Honda Civic transmission problems

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

I HAVE A 2007 HONDA CIVIC SI. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 36600 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE 3RD GEAR SYNCRO ISSUE SINCE SUMMER 2008 (I BOUGHT THE CAR 2/2/08. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN THE OTHER DAY TO HAVE THEM ADDRESS THE 3RD GEAR SYNCRO ISSUE AFTER THEY TOOK THE CAR APART THEY TOLD ME MY CLUTCH PLATE WAS SEVERELY WARN DOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. I ASKED THEM IF THIS WAS CAUSED FROM THE 3RD SYNCHRO AND I WAS TOLD "NO" BUT I HAVE BEEN READING THAT IT IS A DIRECT RESULT. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH HONDA AND THEY NEED TO INCLUDE ALL THE GEARS SYNCHROS AND THE CLUTCH IN THE TSB. ALSO THE TIRES WEAR ON INSIDE AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE SI WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TSB BECAUSE IT HAS A DIFFERENT SUSPENSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON 01 HONDA CIVIC FAILED AT 120000 MI. BECAUSE THE DIPSTICK ON TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION BECAME LOOSE AND LET WATER AND DIRT ENTER THE TRANS. AND CONTAMINATE THE OIL, CAUSING FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HONDA SERVICE REP. SAID THE OIL SHOULD BE REPLACED AT 120000 MI. THE OIL IN THIS TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 115000 MI. ( WE DO HAVE TICKETS TO THAT FACT) HONDA SAYS BECAUSE I SOLD THIS CAR TO MY 17 YEAR OLD GRANDSON, THEY WILL NOT HELP AT ALL WITH THE REPAIR . THIS IS NOT RIGHT BECAUSE THE DIPSTICK IS A BAD DESIGN. *TR

I OWN A 2002 HONDA CIVIC EX. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING A LITTLE SO I TOOK IT TO MY HONDA DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY CALLED AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLACK AND SMELLED BURNT. THEY CHANGED IT AS WELL AS GIVING ME A TIMING BELT SERVICE PACKAGE ($635) AND SPARKPLUG CHANGE ($200). UPON TAKING IT FOR A TEST DRIVE, IT STOPPED WORKING. AFTER A RESTART THEY MANAGED TO GET IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT GAVE THE ERROR CODE CORRESPONDING TO "IMPROPER GEAR RATIO" WHICH IN TURN TRANSLATED TO COMPLETE AND TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I DID SOME DIGGING AND FOUND VERY SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH OTHER CIVICS AND ACCORDS WITH MODELS IN THE EARLY 2000S. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA OF AMERICA AND AFTER A WEEK OF REVIEW THEY CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THEY WOULD DISCOUNT $700 OFF OF A NEW TRANSMISSION...SO I'M STILL OUT $2,500. *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 2008 CIVIC HYBRID HAS A POWER TRAIN ISSUE. OFTEN, WHEN ACCELERATING, THE CAR JUMPS OR JERKS. IT IS ALMOST LIKE YOU ACCELERATE THEN BRAKE THEN ACCELERATE AND BRAKE OVER AND OVER WHILE YOUR FOOT IS ONLY ON THE GAS. THIS HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF THE VEHICLE'S TEMPERATURE OR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HAPPENS PERIODICALLY. IT MAY HAPPEN ONCE A WEEK, ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS OR THREE TIMES A DAY. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT FIXED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEEMED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND SAID THE PROBLEM IS UNDER WARRANTY. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO MUMBLED SOMETHING ABOUT A RECALL. I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF A RECALL AND THIS WEBSITE IS NOT SHOWING ONE EITHER. JUST A HEADS UP FOR OTHER HYBRID OWNERS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER 2007. A FEW MONTHS LATER, HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR WITHOUT IT MAKING A LOUD NOISE. THE FAILURE WAS PROGRESSIVE AT TIMES AND INTERMITTENTLY HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE ROTOR FAILED IT COULD CAUSE A CRASH. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE FAILURE AND IT IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 14,800.

ONE DAY MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD SOME ISSUES SHIFTING GEARS AND THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN STARTING THE CAR. AFTER THE CAR WAS WARM, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE AS BIG OF AN ISSUE. THIS HAPPENED FOR A FEW DAYS AND ONE DAY DRIVING HOME, IT JUST DIED. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AND BEFORE THE MECHANIC TOOK A LOOK AT IT HE MENTIONED THE TORQUE CONVERTERS GOING BAD IN THE 2001 CIVICS. SAME IN MY CASE AND OIL LEAKED INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ONLY A FEW PARTS WERE ABLE TO BE SAVED SO HE IS REBUILDING THE REST FOR $2300. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA BUT FROM WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID IT DOES NO GOOD. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THERE ARE SO MANY SIMILAR STORIES OUT THERE. CARCOMPLAINTS.COM IS LOADED WITH THEM. *TR