2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

MY HONDA CIVIC LX 2001 TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY SUDDENLY WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED(SERVICE BULLETIN NUM : 04036) BY HONDA FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPENING FOR ALL HONDA CIVICS 2001 YEAR AFTER 78,000 MILES. THOUGH HONDA HAS RECALLED THE ACCORD MODEL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE FOR THE CIVIC AND I HAVE TO PAY A HUGE SUM OF MONEY FOR THE REPAIRS. I REQUEST HONDA TO ISSUE A RECALL AND REIMBURSE(100%) THE CUSTOMERS WHO ALREADY FACED THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING WITH ACCELERATION ON DAY ONE. BY DAY TWO THE VEHICLE COULD BARELY ACCELERATE AND UPON ACCELERATION, THE RPM'S WOULD INCREASE EXCEEDINGLY. UPON CONTACTING A LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP, I WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH NEW HONDA TRANSMISSION FLUID. BEFORE I WAS EVEN ABLE TO REACH THIS POINT, THE CAR WILL NO LONGER ACCELERATE TO AN APPROPRIATE OR SAFE SPEED TO DRIVE AT. SO NOW, I HAVE NO VEHICLE TO GET TO AND FROM WORK AND WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT FUNDS TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS AND REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS NOW WHAT THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDS, I'M AT A LOSS OF WHAT TO DO. *TR

CAR SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR OR NOT GOING INTO GEAR. MOTOR REVVING BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CATCH AND JUMP FORWARD. PUT CAR INTO REVERSE AND MOTOR REVS WHEN GIVEN GAS BUT NOT MOVING. HAD TO PUT CAR BACK IN PARK AND THEN REVERSE AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER INITIALLY SAID IT WOULD BE $2,700.00 THEN CALLED BACK AND SAID THEY WOULD DO IT FOR $1,200.00. AFTER SEEING MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AND WAS TOLD I WAS GETTING A GREAT DEAL FOR $1,200.00. I DO NOT FEEL THAT A HONDA I PURCHASED NEW IN 2001 WITH 69,000 MILES ON IT SHOULD HAVE A TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THEN BE TOLD IT IS NOT HONDA'S RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

A CAR CUT ME OFF ON FREEWAY-I SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING HIM. MY CAR HIT CENTER FREEWAY DIVIDER AND ROLLED OVER 3-4 TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A REST. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *TR

TOTAL AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX AUTOMOBILE. THIS FAILURE DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO FAILURE. IT LEFT ME STRANDED ON AN DARK UPHILL WINDING ROAD NEXT TO A 20 FOOT CLIFF. THE CHP FINALLY PROVIDED ME SUPPORT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE FOR A NEW AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS $3100.00. TO DATE, I HAVE NOT HAD THE REPAIR COMPLETED BUT I SUSPECT THAT I WILL DO SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX, I EXPERIENCED THE COMPLETE LOSS OF MY HEADLIGHTS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM THAT THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT OR WILL NOT CORRECT. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE OVER HEATING OF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN 2004. AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS BY THE DEALER TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, (REPLACED THE SWITCH, AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING, ACCORDING TO THEM), I HAVE FOR THE THIRD TIME EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE OVER HEATING OF THE SWITCH. THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOSING THE HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT TIME ARE SELF EXPLANATORY. *TR

JUST RECENTLY, MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING. WHEN I WAS IN 5TH GEAR DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE SHIFTER WOULD "POP" OUT OF 5TH AND GO INTO NEUTRAL. I THOUGHT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE IT ALL THE WAY INTO 5TH GEAR, SO I PUSHED IT BACK INTO 5TH AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE. JUST A FEW MINUTES LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN. I HAD TO HOLD IT IN 5TH GEAR FOR 2 HOURS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN I GOT HOME I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS THE SYNCHRONIZER IN MY TRANSMISSION THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I FOUND OUT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM WAS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THIS IS A VERY PRICEY TASK, AND WAY OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE. MY CAR JUST HIT 69,000 MILES JUST A DAY AGO. ACCORDING TO EVERYONE I'VE SPOKEN WITH, THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH A CAR THIS OLD AND WITH THIS MANY MILES ON IT. *TR

SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION, ALMOST STOPPING THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAY AT NIGHT, HAS TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY. *TR

I JUST NOTICED THE SRS INDICATOR IS ON WITHOUT OBVIOUS REASON. IT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY HEAVY LOPTOP BAG IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. MY CAR IS HONDA CIVIC EX 2001. THE DEALER ASKS $115 TO DIAGNOSIS ONLY, NEEDLESS TO SAY FIX. THE NATURE OF THE DEFECT IS SAFETY ISSUE. HONDA SHOULD EITHER TO MAKE THE DESIGN OR HAVE THIS PART IN THE LIFE TIME WARRANTY. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT BEFORE 90,000 MILES ON HONDA CIVIC. REPAIRED THROUGH AAMCO FOR OVER $2200.00 NO WARNING. VEHICLE JUST WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. SAW ON INTERNET HONDA HAD KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH CIVICS IN 2001 MODEL YEAR. *TR