Honda Civic transmission problems

I HAD A CRACK THROUGH MY TRANSMISSION GEAR FROM THE INSIDE DIAMETER ALL OF THE WAY OUT AND 75% FRACTURED FROM ONE SIDE OF THAT COG CYLINDER TO THE OTHER. I REPLACED PART # 23451-PDM-A00 AND 23531-P24-J00 AT A COST OF $2241.75 AT THE SHOP AND ANOTHER $261.93 IN CAR RENTAL FEES. THE FAILURE WAS FIRST CHECKED IN AT THE SHOP ON 9/14/2010 AT 60,715 MILES BUT IT WAS CRACKED AND MAKING THE NOISE SINCE APPROXIMATELY 55,000 MILES. SHOP MANAGER TOLD ME HE HAD NOT SEEN A GEAR CRACK LIKE MINE HAD IN 15 YEARS AND ESPECIALLY AT 60,000 MILES AND THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION IT HAD BEEN A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. *TR

2002 HONDA CIVIC EX AUTOMATIC TRANS 88K MILES. TRANS STARTED MAKING NOISE, AFTER REVIEWING THIS SITE I REALIZED THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE FOR MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE READING HOW QUICKLY THE TRANS APPEAR TO GIVE WAY AND BREAK DOWN. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO A TRANSMISSION CENTER WHERE IT WAS TAKEN ON A TEST DRIVE (THE TRANSMISSION FAILED) TALK ABOUT GOOD TIMING AND A GOOD CALL... HONDA MUST RECALL FOR SAFETY REASON AND REPAY THOSE OF US HAVING TO FOOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON AN OBVIOUS FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK THIS MORNING WHEN IT FELT LIKE I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE SHIFTER ON MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX INTO NEUTRAL. I LOOKED DOWN TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND SAW THAT IT WAS IN DRIVE AND THAT WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL ONLY THE RPM'S INCREASED BUT MY SPEED STAYED THE SAME. I WAS GOING ABOUT 50MPH AND WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO CRUISE TO A LOWER SPEED I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BROKEN AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE ESTIMATED WAS ANYWHERE FROM $2,600 TO $3,200 DEPENDING ON WHAT EXACTLY HAS TO BE REPLACED ONCE THEY START TO DISASSEMBLE IT. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AND HAVE FOUND THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC TO BE NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION GOING OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND THAT HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT IS NOT WHAT THEY DEEM A "SAFETY HAZARD". HAD I GOTTEN REAR ENDED, SINCE I WAS CLOSE TO BEING, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. *TR

I JUST TOOK OFF FOR WORK AND MY CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND MADE A TERRIBLE WHINING SOUND. IT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 4. I TRY TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND SINCE HONDAS SUPPOSEDLY LAST A LONG TIME I DID NOT THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN AROUND 143,500 MILES. I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT SINCE I LIVE RIGHT ON A ROAD WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY SPEEDING BY, BUT WAS LUCKY IT WAS NOT A BUSY TIME OF DAY. I HAVE EVEN BROUGHT THE CAR INTO HONDA TO LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION FOR SLIPPING. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT I JUST NEED TO WARM THE CAR UP BEFORE I DRIVE IT. CLEARLY THAT WASN'T HELPFUL AT ALL. *TR

EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, MY VEHICLE MAKES A JUDDERING/VIBRATING NOISE. A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED BY HONDA IN 2008 FOR THIS VERY CONCERN, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE START CLUTCH. HONDA BURNISHED MY CLUTCH TWICE AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED, UNTIL THE SAME PROBLEM CAME UP ABOUT 15,000 MILES LATER. I AM NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR IT. I HAD MY CLUTCH BURNISHED AGAIN TODAY (COST ME $150), BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE START CLUTCH, WHICH WILL COST ABOUT $1500 WITH LABOR. IF THIS DOES NOT GET REPAIRED, MY TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL COMPLETELY, AND AT ANY TIME. LONG STORY SHORT, IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE START CLUTCHES IN 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRIDS ARE DEFECTIVE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SLIPPING AND NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY/ ON THE WAY HOME AT THE HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION START TO SLIP AND REV UP, LOSE SPEED SUDDENLY WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE LUCKY THERE WAS NO VEHICLES AROUND OR BEHIND ME, THE VEHICLE IS AT MY HOME NOW AFRAID THAT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH MY KIDS ABOARD. VEHICLE ONLY HAVE APROX 80,000 MILES 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ENGINE RAPING WHERE INCREASING BUT CAR WAS ACTUALLY SLOWING DOWN. DOWN SHIFTED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO D3 AND GOT CAR THROUGH INTERSECTION BEFORE LIGHT CHANGED. CAR WOULD GO ABOUT 2 BLOCKS BEFORE TRANSMISSION WOULD START SLIPPING AGAIN. THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION HAVE GONE BAD AT ONLY 85,000 MILES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *LN