2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY WENT OUT. APPEARS THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT WITH THIS VEHICLE. COST TO REPAIR OVER $3000. *TR

MY 18 YR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON A 4 LANE INTERSTATE ON A FRIDAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE AVERAGE SPEED ON THIS ROAD AT THIS TIME OF DAY IS 70-75MPH . SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING HER TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR ESSENTIALLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER. SHE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN HIT AND MORE THAN LIKELY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A MULTICAR ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY SAID THEY ONLY WERE AWARE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ODYSSEY AND ACCORD MANUFACTURED APPROX. 1999-2002. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE CIVIC (OUR CAR IS A 2001 CIVIC). HOW MANY COMPLAINTS AND NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS WILL IT TAKE FOR HONDA TO BE BROUGHT TO TASK FOR THIS DEFECT? *TR

TRANSMISSION COMPLETE FAILURE AT 121,000 MILE AFTER KEEPING MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. THERE WAS SLIPPAGE 3 YEARS AGO AND I WAS THANKFUL THAT WE WERE MOVING TO FL SINCE THERE ARE FEW MAJOR HILLS THERE I THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP SAVE MY TRANSMISSION. WE COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO STAY IN FLORIDA DUE TO MY HEALTH FAILING AND I NEEDED TO BE NEARER TO FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH ISSUES. UPON MOVING BACK TO PA ABOUT 3,000 MILE LATER MY TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. I AM PRESENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF SPEAKING WITH HONDA OF AMERICA SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR BASED ON REPUTATION AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WITH GENERAL MAINTENANCE THAT YOU CAN GET 200-400,000 MILE IT MAINTAINED. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT GOOD WILL, I AM TALKING ABOUT SPENDING OVER 15,000 FOR A NEW CAR THAT GOT ME 6 YEARS AND WHAM. NOTHING. I HAVE ALWAYS SPENT 1,000 ON A USED CAR AND ALWAYS GOTTEN MORE THAN A YEAR OUT OF THAT IT WOULD HAVE PAID ME TO BUY 6 USED CARS AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF I WOULD STILL HAVE MONEY IN MY POCKET AT THIS POINT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POSSIBLY SPENDING A BUNCH TO GET THIS ONE FIXED! I AM DISABLED AND NOT IN THE POSITION TO SPEND ANYTHING ON THIS CAR.. I HAVE PUT ENOUGH INTO IT OVER THE YEARS TO GUARANTEE THAT I SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT A MAJOR REPAIR AT THIS POINT! I HAVE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF 01 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS AND NO ONE IS HAPPY WITH THIS CAR I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAME TRANSMISSION IS IN THE CIVIC THAT IS IN THE ACCORD THEY ADMIT THE RECALL ON THE ACCORD BUT NOT THE CIVIC I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FIND THAT 98-03 ACCORDS ARE ROTTEN ON TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND 01 -02 CIVICS ARE RIGHT THERE WITH THEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND ADDRESS THIS. THANK YOU VERY DISAPPOINTED CIVIC OWNER LAD *TR

I AM A 23 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT. STRUGGLING WITH A PART-TIME JOB AND TRYING TO FINISH SCHOOL. I JUST PAID OVER $1000 TO GET MY AC COMPRESSOR FIXED A FEW MONTHS AGO. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL AND MY ENGINE KEPT REVVING UP, BUT I WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE, YET I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, JUST HAD TO GO SLOW. SO I STARTED DRIVING SLOWLY, KEEPING MY SPEED AT ABOUT 30MPH. I TOOK THE LOCAL WAY TOO. I END UP GETTING TO A POINT WHERE NO MATTER WHAT I DID THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, IT WAS AS IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR COMES TO A CRAWL, I END UP MOVING THE CAR TO THE SIDE. WHILE I WAS WAITING, I DECIDED TO TRY DRIVING IT AGAIN, SO I START THE CAR AGAIN, AND IT SEEMS TO WORK ALRIGHT, HOWEVER, I COULD STILL ONLY GO ABOUT 30MPH. I END UP STOPPING AT A NEARBY GAS STATION. I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME, BUT DIDN'T GET TOO FAR FROM THE GAS STATION AND THE CAR STOPS ACCELERATING AGAIN. I FINALLY PULLED OVER, CALLED A TOW TRUCK, AND WE HAD IT DROPPED OFF AT THE HONDA DEALER, BUT SINCE IT WAS NIGHT TIME, NO ONE WAS THERE. WE WENT THERE THIS MORNING AND WE FIND OUT THAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO GET A USED TRANSMISSION WITH 29,000 MILES ON IT, WITH LABOR AND PARTS ALTOGETHER, THE CHARGE WAS $2500! THIS IS AFTER PAYING FOR AN AC COMPRESSOR I JUST REPLACED. AT THIS POINT I DON'T KNOW IF I EVEN WANT TO GET IT FIXED. I'VE ALWAYS HEARD HOW RELIABLE HONDA IS, THIS IS MY FIRST CAR, THINKING THIS WOULD AT LEAST GET ME THROUGH COLLEGE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING TO COLLEGE, BUT IT JUST WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I WANT TO DO. I WON'T EVEN GET ANYTHING FOR THE CAR IF I TRY TRADING IT IN OR SALVAGING IT. I KNOW ONE THING, I'M NOT GETTING A HONDA ANYMORE. *TR

THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO MY TRANSMISSION FAILURE, INFACT I HAD TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND A 25 POINT CHECKUP LESS THAN 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. MY CAR WAS PARKED, I STARTED THE IGNITION AND TRIED TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THEN I TRIED TO GO IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE EITHER. WHEN IT FINALLY DID BEGIN TO GO FORWARD IT WOULD NOT DRIVE ABOVE 10 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED AAA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY HOME. MY CAR WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 2 MONTHS. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET MY TRANSMISSION CHECKED IT COST ME $1,400.00 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH 85,000 MILES. I HAD THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH FIXED IN MAY 2007 AS PART OF THE HONDA RECALL. AT THIS TIME THE DEALER DID A "ONCE OVER" ON THE CAR AND SAID MY STRUTS WERE LEAKING, BUT NOTHING ELSE. ON NOVEMBER 4TH I WENT TO DRIVE MY CAR IN THE MORNING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE CAR STARTED, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE, ETC. LUCKILY I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY OR BUSY STREET. IT TURNS OUT THAT I NEEDED AN ENTIRELY NEW TRANSMISSION, I WOUND UP FIXING IT FOR $2,500 AS THE CAR IS PAID OFF. I CALLED HONDA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THEY WILL ONLY ENTERTAIN THE PROBLEM IF I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSIS - AND WHAT PAY $5,000+ FOR THE DEALER TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION - NO THANKS. *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC SRS LIGHT STAYS ON WHICH MEANS AIR BAGS WONT DEPLOY NOT COVERED BY HONDA THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD BE COVERED FOR LIFE OF THE CAR HONDA MUST NOT CARE ABOUT SAFETY OR LAW SUITS IF MY AIR BAGS DON'T WORK WHEN THEY NEED TO WONT BUY ANOTHER HONDA. *TR

THE SEAT BELT SENSOR IN DRIVERS BUCKLE WAS SENDING AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT SEAT BELT WASN'T FASTENED. ERROR WAS SHOWING ON THE DASHBOARD AS "SRS" UNABLE TO GET INSPECTION STICKER UNTIL THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CIRCUIT BOX FAILED, WHICH MEANT THAT THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY DURING A CRASH. AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE RPM INCREASED TO 7,200 AND THE SPEED DECREASED TO 20 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN HE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE FAILURE AND THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000.