Honda Civic transmission problems

OWNER OF A 2002 HONDA CIVIC WITH 57,471 MILES ON IT. MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE IS FOLLOWED REGULARLY. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO PRIOR WARNING ON A BUSY BOULEVARD. STOPPED ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC UNTIL SOME CITIZENS GOT OUT OF THEIR CARS, RAN ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC, AND HELPED ME PUSH IT TO WHERE IT WAS SAFE. REFURBISHED THE TRANSMISSION AND PAID A TOTAL OF $2,100.00. CONTACTED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WOULD BE DONE TO FIX IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I REACHED A RED STOPLIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PRESSED THE GAS AND THE CAR WAS MOTIONLESS. THE CAR WOULD REV UP BUT WOULDN'T MOVE. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC ONLY HAS 89727 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED WITH SERVICE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT HONDA CIVICS IN THIS MODEL YEAR ARE NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AS WELL AS SOME OF THEIR OTHER MODELS. UNFORTUNATELY THEY REFUSE TO ISSUE A RECALL OR ADMIT TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE A REAL SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVERS THAT ARE MOVING DOWN THE ROAD OR AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY AND THIS HAPPEN. THANKFULLY, I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME...THE COST OF A NEW TRANSMISSION IS COSTLY AND WILL BE A HUGE FINANCIAL BLOW TO ME RIGHT NOW. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN ASSIST HONDA TO REALIZE THEY HAVE FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION PARTS IN THEIR 2001 HONDA CIVIC'S. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC STOP BUT THE VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THERE WAS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE. THE TECHNICIAN BURNISHED THE START CLUTCH AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

OUR STANDARD 2008 CIVIC EX (BOUGHT JUNE 2008) STARTED TO HAVE VARIABLE VIBRATION/SHUTTERING ISSUES FROM IDLE/STOP TO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AROUND 28,000 MILES (NEW CIVIC, WE ARE THE ONLY OWNERS, NO ACCIDENTS). THE SHUTTERING STOPPED AFTER THE CAR WAS IN HIGHER GEARS. THIS VIBRATION ISSUE WORSENED AND WE COULD NOT SAFELY ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING FROM AN IDLE POSITION INTO 1ST GEAR - DUE TO EXTREME VIBRATIONS, WHICH BECAME MORE FREQUENT. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AROUND 35000 MILES ON NOVEMBER 17, 2010, TO DETERMINE/CORRECT THE SHUTTERING/VIBRATION ISSUES. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE. THE SHUTTERING/VIBRATION CONTINUED AND WE DECIDED TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR TIRES AT OUR COST AROUND 40,000 MILES TO SEE IF THIS WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE VIBRATION/SHUTTERING CONTINUED AT VARIABLE TIMES. AT 41,000 MILES, THE VIBRATION/SHUTTERING BECAME IMPACTFUL AND WE COULD NOT SAFELY ACCELERATE FROM AN IDLE POSITION WITHOUT THE CAR SHAKING/NOT ENGAGING EFFECTIVELY. WE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 3, 2011 AND THE TECHNICIAN REPLICATED THE ISSUE WITH US IN THE CAR. THEY INDICATED THEY LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE MOTOR MOUNTS AND "LOOKED" AT THE CLUTCH (NOT INSPECTED). THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT AND IT WAS DUE TO THE WAY WE DROVE THE VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR TECHNICIAN REPLICATED THE ISSUE. THEY SAID HONDA DOES NOT HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ISSUE VIA THE PHONE TECHNICAL LINE. WE DID NOT TAKE THE CAR BACK DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND IT IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AS IT WILL NOT ENGAGE/ACCELERATE PROPERLY WITHOUT SHUTTERING WHEN SHIFTING FROM IDLE INTO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. *TR

WE PURCHASED THIS 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX BECAUSE OF THE HONDA BRAND SUPPOSEDLY BEING SO SYNONYMOUS WITH QUALITY AND LONGEVITY. IF I WOULD HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET FOR PREVALENT PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC, I WOULD HAVE COME ACROSS THE "TRANSMISSION FAILURE" ISSUE AND NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. AND I WOULD ADVISE ANYONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING A 2001 - 2005 HONDA CIVIC, BEWARE, THE TRANSMISSION WILL PREMATURELY FAIL. SO, ON WITH THE STORY. WE ARE THE SECOND OWNERS OF THIS CAR AND IT HAD 37,000 MILES ON IT WHEN WE PURCHASED IT FROM A PRIVATE PARTY. AT AROUND 80,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING GOING INTO 2ND GEAR. WE TOOK IT IN TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY WHO SERVICED (CHANGED FLUID) AND TESTED IT TELLING US THAT THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO "SLIP." SO NOW, MY LOVELY BRIDE TELLS ME YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS GETTING REALLY BAD AND SHE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BACK FROM WORK. I DROVE IT TO WORK MYSELF AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT OUR LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE SO NOT INTERESTED IN OUR DILEMMA BUT SAID THAT WE COULD BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT. NOT GETTING THE WARM FUZZIES FROM THEM, WE MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH OUR LOCAL XXXXX SERVICE CENTER. EVERYONE AT XXXXX WAS POLITE, UNDERSTANDING AND AWARE OF THE "INFAMOUS CRAPPY HONDA TRANSMISSION" ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE DRIVE THERE, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED ON THE FREEWAY AND WE MANAGED TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED AAMCO. THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND IT IS NOW AT XXXXX. APPROXIMATE REBUILT COST IS $3,100.00. THIS IS PRICEY, BUT IT INCLUDES A NATIONWIDE 3 YEAR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY. WE ALSO CALLED THE NORTH AMERICAN HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND SPOKE TO XXXXX. SHE IS LOCATED AT AN OFFICE IN TORRANCE, CA. XXXXX WAS SO DISINTERESTED IN OUR PROBLEM AND EXPLAINED THAT WE COULD TAKE IT INTO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND IT WOULD BE AT THEIR DISCRETION TO TAKE IT UP WITH THE HONDA FIELD REP. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION NEEDING A RECALL. *TR

DRIVE BELT IN MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID BROKE ALL OF SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED. LUCKILY WAS TRAVELING AT VERY LOW SPEED. VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED AT HONDA DEALERSHIP AND IS UP TO DATE, THEY HAVE NO EXPLANATION HOW THIS OCCURRED AND HONDA IS NOT WILLING TO HELP FIX THE ISSUE, I HAVE BEEN TOLD NEW CVT TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED. THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BECAUSE SO MANY COMPLAINTS RECEIVED, BUT MINE EXPIRED 11 MONTHS AGO. HONDA SHOULD HAVE DONE A RECALL WITH THIS ISSUE! IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THEY ARE SWEEPING IT UNDER THE RUG AND WONT CORRECT THEIR FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUDDER / SHAKE, ACCELERATION WILL NOT OCCUR WHEN NEEDED. PROBLEM IS ESPECIALLY BAD STARTING FROM 0 MPH UP A HILL, OR WHEN 2 OR MORE PASSENGERS ARE IN THE CAR. DEALER WILL NOT OFFER THE RECALL, ALTHOUGH THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED IN JAPAN, AS THEY HAVE SENT OUT A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE OVERSEAS. *TR