2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

LOW BEAM OF THE HEAD LIGHT FOR HONDA CIVIC 2001 LX FAILED WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. *TR

RECENTLY, BOTH OUR HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING. WE CHECKED THE BULBS AND FUSES AND ALL WERE OK. WE CHECKED ONLINE FOR POSSIBLE CAUSES FOR THIS AND QUICKLY DISCOVERED THERE IS A HONDA SAFETY RECALL ON THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH THAT ALLEVIATED JUST EXACTLY THE PROBLEM WE WERE HAVING. WE CALLED THE HONDA DEALERSHIP LOCALLY AND THEY LOOKED UP OUR VIN NUMBER AND SAID WE HAD ALREADY HAD THAT SAFETY ISSUE SERVICED. WE HAD FORGOTTEN. WE ASKED THEM WHAT COULD BE DONE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN FIXED IN THE RECALL SERVICING WASN'T. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT HELP US. ANY FURTHER SERVICING WOULD BE AT OUR EXPENSE. SINCE WE HAD TO HAVE HEADLIGHTS IMMEDIATELY AND DID NOT TRUST THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR PRIVATE HONDA CERTIFIED MECHANIC (THEY ONLY SERVICE HONDA'S.. EXCLUSIVELY). HE FIXED THE PART AND EXPLAINED TO US THAT THE ORIGINAL SAFETY RECALL PROBLEM HAD NEVER BEEN TOUCHED DURING OUR SUPPOSED RECALL SERVICING WITH HONDA. HE SAID IN THE RECALL SERVICING, A HEADLIGHT SWITCH WIRE THAT WAS TOO SMALL OF A GAUGE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACED BY A MUCH HEAVIER GAUGE WIRE. OUR CAR STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL SMALL GAUGE FACTORY WIRE INSTALLED WHICH NOT ONLY WAS MELTED THROUGH BUT HAD ALSO CAUSED THE LIGHT SWITCH TO MELT. HE REPLACED ALL PARTS FOR A CHARGE OF $117.95 WHICH WAS MUCH CHEAPER THAN WHAT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE CHARGED US. HE GAVE US OUR MELTED PARTS AS EVIDENCE TO PRESENT TO THE HONDA CORPORATION. HE INFORMED US THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH CARS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD THE SAFETY RECALL SERVICING AT ALL. WE HAVE REPORTED ALL THIS BACK TO THE HONDA CORPORATION BUT ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE GIVEN US A CASE NUMBER, THEY HAVE FAILED TO HELP US AT ALL. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING WHATSOEVER THAT CAN BE DONE. OUR CASE NUMBER WITH THE HONDA CORPORATION IS N032009-04-1500182. *TR

PURCHASED A PRE-OWNED 2001 HONDA CIVIC, CERTIFIED INSPECTION BY THE DEALER. VEHICLE HAS 2 INTERMITTENT SAFETY ISSUES, WHICH DID NOT PRESENT THEMSELVES IN THE TEST DRIVE PRIOR TO PURCHASE. FIRST, SRS LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. SECONDLY THERE IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, CAN NOT REPRODUCE ON DEMAND, WHERE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPLETELY DROPS. SO GAS GAUGE SAYS EMPTY, SAYS YOU ARE DRIVING -0- MPH, ODOMETER GOES TO "8888888", ETC, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE ONLY WAY TO RESET IS TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR & RESTART THE VEHICLE. ONE DEALER QUOTED A GAUGE CLUSTER AT $800. ANOTHER DEALER COULD NOT CONFIRM THIS AS THE ISSUE AND ASKED FOR US TO DRIVE THERE WHEN IT IS HAPPENING - WHEN THE GAUGES HAVE DROPPED. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITHOUT GAUGES, AND TO DRIVE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALER LIKE THIS IS UNSAFE. I CALLED HONDA, THERE ARE NO SIMILARLY REPORTED ISSUES FOR MY VEHICLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX PROGRESSIVELY UNDERWENT FAILURE FROM INTERMITTENT TO HIGHLY UNRELIABLE OVER A PERIOD OF 6-8 MONTHS. AT TIMES I WAS DRIVING WITH NO INSTRUMENT DISPLAY. REPAIRS ARE BEING PERFORMED BY A HONDA DEALER. *TR

I OWN A 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX, THE CARS FROM THAT PERIOD HAVE DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTERS THAT CAN 'SHATTER' CAUSING INSTANT LOSS OF POWER.. CAR DUMPED MY DAUGHTER 400 MILES FROM HOME IN L.A. YESTERDAY, DEAD TRANSMISSION HAD NO CLUE THAT THERE WAS SUCH A MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS POSTED TO THE ONE WEB SITE I VISITED! WHAT?S REALLY SICK IS THAT IF IT IS MOSTLY A TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE, THERE IS REALLY NOTHING TOO MECHANICAL ABOUT THEM. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN GO WRONG WITH THEM IS IF THE MATERIALS USED TO MAKE THE PROPELLERS AND TRANSFER SPLINE ARE SUBSTANDARD. I REALIZE THAT NOW THAT YOU MAY BE LOOKING FOR MORE DIRECT CAUSAL OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS, HOWEVER A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF FORWARD MOTION CAN BE AS DANGEROUS AS TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, AND IS A VERY REAL SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

CAR WAS DRIVING FINE (REGULAR MAINTENANCE) AND YESTERDAY IT WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED AND HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED TODAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE AND NEEDS REPLACING. THIS IS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH 73K MILES ON IT AND IS OUT OF ITS EXTENDED WARRANTY. HAVE CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA COMPANY TO SEE IF THEY WILL DO A GOODWILL REPAIR ON THE CAR. *TR

APRIL 11, 2009 I WAS DRIVING ON 1-75 ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE MY CAR TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAVE 55,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND TAKE IMMACULATE CARE OF IT. I HAVE SERVICE DOC'S TO REFLECT THIS. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE CAR WAS GOING 75-80 MPH AND THEN SUDDENLY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T WORK. IT WAS 92 DEGREES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY. I THINK ITS PRETTY CLEAR THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE 2001 HONDAS SHOULD BE RECALLED. ITS AT THE DEALER IN DAVIE AND I DON'T THINK ITS FAIR THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO REPAIR MY CRANKSHAFT AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A DEFECT HONDA IS WELL AWARE OF. IN FACT, THEY RECALLED THE ODYSSEY, PRELUDE, ACCORD BUT NOT THE CIVIC FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. ITS '!@#$%. I ALMOST GOT KILLED AND WAS LEFT COMPLETELY STRANDED AND CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT. SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T CALL ME BACK. THEY LAUGHED SAYING I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO TRADE IT IN. WELL I AM NOT LAUGHING. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FAIR. THEY NEED TO PAY FOR THIS AND RECALL THE CAR. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE, DECELERATE, AND SMOKE. THE CONTACT FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS SINCE THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 55,304. UPDATED 05/06/09. *LJ UPDATED 05/07/09.*JB

I BOUGHT A HONDA CIVIC 2001 RECENTLY AND TWO DAYS BACK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT UP. WHEN I GOT IT CHECKED TODAY, I FOUND ITS A TRANSMISSION RELATED ERROR CODE, IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2001 HONDA CIVIC. I TOOK THE CAR TO A HONDA SERVICE CENTER AND THEY ADVICE ME A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT FOR ABOUT $3500. HONDA SHOULD REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

ON APRIL 7, CAR BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS. THAT EVENING ON THE WAY TO THE MECHANIC, THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET (45MPH SPEED LIMIT). MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE CLUTCH AND TORQUE CONVERTER THAT FAILED. WILL COST $2500 TO FIX. FROM INTERNET SEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2001 HONDA CIVIC'S WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. *TR