Honda Civic transmission problems

I WAS LEAVING MY HOME AND DRIVING ABOUT 1 MILE TO MY DESTINATION. MY CAR HAD BEEN FUNCTIONING NORMALLY EARLIER IN THE DAY. I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AS I WENT UP A SMALL HILL. WITHIN 1/4 MILE THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED (TRANSMISSION FAILURE) AND I HAD POWER TO THE ENGINE BUT NO FORWARD POWER. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND COULD ONLY GET TO SAFETY AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY COASTING. HAD I BEEN ON A MORE HEAVILY TRAFFIC ROAD, OR ON A STEEP HILL OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY HERE, THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN MANY INJURED OR DEATHS AS I WAS A SITTING DUCK IN THE ROAD. *TR

SLOW THROTTLE RESPONSE SINCE PURCHASE, DOOR GLASS RATTLE SINCE PURCHASE, THE THIRD GEAR WOULD GIVE RESISTANCE, WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE SIX SPEED TRANSMISSION. I PATCHED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND INSTALLING A SHORTER SHIFTER YET THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. HONDA HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WITH THE THIRD GEAR SYNCHRO AND AT ONE POINT STATED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY MY DRIVING, THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE GOING INTO THIRD GEAR IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT HONDA CORPORATE HAS RELEASED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM. THE HEADLINER RATTLES, DOOR GASKET SEAL HAS BEEN COMING OFF SINCE PURCHASE, SUSPENSION POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STRUT SINCE PURCHASE AND THE SOUND HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT, THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED, THE DRIVER DOOR HITS THE FENDER WHEN OPENING JUST STARTED HAPPENING SINCE HONDA WORKED ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING MY VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS (RECOMMENDED BY HONDA CORPORATE) AND NOTHING HAS BEEN PROPERLY REPAIRED. I FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN AROUND FOR THE PAST YEAR. HONDA HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO, THEY HAVE ONLY DAMAGED MY VEHICLE DURING THEIR ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR IT. THEY HAVE DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER THREE TIMES, THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE ONCE, THE DOOR AND FENDER ONCE. THEY OF COURSE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DAMAGE, THEN REPAIR IT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I OWN A HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2003. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK (JUDDER') UPON ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO BE SERVICED, AND THEY 'BURNISHED' THE TRANSMISSION AND SAID TO COME BACK IF THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE PERFORMANCE WAS FINE FOR A FEW THOUSAND MILES, WHEN THE JUDDER RETURNED. ONCE AGAIN, I WENT BACK AND THEY PERFORMED A SECOND BURNISHING. THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE RETURNED. *TR

CAR WAS DRIVING FINE, THEN STARTED SHIFTING HARD FROM 2ND TO 3RD. LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON CODE P0730 "INCORRECT GEAR RATIO" CALLED HONDA REPAIRS WILL COST $1,700. I SEARCHED THE NET AND FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON WITH CIVICS 01-03. I FEEL HONDA SHOULD GOODWILL ATLEAST THE TRANNY..... *TR

MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC RECENTLY DIED ON ME ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. MY 6 YEAR DAUGHTER WAS A PASSENGER AS WELL. AS I DROVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR'S ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THE SPEED DECLINED. THIS ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY MY MECHANIC IT WAS MY TORQUE CONVERTER THAT FAILED. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ONLINE AND I SEE THAT SEVERAL IF NOT ALL 2001 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO MANEUVER AS QUICKLY AS I DID AT A DECREASING SPEED ME AND MY DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! HONDA NEEDS TO MAKE A RECALL ON THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY; BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS FILED ABOUT THIS CAR AND THIS ISSUE HONDA SHOULD MAKE A RECALL ORDER. MY ESTIMATED PRICE FOR REPAIR IS $2000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. MY CAR HAS 118K MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 HONDA CIVIC SI COUPE. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST MANUAL VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO 3RD BUT DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT. JUST FOUR DAYS AGO MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CLUTCH IN A YEAR OLD CAR WAS BURNED OUT. THEY CLAIM THAT IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS MY FAULT. UPON DOING RESEARCH I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS ARE OR HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THIS PAST APRIL HONDA ISSUED A RECALL ON VEHICLES HAVING 3RD GEAR PROBLEMS BUT HAVE NOT NOTIFIED ALL OWNERS OF THE MAKES AND MODELS COVERED IN THE RECALL. THE 3RD GEAR PROBLEM IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CLUTCH BURNING OUT. I AM RECEIVING NO SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA IS NOT OWNING UP TO ADMIT THAT INDEED THERE IS A DEFECT. *TR

2003 CIVIC HYBRID- 80K MILES. BOUGHT IN 2006 WITH 60K MILES. THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THERE IS ABOUT A 5-8 SECOND DELAY IN PRESSING THE GAS AND THE CAR GOING, WHICH HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST BE REAR ENDED A FEW TIMES. THE VEHICLE ALSO SLOWS DOWN EXTREMELY RAPIDLY WHEN THE FOOT IS REMOVED FROM THE GAS PEDAL. EVEN WITH NO PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BREAK PEDAL. TO ORDINARY (NOT HYBRID) CARS, IT SEEMS LIKE I AM PRESSING MY BRAKE, THEY JUST SEE ME SLOWING DOWN, BUT THERE ARE NO LIGHTS TO WARN THEM, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN TWO REALLY BAD CAR ACCIDENTS THAT WERE AVOIDED BY MERE INCHES WHEN: ON THE HIGHWAY I HAVE TAKEN MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO SLOW MY VEHICLE, BUT I DID NOT NEED THE BREAKS SINCE THE CAR SLOWED DOWN SO FAST ON IT'S OWN. I THREW ON MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND TAPPED THE BRAKE TO SIGNAL TO CARS BEHIND ME WHO WERE MOVING MUCH FASTER STILL. I THINK THAT HONDA SHOULD PUT IN SMALLER LIGHTS OR A DIFFERENT SAFETY LIGHT WHEN YOU REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR ON THE CIVIC HYBRIDS, TO AVOID REAR-ENDING ACCIDENTS DUE TO RAPID DECREASE IN SPEED WITH NO USAGE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. HISTORY OF PROBLEM: DURING TEST DRIVE VEHICLE MADE SLIGHT SHUDDER NOISE AND HESITATION BEFORE STARTING TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A NORMAL NOISE FOR HYBRIDS. I FOOLISHLY BELIEVED HIM. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SHUDDERING WAS WORSE AND I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T A NORMAL NOISE FOR ANY TRANSMISSION TO BE MAKING AT 60,000 MILES! OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES TO "FIX" THIS PROBLEM, WHICH IS ONLY PATCHED UP AND THE SHUDDERING COMES BACK A FEW THOUSAND MILES LATER. HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR IT, YET THEIR DEALERSHIPS TRY TO PUT OFF FIXING THE PROBLEM UNTIL SOMEONE'S WARRANTY IS ALMOST OVER, OR OVER. HONDA NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FAULTY VEHICLE. A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE AT THE VERY LEAST, TO FIX THE CARS DRIVING AROUND WITH BAD TRANSMISSIONS. *TR