Honda Civic transmission problems

(1) THE EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WOULD BE WHILE SPEEDING UP AND SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR AND 3RD GEAR SOMETIMES THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE, AND SOME OTHER TIMES IT POPS OUT OF GEAR TOTALLY. (2) THE FAILURE THAT IS OCCURRING IS THAT SOMETIMES IT POPS OUT OF GEAR AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A GRINDING NOISE. THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH THIS IS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IF YOU SPEED UP AND YOUR CAR POPS OUT OF GEAR IT COULD CAUSE YOU TO CRASH. ALSO IT IS CAUSING INTERNAL PROBLEMS WITHIN THE CAR. (3) HONDA HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL AFTER THE COMPLAINTS COME IN. *TR

TRANSMISSION COMPLETE FAILURE AT 121,000 MILE AFTER KEEPING MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. THERE WAS SLIPPAGE 3 YEARS AGO AND I WAS THANKFUL THAT WE WERE MOVING TO FL SINCE THERE ARE FEW MAJOR HILLS THERE I THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP SAVE MY TRANSMISSION. WE COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO STAY IN FLORIDA DUE TO MY HEALTH FAILING AND I NEEDED TO BE NEARER TO FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH ISSUES. UPON MOVING BACK TO PA ABOUT 3,000 MILE LATER MY TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. I AM PRESENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF SPEAKING WITH HONDA OF AMERICA SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BASED ON REPUTATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WITH GENERAL MAINTENANCE THAT YOU CAN GET 200-400,000 MILE IT MAINTAINED. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT GOOD WILL, I AM TALKING ABOUT SPENDING OVER 15,000 FOR A NEW CAR THAT GOT ME 6 YEARS AND WHAM. NOTHING. I HAVE ALWAYS SPENT 1,000 ON A USED CAR AND ALWAYS GOTTEN MORE THAN A YEAR OUT OF THAT IT WOULD HAVE PAID ME TO BUY 6 USED CARS AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF I WOULD STILL HAVE MONEY IN MY POCKET AT THIS POINT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POSSIBLY SPENDING A BUNCH TO GET THIS ONE FIXED! I AM DISABLED AND NOT IN THE POSITION TO SPEND ANYTHING ON THIS CAR.. I HAVE PUT ENOUGH INTO IT OVER THE YEARS TO GUARANTEE THAT I SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT A MAJOR REPAIR AT THIS POINT! I HAVE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF 01 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS AND NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH THIS CAR I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAME TRANSMISSION IS IN THE CIVIC THAT IS IN THE ACCORD THEY ADMIT THE RECALL ON THE ACCORD BUT NOT THE CIVIC I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FIND THAT 98-03 ACCORDS ARE ROTTEN ON TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND 01 -02 CIVICS ARE RIGHT THERE WITH THEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND ADDRESS THIS. THANK YOU VERY DISAPPOINTED CIVIC OWNER LAD *TR

I AM A 23 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT. STRUGGLING WITH A PART-TIME JOB AND TRYING TO FINISH SCHOOL. I JUST PAID OVER $1000 TO GET MY AC COMPRESSOR FIXED A FEW MONTHS AGO. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL AND MY ENGINE KEPT REVVING UP, BUT I WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE, YET I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, JUST HAD TO GO SLOW. SO I STARTED DRIVING SLOWLY, KEEPING MY SPEED AT ABOUT 30MPH. I TOOK THE LOCAL WAY TOO. I END UP GETTING TO A POINT WHERE NO MATTER WHAT I DID THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, IT WAS AS IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR COMES TO A CRAWL, I END UP MOVING THE CAR TO THE SIDE. WHILE I WAS WAITING, I DECIDED TO TRY DRIVING IT AGAIN, SO I START THE CAR AGAIN, AND IT SEEMS TO WORK ALRIGHT, HOWEVER, I COULD STILL ONLY GO ABOUT 30MPH. I END UP STOPPING AT A NEARBY GAS STATION. I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME, BUT DIDN'T GET TOO FAR FROM THE GAS STATION AND THE CAR STOPS ACCELERATING AGAIN. I FINALLY PULLED OVER, CALLED A TOW TRUCK, AND WE HAD IT DROPPED OFF AT THE HONDA DEALER, BUT SINCE IT WAS NIGHT TIME, NO ONE WAS THERE. WE WENT THERE THIS MORNING AND WE FIND OUT THAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO GET A USED TRANSMISSION WITH 29,000 MILES ON IT, WITH LABOR AND PARTS ALTOGETHER, THE CHARGE WAS $2500! THIS IS AFTER PAYING FOR AN AC COMPRESSOR I JUST REPLACED. AT THIS POINT I DON'T KNOW IF I EVEN WANT TO GET IT FIXED. I'VE ALWAYS HEARD HOW RELIABLE HONDA IS, THIS IS MY FIRST CAR, THINKING THIS WOULD AT LEAST GET ME THROUGH COLLEGE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING TO COLLEGE, BUT IT JUST WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WANT TO DO. I WON'T EVEN GET ANYTHING FOR THE CAR IF I TRY TRADING IT IN OR SALVAGING IT. I KNOW ONE THING, I'M NOT GETTING A HONDA ANYMORE. *TR

THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO MY TRANSMISSION FAILURE, INFACT I HAD TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND A 25 POINT CHECKUP LESS THAN 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. MY CAR WAS PARKED, I STARTED THE IGNITION AND TRIED TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THEN I TRIED TO GO IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE EITHER. WHEN IT FINALLY DID BEGIN TO GO FORWARD IT WOULD NOT DRIVE ABOVE 10 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED AAA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY HOME. MY CAR WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 2 MONTHS. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET MY TRANSMISSION CHECKED IT COST ME $1,400.00 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH 85,000 MILES. I HAD THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH FIXED IN MAY 2007 AS PART OF THE HONDA RECALL. AT THIS TIME THE DEALER DID A "ONCE OVER" ON THE CAR AND SAID MY STRUTS WERE LEAKING, BUT NOTHING ELSE. ON NOVEMBER 4TH I WENT TO DRIVE MY CAR IN THE MORNING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE CAR STARTED, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE, ETC. LUCKILY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR BUSY STREET. IT TURNS OUT THAT I NEEDED AN ENTIRELY NEW TRANSMISSION, I WOUND UP FIXING IT FOR $2,500 AS THE CAR IS PAID OFF. I CALLED HONDA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THEY WILL ONLY ENTERTAIN THE PROBLEM IF I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSIS - AND WHAT PAY $5,000+ FOR THE DEALER TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION - NO THANKS. *TR

I OWN A 2007 HONDA CIVIC SI. I HAVE HEARD A POPPING TYPE SOUND COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR OR ON THE DRIVETRAIN. I HEAR IT WHEN GOING INTO OR OUT OF DRIVEWAYS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. ALSO I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIRD GEARIN MY TRANSMISSION. IT SEEMS LIKE IT DOES NOT WANT TO GRAB THIRD GEAR. I HAD TO HAVE MY CLUTCH REPLACED AT 4K MILES. I WAS TOLD IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN MY "HARD SHIFTING". I WAS TOLD IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THIS INCIDENT TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, AND THEY SAY THEY CANT MAKE MY CAR DO THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN I DRIVE IT. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED THAT HONDA WILL NOT STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. INSTEAD THEY WANT TO BLAME IT ON MY "POOR DRIVING". *TR