2001 Honda Civic Power Train

CAR POPS OUT OF 2ND GEAR WHEN DOWN SHIFTING FROM EITHER 3RD/4TH GEAR FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO TWO DIFFERENT HONDA DEALERS & THEY CAN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM IF THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE IT. I'VE WRITTEN TO THE HONDA DEALER CONSUMER AFFAIRS IN CALIFORNIA. THEY HAVE PROVIDED ME WITH A RENTAL CAR AT THEIR EXPENSE ON TWO OCCASIONS, BUT THE CAR HASN'T BEEN FIXED YET. AGAIN, I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT. I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM 6 TIMES, 3 OF WHICH ARE WITHIN THE LAST MONTH & A HALF. CAR IS STILL POPPING OUT OF 2ND GEAR. I'VE HAD TWO OTHER PRIVATE MECHANICS DRIVE THE CAR, & GUESS WHAT IT POPPED OUT OF 2ND GEAR FOR THEM. HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM PERIOD!*AK

THE VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) EQUIPPED IN MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC HX PRODUCES A RUMBLING SOUND AT LOW RPMS (APPROX. 1500 RPM). THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTICED BY OTHER 2001+ CIVIC HX CVT OWNERS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ON AN INTERNET SITE FOR CIVIC HX CARS (HTTP://GROUPS.YAHOO.COM/GROUP/HONDACIVICHXCVT). A COUPLE PEOPLE REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO HONDA AND SOME TOOK THEIR CAR IN TO GET THE CVT PROBLEM "FIXED". THE PROCEDURE TO FIX THE PROBLEM CONSISTS OF FLUSHING THE CVT 3-6 TIMES. THE PROBLEM IS USUALLY RESOLVED AFTER FLUSHING BUT IN SOME CASES THE PROBLEM RETURNS LATER. I HAVE ENCOURAGED MY FELLOW HX OWNERS TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AS EVERY ONE OF US (2001 AND 2002 HX CVT OWNERS) HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. DT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS SUDDENLY OR WILL DOWN SHIFT WITH ERRATIC PERFORMANCE. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT SLOWLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND RETURNED VEHICLE.*AK *JLG

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR, VEHICLE WILL DISENGAGE OUT OF GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING. GOES FROM SECOND TO NEUTRAL. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THE DATE THAT I HAVE REPORTED. HOWEVER, I NOTICED THE PROBLEM START AT 15000 MILES. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME. THE DEALER INFORMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I RETURNED TWICE WITH SAME PROBLLEM. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED "SOME PROCEDURES" TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE AFTER THAT. THE PROBLEM RETURNED AROUND 33000 MILES. THE PROBLEM WAS AGAIN THE SAME: WHINING NOICE ON ACCERATION, TRASMISSION LAGGING, NOT MOVING IMMEDIATELY WHEN SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND ACCERATOR DEPRESSED. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD STARTED TO ACT UP GOING ON GRADUAL INCLINES, I.E. AS IF IT WAS SLIPPING BACK AND FORTH. I RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY PERFORMED ANOTHER SIMILAR PROCEDURE AS BEFORE. PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE GONE AWAY. TH E PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN AT AROUND 40 K. NOW MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. HOEHN HONDA IN CARLSBAD IS THE SAME DEALER I HAVE BEEN TAKING THIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE SINCE DAY ONE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME THEY WOULD REQUEST A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY WOULD ASK FOR APPROVAL FROM HONDA TO HAVE IT COVERED UNDER WARANTY. IT WAS APPROVED AND NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE FOR THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AND NOW THE PROBLEM RECCURED. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS SITUATION WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE AT HONDA USA. NOW I AM ON MY THIRD TRANSMISSION IN MY 2001 CIVIC.! HONDA USA HAS ADVISED ME THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION (CONTINUOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSION), AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS AT ALL. THE THIRD TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED BY CUSH HONDA IN SAN DIEGO SINCE THE CAR STALLED CLOSE TO THAT DEALERSHIP. TODAY I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 58000 MILES ON MY 2001 CIVIC AND THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. I HAVE NOT YET CALLED THE DEALER. THIS IS MY COMMUTER CAR AND I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE APPROX 600 MILES A WEEK. I REQUEST YOUR HELP. THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL WITH TRYING TO SOLVE MY CAR PROBLEMS, I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THE CV TRANSMISSION .THANK YOU.

WITHIN THE 2ND MONTH OF OWNING THIS CAR I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK A REVERSE BECAUSE IT WAS POPING OUT OF GEAR. I WAS TOLD "HONDAS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR REVERSE TO BE POPPING OUT OF GEAR AND TO JUST PUT THE STICK IN 1 AND THEN MOVE HARD TO THE REVERSE GEAR. THIS PROBLEM WAS NEVER EVEN DOCUMENTED. A FEW MONTHS LATER A FEW TICKS AFTER 36000 MILES AND MAYBE EVEN BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS POPPING OUT OF SECOND. I THOUGHT AND WAS TOLD BY MILLER HONDA THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED. LATER IT WAS DICOVERED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE COVERED. I AM TRYING TO FIGHT THIS. IF I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WITH REVERSE AND IT WASN'T A FEW TICK MARKS PAST THE 36000 MILES AND ALL MY MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES (600 MILES A WEEK) AND THE FACT THAT I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR HARD. I JUST THINK ITS A MANUFACTURING OR PART DEFECT AND IT IS NOT ANYTHING I DID.*AK

CLUTCH PEDAL SQUEAKS WHEN DEPRESSED. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING OIL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD TWO CRACKS. CONSUMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING IT REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR JUMPS OUT OF 2ND GEAR FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I CAN BE JUST DRIVING ALONG, AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I'M IN NEUTRAL WITH CARS BEARING DOWN ON ME IN ALL DIRECTIONS. HONDA KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, BUT THE PART SUPPOSEDLY REQUIRED TO FIX IT IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. IN THE MEAN TIME, I'M STUCK IN A CAR THAT IS LIABLE TO MAKE ME A SITTING DUCK WHILE I TRY TO GET IT BACK INTO GEAR. HONDA SHOWS NO INTEREST IN GETTING ME OUT OF THE CAR UNTIL IT CAN BE REPAIRED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING UP ON ELEVATED ROAD OR SLIGHTLY ELEVATED ROAD AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED THE VEHICLE ROLLS BACK.

WHILE DRIVING 3-4 MPH CONSUMER LIGHTLY TOUCHED GEAR SHIFT AND VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE FOOT ON BRAKE. CONSUMER THEN TRIED SAME AGAIN ON PURPOSE, TO SEE IF IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. TWICE MORE WHEN LIGHTLY TOUCHING GEAR SHIFT DID VEHICLE JUMP INTO NEUTRAL AND INTO REVERSE. CALLED DEALER WHO SAID BRING VEHICLE ON MONDAY. *AK

THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWS INCORRECT FUEL LIMITS AND THE RPM GAUGE DOES NOT MOVE IN SOME INSTANCES WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES( ENGINE REVS).*AK

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER TRANSMISSION MADE LOUD NOISES. THEN, CONSUMER LOST SOME POWER. *AK *SLC

WHEN RAINING, TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS GETTING BOGGED DOWN AND MAKES VERY LOUD NOISES LIKE IT IS HITTING SOMETHING. I HAVE NOTICED A LEAK AS WELL. OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE SHIFTING THE GEAR IN REVERSE THE CAR WENT FORWARD, AND WHEN I SHIFTED IT TO DRIVE, THE CAR WENT BACKWARD. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL LIGHTLY, IT ACCELERATED REALLY FAST AND WHEN I LIGHTLY STEP ON THE BRAKE, IT ABRUPTLY STOPS. THE HONDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO FIX THIS CAR. THE FIRST PROBLEM REPORTED WAS THE "POWER SWITCH" SECONDLY THEY REPORTED THAT IT'S A "TRANSMISSION" BUT STILL COULDN'T FIGURE OUT IF WHAT ELSE IS THE PROBLEM. LASTLY, THEY NOTIFIED ME ON APRIL 19, 2001 THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE "TRANSMISSION SOLENOID."

TRANSMISSION WOULD PERIODICALLY STOP SHIFTING INTO THIRD AND FOURTH GEARS. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AT A SPEED FASTER THAN 40 MPH. DEALER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION COULD NOT REPAIRED, BUT MUST BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *AK ANOTHER DEALER DETERMINED TORQE CONVERTOR AS A CAUSE AND REPLACED IT. THERE WAS NO TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SINCE THEN. *YH

THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE WILL BECOME ERRATIC AND STOP FUNCTIONING FOR A SHORT TIME. THIS SEEMS A BIT DANGEROUS TO ME. ALSO, THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES TOO MUCH MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL REMAINS.*AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK