Honda Civic transmission problems

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME AND HER CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND THE RPMS STARTED GOING UP. SHE CALLED AND I TOLD HER STOP AT THE AUTOPARTS STORE AND SEE THERE WAS A CODE BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MAKE IT OVER A SMALL INCLINE AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OVER SO SHE HAD TO ROLL BACKWARDS TO THE FLAT GROUND AND TURN THE CAR AROUND. SHE MADE IT HOME BUT SHE SAID THE CAR WOULD BARELY GO. AFTER RESEARCHING IT APPEARS THAT HONDA HAS HAD THIS REPORTED MANY TIMES AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD A RECALL TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. IF SHE HAD BEEN IN RUSH HOUR THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY BAD PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

PARKED THE VEHICLE DRIVEWAY, EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH KEYS IN HAND. WALKED BEHIND THE VEHICLE TO SPEAK TO NEIGHBOR, THE NEIGHBOR NOTICED CAR ROLLING, WE BOTH JUMP OUT OF WAY. VEHICLE ROLLS DOWN HILL ACROSS STREET ONTO NEIGHBOR PROPERTY AND FLIPS ON THE NEIGHBOR'S RETAINING WALL. IGNITION KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH WITH THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVE POSITION. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC JUMPED GEARS AND SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED MY SPEED HAD TO MANEUVER OFF THE FREEWAY EXIT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND MANAGED TO DRIVE IT TO A MECHANIC NEARBY WHICH SAID I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO FIX IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON SO DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN THIS TIME TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND RECEIVED THE CODE PO740. DOING RESEARCH ONLINE I FOUND OUT THIS WAS COMMON IN CIVICS AND SOME ACCORDS AND THAT 2001 WAS THE WORST. HONDA HAS BEEN USING FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND SOLENOID PARTS AND HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR MANY OWNER THAT SEEMS TO CAUSE PROBLEMS AND NOT ALLOWING TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AND ALLOWS IT TO REDLINE. INDEED NO PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN NOT DRIVING TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AT ABOUT 3500 RPM BUT THIS CAUSES A PROBLEM WHEN THE NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY OR DRIVING UPHILL IS REQUIRED, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE AND TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY WASN'T HEAVY WHEN THIS OCCURRED THAT ALLOWED ME TO EXIT QUICKLY BUT IF THIS HAD CAUSED ME TO SHIFT DOWN IT WOULD'VE BEEN DANGEROUS AND CAUSED A HAZARD TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS NO RECALL HAS YET TO BE MADE EVEN THOUGH THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH APPROXIMATELY 61,000 MILES ON IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF IN MY CAR FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING, MY ENGINE STARTED REVVING BUT MY CAR WOULD NOT REACH MORE THAN 20 MPH. FINALLY, MY CAR STOPPED MOVING ALL TOGETHER EVEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO SAFELY TRY AND MANEUVER MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SO I WOULD NOT BE HIT AND I COULD GET OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE WAY OF TRAFFIC. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. HE SAID THAT I AM IN NEED OF A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER READING SOME INFORMATION ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A RATHER COMMON ISSUE FOR 2001 HONDA CIVICS. I CONTACTED HONDA OF AMERICA IN CA THIS MORNING TO SEE IF THERE HAVE EVER BEEN ANY SAFETY RECALLS FOR MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY RECALLS AND THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR SINCE MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I NOW HAVE TO PAY $3,000 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION ON MY VEHICLE. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT HURT. HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE MY CAR RANDOMLY STOPPED WORKING BY NO FAULT OF MY OWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR 2001 HONDA CIVICS, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 10 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED AND BEGAN JERKING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 148,000.

HI, I OWN A 01 HONDA CIVIC EX AND MY TRANSMISSION JUST DIED TODAY JUST LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER HONDA CIVIC OWNERS OF THIS YEAR. MY PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO WHEN I STARTED NOTICING A STRANGE SOUND WHILE STARTING MY CAR, THEN THERE WOULD BE ACCELERATION SLIPS THAT HAPPENED MORE AND MORE OFTEN, THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THERE WOULD BE NO ACCELERATION. IT WAS VERY BAD BECAUSE THE SLIPS HAPPENED A LOT WHILE I WAS TURNING OUT OF A DRIVE WAY AND IT WOULD STOP ME IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE! DURING THAT TIME, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 400 OTHER 01 HONDA OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THAT THE TYPICAL COST FOR REPAIR WOULD BE A COUPLE OF THOUSANDS. I WAS HOPING THAT MY PROBLEM IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE I TOOK GOOD CARE OF MY CAR, WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGE EVERY 3000 MILES, CHANGED WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELT NOT TOO LONG AGO TOO. I WANTED TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS SO I WENT AND GOT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID, SPARK PLUGS AND EVEN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CHANGED BUT NOW I KNOW ITS PROBABLY THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ALL ALONG. I REALLY THINK HONDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBLY FOR THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I 'M NOT SURE IF THIS COMPLAINT WILL HELP BUT I JUST REALLY HOPE HONDA WILL RELEASE A RECALL OR SOMETHING TO HELP ALL THE CUSTOMERS OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

CURRENTLY I HAVE 32,277 MILES AND DON'T DRIVE IT, IT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I TAKE A BUS :) 1# TRANS LOCKED AT 60MPH ON HWY AND CAUSED ALMOST A FATAL CRASH! AT 23,000 MILES. CAR WAS ABLE TO DRIVE UP TO 15MPG HAVING APPX. 6000RPMS. CAR LEFT AT DEALERSHIP AND ONLY PCM SOFTWARE WAS UPD. NO LOCKUPS ARE OCCURRING, BUT TRANS IS WEAVING, HARSH START/STOP OFTEN!/UNEXPECTED SHUTDOWN. DEALERSHIP FOUND SERVICE BULLETIN #08-014 (HARSH ENGAGEMENT), UPD. THE ON BOARD COMPUTER AND SYMPTOMS ARE MUCH WORSE THAN PREVIOUSLY. LOWER MPG ( 25-28 ), MUCH WORSE PERFORMANCE, UNEXPECTED BATTERY DISCHARGE, WEAVING, LOW ACCEL. DEALER DUPLICATED PROBLEMS, BUT SAID "IT'S OK" AND PROBLEMS IS UNTOUCHED. SINCE THEY UPDATED THE SYSTEM, THE HYBRID OPTION IS NOT KICKING IN AS BEFORE. PREV. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY ONLY ON HYBRID, NOW I CAN'T. NO ACTIONS ARE TAKEN TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ONCE THEY CHANGED THE IMA BATT PACK, BUT THIS DID NOT HELP AND I SEE NOT A DIFFERENCE. COMPLAINED AGAIN, AND ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE. BRAKES ARE MALFUNCTIONING. BRAKE FLUID IS MISSING, DEALER SAID "[XXX], IT'S A MYSTERY". DEPENDING ON OUTSIDE TEMP, BATTERY CHARGE LEVEL AND CAR TEMP BREAKS WORK DIFF! OCCASIONALLY WHILE SLOWING DOWN, THE BATTERY LEVEL REACHES FULL AND YOU MUST PRESS THE PEDAL AS HARD AS YOU CAN TO STOP. THIS HAS CAUSED SMALL CRASHES AND ONCE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, OR I PRESSED TOO LIGHTLY ( COLD OUTSIDE WITH FULL BATTERY ) AND UNFORTUNATELY I COULDN'T STOP ON TIME AND RAN OVER A PEDESTRIAN. SHE IS BADLY INJURED AND SUING MY INSURANCE COMPANY! DEALER REC. TO "CHANGE CAR, BETTER TO BUY NOT A HONDA AND DON'T BOTHER THEM IF NOTHING IS BROKEN." POLICE REPORT READY TO PRESENT. THESE ARE ONLY THE MAJOR ISSUES I'M HAVING. I WOULD NEED MUCH MORE SPACE TO WRITE 20 PGS ESSAY. MINOR ISSUES: - SUPER FAST TIRE WEAR ( AFTER 20,000 ) AND NOW AGAIN AT 32,000 - NOT WORKING CLIMATE CTRL SYSTEM - CHECK ENGINE, IMA LIGHT, BRAKE SYSTEM AND AIRBAG LIGHTS ON. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE SPEED ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO REACH A PARKING LOT FROM WHICH I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BACK HOME. THIS RESULTED IN A $335 TOWING BILL BECAUSE I WAS NEARLY 70 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY FORWARD GEAR AND GRINDS WHEN IN REVERSE. THE CAR HAS 114,000 MILES AND WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2001. *TR

I HAVE A HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2003. I BOUGHT IT USED AT 63,000 MILES. FOR THE FIRST 10,000 MILES, I HAD NO PROBLEMS. THEN A SLIGHT SHUDDER STARTED TO HAPPEN EACH TIME I MOVED THE CAR FROM A STOP, ESPECIALLY WHEN ON AN INCLINED HILL. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH THEY SAID WAS COMPLETELY BLACK. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THIS TIME THEY DID A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND A "BURNISHING' PROCESS. THE PROBLEM RETURNED AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS, AND I HAD THE PROCESS REPEATED. FINALLY I READ ONLINE THAT MANY OTHERS WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I GOT HONDA TO PARTIALLY PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT STARTER CLUTCH. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR A FEW MONTHS, THEN RETURNED. NOW I AM PAYING FOR A SECOND STARTER CLUTCH BECAUSE THE SHUDDER IS WORSE THAN EVER. *TR