Honda Civic transmission problems

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DETECTED AND CONFIRMED BY GRESHAM HONDA. SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR 1997 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS. HONDA ACKNOWLEGED PREMATURE TRANNY FAILURE AND OFFERED TO PAY HALF FOR REPLACEMENT. CAR WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME WHILE PART IS BEING ORDERED AND WHILE DRIVING TODAY FROM A STOP LIGHT ON A HILL CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AND STARTED TO SLIP BACKWARDS. LUCKILY BY FLOORING IT I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT BACKWARDS SLIDE INTO VEHILCE BEHIND ME BUT FEEL SOMEONE NEEDS TO CONTACT HONDA AND START A RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. IN MY CASE THEY HAVE AGREED TO COVER HALF OF THE REPAIR COST TO INSTALL A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION BUT I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS OFFER AND FEEL YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT MANY MORE ACCIDENTS AND POSSIBLE INJURIES BY THE SUDDEN JERKING FROM STOP WHILE CAR TRIES TO GO INTO GEAR. PLEASE RESEARCH THIS IMMEDIATELY AND PREVENT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM BEING INJURED BY THIS KNOWN DEFECT THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED CORRECTLY.*AK

TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. VEHICLE HAS A CLEAN HISTORY AND HASNT BEEN DRIVEN HARD. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR AND IDENTICAL PPROBLEMS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FAR TO FEW MILES ON THE CAR FOR A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE SINCE IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED AND REPLACEMENT COSTS ARE IN EXCESS OF $5000. HONDA REFUSES TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS AND I THINK IT WARRANTS A RECALL OR AT LEAST SOME KIND OF INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR PRODUCT. *AK

WITHIN THE 2ND MONTH OF OWNING THIS CAR I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK A REVERSE BECAUSE IT WAS POPING OUT OF GEAR. I WAS TOLD "HONDAS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR REVERSE TO BE POPPING OUT OF GEAR AND TO JUST PUT THE STICK IN 1 AND THEN MOVE HARD TO THE REVERSE GEAR. THIS PROBLEM WAS NEVER EVEN DOCUMENTED. A FEW MONTHS LATER A FEW TICKS AFTER 36000 MILES AND MAYBE EVEN BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS POPPING OUT OF SECOND. I THOUGHT AND WAS TOLD BY MILLER HONDA THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED. LATER IT WAS DICOVERED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE COVERED. I AM TRYING TO FIGHT THIS. IF I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WITH REVERSE AND IT WASN'T A FEW TICK MARKS PAST THE 36000 MILES AND ALL MY MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES (600 MILES A WEEK) AND THE FACT THAT I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR HARD. I JUST THINK ITS A MANUFACTURING OR PART DEFECT AND IT IS NOT ANYTHING I DID.*AK

TOOK CAR IN FOR 60000 SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN TWO WEEKS MY V-TECH TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. HONDA DOES NOT WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS SPECIFIC PART IS DEFECTIVE. THESE V-TECH TRANSMISSIONS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. THERE ARE MANY MORE HONDA CIVIC OWNERS THAT KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!*AK