2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

BOUGHT A 2001 HONDA CIVIC STARTED SLIPPING INTO 3RD. TRIED CHANGING TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH STOP SLIP TRANSMISSION FLUID. PROBLEM PERSISTED. ONE NIGHT IT STARTED DOING A CONTINUAL SLIP AND COULDN'T ACCELERATE. IF I WASN'T IN THE COUNTRY AND INSTEAD WAS IN A BIG CITY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS BACK ON. THE HIGH BEAMS WERE THE ONLY LIGHTS THAT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE FUNCTIONING AT THE TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER AN UNKNOWN HEADLIGHT RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE THE VEHICLE WAS EVER REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 68,700.

MY HONDA CIVIC 2001, STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUPER BUSY STREET. MY CAR BEGAN TO REV UP EVERYTIME I NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD NOT GO PASS 40 KM/HR AND THEN I STOPPED FOR A BIT AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I STARTED MOVE OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO PASS 20 KM/HR AND 2 MINUTES LATER, MY CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY. MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD BUT IT WOULD REVERSE. I WAS THEN FORCED TO TOW MY CAR TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD MECHANIC BUT NOW HE CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A TRANSMISSION AND SINCE THIS HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER, THE TRANSMISSION SHOPS ARE CLOSED. I HAVE LOST SO FAR 4 DAYS OF WORK BECAUSE I DO NO HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR. I AM STILL WAITING ... *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC EX WITH 138K MILES. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK (I AM A POLICE OFFICER) MY TRANSMISSION GOES OUT LEAVING ME WITH NO ACCELERATION ON A BUSY HIGHWAY CAUSING TRAFFIC TO TAKE EVASIVE MANEUVERS TO AVOID A COLLISION. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SEEMS THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR TRANSMISSIONS TO GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING EVEN WHEN SERVICED CORRECTLY AND TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 95 WHEN I STARTED TO FEEL THE CAR SLOWING EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN DRIVE. MOST CARS ARE GOING 60-70. I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO EXIT WHEN THE CAR STOPPED IN THE LEFT LANE OF A BUSY CITY STREET. THE CAR FELT AS THOUGH I WAS IN NEUTRAL ANY TIME I TRIED TO DRIVE. MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC APPARENTLY HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND I WILL NOW HAVE TO PAY $2400 FOR THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. I AM SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS COMPLAINT. I WAS LUCKY THAT I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING BUT THE RPMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 103,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A U TURN AT 10 MPH THE RPMS BEGAN TO INCREASE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION MECHANIC WHO DRAINED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN IT. THE DEALER STATED THAT SHE NEEDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEM AND THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 91,000.

I HAVE A 2001 HONDA CIVIC AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND MY CAR STALLED. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND HAS APPROX. 147K MILES ON IT. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CAR REQUIRES A NEW TRANSMISSION OUT OF MY POCKET. IT IS IN MY OPINION THAT MY TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE LAST A LOT LONGER THAN 9 YEARS AND 147K MILES. I OWN THREE OTHER VEHICLES, TWO OF WHICH ARE ABOUT 5 YEARS OLDER AND BOTH WITH OVER 300K MILES ON THEM EACH AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. HONDA DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WON'T RECALL IT. IT'S CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE IS ONES CAR STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE HIT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND 453 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM; I AM A VERY CONSERVATIVE DRIVER AND TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLES. THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT A HONDA WOULDN'T LAST LONGER THAN MINE HAS. *TR

I WAS DIVING DOWN THE HWY WHEN MY CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND MY RPMS WERE SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF, BUT MY SPEED WAS DECLINING, AS CARS GOING 70MPH WERE SHOOTING AROUND ME. THEN I CAME TO A HALT, AND THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD NO WARNINGS, IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. HE REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND STATED IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RADIATOR NOT COOLING THE FLUIDS, YET MY CAR NEVER READ AS HOT. $3000 LATER I HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS NOT MADE MY HONDA. HONDA FAILED TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS AND SEEM "SHOCKED" WHEN I CALLED THEM. *TR

TRANSMISSION CODE P0740 TOLD TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DRIVEN CAR NORMALLY AND HAS 128,000 MILES, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND THE TRANSMISSION IS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE MADE. MANY MECHANICS HAVE CLAIMED THIS IS A TYPICAL PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL. THERE ARE STORIES ABOUT TRANSMISSIONS GOING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. *TR