUSY CITY, STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO GO FORWARD. ALL THE CAR DID WAS REV AND NOT GO FORWARD. I WAS LEFT PUSHING THE CAR THROUGH BUSY TRAFFIC TO GET IT OFF THE STREET. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED BY HONDA AND HAS 110,000 MILES ON IT. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT SO IT IS SITTING IN MY SISTERS DRIVEWAY UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT. *TR

I HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR SEEMED LIKE IT WAS MISSING. I TOOK IT INTO HONDA 6 MONTHS BACK HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE NOTHING WRONG. I HAVE ALWAYS DONE THE PROPER CARE AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE CAR OWNED IT BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY YESTERDAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR REVVED UP AND STARTED SLOWING WAY DOWN. I PRESS THE GAS AND NOTHING. I HAD TO TRY AND GET OVER THREW TRAFFIC AND I ALMOST NEARLY DIED. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND 3600 TO FIX. NICE WITH ONLY 94,000 MILES. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR THE GOOD REP HONDA HAD FOR RUNNING ALONG TIME BUT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME AND POSSIBLE COULD KILL SOMEONE ELSE IF NOT RECALLED AND TAKEN CARE OF. *TR