Honda Civic transmission problems

I HAVE A 2003 HONDA HYBRID WITH 146K ON IT...THE CAR STARTED MAKING SLIPPING AND GRINDING NOISES WHEN COMING OUT OF A FULL STOP. I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AT VARIOUS INTERVALS AND ARE GETTING THE RUN AROUND FROM HONDA DEALERSHIPS-REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUIDS, BRANDISHING, ETC. ONLY FOR THE PROBLEM TO RETURN. AT THIS POINT I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT COSTS ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO FIX-$1300 CATALYTIC CONVERTER, $4000 IMA BATTERY PACK RESET/PURCHASE, $750 TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE. THIS IS REALLY A BIG PROBLEM. IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FOOLED INTO BUYING THE CAR WITH NO SUPPORT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND MANY HYBRID OWNERS HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE AN EXPENSIVE AND FRUSTRATING REPAIR-NOT TO MENTION THE OTHER COSTS. PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DRIVING LEMONS AROUND. MY REPAIRS THAT I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT PASS EMISSIONS WILL COST ME MORE THAN WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH. THE ISSUE OF THE SLIPPING AND GRINDING WHEN COMING FROM A FULL STOP NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND RECALLED TO BE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO THE OWNERS. THIS PARTICULAR SLIPPING STARTED APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO. I HAD A TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACEMENT AT THAT TIME AND IT SEEMED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM ONLY TO HAVE IT RETURN ABOUT 10K LATER. THIS IS AN ONGOING CYCLE. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING GAUGED BY THE DEALERSHIPS AND THE MANUFACTURER WHO IS REFUSING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE-AMONG MANY OTHER ONES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED, COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL *AFTER* THE CAR COMPLETELY FAILED TO CONTINUE ITS FORWARD MOTION. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN AN AREA WHERE I COULD JUST HOP OUT OF THE CAR AND PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I AM *EXTREMELY* LUCKY I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, SINCE I WAS LITERALLY *MINUTES* AWAY FROM IT. I HAD TO GET A TOW TRUCK TO TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY TELL ME I WILL HAVE TO FORK OVER $4000 DOLLARS B/C THEY DON'T USUALLY FIX BROKEN TRANSMISSIONS AND SAID IT SHOULD JUST BE REPLACED. I HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL IN SERVICING MY VEHICLE *PRECISELY* BECAUSE I DID *NOT* WANT MY CAR TO FAIL ON ME WITHOUT WARNING. I AM *EXTREMELY* UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS. IF HONDA ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT THIS MASSIVE PROBLEM, THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS FIXED. I THINK ONLY SHEER BLIND LUCK HAS KEPT SO MANY PEOPLE FROM GETTING KILLED WITH THIS DEFECT. HOW LONG WILL IT BE UNTIL SOMEONE'S TRANSMISSION FAILS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THEY CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH MORE THAN ONE LIFE LOST. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF *IF* IT WILL HAPPEN. IT'S A MATTER OF *WHEN* IT HAPPENS. AND HOW WILL IT LOOK WHEN THAT GOES ON THE NEWS AND EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THIS IS DESPICABLE, IRRESPONSIBLE, AND JUST PLAIN WRONG. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 HONDA CIVIC DX. MY TRANSMISSION GAVE ME NO WARNING IT WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT. I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 10 MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 116,000 MILES ON IT. I KEPT UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON TOP OF A BRIDGE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN IT TURNED GREEN MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. I COASTED TO THE ENTRANCE OF A GAS STATION. I WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I WAITED 2 MINUTES TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. IT WENT FOR ABOUT A MILE THEN IT STARTED SLIPPING AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED HOME. IT'S BEEN PARKED EVER SINCE. I BEEN HAVING TO FIND A RIDE TO WORK AND TO DO ERRANDS. I BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THAT THE COSTS WOULD BE OVER $2500. *TR

THE CAR IS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX WITH 48,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT RUSH HOUR WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, STOPPED SHIFTING, A YELLOW WARNING LIGHT WENT ON THE DASH AFTER THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE CAR LOST POWER. THE WARNING LIGHT WAS MISLEADING AND INACCURATE IN ITS ASSESSMENT. THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL CLUTCH FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BUT THEY THEN SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND THAT IT MUST BE ONLY MY CAR THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT IT IS VERY COMMON ON THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. *TR

I HAD JUST PURCHASED A USED 2001 AUTOMATIC HONDA CIVIC LX COUPE AND ITS AT ABOUT 116,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. I UNDERSTAND IT IS VERY HIGH IN MILES, BUT I ALSO BELIEVED THE FALSE ADVERTISEMENT OF "HONDAS ARE MADE TO LAST". A WEEK PRIOR TO WHEN THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND IT STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS IN NEUTRAL. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND TURNED OFF MY VEHICLE AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND IT FELT LIKE MY CAR WAS JERKING TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS. I FOUND IT VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE WHEN MY TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAD TURN INTO A SMALL RESIDENTIAL STREET FROM A BUSY STREET. HAD I NOT TURN AND STAYED ON THE BUSY, TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT ALONG WITH OTHER CARS BEHIND ME. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH I ALSO FOUND THAT THIS WAS VERY COMMON FOR EARLY 2000 HONDAS AND ESPECIALLY FOR 2001 HONDAS. IN RESEARCHING I ALSO FOUND THE NHSTA CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION AND CONCLUDED IT WAS NOT DANGEROUS ENOUGH TO RESORT TO A RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT INVESTIGATIONS ARE DONE VIGOROUSLY AND THOROUGHLY, HOWEVER I FEEL DIFFERENT BEING THAT I WAS IN THE SITUATION. IN MY OPINION, IF IT THIS COMMON AND MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY IT, SOMETHING SHOULD AT LEAST BE DONE. I AM A STUDENT AND JUST PAYING FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION IS SO COSTLY AND I FIND IT VERY HAZARDOUS AND PROBLEMATIC WHEN MY CAR STOPS ABRUPTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF THERE WAS A SECOND LOOK AT THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. *TR