2001 Honda Civic Power Train

2001 HONDA CIVIC - 84,000 MILES STOPPED MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY HIGHWAY - RT. 70 IN BRICK NJ. I COASTED INTO A DITCH ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION BLEW - I HAD NO WARNING AT ALL. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE I FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND ALSO FOUND THAT HONDA WAS TAKEN TO COURT FOR THIS ISSUE IN THE PAST. THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN ON A CAR WITH THIS LOW MILEAGE. I CALLED HONDA JUST NOW AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL FOR IT, AND NO GOOD FAITH EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO ASSIST ME IN PAYING TO HAVE IT FIXED DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CAR. BUT THE MILEAGE DOES NOT MATTER TO THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEY ARE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH A SERIOUS ISSUE SUCH AS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION PLACED IN HUNDREDS OF THE SAME VEHICLES AND NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS???? *JS

TRANSMISSION FAILURE - CONFIRMED BY HONDA SERVICE. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR UNDER $3,000.00. MY CAR IS ONLY 77K MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 01 HONDA CIVIC LX WITH 85,000 MILES AND NEEDS A NEW (REBUILT) TRANSMISSION. I'M ACTUALLY DROPPING OFF THE VEHICLE TODAY AT AAMCO TRANSMISSION. THEY QUOTED ME $1600. I JUST SPOKE TO HONDA AND REQUESTED GOODWILL ASSISTANCE AND THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS BEING 10 YEARS OLD. I TOLD THEM I HAVE HAD 6 OR 7 TOYOTAS IN A ROW AND THIS WAS MY FIRST AND PROBABLY LAST HONDA. I ASKED THEM TO PASS ALONG MY CASE WITH THAT COMMENT AND CONTACT ME IF THEY WANT TO RETAIN MY BUSINESS. *TT

TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY FAILED IN 1 DAY. IT WON'T SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR EXCEPT FOR PARK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. I TURNED IT OFF AND TRIED AGAIN. I COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. I HAD IT TOWED OVER 30 MILES. AFTER A SHOP LOOKED AT IT THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION, OR A USED JUST NOT THE ONE I HAVE IN THERE NOW BECAUSE IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T WORK. HONDA CIVICS IN 2001 HAVE A 20 PERCENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE RATE. THAT IS MUCH TOO HIGH FOR ANY VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GOT BROKEN DOWN. I HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. *TR

MY HONDA 2001 CIVIC EX HAS HAD 2 TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND BOTH WERE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED AND 1ST FAILURE WITH 70,000 MILES ON VEHICLE LEFT CAR IMMOBILE AT THE END OF AN INTERSTATE ON RAMP IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY FELLOW MOTORISTS THAT RISKED INJURY TO GET MY WIFE OUT OF TRAFFIC...THE SECOND MOST RECENT FAILURE LEFT MY WIFE STRANDED ON A BUSY 2 LANE ROAD BLOCKING TRAFFIC UNTIL A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED .I HAVE INVESTIGATED ONLINE COMPLAINTS AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF LOW MILEAGE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS THAT FAIL SUDDENLY ON HONDA CIVICS AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING YET HONDA NEGLECTED TO WARN OF THIS DANGER OF LOSING ALL TRANSMISSION POWER WITHOUT ANY ADVANCED WARNING...IF THERE IS NO WARNING FROM MANUFACTURER HOW CAN THE PUBLIC MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AS TO NOT PUT THEIR FAMILY IN HARMS WAY? *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ONLY 30 MILES PER HOUR, THE CAR SUDDENLY REVVED AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROWDED ROAD, AND THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING (ENGINE LIGHT, ETC.). LUCKILY, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT GETTING HIT, BUT IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER RESEARCHING, I LEARNED THAT THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2001 CIVIC'S TRANSMISSION, AND EVEN WITH REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION IS DANGEROUS, AND HONDA NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN TO IDLE SPEEDS BARELY GIVING THE CARS BEHIND A CHANCE TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AND SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, A HONDA DEALERSHIP HAD LOOKED AT THE CAR FOR A RECALL REPAIR AND DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING AMISS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK CAME THEY CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BLACK LIKE THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN MALFUNCTIONING AND BURNING THE FLUID. IT COST ME 3800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

ON MAY 6, 2011 CAR WOULD REV UP A LITTLE AFTER TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT AS IF IT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY SHIFTING TO 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. BY THE 3RD RED LIGHT THE CAR WOULD HARDLY MOVE AND I WAS TRYING TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE CAR JUST ROLLING. I MANAGED TO ROLL IT OFF THE ROAD BUT CARS IN BACK OF ME WERE BEEPING THEIR HORNS AND CARS HAD TO SLOW DOWN SO THAT I COULD PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. VERY SCARY. 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS I HAD MY CAR SERVICED AT CROWN HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY, AS A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE HAD TIMING BELT, WATER PUMP, BELTS, OIL CHANGE AND 4 TIRES REPLACED FOR $1,300. HONDA DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM IS TRANSMISSION AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PRIOR WORK, WHICH IS UNDER WARRANTY. TOWED CAR TO ANOTHER SERVICE STATION AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION BURNED OUT AND ALSO NEEDS A TORQUE CONVERTER. I HEARD THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH 2001 HONDA CIVICS. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION BUT WAS IT CAUSED BY THE PRIOR WORK OR A DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER OR TRANSMISSION? *TR

MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC STOPPED RUNNING WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE OF THE 101 FWY IN L.A. NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. I DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL; THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. I WENT FROM GOING APPROX 60 MPH TO COASTING. I MANAGED TO GET ACROSS 4 LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND OFF THE FWY WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. 2 HOURS LATER MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER AND I WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I REACHED A RED STOPLIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I PRESSED THE GAS AND THE CAR WAS MOTIONLESS. THE CAR WOULD REV UP BUT WOULDN'T MOVE. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC ONLY HAS 89727 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED WITH SERVICE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT HONDA CIVICS IN THIS MODEL YEAR ARE NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. AS WELL AS SOME OF THEIR OTHER MODELS. UNFORTUNATELY THEY REFUSE TO ISSUE A RECALL OR ADMIT TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE A REAL SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVERS THAT ARE MOVING DOWN THE ROAD OR AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY AND THIS HAPPEN. THANKFULLY, I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME...THE COST OF A NEW TRANSMISSION IS COSTLY AND WILL BE A HUGE FINANCIAL BLOW TO ME RIGHT NOW. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN ASSIST HONDA TO REALIZE THEY HAVE FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION PARTS IN THEIR 2001 HONDA CIVIC'S. *TR

AS I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY I SLOWED DOWN TO STOP AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE, MY CAR WOULD HARDLY MOVE. I TRIED PRESSING HARDER ON THE PEDAL AND ALL IT DID WAS REV THE ENGINE AND LET OFF A RUBBER SMELL. AFTER LETTING IT REST A FEW HOURS IT WOULD FINALLY MOVE AGAIN, BUT ONLY AT A SLOW SPEED. IF I PRESS ON THE GAS TOO HARD IT WILL JERK THE CAR.

I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK THIS MORNING WHEN IT FELT LIKE I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE SHIFTER ON MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX INTO NEUTRAL. I LOOKED DOWN TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND SAW THAT IT WAS IN DRIVE AND THAT WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL ONLY THE RPM'S INCREASED BUT MY SPEED STAYED THE SAME. I WAS GOING ABOUT 50MPH AND WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO CRUISE TO A LOWER SPEED I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BROKEN AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT OR REPLACED. THE ESTIMATED WAS ANYWHERE FROM $2,600 TO $3,200 DEPENDING ON WHAT EXACTLY HAS TO BE REPLACED ONCE THEY START TO DISASSEMBLE IT. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AND HAVE FOUND THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC TO BE NOTORIOUS FOR TRANSMISSION GOING OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND THAT HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT IS NOT WHAT THEY DEEM A "SAFETY HAZARD". HAD I GOTTEN REAR ENDED, SINCE I WAS CLOSE TO BEING, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH UP A SMALL INCLINE ON A BRIDGE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER AWAITING A FEW MOMENTS THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FUNCTION, ALTHOUGH IN AN EXTREMELY POOR MOTION. THE CONTACT DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE TO A SAFE LOCATION, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON BEHALF OF HONDA CIVIC DRIVERS EVERYWHERE. IT IS VERY CLEAR FROM DOING RESEARCH THAT THERE IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA CIVIC 2001-2003 TRANSMISSION. FROM SPEAKING TO PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE BEEN REBUILDING HONDA TRANSMISSIONS FOR YEARS, IT IS A PROBLEM WITH MATERIALS FLAKING OFF THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND THE CLUTCH CLOGGING THINGS UP. I DRIVE AT 2001 HONDA CIVIC AND THE P0740 ERROR CODE HAS COME UP, BUT THE CAR IS STILL RUNNING FINE, BUT UNTIL I GET THE TRANSMISSION SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PASS AIRCARE EVEN THOUGH MY EMISSIONS ARE PERFECTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. INCIDENTS VARY FROM TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGH, STALLS, TO ACCIDENTS. IF YOU JUST GOOGLE SEARCH 2001-2003 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WEAR AND TEAR OVER-TIME DOES HAPPEN, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE AND FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD BEAR SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BUILDING A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *TR

I BOUGHT A USED 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX BACK IN DECEMBER 2010, WITH ABOUT 125K MILES ON IT WITH THE CARMAX REPORT THAT DID NOT REFLECT ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS OR ACCIDENTS FOR THIS CAR, IT DID REFLECT THE MAINTANCE THAT THE PRIVIOUS OWNER MADE AND IT WAS AS SCHEDULE. THE CAR RAN WELL AND I MADE THE SCHEDULE MAINTAINANCE FOR OIL AND GENERAL CHECKS. NOW AFTER 6-MONTHS I STARTED THE CAR TO GO TO WORK AND AS I WAS DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME OUT AND THE CAR STOPED ACCELARATING. AFTER GETTING TOWED I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY RAN A DIGNOSIS, THAT RESULTED ON A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NOW THEY ARE CHARGING ME CLOSE TO $3,000 TO GET IT FIXED. THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR INCONVINIENCE, I HAD TO FIND A BORROWED CAR IN ORDER TO GET TO WORK, AND IAM NOT SURE IF I SHOULD GET THIS FIX, IAM AFRIAD SOMENTHING ELSE WILL OCCUR, SINCE THIS MODEL HAS HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING SLUGGISH. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. AS THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 70,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. SHE NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 91,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR, TRIED TO TURNED LEFT, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN FURTHER, WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. *TR

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A VERY BUSY ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MIDDLE OF FWY FOR MY HONDA CIVIC LX 2001 .IT HAD 134,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

2001 HONDA CIVIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AT 100000 MILES - VEHICLE UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE SLIGHTEST INCLINE AND STARTED TO ROLL BACK DOWN. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS INJURED. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION CAUSED BY A PREMATURE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE REPAIRED VIA TRANSMISSION REBUILD AND NEW TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

OUR 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 125,100 MILES. *TR