2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, A VEHICLE COMING FROM THE LEFT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND TWO PEOPLE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

PARKED THE VEHICLE DRIVEWAY, EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH KEYS IN HAND. WALKED BEHIND THE VEHICLE TO SPEAK TO NEIGHBOR, THE NEIGHBOR NOTICED CAR ROLLING, WE BOTH JUMP OUT OF WAY. VEHICLE ROLLS DOWN HILL ACROSS STREET ONTO NEIGHBOR PROPERTY AND FLIPS ON THE NEIGHBOR'S RETAINING WALL. IGNITION KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH WITH THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVE POSITION. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC JUMPED GEARS AND SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED MY SPEED HAD TO MANEUVER OFF THE FREEWAY EXIT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND MANAGED TO DRIVE IT TO A MECHANIC NEARBY WHICH SAID I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO FIX IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON SO DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN THIS TIME TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND RECEIVED THE CODE PO740. DOING RESEARCH ONLINE I FOUND OUT THIS WAS COMMON IN CIVICS AND SOME ACCORDS AND THAT 2001 WAS THE WORST. HONDA HAS BEEN USING FAULTY TRANSMISSION AND SOLENOID PARTS AND HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR MANY OWNER THAT SEEMS TO CAUSE PROBLEMS AND NOT ALLOWING TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AND ALLOWS IT TO REDLINE. INDEED NO PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN NOT DRIVING TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AT ABOUT 3500 RPM BUT THIS CAUSES A PROBLEM WHEN THE NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY OR DRIVING UPHILL IS REQUIRED, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE AND TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY WASN'T HEAVY WHEN THIS OCCURRED THAT ALLOWED ME TO EXIT QUICKLY BUT IF THIS HAD CAUSED ME TO SHIFT DOWN IT WOULD'VE BEEN DANGEROUS AND CAUSED A HAZARD TO ME AND OTHER DRIVERS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS NO RECALL HAS YET TO BE MADE EVEN THOUGH THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH APPROXIMATELY 61,000 MILES ON IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF IN MY CAR FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING, MY ENGINE STARTED REVVING BUT MY CAR WOULD NOT REACH MORE THAN 20 MPH. FINALLY, MY CAR STOPPED MOVING ALL TOGETHER EVEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO SAFELY TRY AND MANEUVER MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SO I WOULD NOT BE HIT AND I COULD GET OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE WAY OF TRAFFIC. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. HE SAID THAT I AM IN NEED OF A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER READING SOME INFORMATION ONLINE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A RATHER COMMON ISSUE FOR 2001 HONDA CIVICS. I CONTACTED HONDA OF AMERICA IN CA THIS MORNING TO SEE IF THERE HAVE EVER BEEN ANY SAFETY RECALLS FOR MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY RECALLS AND THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR SINCE MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I NOW HAVE TO PAY $3,000 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION ON MY VEHICLE. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT HURT. HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE MY CAR RANDOMLY STOPPED WORKING BY NO FAULT OF MY OWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR 2001 HONDA CIVICS, WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX. THE CONTACT STATED SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V259000 (AIR BAGS: FRONTAL: DRIVER SIDE INFLATOR MODULE) AND HAD REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AT HER LOCAL DEALER. THE FRONTAL AIR BAG INFLATOR MODULE WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE AIR BAG WARNING SENSOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE, AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,946 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,009.

HI, I OWN A 01 HONDA CIVIC EX AND MY TRANSMISSION JUST DIED TODAY JUST LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER HONDA CIVIC OWNERS OF THIS YEAR. MY PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO WHEN I STARTED NOTICING A STRANGE SOUND WHILE STARTING MY CAR, THEN THERE WOULD BE ACCELERATION SLIPS THAT HAPPENED MORE AND MORE OFTEN, THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THERE WOULD BE NO ACCELERATION. IT WAS VERY BAD BECAUSE THE SLIPS HAPPENED A LOT WHILE I WAS TURNING OUT OF A DRIVE WAY AND IT WOULD STOP ME IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE! DURING THAT TIME, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 400 OTHER 01 HONDA OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THAT THE TYPICAL COST FOR REPAIR WOULD BE A COUPLE OF THOUSANDS. I WAS HOPING THAT MY PROBLEM IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE I TOOK GOOD CARE OF MY CAR, WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGE EVERY 3000 MILES, CHANGED WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELT NOT TOO LONG AGO TOO. I WANTED TO SEEK OTHER OPTIONS SO I WENT AND GOT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID, SPARK PLUGS AND EVEN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CHANGED BUT NOW I KNOW ITS PROBABLY THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ALL ALONG. I REALLY THINK HONDA SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBLY FOR THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I 'M NOT SURE IF THIS COMPLAINT WILL HELP BUT I JUST REALLY HOPE HONDA WILL RELEASE A RECALL OR SOMETHING TO HELP ALL THE CUSTOMERS OUT THERE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC SI SRS LIGHT CAME ON, AFTER SPEAKING WITH A FEW HONDA OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM THEY ALL SAID THERE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY DRIVER SIDE BELT BUCKLE, ALSO AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET NOTICED ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME PROBLEM WITH SRS AND FAULTY BUCKLE , WENT ON TO CONTACT HONDA WHO ALSO TOLD ME YES 99 % OF THE TIME THE SRS LIGHT COMES ON THAT SPECIFIC CAR IT IS A FAULTY BUCKLE, AND THIS PROBLEM DEACTIVATES THE AIRBAG SO IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT THE AIRBAGS WONT DEPLOY SO IF THERE'S THAT MANY DEFECTED BUCKLES FOR 2001 CIVIC SI SHOULDN'T THEY CONSIDER A RECALL? *TR

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FAIL FREQUENTLY. THERE IS A RECALL ON THAT YEAR CAR BUT NOT ON MY VIN SO THE DEALER IS REFUSING TO REPAIR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE SPEED ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO REACH A PARKING LOT FROM WHICH I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BACK HOME. THIS RESULTED IN A $335 TOWING BILL BECAUSE I WAS NEARLY 70 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY FORWARD GEAR AND GRINDS WHEN IN REVERSE. THE CAR HAS 114,000 MILES AND WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2001. *TR