2002 Honda Civic Power Train

DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, ENGINE STARTED TO REV UP BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. PARKED ON CURB, SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND SEEMED TO SHIFT PROPERLY, SO DROVE BACK HOME TO AVOID ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. NOTICED A BURNING SMELL FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *TR TORQUE CONVERTER SEEMS TO BE FAILING, NEED TO BRING IT IN TO GARAGE.

I HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL BEING USED. WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG. 1 WEEK LATER ON 12/16/2008 CAR'S TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING ON NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. IT FAILED AT 114000 MILES. I HAVE FOUND ONLINE THAT A LOT OF OTHER 2002 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE AROUND THE 100K MILE MARK. HONDAS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE WELL KNOWN AS DEPENDABLE CARS AND MARKET THEIR CARS THAT WAY. IT IS VERY DECEITFUL. I'VE HAD OLDER CIVIC'S THAT LASTED UP TO 200000 MILES AND I TRADED IT IN AND HAD NO ISSUES. *TR

JUST DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION SLIPPED A LITTLE THEN IT WAS OK, GOT DOWN THE HIGHWAY, EXIT THE HIGHWAY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TRANSMISSION FAILED. HAD TO COAST AROUND A CORNER. NOTHING BEFORE TO LET ME KNOW THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING UNTIL THEN. COULD HAVE FAILED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SOMEONE COULD HAVE REARED ENDED ME WHILE DOING 70 MPH. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE HONDA CIVIC 2002. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA CIVIC LX WITH 95,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON IT LAST FRIDAY. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND THIS, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MAKE AND YEAR OF CAR. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT'S GOING TO COST ME $3,300 + TAX FOR THE REPAIRS. I JUST WANT TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF BY A MANUFACTURER WITH A FAULTY PRODUCT. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA CIVIC. UPON DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I NOTICED THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, MY CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE ANYMORE. NOT A AWARE OF HOW SEVERE IT REALLY WAS, I KEPT GOING AS IT DID ACCELERATE A LITTLE AND THEN I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE ROAD AND THANKFULLY I DID, AS MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE AND I WAS STUCK WITH MY TWO YEAR SON FOR AN HOUR WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. I WENT TO COURTESY HONDA AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. TO MY SURPRISE WITH MY CAR HAVING ONLY 150,000 MILES ON DI I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. IF HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS, THEY SHOULD RECALL THE TRANSMISSION FROM 1999 TO 2004. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED! *TR

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING MY CAR. NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO FAILURE. WHEN EXITING FREEWAY THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. CONCERN IS THAT THIS UNEXPECTED FAILURE COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALL MAINTENANCE CURRENT ON THE CAR. 87,900. MILES MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE CARCOMPLAINTS.COM FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

2002 HONDA CIVIC COMPLETE AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MIDDLE OF FREEWAY DURING 5 O'CLOCK COMMUTER TRAFFIC. A YOUNG WOMAN WAS STRANDED AND AT MERCY OF AGGRAVATED FREEWAY TRAVELERS, COULD HAVE BEEN VICTIM OF RAGE DRIVER, OR COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MAJOR AUTOMOBILE CRASH. *TR

MY CAR'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BLEW MONDAY NIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAD BEEN REVVING UP ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ME ACCELERATING. IT IS ONLY A 2002 HONDA CIVIC LX WITH 87,000 MILES ON IT. I KEEP IT IN GOOD SHAPE. I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND ON MADISON AVE. JUST PASSING MANZINITA IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE MY CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MILES AN HOUR. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON OR ANYTHING. I HAD NO WARNING. I FINALLY GOT IT TO MY DAYCARE 20 MINUTES AFTER IT BLEW AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY MOM SEARCHED 2002 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ONLINE AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM. HONDA NOW WANTS ME TO PAY $3111.22 TO FIX IT AND DID NOT MENTION THAT THEY HAVE FIXED IT FOR FREE FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPEN. I FOUND ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2002 HONDA CIVIC AND THE TRANSMISSION BASICALLY QUIT WORKING TO WHERE THE VEHICLE COULD NOT GO FORWARD. THIS OCCURRED ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AND SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO CROSS LANES OF TRAFFIC AND COME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2001/2002 HONDA CIVICS WHERE THE TRANSMISSION QUITS WORKING WHEN IT IS WARMED UP. I AM JUST AMAZED THAT THIS HASN'T CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF ANYONE AS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE. IN MY DAUGHTER'S SITUATION, THERE WAS A VERY HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN ONE OF THE LANES OF THE HIGHWAY AND AN INATTENTIVE DRIVER COULD HAVE REAR-ENDED HER VEHICLE CAUSING LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. I REALIZE THAT HAVING AN ACCIDENT OCCUR DUE TO THIS WOULD GAIN MORE ATTENTION, BUT I AM THANKFUL THAT WAS NOT THE CASE IN MY DAUGHTER'S SITUATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT A TRANSMISSION IS A MECHANICAL PIECE OF HARDWARE AND OVER TIME IT WILL FAIL, BUT IN THIS SITUATION THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS. BASED UPON COMMENTS POSTED ON THE INTERNET IN REFERENCE TO THIS TOPIC, THIS IS A COMMON THING. THE ROOT CAUSE POINTS TO FAULTY DESIGN/WORKMANSHIP AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK INTO IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC'S TRANSMISSION WENT AT 95K MILES. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THESE CARS AND THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE. IT COST ME $2,100 TO GET THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND THE PART HAD TO BE DRIVEN FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO MAINE LEAVING ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR A WEEK. *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 TRANSMISSION BLEW ON MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC. IT ONLY HAS 80K MILES. I WENT TO STEP ON THE GAS WHEN IT STAYED AT 0 MPH, WHILE THE RPMS WENT UP. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I ALMOST GOT HIT BY 2 CARS. I READ ON A FORUM TO MAKE A COMPLAINT TO THIS WEBSITE. MY WARRANTY RAN OUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND I STILL HAVE A YEAR AND A HALF TO PAY ON THE CAR. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT SO I CONTACTED AMERICA HONDA FOR SOME GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP LIKE THEY REQUESTED, AND I AM AWAITING TO HEAR BACK. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA CIVIC EX WITH 085542 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING FINE ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN I HAD TO SLOW DUE TO TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC RESUMED NORMAL AS I DROVE THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS NOT WORKING ON THE VERY BUSY EXPRESSWAY. THE DRIVER BEHIND NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT GOING ANY FASTER AND ASSISTED BLOCKING CAR AS SHE PLACED HERSELF IN TWO LANES. I PULLED INTO A SMALL SPACE ON THE SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND FOUND OUT THAT MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE CODE WAS P0730 "INCORRECT GEAR RATIO" CALLED HONDA REPAIRS WILL COST 2,500.. I'M VERY UNHAPPY I TOOK GREAT CARE OF MY CAR. THE WORST PART IS IT STOPPED ALL OF SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL IT BROKE DOWN. I'M EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT AND HAD MY OTHER CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. THEN I CALLED A TOW TRUCK THAT COULD NOT TRANSPORT DUE TO THE CAR SEAT WOULD NOT FIT FOR MY CHILD. SO I HAD TO CALL FOR SOMEONE ELSE. I SPOKE TO HONDA ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION , I ADVISED OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND THEY ADVISED THAT WAS NOT ALOT I UNDERSTAND THEIR VIEW ON THE NUMBERS OF CAR THEY HAVE MADE BUT SOMEONE COULD DIE DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ADVISED TO SPEAK TO MY DEALERSHIP SO I WILL BUT THANK GOD NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT BUT DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE OR BE INJURED FOR HONDA TO SEND OUT LETTERS OR A RECALL. I JUST DON'T WANT SOME TO BE EXPOSED TO ALL THE DANGERS I WAS EXPOSED TO THAT DAY. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC WHILE DRIVING. LOST ALL GEARS AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 HONDA CIVIC EX AUTO TRANS. I NOTICE THE SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION AND WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS A RECALL...THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 130,000 ON IT, AND IT PROBABLY HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE ABOUT 60K MILES. THE CAR IS FLAWLESS BESIDES THAT, NEVER A LICK OF TROUBLE, JUST PUT TIRES AND BRAKES AND OIL INTO IT. BUT I'M STARTING TO WONDER ABOUT THIS "TORQUE CONVERTER" ISSUE, THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG TILL YOU NEED A 3,000$ TRANSMISSION. THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST CAR I HAVE OWNED EVER! ARE THESE TRANNY PROBLEMS IN THE LX? THE EX AND LX HAVE DIFFERENT ENGINES, AND TRANSMISSIONS AS WELL....MY SISTER DROVE A 02 EX AS WELL, AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT EITHER, BUT HERS TOO, HAS THIS SLIPPING WHEN GEARS SHIFT...SO ITS AN APPARENT PROBLEM, THAT HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. MAYBE THE PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WERE PEELING OUT, AND DRIVING IT TOO ROUGH...THIS ISN'T A TRUCK, ITS NOT A CAR MADE TO BEAT ON, SO IF YOU WANT TO BEAT A CAR, GO BUY A HUMMER! *TR

I KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING LISTED AS A "SAFETY" HAZARD, BUT JUST BECAUSE A CAR DOESN'T EXPLODE, IGNITE, OR SHATTER DOESN'T MEAN A DEFECT CANNOT LEAD TO SAFETY HAZARDS (I.E., BEING STRANDED ON HIGHWAYS, IN TRAFFIC, OR ON RURAL BACKROADS). I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2002 HONDA CIVIC WITH JUST OVER 43,000 MILES. I DID NOTICE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, THERE WAS A TINNY, BUZZING SOUND. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP (PURCHASED FROM A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP), AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THEM TO LOOK AT IT. DAYS BEFORE THAT APPOINTMENT, I WAS HEADING UP A STEEP AND NARROW GRAVEL ROAD TO WORK, AND THE GEARS STOPPED ENGAGING ALTOGETHER. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND BACK DOWN THE HILL, HOPEFUL THAT A CAR WOULD NOT COME AROUND THE BLIND CORNER I WAS BACKING TOWARD. I HAD TO CALL MY BOSS TO COME AND RESCUE ME, AND A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. IN THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE SINCE, IT APPEARS HONDA WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE IT'S NOT A "SAFETY" CONCERN. AND PERHAPS THE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME ISSUE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE, BUT I'D SAY IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, AND THEY'RE NOT SO FORTUNATE. ANY CONSIDERATION YOU COULD GIVE THIS CASE WOULD BE APPRECIATED, AS I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST HONDA FOR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS ON THE 02 CIVIC MODEL. I WOULD SUPPLY A VIN NUMBER BUT I AM AWAY FROM PAPERWORK, AND MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP (AND HAS BEEN FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS NOW!). *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC LX SEDAN WENT OUT AT 112,300 MILES ON FREEWAY WITH NO WARNING. *TR

2002 HONDA CIVIC IS THE CAR I OWN, AND FROM READING OTHER REPORTS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE LATELY TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHOWING ANY PROBLEMS NO PROBLEMS AT ALL UNTIL THIS MORNING, SUDDENLY STARTING TO SLIP ON THE WAY TO WORK. UPON LEAVING EARLIER TODAY MY CAR WASN'T GOING INTO GEAR AT ALL, TRANSMISSION IS SHOT! WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS A PRODUCT RECALL IN THE WORKS FOR THIS...THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE BECAUSE OF FAULTY DESIGN BY MANUFACTURER. HAPPEN CROSSING BUSY INTERSECTION. COULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED ERRATICALLY WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. THE FAILURES OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO A SPECIALIZED TRANSMISSION AUTO SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SPECIALIZED TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,622 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN DANGEROUS TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. THIS OCCURS WHEN CAR SHIFTS. HONDA WILL NOT RECALL THIS OBVIOUS MODEL DEFECT IN THOUSANDS OF THEIR 02 CIVIC. *TR

I OWN 20002 HONDA CIVIC AUTO TRANSMISSION. I STARTED DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN I NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS HAVING PROBLEMS SHIFTING. IT START REVVING HARDER AND HARDER. I'M LUCKY I MADE IT HOME. I CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND IT WAS FULL, CLEAN AND CORRECT COLOR. I DECEIVED TO TAKE IT TO A SHOP. I WAS HORRIFIED TO FOUND OUT IT HAD FAILED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. I HAVE TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION AFTER HAVING IT PAID OFF LESS THEN A YEAR. I WILL NEVER BUY HONDA AGAIN. *TR

STARTED OUT AS A WHINING COMING FROM TRANSMISSION THEN MONTH LATER TRANSMISSION WHEN OUT. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC IN 2004 FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND IT HAD ABOUT 55,000 MILES. IT NOW HAS 95,000 AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT. IT WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE STREET NEEDING A TOW TO GET HOME. THE FIRST ESTIMATE FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS $2700. I MAY END UP SELLING THE CAR AT A REDUCED PRICE JUST TO TRY AND GET RID OF IT. THE CAR WAS REGULARLY SERVICED AND DRIVEN RELATIVELY LOW MILES, AS I LIVE ONLY 5 MILES FROM MY PLACE OF WORK. UNTIL THIS PROBLEM, I HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE CAR. *TR

MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC HAS A TRANSMISSION SLIPPING PROBLEM, I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR