2001 Honda Civic Power Train

MY DAUGHTER WAS MAKING A TURN AND HER HONDA CIVIC STARTING MOVING IN REVERSE. WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WENT! THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND HER OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,768.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,895.

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND COMING OUT OF GEAR. CAR REVVED BUT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED HOME, AND THEN TO MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER WORK WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR THIS LOUD CHOPPING NOISE COMING FROM MY TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND MAY BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF FIFTH GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE IN OPERATION AT A REDUCED SPEED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD WINNING NOISE. THE GEAR SHIFTED OUT OF PLACE THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AND THE VEHICLE BECAME HESITANT UPON ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC, WITH 163,000 MILES ON IT AND REGULARLY SERVICED, LAST TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 150,000. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE REV'S BUT NO MOTION, GET IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DISCOVER TRANSMISSION IS OUT OF IT. CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY QUOTE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION FOR $4,000.00. TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 160,000 MILES. THEN I SEE ON HERE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS ON THE HONDA CIVIC. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR HONDA TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROBLEM. *JB

COMPLAINT: SPENT $4000 TO COMPLETELY REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION AT 96,800 MILES LAST SPRING AND AM NOW EXPERIENCING THE SAME EARLY SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE A YEAR LATER. THERE WAS NO ENGINE/WARNING LIGHT TO WARN ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL MY CAR STARTED HAVING TROUBLE SWITCHING GEARS, STRUGGLING TO ACCELERATE AND WAS RUNNING ROUGHER THAN NORMAL. I?M LUCKIER THAN A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED SINCE I WAS ABLE TO CATCH THIS ISSUE BEFORE MY TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF MY CAR OR STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING. I THINK IF 600+ PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT A VERY OBVIOUS ENGINE FAILURE, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I AM CURRENTLY SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR IS GETTING STUCK WHILE SWITCHING GEARS AND HAVING ISSUES ACCELERATING IN BETWEEN THE GEARS. AND IS JUST GENERALLY RUNNING ROUGHER THAN IT SHOULD BE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION IN A HONDA AT 96,800 MILES LET ALONE AGAIN AT 124,000 AFTER JUST OVER A YEAR. MY CAR WAS NOT WORTH THAT MUCH LAST SPRING WHEN I FIXED IT BUT CHOOSE TO DO IT THINKING I?D BE SET FOR THE REST OF THE CAR?S LIFE. NOW I?M LOOKING AT HAVING TO SELL IT FOR SCRAPS AND GET A NEW CAR BECAUSE I CAN NOT SHELL OUT ANOTHER $4,000 TO FIX A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. *JB

VEHICLE IS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. REGULAR SERVICE, NO MAJOR REPAIRS PRIOR. ON DAY OF INCIDENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SUDDENLY AND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN RPM BUT GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE. BROUGHT TO HONDA DEALERSHIP BY TOW TRUCK AND CODES WERE RUN BY DEALER ON 4/15/2013. CODE FOR "INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE" WAS FOUND. ESTIMATED REPAIR COST IS $4500. CONTACTED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 4/15/2013 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REPAIR COST REDUCTION. CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORTED THAT DUE TO VEHICLE AGE AND MILEAGE A GOODWILL REPAIR COULD NOT BE PERFORMED, NO EXTENDED WARRANTY AVAILABLE AS VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL OR 2006 HONDA TRANSMISSION SETTLEMENT, NOR COST LOWERED BY DEALER VIA INTERVENTION FROM CORPORATE OFFICE. CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT SHE WAS AWARE OF MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM BUT SINCE NO OFFICIAL RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *I REQUEST THE NHTSA TO PERFORM AN INSPECTION OF THIS PROBLEM AS MANY NORMALLY DRIVEN 2001 HONDA CIVICS ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE, WHICH MAY BE DUE TO A TRANSMISSION DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE MANIFESTING AFTER 10-12 YEARS AND/OR >90,000 MILES. HONDA VEHICLES ARE KNOWN FOR RELIABILITY AND LONGEVITY, IN SOME CASES LASTING WELL BEYOND 200,000 MILES AND 12 YEARS OF TROUBLE-FREE DRIVING. MANY ARE NOW FACED WITH JUNK YARD OR SALVAGE DUE TO THE PROBLEM OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM PICKING MY DAUGHTER UP FROM SCHOOL WHEN AT 65 MPH THE CAR STARTED TO JERK. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING IN AN OUT OF GEAR. IF I PULLED OVER AN SAT FOR 15 MIN IT WOULD START TO PULL LIKE NORMAL AGAIN FOR A COUPLE MILES THEN DO IT AGAIN. I HAD TO DO THAT SEVERAL TIMES TURNING A 15 MIN TRIP INTO A 2 HOUR TRIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

CAME UP TO THE STREET LIGHT ONCE IT TURN GREEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND CAR WAS JUST MOVED THAN THE RPM WENT HIGH AND THAN DID NOT MOVE... *TR

TRASMISSION FAILED. LEFT STRANDED BESIDE THE ROAD AT NIGHT IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. *TR

AS I CROSSED INTO A BUSY INTERSECTION, MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AS CARS WERE COMING AT ME. I WAS TERRIFIED. MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I FOUND THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC HAD A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. OVER 600 COMPLAINTS. I CALLED HONDA AND WAS TOLD I HAD ALREADY EXCEEDED THE ALLOTED MILES ON THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY SO IT WAS NOT COVERED. I HAD TO BUY A USED TRANSMISSION FOR $1095.00 AND HIRE A MECHANIC TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. IT IS MY OPINION THAT HONDA WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS BAD TRANSMISSION AND THEY SHOULD HAVE OFFERED A REPLACEMENT, NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE ON THE OWNERS VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND DROVE TO SOME DISTANCE WHILE EXPERIENCING SOME GEAR ENGAGING PROBLEMS. THEN SUDDENLY THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: 1. CAR STUTTERS OR JERKS WHILE ACCELERATING. 2. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. 3. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR WON'T ENGAGE. 4. TRANSMISSION POPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR. 5. CAR WILL TURN ON AND STARTS TO MOVE A BIT, THEN CAN'T GET IT TO MOVE. I HAD TO CALL SERVICE TO TOW MY CAR BACK TO HOME BECAUSE CAR DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS. THIS HAPPENED ON 2012/12/23 AND THE MILEAGE ON MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC WAS 80404 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY DEBRIS FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER OVERHEATING THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AS NORMAL, CAME TO A RED LIGHT AND THE CAR WAS STALLING AS IF I HAD IT IN NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT MOVE IN DRIVE. IT JUST QUIT WITH NO WARNING AND I WAS LUCK ENOUGH TO BE PUSH OUT THE TURNING LANE AND THANK GOD , MY GRAND DAUGHTER & I WAS NOT ALREADY ON THE 5 LANE HIGHWAY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT QUIT LIKE IT DID. IT WAS CONFIRMED TODAY THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION & IT COST MORE THEN WHAT THE CAR IS WORTH. I HAD NO INDICATIONS OR LEAKS. I WAS READING ON LINE AND IT SEEMS LIKE LATELY THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH AND HONDA DON'T THINK IT'S A PROBLEM, I GUESS UNTIL SOMEONE HAS TO BE SERIOUSLY REAREND OR KILLED TO BE A CONCERN AND THAT'S A SHAME & IT'S PUTTING PEOPLE AND THEIR LOVED ONES IN DANGER & HARMS WAY. *TR

CAR STOPPED SUDDENLY, WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR. NO WARNING OF PROBLEMS, CAR IS REGULARLY SERVICED, ONE OWNER. TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC, LUCKILY HAD MOMENTUM TO MANEUVER VEHICLE INTO CENTER TURN LANE, OUT OF WAY OF TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE VEHICLE WAS ON HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE GEARS AND THEREFORE COULD NOT ACCELERATE. HAD TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY AND GET VEHICLE TOWED. AGAIN, THIS WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST ACCELERATION POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT AND WAS LATER TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 167,000.