Honda Civic transmission problems

TRANSMISSION. IT MAKES NO SENSE HOW A TRANSMISSION ON A 2002 HONDA CIVIC GOES UP. I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE. I HAVE READ SO MUCH ON THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT THE HONDAS' HAVE AND YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE. IT'S AN EXPENSE AND THEY WON'T RECALL BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. WELL IT IS BECAUSE MY TRANSMISSION DIED. THE CAR LEFT ME STRANDED. I NEVER GOT A WARNING STATING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF MONEY TO BE REPLACING TRANSMISSIONS. NOW I AM WITHOUT A CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. IT USUALLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT 40 MPH AND ABOVE. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS (LIKE WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT OF THE TOLLS). I HAD THE BURNISH PROCEDURE DONE LAST IN THE FALL/WINTER OF LAST YEAR. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, THE TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED A BETTER PART OF 10 TIMES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH, IT SLIPPED 3 TIMES IN A ROW. THE NEXT DAY, AT ABOUT 68 MPH, THE RPMS STAYED AT 3000. IT'S NORMALLY AROUND 25-2600 RPM. AGAIN, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME IF I BRING THE CAR BACK AGAIN, I WILL BE CHARGED $87 PER HOUR, EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNDER WARRANTY. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE HAS BEEN OCCURRING ABOUT 3-5 TIMES A WEEK. NEVER WHEN I AM AT THE HONDA DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN ONLY DO SOMETHING IF THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT IS HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY. *TR

I WAS SHIFTING EASILY FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AT 15-18MPH AND APPROXIMATELY 3K RPM. MY MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED AT THAT TIME, AND I LOST POWER-- NEARLY CREATING AN ACCIDENT. THE FAILURE INVOLVED BROKEN TEETH OF THE COUNTERSHAFT AND FINAL (RING) GEAR. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED PREVIOUSLY IN MANY INTERNET FORUMS, BUT PERHAPS NOT FORMALLY. HONDA SHOULD HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT MODELS EXPERIENCING SUCH FAILURE, REPRESENTED BY THE NUMBER OF TRANSMISSIONS / COUNTERSHAFT / FINAL DRIVE GEARS SOLD BY THEIR PARTS DISTRIBUTOR. AS A PHYSICIAN, I FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY & ROAD HAZARDS FROM THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE-- RAYMOND BERNAL, M.D. *TR

WITH NO WARNING AT ALL AND LUCKILY AFTER EXITING INTERSTATE 10, MY HONDA CIVICS TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR, FEELING LIKE IT WAS GOING INTO NEUTRAL, UNTIL IT FINALLY COULD NOT MOVE. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE ME HOME. PRIOR TO WRITING THIS COMPLAINT I DID SOME RESEARCH AND CAME ACROSS MULTIPLE SITES (INCLUDING HONDA) THAT STATES THAT THESE HONDA CIVICS HAVE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND A RECALL SHOULD BE REQUESTED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES UNNECESSARILY. I AM APPALLED THAT HONDA (WHO IS FULLY AWARE OF THIS DEFECT) DOES NOT INITIATE A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THESE TRANSMISSIONS. IS THERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DIE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING? I THINK THE NHTSA HAS AN OBLIGATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE USA TO FORCE A RECALL SINCE IT'S OBVIOUS A PROBLEM EXISTS HERE! UNTIL NOW, I HAD A DIFFERENT IMPRESSION OF HONDA...BUILT TO LAST? EXCEPT FOR YOUR TRANSMISSION! *TR

FOR 2001 HONDA CIVIC AT 62,000 MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SUGGESTING A FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION (CODE P0740) ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. THE CAR DRIVES FINE. THIS WAS IN JANUARY OF 2008. THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN 8 MONTHS LATER AT 70,000 MILES. DEALER SAYS TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH IS FAILING. THERE IS NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEM WITH DRIVING OR AS THE CAR SHIFTS. THE DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THERE IS CONSTANT TRANSMISSION NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT WAS SIMILAR TO A LOUD SMACKING SOUND. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THEY WOULD NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 23,000.

YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN A VERY BUSY STRETCH OF I-680 IN THE WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA AREA. MY CAR WAS WORKING PERFECTLY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX AT (WITH ONLY 65,000 MILES) SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, ESSENTIALLY INTO NEUTRAL. I WAS UNABLE TO GET BACK INTO GEAR AND HAD TO NAVIGATE OVER 3 LANES OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT CAUSING ANY ACCIDENTS, ALTHOUGH IT DID BACK UP TRAFFIC. TO TOP THINGS OFF, I DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE AND WAS STRANDED. AS IT TURNS OUT MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. AFTER DOING A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH I LEARNED THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR/MODEL HONDA. ON HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/CIVIC/2001/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_FAILURE.SHTML THERE ARE 200 PEOPLE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE WEREN'T SO LUCKY AND THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND FEEL THIS SHOULD PROBLEM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED! *TR