Honda Civic transmission problems

PROBLEM: UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE - CIVIC HYBRID 2007 RESEARCH SHOWS PROBLEM WAS KNOWN AND POSTED IN SEPTEMBER 2007 PURCHASED CAR NEW IN JANUARY 2008 W DEFECT AND WAS NOT INFORMED. THIS DEFECT WAS MODIFIED AND POSTED AGAIN AS A KNOWN ISSUE ON 3/18/08 BROUGHT CAR IN FOR SERVICE (OIL CHANGE) IN APRIL 2007. NO MENTION OF RECALL AND SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED AFTER KNOWN PROBLEM, IT DID NOT OCCUR THAT THE CAR WOULD BE SOLD W/O ISSUE BEING FIXED. JUNE 8, 2008 - CAR LOCKS IN PARK SEVERAL TIMES. BREAK LIGHT COMES ON. I CHECK MANUAL THAT SAYS TO NOT DRIVE/HAVE CAR TOWED. I DRIVE DIRECTLY TO THE SAFEST LOCATION TO PARK AND CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. I HAVE MISSED A SCHEDULED SEMINAR/DAY OF WORK. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THIS RECALL DURING PURCHASE AND SERVICE. SINCE THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE, WHY WAS THIS NOT FIXED PRIOR TO SALE? WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED? WHY WAS THIS NOT CAUGHT AT MY SERVICE? THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 6/8/08 - WAS CALLED ON 6/9/08 AND TOLD ABOUT THE RECALL AND THAT THE CAR WAS FIXED. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES AGAIN AS THEY SEEM TO HAVE AIR AND MAKE NOISE. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I SAID I WAS NOT EVEN INFORMED OF A RECALL AND THAT I HAVE ISSUES W THE BRAKES AND I WANT THEM CHECKED EVEN THOUGH THEY FIXED THE RECALL PROBLEM. IT WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH AND THE CAR IS CURRENTLY WITH THE DEALER AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE MANAGER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE ISSUE SHOULD OF BEEN FIXED AT THE VERY LEAST, DURING THE MAINTENANCE CHECK. HE IS HAVING THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT CHECK THE BRAKES A SECOND TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE LOST TORQUE POWER AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY AND THEN RESTART IT IN ORDER FOR IT TO MOVE FORWARD AT A SLOW PACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS HAVING TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THIS FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE.. NO WARNING NO CHECK ENGINE SIGN, AND JUST BARELY OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. I CONTACTED HONDA USA AND THEIR TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME , HOWEVER MANY REPORTS SHOWS THAT THIS IS A BIG ISSUE WITH 01-03 CIVICS. AND WORK IS NOT THE ONLY USE FOR MY CAR ALSO PLEASURE REASONS, AND CASUAL DRIVING. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS VISITING TORONTO, CANADA. THIS TOTALLY STRANDED ME IN CANADA.! I WAS ONLY LUCKY I JUST EXITED OFF THE 401 EXPRESSWAY RAMP AND ON TO A LOCAL YET MAJOR ROAD. I HAVE YET TO GET THE CAR FIXED I AM HAVING IT STORED IN CANADA FOR NOW UNTIL I HAVE ENOUGH TO SHIP IT BACK TO THE USA. COST FOR STORAGE IS $250 USD PER MONTH. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX WITH 50,059 MILES ON IT. I HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD I WILL, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, REQUIRE A REBUILD ON MY TRANSMISSION. IN SEARCHING ON-LINE I FOUND 1 SITE WITH 169 COMPLAINTS FOR THE VERY SAME THING--2001 CIVIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I FOUND MANY OTHER SITES WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS AS WELL. I ALSO SAW WHERE NHTSA SAID THEY WOULD NOT ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE!?! MY CAR ESSENTIALLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. HOW IS THAT NOT A SAFETY ISSUE?!? *TR

2002 HONDA CIVIC. WITHIN A MONTH OR SO OF THE FAILURE, I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE THE TRANS SLIPPING WHEN STARTING. THE CAR CLICKED 100,000 MILES ON TUESDAY AND ON THURSDAY THE TRANSMISSION FAILS! I WAS DRIVING AND I WANTED TO PASS A VEHICLE, I MADE A LANE CHANGE AND STEPPED ON THE GAS. THE CAR SUDDENLY FELT FUNNY AND WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER. I CAME TO THE NEXT STOP LIGHT. WHEN STARTING AGAIN THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND THE CAR WOULD BARELY MAKE IT ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. I PULLED INTO A SIDE STREET AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. AAMCO TRANSMISSION TOLD ME THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS PART OF THE TRANS FAILURE. $3200 LATER I DRIVE MY CAR HOME AND NOW THE ENGINE IS IDLING ROUGH. I THOUGHT HONDA'S WERE SUPPOSED TO LAST FOREVER?!! *TR

TRANSMISSION HESITATES. MANUFACTURER CHANGES THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, BUT DOES NOT REPAIR. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM ONLY BANDAIDS THIS RECURRING PROBLEM. VEHICLE HESITATES AND SHUTTERS DURING ACCELERATION WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS IN INTERSECTIONS AND IN GENERAL TRAFFIC. THIS IS OCCURRING ON SEVERAL YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE ACCORDING TO WEBSITES I HAVE READ. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO GONE THROUGH TWO REPLACEMENT OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. *TR