Honda Civic transmission problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH UP A SMALL INCLINE ON A BRIDGE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER AWAITING A FEW MOMENTS THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FUNCTION, ALTHOUGH IN AN EXTREMELY POOR MOTION. THE CONTACT DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE TO A SAFE LOCATION, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY/MY MOTHER'S CAR. THIS CAR WAS HONDA SERVICED AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT OUR OWNERSHIP. THE CAR WAS ALSO VERY GENTLY USED. IT DID NO LONG DISTANCE DRIVING, THE MOST IT DROVE WAS 15 MINUTES TO AND FROM MY MOTHER'S JOB. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS CAR TO FAIL OTHER THAN THE CAR BEING IMPROPERLY DESIGNED AND PUT TOGETHER. *TR

MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID HAS A HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION/CAR SHUDDERING AND SLIPPING DURING ACCELERATION. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING REGULARLY SINCE JULY 26, 2005 AT 40,440 MILES. ON ONE OCCASION AFTER HAVING THE CLUTCH REPLACED, TRANSMISSION FLUID SPRAYED ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND MANIFOLD WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE FATALITY OR SERIOUS INJURY OF MY SON DRIVING THE CAR HAD IT IGNITED. THE SPOKESMAN AT THE HONDA DEALER IN PORTLAND OREGON SAID MY SON WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO BE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. SINCE THIS OCCURRENCE, THE SHUDDERING ISSUE HAS CONTINUED REQUIRING REGULAR TRIPS TO THE HONDA DEALER. EACH HONDA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE I HAVE COMPLAINED TO HAVE SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE HONDA OF AMERICA HAS NOT AUTHORIZED A FIX TO THE DEFECT OTHER THEN TO BURNISH THE START CLUTH AND CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS HAS ONLY BEEN A BAND AID FIX WHICH HASN'T WORKED FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT ORIGINALLY USED TO WORK FOR ABOUT 2-3 THOUSAND MILES AT WHICH POINT THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND HONDA IS USING A BAND AID APPROACH TO MASK THIS SERIOUS DEFECT UNTIL THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, AT WHICH POINT, THEY QUICKLY SAY THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE (APPROX $3,400 TO $4,000 DOLLARS). HONDA OF AMERICA CLAIMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM IN THEIR NEW TRANSMISSIONS BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO USE THIS FIX ON EXISTING CARS LIKE MINE UNTIL THE WARRANTY EXPIRES. I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TOLD THIS BY HONDA REPRESENTATIVES. ALL THIS IS DESPITE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM IN JAPAN, INDIA, AND INDONESIA. PLEASE INVESTIGATE WHY HONDA OF AMERICA HAS NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS SERIOUS DEFECT IN THEIR HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2003 CVT TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

DAUGHTER DRIVING 2002 HONDA CIVIC WHEN SUDDENLY CAR LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, LEAVING HER ALONE AND STRANDED LATE AT NIGHT ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HOME. CAR TOWED TO LOCAL GARAGE WHERE ASSUMPTION IS TRANSMISSION FAILURE (PENDING). DEALER TOLD ME I COULD (AT MY EXPENSE) HAVE CAR TOWED TO HONDA AND PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS, BUT UNLIKELY ANY RESPONSIBILITY ASSUMED BY HONDA SINCE CAR WAS NOT SERVICED THERE SINCE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA CIVIC STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD WHINNY NOISE. A FEW DAYS LATER TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. (ENGINE WOULD REV UP PRIOR TO UPSHIFT, LAG IN SHIFTING). HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED IN AN EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. FOUR DAYS LATER PUT THE CAR IN GEAR DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. COULD NOT MOVE IN ANY FORWARD GEAR OR REVERSE. TRANSMISSION WAS TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE (DEAD). TRANSMISSION HAD 141,860 MILES. FLUSHED APPROXIMATELY 141,775 MILES. PRIOR TO THAT HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AT APPROXIMATELY 110,000 MILES. RESEARCHED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH EARLY 2000 TRANSMISSIONS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS AN ACUTE PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSIONS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. VERY LITTLE IF ANY WARNING OF A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT A VEHICLE ENCOUNTERING THIS PROBLEM CAN BE COLLIDE INTO BY OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO DINNER AND MY CAR SEEMED TO BE JUMPING. AFTER DINNER, I DROVE TO AN AUTO ZONE AND MY BOYFRIEND CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE FLUID LEVEL WAS FINE, SO WE DROVE AWAY. I GOT ABOUT A HALF OF A MILE DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY IN NORTH TEXAS WHEN MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT. EVERY TIME I PUSHED THE GAS IT WOULD ONLY REV UP THE RPMS. MY CAR EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND CONTINUED TRYING TO GET THE CAR TO GO INTO GEAR. IT WOULD NOT MOVE. A CAR COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY NEARLY REAR ENDED ME. A COUNTY CONSTABLE SHOWED UP AND HELPED US TO PUSH THE CAR ONTO A SIDE STREET NOT AS BUSY AS THE HIGHWAY. ANOTHER COP ARRIVED AND TOLD ME THAT IF I DID NOT GET MY CAR OFF THE ROAD IN 5 MINUTES HE WOULD HAVE TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. I HAVE SINCE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA CIVIC 2001 MODEL AND APPARENTLY IT IS EXTREMELY WIDESPREAD - IT SEEMS IN EVERY ONE OF THESE CARS THE TRANSMISSION FAILS AND HAPPENS VERY SUDDENLY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN INEVITABLE ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR OF THE HONDA CIVIC I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE REPAIR COST, WHICH IS AROUND $2,500. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE VEHICLE STALLED MOMENTS AFTER IT WAS STARTED. AFTER RESTARTING IT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 123,000.