2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

ALWAYS DID MAINTENANCE CHECKS ON MY HONDA CIVIC 2001. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 124,000 MILES AND TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 3/3/10. COMING OFF OF A STOP SIGN AND ENTERING AN INTERSECTION HEADING NORTH, SHE FAILED TO YIELD TO AN SUV HEADING EAST. SHE T-BONED THAT CAR WHICH DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE FRONT OF HER VEHICLE (VEHICLE DECLARED TOTALED). MY CONCERN IS THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. IF YOU SAW THE PICTURE OF THE DAMAGE, IT CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE. *TR

126K MILES ON MY CIVIC, ALWAYS MAINTAINED VERY WELL....SLOWED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THEN COULDN'T GET IN GEAR TO SPEED UP. HAD TO DRIVE IN LOW TO THE MECHANIC. TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO A FAULTY FAN IN THE RADIATOR. HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. AN OUTSIDE FAN ADDED TO AVOID REPEAT. OTHER RELATED REPAIRS DONE. $4,000! FROM MY RESEARCH, I SEE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF A 2001 HONDA CIVIC IS VERY COMMON! I DIDN'T ENTER A COMPONENT AS "TRANSMISSION" WASN'T AN OPTION. *TR

FOR YEARS I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SAFETY BELT LATCH. I HAVE TO PUSH IT IN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT LATCHES. SOME TIMES I THINK IT LATCHES BUT THEN A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE LATCH LETS GO AND MY SAFETY BELT RECOILS ACROSS MY LAP. THE SAFETY BELT ONLY LATCHES PROPERLY APPROXIMATELY 1 OUT OF 10 TIMES; THEREFORE, I'M DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM ALMOST EVERYDAY I DRIVE THE CAR. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME SINCE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY IT WOULD BE AT MY COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM. EXPECTED COST TO REPLACE THE BELT LATCH IS OVER $250. *TR

FROM A DEAD STOP THE CAR UNCONTROLLABLY ACCELERATED. THE FOOT BRAKE WOULD NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE. SOMEHOW THE CAR WOUND UP DOING A 180 ON THE ROAD AND SLAMMED INTO A SNOW BANK. I WAS ABLE TO JAM THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND SLOW THE CAR WITH THE HAND BRAKE. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING BEHIND A SLOW SEMI-TRAILER SO I PULLED OUT TO PASS. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE. I HAD TO PULL BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE BEHIND THE SEMI AS THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO PASS THE SEMI. EVER SINCE THAT TIME THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE LAG TIME BETWEEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND HAVING THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGE WHEN TRAVELING FASTER THAN 25 MPH. *TR

THIS IN REGARDS TO HONDA'S SAFETY ADVISORY RECALL, 2001-2002 ACCORD/CIVIC DRIVER'S AIRBAG INFLATER (SB 08-093). I BROUGHT MY CAR TO HONDA WEST, 7615 WEST SAHARA AVENUE, LAS VEGAS, NV 89117. I SHOWED TWO SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SERVICE MANAGER THE LETTER THAT I RECEIVED FROM HONDA REGARDING THE RECALL. THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NEED TO LEAVE MY CAR THERE FOR TWO DAYS SO THEY CAN ORDER THE PARTS. THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION BECAUSE I WORK AND NEED TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO WORK. I SUGGESTED TO ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND MANAGER TO ORDER THE PARTS, CALL ME WHEN THE PARTS ARE IN, AND I COULD BRING MY CAR BACK IN FOR THE RECALL. THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS AN INCONVENIENCE FOR THEM AND INSISTED I LEAVE MY CAR FOR THE TWO DAYS. TO ME IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY DID NOT WANT TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A FREE REPAIR. I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BRINGING MY CAR BACK FOR THIS REPAIR. HOW CAN I BE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL FIX THIS ISSUE WITHOUT BREAKING SOMETHING ELSE AND CHARGING ME. I WOULD TAKE MY CAR ELSEWHERE, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY OPTION IN LAS VEGAS. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

HONDA CIVIC EXHAUST MANIFOLD FOR 2001 MODEL IS DEFECTIVE. WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I TOOK IN THE CAR FOR SERVICE CHECK AND THE MECHANIC REVELED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A ONE INCH CRACK IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. AFTER SAVING UP $800 FOR A REPLACEMENT I ORDERED A NEW ONE. THAT WAS IN 2008. NOW COMING INTO THE NEW YEAR FIND MYSELF IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT WITH A LESS THAN TWO YEAR OLD PART. THIS DEFECT IS WIDESPREAD AND I HAVE YET TO PURCHASED A NEW ONE FOR FEAR IT WILL SUFFER THE SAME CRACKED FATE. THIS PART AND LABOR ARE TOO EXPENSIVE TO REQUIRE A CONSTANT REPLACEMENT. I HAVE HAS THE PART WELDED TWICE BUT THAT DOES NOT STAY FOR LONGER THAN 3 MONTHS. NOT HAVING A PROPERLY WORKING PART HAS LEAD TO THE PROPERTY DAMAGE CAR THE CRACK HAS CAUSED A HORRIBLE PUFFING SOUND AND UNDUE BUILDUP UP IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BY ITSELF. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE VEHICLE THEN OPERATED NORMALLY. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO HER RESIDENCE AND PARKED IT. THE NEXT MORNING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY DIAGNOSE IT STATING THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND SHE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50000.

I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE 30,000 MILE SERVICE TO A HONDA DEALER, AFTER ABOUT A WEEK I STARTED TO NOTICE PROBLEMS WITH MY CARS ACCELERATION SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THEM AND TOLD ME MY TRANSMISSION WAS GOING OUT TO MY SURPRISE. I TOLD THEM I HAD NO PROBLEMS BEFORE I BROUGHT IN, THAT ALL THE PROBLEMS STARTED AFTER THE SERVICE. WELL ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER THE SERVICE MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND THEY DID NOT TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. MY CONCERN IS IF MY CAR IS GETTING ITS REGULAR SERVICES AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND MY TRANSMISSION IS STILL GOING OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON THEN THEIR IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THESE CARS TRANSMISSION. EVEN WHEN I CALLED TO GET AN ESTIMATE FOR THE COST THEY TRANSMISSION PLACES WERE TELLING ME THAT THERE IS ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS TRANSMISSIONS THAT THEY HAD JUST FIXED ABOUT 3 OTHER CARS THAT WEEK. AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THEY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION THE FIRST IT WAS UN WARRANTY AND MY CAR HAD 14,00 MILES. HONDA SHOULD DEFIANTLY DUE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OR BE SOME SORT OF REIMBURSEMENT OF SOME SORT. *TR