Honda Civic transmission problems

MY 2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID STARTED TO EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION JUDDER WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AND SLIPPAGE WHENEVER I ACCELERATED WHILE MOVING WITH APPROXIMATELY 65,000 ON THE ODOMETER (MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS TIME). I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEY CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND PERFORMED NO ADDITIONAL WORK TO THE TRANSMISSION. I STARTED TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AT 90,000 MILES AND DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER BUT MADE THEM AWARE OF MY CAR'S PROBLEM. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED SINCE THEN BUT I HAVE LEARNED THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED FOR MY MODEL AND YEAR CAR. HONDA OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM UP TO 105,000 MILES. PROBLEM IS THAT I NOW HAVE 114,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. I FEEL THE PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED WHEN IT FIRST STARTED EXHIBITING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT 65,000 MILES. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THEY CAN CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT THEY SAID THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO OCCUR AGAIN. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A CAR COMPANY THAT KNOWS THEIR PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS EVEN ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX MY CAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AND WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT 65,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MAINTAIN SPEED AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD UNTIL IT COULD BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,204 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,205.UPDATED 08/04/08. *LJ UPDATED 08/06/08.

2001 HONDA CIVIC, 98,000 MILES. STARTED TO LOSE POWER WHILE IN GEAR BUT IN NEUTRAL ENGINE HAS FULL POWER.. WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE WHEN CAR STARTED TO LOSE SPEED AND POWER DURING RUSH HOUR.. HONDA SERVICE FIRST SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS WORKING FINE AND THE PROBLEM I WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEN AFTER THAT WAS REPAIRED THE CAR LOST POWER AGAIN AND NOW HONDA SERVICE THEN TELLS ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AFTER ALL THAT FAILED. SO AFTER $1200 IN UNNEEDED REPAIRS I NOW HAVE A $2900.00 ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ... THIS IS JOKE SINCE I WOULD ASSUME THAT HONDA DEALERS AND SERVICE MANAGERS WOULD BE AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC. HAD I KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A GROWING AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2001 CIVIC TRANSMISSIONS. I WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM IN DETAIL WITH THE HONDA DEALER OPPOSED TO TAKING HIS WORD THAT IT WAS WORKING FINE... *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 4 HOUR ROAD TRIP FROM WISCONSIN TO MINNESOTA. 1 HOUR FROM THE DESTINATION MY CAR STARTED TO REV INTO VERY HIGH RPMS WHILE I HAD IT ON CRUISE CONTROL. AFTER QUICKLY TAKING OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL I TRIED TO ACCELERATE WITH THE GAS PEDAL BUT IT DID NOTHING. I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY FREEWAY AND FOUND THAT NONE OF THE GEARS (2ND, 3RD, DRIVE, OR REVERSE) WOULD WORK. I WAS TOWED AND FOUND OUT THAT MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR IS A 2002 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE AND ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT! AFTER READING MANY INTERNET SITES/COMPLAINTS, IT SEEMS THAT HONDA CIVICS FROM 2001 AND 2002 HAVE TONS OF TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS. I DO NOT SEE WHY HONDA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AND HELP EVERYONE OUT WHO'S TRANSMISSION GOES OUT WITHIN 100,000 MILES. IT IS RIDICULOUS TO ONLY GET 60,000 MILES OUT OF A TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING FROM JACKSON MS TO VICKSBURG MS AND THE CAR STOP PULLING. SHE WAS ALMOST RAMMED IN THE REAR,THE CAR COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX TRANSMISSION STOP PULLING FORWARD OR REVERSE. I HAD IT PULLED TO VICKSBURG HONDA,THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE DTC P0730 CODE, HE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY DECLINE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THERE WAS OVER 200 COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST THIS TRANSMISSION. HONDA IS AWARE OF IT AND REFUSES TO DO ANY THING ABOUT IT. THIS VEHICLE HAS 83,204 MILES. I AM VERY CONCERN ABOUT HONDA AUTOMATIC VEHICLES TRANSMISSION AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORST IS THE RESPONSE I GET FROM HONDA. *TR

HONDA CIVIC 2001 TRANSMISSION FAILURE : HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING MY CAR WITH REGULAR SERVICE SCHEDULES. SPOKE TO OTHER FOLKS WHO OWN A CIVIC AND THEY TOO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I WAS PICKING UP SPEED, THE CAR JUST WONT MOVE. I REQUEST YOU TO ACT ON THIS BEFORE WE START LOSING LIVES. HTTP://WWW.HONDAPROBLEMS.COM/CIVIC/TRANSMISSION-FAILURE.SHTML. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON 101 NB WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. THE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND THERE WAS JAM AS I APPROACHED INTERSECTION OF 101 AND 85, SO I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN BEHIND OTHER CAR. WHILE SLOWING DOWN, I NOTICED THAT THE RADIO WAS GONE AND THEN CAME BACK ON AFTER FEW SECONDS. THEN ABS AND RSR LIGHTS STARTED TO BLINK, THE CAR SEEMED TO LOOSE THE POWER, ALL NEEDLES (TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER) CAME DOWN TO 0 AND FINALLY THE CAR JUST STOPPED MOVING. I PRESSED EMERGENCY LIGHT BUT IT WASN'T WORKING. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR BUT NOTHING HAPPEN. THIS WAS VERY FRIGHTENING WITH THE CAR STOPPED IN SECOND LANE FROM LEFT AND EMERGENCY LIGHT NOT WORKING. THERE WAS NOT WARNING SIGN THAT THE CAR WOULD STOP RUNNING, I COULDN'T PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I CALLED 911, WHILE WAITING TO GET THROUGH, SUDDENLY THE ALL LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I THEN STARTED THE CAR, IT STARTED LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. SO I HAD THE EMERGENCY LIGHT ON, TOOK EXIT AND DROVE BACK HOME. AND WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME, THE CAR AGAIN SEEMED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T STOP AND I REACHED HOME SAFELY. I AM SO SCARY TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR WORSE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC HIGHWAY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAD I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEED AND THERE WAS NO HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND SUDDENLY MY CAR STOP RUNNING, I COULD GET INTO FATAL ACCIDENT AS WELL AS OTHER WHO MIGHT HAVE INVOLVED. MY CAR HAS ONLY 68,000 MILES AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. I HOPE THIS ISSUE CAN BE ADDRESSED SOON ENOUGH, OTHERWISE SOME LIVES WILL BE LOST. *TR

AFTER NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH OUR 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID, THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING SO BADLY THE CAR CAN BARELY TAKE OFF FROM A STOP AND PETERS OUT WHEN GOING UP A HILL. THIS LATEST PROBLEM OCCURRED SOON AFTER THE TRANSMISSION JUDDER PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW AMERICAN HONDA IS HAVING THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION ON WARRANTY. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2003 CVT TRANSMISSION, AMERICAN HONDA CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO ISSUE A FULL RECALL, CLAIMING IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE A RECORDING ON OUR ANSWERING MACHINE FROM THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER AT OUR HONDA DEALERSHIP SAYING THAT THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THERE ARE MANY MORE 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRIDS ON THE ROAD WITH THIS SERIOUS ISSUE. FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT MANDATED A RECALL FOR THIS GENERATION OF HONDA CVT TRANSMISSIONS IN JAPAN AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. HOPEFULLY, THE NHTSA WILL SEE TO IT THAT THIS FAULTY VEHICLE?S PROBLEMS ARE ADDRESSED IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY AS WELL. *TR

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW HONDA CIVIC EX BACK IN 2001. I CHANGE THE OIL TRANSMISSION EVERY 15,000 MILES WITH HONDA TRANSMISSION OIL. THERE IS NO OIL LEAKAGE AROUND THE TRANSMISSION BLOCK. THE CAR HAS ONLY 67,000 MILE. MY SON WAS TRAVELING ON TWO-WAY ROAD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, I COULDN'T IMAGINE IF HE WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. AT FIRST, I THINK THIS INCIDENT WAS RARE, AND ONLY HAPPENED TO MY CIVIC, BUT WHEN I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, THEN I THOUGHT THAT THIS MUST BE A BIGGER ISSUE CONCERNING PUBLIC SAFETY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. *TR