Honda Civic transmission problems

HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2006 PROBLEM WITH RANDOM SURGING: I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 50 EASTBOUND TO SACRAMENTO, WHEN TRAFFIC CAME TO A STANDSTILL, THEN STARTED TO MOVE AGAIN SLOWLY. OTHER CARS WOULD FILL UP THE SPACE IN FRONT OF ME-I COULD NOT KEEP A CAR-LENGTHS DISTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. I WAS STOPPED AND THEN AS TRAFFIC STARTED MOVING FORWARD, I TAPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR OF MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2006, AND INSTEAD OF SLIGHTLY MOVING FORWARD, MY CAR SURGED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT A HIGH ACCELERATION-I DID NOT SEE THE EXACT DEGREE ON MY DASH, BUT HEARD THE ENGINE REVVING LOUDLY. I NOTICED THIS (TO GREATER OR LESSER DEGREES) A HANDFUL OF TIMES AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT IN THOSE INSTANCES, THE ACCELERATION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS GREAT AND/OR I HAD A MUCH SAFER DISTANCE BETWEEN CARS AND I HAD TIME TO PUT ON THE BRAKES. WHEN THIS HAPPENED I THOUGHT, I BOUGHT A HYBRID-LEMON AND HONDA WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS-BUT I FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND OTHER REPORTS THAT HONDA WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THIS MAY BE IN PART AS THE EVENTS CANNOT BE READILY REPRODUCED TO HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED. HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/HYBRID-DIESEL-T436P10.HTML I HAVE OWNED 2 HONDA CIVICS (NON-HYBRID), AND I HAVE BEEN A SATISFIED HONDA CUSTOMER UNTIL I BOUGHT THIS HYBRID. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE HONDA DEALER WITH THE DAMAGE BEING ASSESSED (CANNOT CHECK MILEAGE ON THE CAR AND OTHER INFORMATION TO FILL OUT ALL THE INFO YOU WANT), AND NO ONE YET HAS CALLED ME BACK FROM HONDA. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE ABOVE, AND WHETHER OR NOT HONDA WILL ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THE RANDOM ACCELERATION-SURGES ARE UNCOMMON OCCURRENCES, THEY MAY BE DEADLY OCCURRENCES. HOWEVER, THESE OCCURRENCES SHOULD BE PREVENTABLE, IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD INVESTIGATE. SINCERELY, G. MELENDRES, MD *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE RPM INCREASED TO 7,200 AND THE SPEED DECREASED TO 20 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN HE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE FAILURE AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLDER, THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WILL POP OUT OF THIRD GEAR/GRIND/OR WILL NOT EVEN ENGAGE IN THIRD. THIS IS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR WHEN TURNING A CORNER BECAUSE IT CAUSES A QUICK DECELERATION AND THE PERSON BEHIND YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO BRAKING INVOLVED. NOT TO MENTION, AFTER THIS OCCURS, THE ENGINE REVS DUE TO THE MISSED GEAR, AND YOU HAVE TO QUICKLY SHIFT INTO SECOND OR FOURTH GEAR TO GET GOING ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS A HIGH RATE PROBLEM AND CAN BE PROVEN WITH A SIMPLE WWW SEARCH- IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET CAR FORUMS AND EVEN HAS BEEN REPORTED BY EDMUNDS.COM. SOME PEOPLE SAY THEIR DEALER IS REPLACING THE TRANS FLUID AS A FIX AND IT HELPS, OTHERS ARE DOING IT AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE BECAUSE THEIR DEALER REFUSES TO ASSIST. MY DEALER WON'T ADMIT TO THE ISSUE. *JB

HONDA CIVIC 2002 MANUAL TRANS TO MCKEEVER AUTO BRADENTON, FL CHECK RATTLING SOUND IN ENGINE AREA, MAYBE AC? MCKEEVER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM WITH AC,TOOK TO BRADENTON HONDA TOLD COMING FROM TRANS,HONDA MECH NO IDEA WHY. HAD A TRANS FLUID CHANGE USING HONDA FLUID . NO SIGN OF DETERIORATION FLUID,TRANS WORKED FINE, BUT STILL NOISE. NOW HUMMING UNDER HOOD, TOOK TO TIRES PLUS GOT AXLE. DROVE 1200 MILES TRANS STARTS POPPING OUT OF 5 GEAR. TOOK TO MCKEEVER, USA TRANS SAID NEEDED TRANS. COULD REBUILD FOR $2500 NO GUARANTEE.HONDA SAID NO WARRANTY EXTENSION, BULLETIN, OUT OF WARRANTY; NEW TRANS 6000 TECH CAN NOT OPEN TRANS MUST GO TO FACTORY NO ONE WOULD FIX PROBLEM, OPTIONS REBUILD, GET ANOTHER. GOT USED TRANS LOW MILES MCKEEVER INSTALLED REPLACED HONDA SEALS AND FLUID, DROVE 400 MILES LIKE NEW SUDDENLY AT HIGH SPEED ENGINE RACED TRANS POPPED OUT 5 GEAR.RETURNED MCKEEVER?S. FOUND NUMEROUS BULLETINS,COMPLAINTS HONDA TRANS, INCLUDING SAME FOR 01. MCKEEVER?S PUT ORIGINAL TRANS IN CIVIC, TOOK TO HONDA CONTACTED TO REPORT CASE #N012007-10-1601112, TOLD NO BULLETINS ON TRANS FOR MY CAR. TOLD HONDA BULLETIN 01-081 FOR THE 01 CIVIC SAME PROBLEM.HONDA TOLD ME CAR NOT PART OF THAT. TOLD ONLY 01, DRIVE FROM MCKEEVER FOUND THE TRANS SAME AS BEFORE POPPING OUT OF GEAR QUICKLY GOT WORSE UNABLE TO HOLD. HONDA INSPECTED VEHICLE FOUND AXLE SLIPPED OUT, TRANS FLUID LEAKED,TOOK PICTURES HONDA TOLD ME AXLE WRONG, DID NOT FIT, DROVE IN 4TH GEAR TO TIRES PLUS WHO TALKED TO HONDA, THEN PUT AXLE IN SHOWED ME IT FIT.ORDERED ANOTHER AXLE INSTALLED IT SHOWED ME IT FIT. DO NOT KNOW IF AFTERMARKET AXLES FOR THIS VEHICLE ARE SAFETY ISSUE OR IF IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO TRANS REQUESTED ANOTHER USED TRANS. FROM MCKEEVER AUTO WAITING TO CONFIRM AXLE HOLDING.CONTACTED HONDA BACK, HONDA LIED THERE R ISSUES WITH THESE TRANS. HONDA LIED THAT TECH'S CAN NOT OPEN TRANS HAD TO GO TO FACTORY. ORIGINAL TRANS, NEW AXLE IN HONDA OLD AXLE TIRES PLUS, FIRST USED TRANS MCKEEVERS. *TR

CAR ENGINE SHUDDERS AND FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL. SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT STAYS LOCKED IN A GEAR. DIAGNOSTIC CHECK SHOWS "TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH" PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE WEBSITES MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. SOME HAVE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. IS HONDA DOING ANYTHING TO HELP US WITH THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM? THIS IS NOT A RARE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS QUITE COMMON FOR 2001 CIVICS. THIS DEFINITELY DISCOURAGES ME FROM BUYING ANOTHER HONDA. EVERYONE SAYS HONDA'S ARE BUILT TO LAST, WELL NOT ANYMORE. PLEASE HELP.

OUR 2001 HONDA CIVIC STOPPED SUDDENLY ON A 2-LANE HIGHWAY. I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD AND HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GARAGE WITH THE RESULT THAT IT HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE COST TO US WAS $2,700. BESIDES THE INCONVENIENCE AND HAVING TO RENT A CAR TO ATTEND A RELATIVE'S FUNERAL, WE HAVE TWO OTHER GREAT CONCERNS RE: SAFETY. HOW MANY PEOPLE IN OTHER CIVICS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHERE TRAFFIC AT 70 MPH COULD NOT POSSIBLY STOP. PERHAPS WE WILL NEVER KNOW. MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT WE FOLLOWED THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC AND ON PAGE 196, THE GRAPH SHOWS THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SHOULD BE CHANGED AT 125,000. WE ACCEPTED THAT AS TRUTH SINCE IT WAS IN THE MANUAL THAT CAME WITH THE CAR. OF COURSE, NOW THE PERSON I TALKED TO AT HONDA SAYS "WELL IT SHOULD BE CHANGED EVERY 30,000 MILES". WE TOOK WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE MANUAL ON PAGE 196 AS WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. IF YOU CANNOT TRUST THE WRITTEN DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S MANUAL, THEN WHAT CAN YOU TRUST. BY THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THE OTHER 70+ COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE SEEN ABOUT THE HONDA CIVIC 2001 TRANSMISSION FAILURESON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM , I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY IN DRIVING THIS CAR, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AND ALL THE OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN NEW TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BY HONDA. UPDATED 12-12-07. *KB UPDATED

I WAS ON MY WAY TO DE FROM NJ AND I STARTED TO DRIVE UP THE HILL OF THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE...I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS BUT MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO DECLINE! I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON THE BRIDGE SO I TRIED MY BEST TO GET OVER TO THE FAR RIGHT LANE WHILE I WAS AFRAID THE CAR WOULD STOP ON THE BRIDGE AND SOMEONE WOULD HIT ME.. I GOT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO COAST DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS THE TOLL BOOTH WHERE MY CAR STOPPED AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS RELIEVED TO NOT HAVE STOPPED ON THE BRIDGE WHERE THERE IS NO SHOULDER. IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WAS NO WARNING. NO LEAKS, NO UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR. I WAS JUST DRIVING ALONG AS NORMAL AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DIDN'T EVEN COME ON UNTIL AFTER IT HAPPENED. IT WAS VERY SCARY B/C I T HAPPENED OUT OF NO WHERE. SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS A SCARY AND UNSAFE TYPE OF FAILURE B/C IT COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY EVEN MORE DANGEROUS IF I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO A SHOULDER SINCE I WAS ON A BRIDGE. MY CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED, HAD ITS OIL CHANGES AND HAD BEEN SERVICED WITH HONDA TRANSMISSION FUEL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO MY MECHANIC'S SHOP, IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER WENT BAD ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC. THE COMPLETE RANDOMNESS AND NO WARNING IS WHAT HAS UPSET ME THE MOST. *JB

2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO GO TO NEUTRAL THEN SLAM INTO GEAR. ALSO HAS A STRONG VIBRATION INTERMITTENTLY, YET HAPPENING NOW ALMOST DAILY. SO FAR, HONDA DEALERSHIP IS FOLLOWING A SERVICE BULLETIN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, WITH NO LUCK AND OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES BUILDING WHILE THEY EXPERIMENT. FOUND OVER 128 SIMILAR PROBLEMS POSTED ONLINE. *TR

ON THE EVENING 9/11/07, 3 WEEKS AFTER PAYING $300 FOR A 75,000 SERVICE CHECK-UP, MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT TAKEN TO A NEAR BY HONDA CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN MY TRANSMISSION THAT HONDA IS AWARE OF - SERVICE BULLETIN 04036 - AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME TO CALL A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND TELL THEM THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED DUE TO SERVICE BULLETIN 04036. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO HONDA CARS OF GILBERT WHERE THEY OFFERED TO GIVE ME A "RE-ENGINEERED" TRANSMISSION WITH A 3 YEAR WARRANTY BUT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LABOR TO INSTALL. I ASKED WHY DO I, A CONSUMER WHO HAS BEEN INCONVENIENCED BY A KNOWN DEFECT, HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LABOR. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TOLD ME TO TAKE MY QUESTION TO HONDA. I ALSO ASKED FOR PAPERWORK REGARDING MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD THAT MY RECEIPT WOULD SERVE AS MY WARRANTY. I CAN ONLY BE THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT ON THE FREEWAY OR IN A BAD PART OF TOWN LATE AT NIGHT WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. I, THE CONSUMER, AM PAYING THE PENALTY IN MY OWN HARD EARNED DOLLARS, TO HAVE HONDA REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION WITH A "RE-ENGINEERED" TRANSMISSION. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY LABOR FOR INSTALLATION WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I ALSO AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THE TERMS OF THE WARRANTY IN THAT I HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION, ONLY A RECEIPT. HOW AM I TO SELL MY CAR TO ANOTHER CONSUMER IN THIS SORT OF SITUATION? WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEIR ARE THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS "SERVICE BULLETIN" I FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE CONSUMERS DRIVING IN THEIR CARS. *TR