Honda Civic transmission problems

DIFFICULTY SHIFTING TO 3RD GEAR ON MY 07 CIVIC SI. SOME GRINDING OCCURS WHEN SHIFTING AT TIMES, OTHER TIMES IT POPS OUT OF GEAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HONDA DEALERSHIP BUT NOTHING WAS DONE SINCE THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE WHAT I DESCRIBED THE CAR WAS DOING. WHETHER HONDA DEALERSHIP CAN REPLICATE IT OR NOT, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE PARTICULARLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY WERE THE TRAFFIC IS HEAVY MOST OF THE TIME. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN WITH 130K MILES ON IT STARTED TO EXHIBIT A SLIGHT BUZZING NOISE AS WELL AS A TENDENCY TO SLIP GEARS. THEN ONE NIGHT THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. NORMALLY I WOULD NOT THINK THIS TO BE AN ISSUE BUT AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND THAT THERE IS AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN 2001 AND 2002 HONDA CIVICS. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE AND IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY PROBLEM AS IT LEADS TO COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS. *TR

MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC (88,400) BEGAN TO MAKE A WHINING NOISE IN JANUARY 2009. I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE (INCLUDING A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP) LOOK AT THE CAR TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE, AND I ASKED EACH TECHNICIAN TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE TRANSMISSION, BUT EVERY REPORT TOLD ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. THE MOST RECENT CHECK ON MY CAR WAS PERFORMED A WEEK AGO (4/28/09). THEN, A WEEK LATER, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. WHILE THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS, THERE EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN, AS I HAD JUST BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, AND SUDDENLY MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT A HIGHER SPEED OR IN A HIGHER GEAR, AND I DON'T WANT TO. I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO A DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE ENTIRELY REPLACED. I KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN HAVING A HONDA CIVIC WITH A TRANSMISSION THAT FAILED MUCH TOO EARLY (AND AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF CONSCIENTIOUS UPKEEP) BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS TO BE FOUND ON VARIOUS WEBSITES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM -- I COULD EASILY HAVE CRASHED OR BEEN REAR-ENDED BECAUSE MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. *TR

THE CLUTCH PEDAL PLATE ASSEMBLY HAS CRACKED ON MY CAR, RENDERING THE CAR IMMOBILE BECAUSE THE CLUTCH PEDAL CAN NO LONGER ACTIVATE A SWITCH TO DETERMINE THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. BECAUSE THE SWITCH CAN NOT BE PRESSED BY THE DEPRESSED CLUTCH PEDAL ANY LONGER, THE CAR CAN NOT BE TURNED ON. I HAVE NOT YET FIXED THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WILL COST $400 TO DO SO. *TR

LAST YEAR I HAD TO HAVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE AND AT THAT TIME I INFORMED THE HONDA DEALER SERVICE TECHNICIAN HAT THE RPM'S ON THE CAR WERE STAYING HIGH EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLE. THE SERVICE TECH SAID THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. NOW HERE WE ARE 16000 MILES LATER AND I HAVE A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CAR MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHILE IN GEAR NO OTHER SYMPTOMS AT THIS POINT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT ARE ONLY WILLING TO HELP ME WITH 25% OF THE BILL BECAUSE I PERFORMED MY OWN TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE AND THE WARRANTY IS UP. THIS IS THE THIRD PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THE CAR IN THE THREE YEARS I HAVE HAD IT. *TR

I OWN A 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX, THE CARS FROM THAT PERIOD HAVE DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTERS THAT CAN 'SHATTER' CAUSING INSTANT LOSS OF POWER.. CAR DUMPED MY DAUGHTER 400 MILES FROM HOME IN L.A. YESTERDAY, DEAD TRANSMISSION HAD NO CLUE THAT THERE WAS SUCH A MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS POSTED TO THE ONE WEB SITE I VISITED! WHAT?S REALLY SICK IS THAT IF IT IS MOSTLY A TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE, THERE IS REALLY NOTHING TOO MECHANICAL ABOUT THEM. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN GO WRONG WITH THEM IS IF THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE THE PROPELLERS AND TRANSFER SPLINE ARE SUBSTANDARD. I REALIZE THAT NOW THAT YOU MAY BE LOOKING FOR MORE DIRECT CAUSAL OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS, HOWEVER A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF FORWARD MOTION CAN BE AS DANGEROUS AS TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, AND IS A VERY REAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

ALL 2006-2008 HONDA CIVIC SI (COUPE & SEDAN) MODELS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY ISSUES RELATED TO THE 6MT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, (A) NOTCHY SHIFTING (B) RESISTANCE GOING INTO ANY GEAR (PARTICULARLY 2ND & 3RD) (C) GRINDING OF ANY TYPE, IN ANY GEAR NOT CAUSED BY OPERATOR ERROR (D) TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING INTO ANY GEAR (PARTICULARLY 2ND & 3RD) (E) TRANSMISSION KICKING OUT/POPPING OUT INTO NEUTRAL FROM 3RD GEAR (F) A THIRD GEAR WITH AN IMPRECISE GATE THAT SOMETIMES ALLOWS FOR THE SHIFTER TO BE UNSURE WHETHER TO ENGAGE IN 3RD OR RETURN TO NEUTRAL. (G) HAD YOUR TRANSMISSION/SYNCROS REPLACED AND ARE EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION WOES AGAIN WITH THE SAME (OR OTHER) GEARS. *TR