2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

SRS LIGHT REMAINS ON POSSIBLY TO THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT SENSOR AS OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. PRESENTLY I NEED TO REPLACE FRONT STRUTS $800 - NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FOR A CAR WITH 95000 MILES ON IT. I HATE THE NEW HONDA CIVIC - I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE THINKING WHEN THEY DESIGNED IT SO I DECIDED TO KEEP MINE AND HAVE THE NORMAL STUFF FIXED. BUT - THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING ABOUT. LET'S GET THE SRS LIGHT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *TR

THE FAILURE I AM CONCERNED WITH HAS TO DO WITH THE HEAD LIGHT MODULE. THE PLASTIC/GLASS THAT COVERS AND PROTECTS THE LIGHT WILL IN TIME APPEAR FROSTED. THIS FROSTING GREATLY REDUCES NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY. WHEN I WORKED IN THE AUTO REPAIR INDUSTRY I WITNESSED IT OFTEN. I OWNED A CHEVROLET PRISM THAT HAD THIS DEFECT AND NOW OWN A 2001 HONDA CIVIC THAT HAS THE PROBLEM. THE REPLACEMENT COST OF THE MODULES IS ENORMOUS. THESE HEADLIGHTS SHOULD LAST AS LONG AS THE CAR. *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AROUND 100,000 MILES, SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING, COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH OR LEFT ME STRANDED. I HAVE A 6 MONTH OLD BABY THAT TRAVELS IN THE CAR AND THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR

THE SRS LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD OF HONDA CIVIC 2001 STAYS ON. UPON WORKING WITH AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, THE DIAGNOSIS OF THIS ERROR IS "LEFT FRONT SEATBELT BUCKLE SWITCH FAILURE" (CODE 09-3). I WAS VERBALLY TOLD THAT THIS MEANS IN EVENT OF A CRASH THE AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. I CURSORY SEARCH OF INTERNET FORUMS SUGGESTS MY CASE IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. WHEN I REQUESTED THE DEALERSHIP AND SUBSEQUENTLY HONDA MOTOR CO TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, WHICH HAS TO BE CONSIDERED SAFETY RELATED, I WAS TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL OF AIRBAG NON DEPLOYMENT, I WOULD REQUEST URGENT ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 HONDA CIVIC (WITH ONLY 98,000 MILES ON IT) HOME ON THE INTERSTATE AND NOTICED SOME SLIPPING AS THE GEARS WERE TRYING TO SHIFT. SHE MANAGED TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND COAST TO A SAFER LOCATION. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO HONDA WHERE THEY QUOTED ME A REPAIR PRICE WHICH, EVEN WITH THEIR "GOODWILL" OFFERING, WAS STILL $700 MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE PLACE I ENDED UP WITH. I WAITED AND WAITED FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE COMPLETED BUT FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE NO TRANSMISSIONS AVAILABLE IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY, FOR ABOUT 8-10 WEEKS I WAITED FOR A TRANSMISSION JUST TO FIND OUT THAT IF I HAD KEPT THE CAR AT THE ORIGINAL HONDA LOCATION THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A TRANSMISSION AVAILABLE (VERY MYSTERIOUS WHY THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE ANY TO OTHER PLACES THEN). IN ANY CASE, A TRANSMISSION WAS FINALLY RELEASED TO THE OUTSIDE COMPANY AND THE REPAIRS WERE MADE...JUST TO FIND OUT THAT IT WOULD LOCK IN 4TH GEAR AND WOULD HAVE TO BE DITCHED. THREE MONTHS OF WAITING AND AGGRAVATION AND STILL NO RESULT. HONDA DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE WHATSOEVER AND IN SPITE OF HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS BY OTHER CIVIC OWNERS (VERY, VERY SIMILAR STORIES) AT HONDAPROBLEMS.COM THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS FOR THE CIVIC TRANSMISSION, CLAIMING THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE MY WIFE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND HONDA SHOULD MOST CERTAINLY ISSUE A RECALL AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR SOME OF THEIR OTHER LINES, E.G. THE ODYSSEY AND THE ACCORD. PLEASE HELP!! *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC EX TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS ON THE TRIBORO BRIDGE IN NY. WITHOUT ANY INDICATION MY CAR DIED. NEARLY GOT REARENDED. A HONDA TRANSMISSION GOING AT 86K MILES. WHAT A JOKE. *TR

A 'WHIRRING' NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT TRAVEL OVER 20 MPH, WE MADE IT SAFELY INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. STARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER IT COOLED DOWN AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO DRIVE (BUT WOULD ENGAGE IN REVERSE). TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. OLD PART IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. *TR

TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHEN DRIVING HE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE SPECULATED THAT THE ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS RELATED TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. ALSO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

SRS WARNING LIGHT (SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM) STAYS ON. PROBLEM STARTED AT 9400 MILES WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, CAR NOW HAS 55,000 MILES. *TR

I DRIVE A 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX 101K MILES AT TIME OF FAILURE. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THIS CAR IS NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH LITTLE TO NO NOTICE. I WAS TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND SUDDENLY MY CAR WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. I WAS LUCKY THAT THE ONCOMING VEHICLES HAD ENOUGH TIME TO STOP BEFORE THEY HIT ME. THIS ALSO ALMOST CAUSED A SECONDARY ACCIDENT BECAUSE A CAR BEHIND A CAR THAT ALMOST HIT ME HAD TO SCREECH TO A HALT TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE PERSON IN FRONT OF THEM. I HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE CAR YET BECAUSE I HAVE READ ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH REBUILT OR NEW HONDA TRANSMISSIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. THIS HAS RENDERED MY VEHICLE USELESS BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO PAY $3000 TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR