2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

HONDA CIVIC LX 2001 WITH 72,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE FREEWAY. UNTIL THIS TIME THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. EXCEPT FOR THE LAST 10 MILES THE ACCELERATOR WAS SLUGGISH. *TR

BOUGHT A 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE WITH AUTOMATIC/CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION WITH 84,000 MILES. DROVE FOR A WEEK, HAD IT CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC, EVERYTHING PERFECT. ON THE 6TH DAY I OWNED IT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE ENGINE REVVED SUDDENLY WENT UP WITH SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF POWER TO WHEELS. IT WAS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION COULDN'T FIND THE NEXT GEAR. I PRESSED BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, TRANSMISSION COULDN'T DOWN-SHIFT. I GOT OUT OF TRAFFIC TO RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD, STOPPED THE CAR AND CUT OFF IGNITION, RESTARTED, PUT IN DRIVE, AND GOT THE CAR TO GO 50 YARDS AT 15 MPH. THEN LOST POWER TO WHEELS, ALTHOUGH ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE. NO WARNING AND NO ENGINE LIGHTS. CAR TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP THAT COULDN'T IDENTIFY PROBLEM. TOWED TO HONDA DEALER, SERVICE ADVISOR SAID TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED, WILL REPLACE WITH USED ONE FOR $2889.50.*AK

I OWN A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. AT 45,000 MILES THE SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON. SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE HONDA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING AND REPAIRING THE DEFECT. HOWEVER, HONDA DISPUTED THIS. IF THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY OR SEAT BELTS DIDN'T WORK SERIOUS INJURY COULD BE INCURRED.*AK

TRANSMISSION SURGES /SLIPS ACCOMPANIED BY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT. THIS IS SECOND OCCURRENCE FOR THIS CONDITION. FIRST EVENT DEAL REPLACED O2 SENSOR AND TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SURGING/SLIPPING CEASED. NEW EVENT OF SURGING/SLIPPING OCCURRED WITHOUT PRIOR SYMPTOM BUT AT A MUCH GREATER SEVERITY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHEN IDLE AT A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE WILL SHAKE AND VIBRATE VERY LOUDLY. THE CONTACT TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WHO STATED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC WAS NEEDED TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 83,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

I AM THE ORIGINAL BUYER OF HONDA CIVIC 2001 4DR AND SRS LIGHT GOES ON FREQUENTLY. AS LONG AS THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY DEALER USED TO FIX IT WITHOUT ANY CHARGE. LAST TIME IN 2004 I GOT IT FIXED BY THE DEALER. AT THAT TIME CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT AS THE PROBLEM EXISTED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF WARRANTY THEY FIXED IT. SRS LIGHT PROBLEM REAPPEARED IN MARCH 2007 , AND WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, HE SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS NOT THE SAME. HE STATED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG IN SEAT BACK SENSOR. *AK DEALER IS AWARE OF THE RECALL ON SRS FROM HONDA...AND NOW HE IS NOT WILLING TO HELP ME. I NEVER HAD ANY ACCIDENT. THERE IS SOME INHERENT PROBLEM WITH SRS IN THIS CAR. DEALER WANTS ME TO PAY $600 TO FIX IT. THIS THE 6TH TIME SRS LIGHT IS ON.

TRANMISSION FAILED AND CAR STOPPED ABRUPTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR HAS ONLY 72K MILES AND TRAMISSION SERVICE HAS BEEN PERFORMED REGULARLY ON THE CAR. THE DEALER QUOTES $3400 TO FIX. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS BY MANY CONSUMERS ON 2001 HONDA CIVIC TRAMISSIONS FAILING ABRUPTLY.*AK

MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH ABOUT 76,000 MILES WAS ACTING UP FOR ABOUT A WEEK. IT STARTED MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN COLD, HOWEVER ONCE IT GOT WARMED UP THE NOISE WENT AWAY. FEW DAYS AGO WHEN I SHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE, IT BARELY MOVED. THE RPM'S WOULD REV UP BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT GOING ANYWHERE FAST. SAME HAPPENED WHEN SHIFTED IN DRIVE. I MADE IT TO WORK, AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT INTO THE SHOP ON THE WAY BACK IN THE EVENING. ON THE WAY TO THE SHOP THE CAR STOPPED WITHOUT MUCH WARNING. AT THE TIME IT DIED I WAS GOING OVER A BRIDGE OVERPASS AND DID NOT HAVE ANY ROOM TO PULL OVER. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS FOLLOWING ME SO SHE SLOWED DOWN AND ALLOWED ME TO COST DOWN THE OVERPASS ON TO THE SHOULDER. ONCE STOPPED THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON, UNFORTUNATELY, TOO LITTLE TO LATE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER WHO HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A HONDA, ONLY 5 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 80K MILES. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO THIS CAR. THE COST OF REPAIR IS OVER $2K. HONDA IS WILLING TO COVER HALF THE COST AS A GOOD-WILL GESTURE, BUT JUDGING BY THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ON 2001 HONDA CIVICS BETWEEN 50-80K MILES, THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I ONLY WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE FORK OVER $3K-$4K AND DO NOT REPORT THIS ISSUE. *NM

CARS TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK. GOING DOWN HILL TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AND ENGINE REVVED UP - WOULD NOT MOVE. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. WOULD NOT MOVE IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS FULL, NO APPARENT LEAKS. FLUID SMELLED LIKE IT WAS BURNED. CAR HAD ALL SERVICE UP TO DATE, PERFORMED BY DEALER. CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM DEALER. TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SERVICED (FLUID CHANGED) TWICE BY DEALER. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER - DIAGNOSED AS BAD TRANSMISSION. QUOTED PRICE OF $3876 TO REPLACE. FOUND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OTHER CIVIC OWNERS ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION FAILURE. HONDA TRANSMISSIONS ARE OBVIOUSLY POOR QUALITY AND NOT RELIABLE. SOME PEOPLE HAD TO REPLACE TRANS. 2-3 TIMES IN FIRST 100,000 MILES.*JB

SRS LIGHT CAME ON OUT OF THE BLUE 8/06. I HAD AN ACCIDENT 2/05. DEALER "CLEARED CODES". LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS TIME THE DEALER BLAMED THE ACCIDENT. HAD THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAY $400 FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE SRS UNIT. LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ONE WEEK LATER. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT NOW IT IS A FAULTY SEAT BELT BUCKLE WHICH WOULD COST $305 TO REPAIR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH HONDA CIVICS. THIS SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ISSUE. *JB