Honda Civic transmission problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 140,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY HONDA 2001 CIVIC EX HAS HAD 2 TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND BOTH WERE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED AND 1ST FAILURE WITH 70,000 MILES ON VEHICLE LEFT CAR IMMOBILE AT THE END OF AN INTERSTATE ON RAMP IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY FELLOW MOTORISTS THAT RISKED INJURY TO GET MY WIFE OUT OF TRAFFIC...THE SECOND MOST RECENT FAILURE LEFT MY WIFE STRANDED ON A BUSY 2 LANE ROAD BLOCKING TRAFFIC UNTIL A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED .I HAVE INVESTIGATED ONLINE COMPLAINTS AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF LOW MILEAGE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS THAT FAIL SUDDENLY ON HONDA CIVICS AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING YET HONDA NEGLECTED TO WARN OF THIS DANGER OF LOSING ALL TRANSMISSION POWER WITHOUT ANY ADVANCED WARNING...IF THERE IS NO WARNING FROM MANUFACTURER HOW CAN THE PUBLIC MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AS TO NOT PUT THEIR FAMILY IN HARMS WAY? *TR

HAVE AN 03 CIVIC HYBRID WITH CVT TRANSMISSION. I GOT IT CERTIFIED USED AT ABOUT 36,000 MILES AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FRESH TRANS FLUID AND I BELIEVE IT DID. THE POWERTRAIN IS WARRANTED TO 100,000 MILES SINCE IT WAS CERTIFIED USED. I AM AT 74,000 NOW. AT ABOUT 66,000, WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DUE FOR IT'S TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE, IT WAS MAKING A SLIPPING/GRINDING SOUND WHEN STARTING OFF, ESPECIALLY ON A HILL. IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN VERY SMOOTH AND QUIET. IT GRADUALLY BECAME A PROBLEM. IT WAS NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT WAS HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT WAS NOT MY IMAGINATION, EXCEPT FOR IT BEING REAL OBVIOUS ON AN INCLINE AND IT WAS GETTING WORSE. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC HEARD THE SOUND, TOO, AND SAID LET'S START WITH THE FLUID CHANGE IT WAS DUE FOR. THE CHANGE MADE IT GREAT AGAIN, BUT ONLY FOR A FEW THOUSAND MILES. WHEN I WENT BACK THEY SAID THEY HAD LEARNED ABOUT A PROCESS CALLED BURNISHING THE TRANSMISSION BAND. I BELIEVE THEY PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHILE PUTTING ON THE GAS, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF STALLING (I THINK) TO CLEAN UP THE BAND. MINE WOULD BE THE 2ND CAR THEY WOULD DO IT ON. IT ALSO REQUIRES A CHANGE OF FLUID AFTER BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE CRUD FROM THE PARTS AND PUT IT INTO THE FLUID. THEY DID IT FOR FREE SINCE I HAD ALREADY ASKED THEM TO WORK ON THIS PROBLEM, AND I HAD PAID FOR THE FLUID CHANGE TO FIX THE SAME PROBLEM. AGAIN, AFTER THEIR WORK IT WAS NICE AND QUIET AND SMOOTH, BUT ABOUT 3,000 MILES LATER IT IS COMING BACK AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR PROCESS DID ANYTHING, OR IF IT WAS JUST THE FRESH FLUID THAT HELPED LIKE IT DID THE FIRST TIME. I AM CONCERNED REPETITIONS OF THE PROCESS MIGHT DECREASE THE LIFE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE BEST OUTCOME FOR ME WOULD PROBABLY BE A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 99,000 MILES BECAUSE THEN I CAN GET A NEW ONE. ANYBODY HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS? *TR

MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC STOPPED RUNNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE OF THE 101 FWY IN L.A. NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL; THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. I WENT FROM GOING APPROX 60 MPH TO COASTING. I MANAGED TO GET ACROSS 4 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND OFF THE FWY WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. 2 HOURS LATER MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER AND I WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY DAUGHTER HAS 2002 HONDA CIVIC AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING - IT THEN STARTED WITH GRINDING NOISE AND CAR WOULD THEN NOT GO OVER 15 MPH. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET CAR INTO PARKING LOT BEFORE IT DIED - I WAS ABLE TO START BACK UP BUT DID SAME THING TO ME. I THEN LOOKED UP KNOWN HONDA CIVIC PROBLEMS AND THERE WERE 160 COMPLAINTS HERE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH 2001 AND 2002 TRANSMISSION FAILURES WHILE DRIVING. IN MY ESTIMATION THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH CAN EASILY RESULT IN ACCIDENTS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. IT DOES NOT JUST GRADUALLY HAPPEN BUT JUST APPEARS WITH MOST OF THE STORIES I HAVE READ ON-LINE. I FEEL HONDA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM SINCE MOST PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF DO NOT HAVE $2400 TO $3600 LAYING AROUND TO FIX AND POSSIBLY HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD MOMENTARILY HESITATE BEFORE JERKING INTO GEAR WHEN DRIVING FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000.