Honda Civic transmission problems

I HAVE A 2000 CIVIC VALUE PACKAGE WITH AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. RECENTLY THE GEAR SHIFTER BECAME VERY HARD TO USE. IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO AND OUT OF PARK. THE REST OF GEAR RANGES WORKED NORMALLY. ONE TIME I HAD TO USE TWO HANDS TO GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE SHIFT CABLE WAS WORN OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AND IT NOW WORKS NORMALLY. TOTAL COST ABOUT $250 LABOR AND $50 FOR PARTS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE BUCKED SLIGHTLY. THERE WAS ALSO A HESITATION IN THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SOUND LIKE IT WAS REVVING TOO HIGH, HOWEVER THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE DID NOT MOVE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM, BUT STATED THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION ISSUE.

SINCE BUYING MY VEHICLE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL THE CAR WILL STALL. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR BACK INTO GEAR IT WON'T START UP AGAIN UNTIL I PUT THE CAR BACK INTO NEUTRAL TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE CLUTCH AND THEN PUT IT BACK INTO GEAR AGAIN. SINCE THE 3RD DAY OF OWNING THE CAR THIS HAS HAPPENED . THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE BATTERY TERMINALS BUT IT CONTINUED. DOES THIS WHETHER IT'S RAINING OR NOT. AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE DEALER THE MECHANIC PUT MY CAR ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE AND CALLED THE CODE NUMBERS IN TO THE COMPANY WHO TOLD THEM WHAT ELSE TO DO BUT IT STARTED DOING THIS AGAIN NOT TOO LONG AFTER. USUALLY, THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO DO IT FOR THEM SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. *JB

AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES AND PARKING, THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO REVERSE. UPON BACKING OUT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. AFTER THIS, THE CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE TO GO BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE. WITH THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE THE CAR CONTINUED IN REVERSE. THE ENGINE WAS THEN TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED 1 MINUTE LATER. EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THIS OCCURRED 11-OCT-2006 AND 1 PREVIOUS TIME LAST MONTH. HONDA HAS NO RECORD OF THIS ON 2006 CIVIC. *NM

TRANSMISSION FIRST STARTED TO SHIFT HARD, THAN CAR WOULD REMAIN AT SAME SPEED WITHOUT GIVING ANY GAS AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WITHIN THE SAME WEEK THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND ON THE WAY HOME FROM HAVING THE REPAIR ESTIMATED THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT, ALMOST CAUSING A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS MY CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE INTO GEAR LEAVING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. REPAIRS WERE ESTIMATED AT OVER $2,000 PLUS LABOR AND NO GUARANTEES THAT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FOR MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. *JB

2002 HONDA CIVIC THE TRANSMISSION COMES OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING, THE INDICATOR ON THE DASH GOES OFF, AND THE MOTOR REVS UP OR DOWN DEPENDING IFI WAS ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING. HONDA HAS REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION 3 TIMES ALREADY AND IM HAVING THE PROBLEM AGAIN. IT BECOMES DANGEROUS TO ME WHEN IT COMES OUT OF GEAR AND I CANT GET OUT OF HARMS WAY OF OTHER CARS. *NM

THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, ONGOING FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. THE FAILURE IS THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK, THERE ARE NO BRAKE LIGHTS, THERE IS NO BRAKE REGENERATION IN THE HYBRID SYSTEM, AND THE AUTO STOP FUNCTION DOES NOT WORK. OVER THE LAST 24 DAYS THERE THE CAR HAS BEEN STARTED 75 TIMES WITH 24 TIMES FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM TO WORK. I'VE KEPT A LOG SINCE THE LAST DEALER VISIT. THE LAST TIME IN SHOP THEY TESTED/REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH AND BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH (SECOND BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IN 2 YEARS). THE DEALER " CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, EVEN WHEN IT IS ACTING UP WHEN I TAKE IT IN. THERE SEEMS TO BE A CORRELATION BETWEEN FAILURE AND LOWER TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY/RAIN. THE PROBLEM IS DRIVING WITHOUT STOP LIGHTS AND NEVER KNOWING WHILE DRIVING IF EVERYTHING IS WORKING. AT SOME POINT I'M GOING TO BE REAR END, HOPEFULLY THE KIDS WILL NOT BE IN THE CAR. *NM

REVERSE IN A HONDA CIVIC MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM IS ENGAGING REVERSE IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHEN I NEED TO REVERSE I MOVE THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE AND RELEASE THE CLUTCH. A GRINDING NOISE OCCURS AND THE GRINDING NOISE GETS LOUDER IF I GIVE IT MORE GAS WHILE THE CLUTCH IS NOT ENGAGED. IT TAKES ME A WHILE TO TRY AND GET REVERSE ENGAGED AND IT IS VERY ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS. I AM HAVING PROBLEMS EVERYDAY WITH THIS AND I JUST HAD IT IN FOR A SERVICE AND ASKED THE DEALER TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THE DEALER LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEM AND SAID THAT THIS IS COMMON IN EVERY HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION. REVERSE DOES NOT HAVE A SYNCHRONIZED GEAR AND I WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. EVEN IF THEY REPLACED MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, THE PROBLEM WILL STILL EXIST. I EVEN GOT A SERVICE TECH TO DRIVE MY CAR AND HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. HE SAID HE HAD A CIVIC AND IT DOES THE SAME THING. THE DEALER SAID WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS (FOR ME JUST ABOUT EVERYTIME I NEED REVERSE) I NEED TO PUT THE SHIFTER INTO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR AND THEN TRY REVERSE. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN I HAVE TO TRY IT AGAIN. SOMETIMES I FIND MYSELF IN TIGHT SITUATIONS AND AM NOT ABLE TO GET THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE FOR 30 SECONDS OR MORE. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS AND ANNOYING. HONDA NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IF EVERY HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION IS LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. IF I KNEW HONDA CIVICS WERE LIKE THIS, I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT ONE. *JB