Honda Civic transmission problems

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY THEN WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. WELL THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT WHILE CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I WAS LUCKY THE CAR MADE IT ACROSS. NEEDLESS TO SAY $2600 AND A NEW TRANSMISSION LATER, IT NOW WORKS FINE (OF COURSE). THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING THE FRONT PUMP TO FAIL. PERSONALLY I KNOW 3 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, GEE YOU WOULD THINK THAT HONDA WOULD REALIZE THE PARTS THEY USED WERE CRAP AND RECALL THE CARS TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTERS. NEVER AGAIN!!! *TR

AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT, I DISCOVERED MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC WOULD ONLY RUN 5-10 MPH. I HAD NO WARNING; MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ONLY CAME ON THEN. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND I WAS ONLY RELIEVED THAT I HAD ALREADY DROPPED OFF MY 2-YR. OLD SON. I PANICKED SINCE I THOUGHT I WAS DOING MORE DAMAGE BY DRIVING THE CAR. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION 2 BLOCKS AWAY AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION FOR $2600 OR I COULD GET A USED ONE FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED LESS. I WAS TOLD THE OLD ONE WAS FROM A CAR WITH OVER 60,000 MILES. (MY CAR HAS 93,500+). I CHOSE TO REBUILD IT, NOT WANTING A FAIRLY OLD TRANSMISSION. I THINK I WAS OVERCHARGED FOR THIS SERVICE, BUT I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY AT THE TIME, SINCE I WORRIED ABOUT NOT HAVING A RUNNING CAR AND I NEEDED IT REPAIRED. I AM EXTREMELY SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS COMMON FOR 2001 HONDA CIVICS, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT. I READ THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS ON THE ROAD, BUT I WONDER BY WHOSE STANDARDS. I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN MY TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT AND COST INJURY TO THOSE IN MY CAR AND AROUND ME. I HAD NO ADVANCE WARNING THAT IT WOULD OCCUR, SO I WAS ONLY LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED AT A RED LIGHT. SO, IT MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATE DANGER TO DRIVE A CAR THAT HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE IT WILL NOT EXPLODE OR CAUSE A FIRE, BUT THERE ARE STILL THOSE RISKS INVOLVED SUCH AS IN MY SITUATION OF HAVING NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE. I STILL FEEL STRONGLY THAT A RECALL BE MADE SO THAT DRIVERS OF 2001 & 2003 HONDA CIVICS & ACCORDS,ETC. WILL HAVE AWARENESS THAT SUCH A CONDITION DOES EXIST & WHAT THEY DO WITH THE INFORMATION FALLS ON THEM. I THINK IT IS BY LUCK THAT NOTHING SERIOUS HAS OCCURRED WITH THE DEFECT ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS. IT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY FOR JUST ONE PERSON TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED TO SEND OUT THAT INFORMATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS! *TR

MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION FAILED IN TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING SEVERAL REAR END CRASHES. I TOOK MY LIFE IN MY HANDS PUSHING THE CAR OUT OF THE LANES OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT HOW COMMON THIS TRANNY PROBLEM IS FOR THE 2001 HONDAS. TOOK THE CAR TO A HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED A 3000 DOLLAR REBUILT TRANNY. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC LEMON TRANSMISSIONS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME UP AT 35000 MILES. IT SHOWED UP 2 CODES RELATED TO TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED WIDELY BY CUSTOMERS OF 2001 HONDA CIVIC BUT HONDA IS REFUSING A RECALL. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/CIVIC/2001/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_FAILURE.SHTML THE COST TO OWNERS ARE FROM $2400-$3500 WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHOULDN'T BE FAILING IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

MY 2004 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID HAS 65K PLUS MILES. THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITH A SLIGHT HESITATION UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I CHALKED IT UP TO MINOR WEAR. THE HESITATION HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. NOW IT SHUDDERS (OR 'JUDDERS' AS I'VE HEARD IT CALLED) ON A REGULAR BASIS;THE SEVERITY AND DURATION HAVE INCREASED. IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I DON'T FEEL SAFE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC WITHOUT MORE ROOM BETWEEN CARS THAN I'VE TYPICALLY NEEDED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY DAUGHTER FROM HER SCHOOL SOCCER PRACTICE IN RUSH HOUR WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE. I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND DRIVING IN THE LANE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND WORK MY WAY OVER TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE MY TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED. I TRIED PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND. THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD WAD 50MPH AND I WAS LUCKY THAT THE CAR TO MY RIGHT ALLOWED ME TO MERGE TO THE RIGHT. IT WAS A VERY BAD TIME FOR MY TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I HAD NO WARNING SIGNS AND COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE TRAFFIC I WAS IN. READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON-LINE MAKE ME REALIZE THAT THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC WAS THE WORST YEAR FOR HONDA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS AND I AM SHOCKED THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. HONDA HAS ALWAYS HAD A VERY STELLAR REPUTATION AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING IN TAKING CARE OF IT'S CUSTOMERS. MY VEHICLE HAS 121,000 MILES AND HAS ALSO HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH IT'S A/C WHICH IS ALSO A MAJOR PROBLEM. MANY CONSUMERS HAVE REPORTED THE A/C PROBLEM ALSO. *TR

ON FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010, I WAS DRIVING FROM OAKLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO ON THE BAY BRIDGE WHEN I STARTED HAVING CAR PROBLEMS. I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE WAS REVVING UP, BUT THE CAR'S SPEED WAS SLOWLY DECREASING (AVERAGE SPEED FOR TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE WAS 50-60 MPH). CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY, I PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND LANE. I IMMEDIATELY CHANGED MY ROUTE AND DECIDED TO TAKE MY CAR DIRECTLY TO A HONDA SERVICE CENTER. ALONG THE WAY, THE CAR'S ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV, AND IT HAD A HARD TIME MAINTAINING ITS SPEED. I WAS GOING 20 MPH. BY THE TIME I ARRIVED AT THE SERVICE CENTER MY HAZARD LIGHTS WERE LIGHTS WERE ON AND I WAS BARELY GOING 10 MPH. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON 8 BLOCKS BEFORE REACHING MY DESTINATION. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, MY CAR RAN SMOOTHLY. TECHNICIANS HOOK THE CAR UP TO A MACHINE FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH PRODUCED A DTC CODE P0730. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PER HONDA BASED ON THIS CODE WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA REQUESTING A 'GOOD WILL REPAIR' SINCE MY VEHICLE HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND ONLY HAD 78,851 MILES ON IT. HONDA STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OLD, AND SINCE I COULDN'T PRODUCE PAPERWORK CONFIRMING THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD BEEN DRAINED AND REPLACED, THEY COULDN'T HELP ME. THE FINAL COST WAS $3,412.30. *TR