2001 Honda Civic Transmission Problems

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

NHTSA ID

10418273

Incident

Aug 8, 2001

Mileage

100,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10411862

Incident

Jul 10, 2011

Mileage

85,000 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10410770

Incident

Jul 2, 2011

Mileage

91,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10408841

Incident

Jan 1, 2009

Mileage

80,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10407357

Incident

Jun 13, 2011

Mileage

128,600 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10407119

Incident

Jun 15, 2011

Mileage

70,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10405929

Incident

Feb 20, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 140,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10404276

Incident

May 27, 2011

Mileage

140,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10399913

Incident

Apr 22, 2011

Mileage

71,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10399699

Incident

May 7, 2011

Mileage

113,335 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10397491

Incident

Apr 18, 2011

Mileage

130,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10397065

Incident

Apr 1, 2011

Mileage

134,000 mi

2001 HONDA CIVIC LX COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHILE BACKING OUT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. COULD NOT SHIFT TO REVERSE NOR DRIVE. STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. *TR

NHTSA ID

10394092

Incident

Apr 2, 2011

Mileage

43,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10393803

Incident

Mar 29, 2011

Mileage

125,100 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10386768

Incident

Mar 7, 2011

Mileage

115,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10386583

Incident

Feb 2, 2011

Mileage

87,696 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10386539

Incident

Mar 5, 2011

Mileage

120,000 mi

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SLIPPING AND NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY/ ON THE WAY HOME AT THE HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION START TO SLIP AND REV UP, LOSE SPEED SUDDENLY WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE LUCKY THERE WAS NO VEHICLES AROUND OR BEHIND ME, THE VEHICLE IS AT MY HOME NOW AFRAID THAT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH MY KIDS ABOARD. VEHICLE ONLY HAVE APROX 80,000 MILES 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10383923

Incident

Jan 9, 2011

Mileage

80,000 mi

WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ENGINE RAPING WHERE INCREASING BUT CAR WAS ACTUALLY SLOWING DOWN. DOWN SHIFTED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO D3 AND GOT CAR THROUGH INTERSECTION BEFORE LIGHT CHANGED. CAR WOULD GO ABOUT 2 BLOCKS BEFORE TRANSMISSION WOULD START SLIPPING AGAIN. THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION HAVE GONE BAD AT ONLY 85,000 MILES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *LN

NHTSA ID

10383243

Incident

Feb 16, 2011

Mileage

84,809 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10381517

Incident

Feb 10, 2001

Mileage

232,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10381215

Incident

Feb 8, 2011

Mileage

89,727 mi

WE PURCHASED THIS 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX BECAUSE OF THE HONDA BRAND SUPPOSEDLY BEING SO SYNONYMOUS WITH QUALITY AND LONGEVITY. IF I WOULD HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET FOR PREVALENT PROBLEMS WITH THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC, I WOULD HAVE COME ACROSS THE "TRANSMISSION FAILURE" ISSUE AND NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. AND I WOULD ADVISE ANYONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING A 2001 - 2005 HONDA CIVIC, BEWARE, THE TRANSMISSION WILL PREMATURELY FAIL. SO, ON WITH THE STORY. WE ARE THE SECOND OWNERS OF THIS CAR AND IT HAD 37,000 MILES ON IT WHEN WE PURCHASED IT FROM A PRIVATE PARTY. AT AROUND 80,000 MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING GOING INTO 2ND GEAR. WE TOOK IT IN TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION COMPANY WHO SERVICED (CHANGED FLUID) AND TESTED IT TELLING US THAT THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO "SLIP." SO NOW, MY LOVELY BRIDE TELLS ME YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS GETTING REALLY BAD AND SHE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BACK FROM WORK. I DROVE IT TO WORK MYSELF AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT OUR LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE SO NOT INTERESTED IN OUR DILEMMA BUT SAID THAT WE COULD BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT. NOT GETTING THE WARM FUZZIES FROM THEM, WE MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH OUR LOCAL XXXXX SERVICE CENTER. EVERYONE AT XXXXX WAS POLITE, UNDERSTANDING AND AWARE OF THE "INFAMOUS CRAPPY HONDA TRANSMISSION" ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE DRIVE THERE, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED ON THE FREEWAY AND WE MANAGED TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED AAMCO. THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND IT IS NOW AT XXXXX. APPROXIMATE REBUILT COST IS $3,100.00. THIS IS PRICEY, BUT IT INCLUDES A NATIONWIDE 3 YEAR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY. WE ALSO CALLED THE NORTH AMERICAN HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND SPOKE TO XXXXX. SHE IS LOCATED AT AN OFFICE IN TORRANCE, CA. XXXXX WAS SO DISINTERESTED IN OUR PROBLEM AND EXPLAINED THAT WE COULD TAKE IT INTO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND IT WOULD BE AT THEIR DISCRETION TO TAKE IT UP WITH THE HONDA FIELD REP. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION NEEDING A RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10378867

Incident

Jan 25, 2011

Mileage

85,125 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10375145

Incident

Dec 17, 2010

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

NHTSA ID

10374629

Incident

Dec 16, 2010

Mileage

100,000 mi

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY/MY MOTHER'S CAR. THIS CAR WAS HONDA SERVICED AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT OUR OWNERSHIP. THE CAR WAS ALSO VERY GENTLY USED. IT DID NO LONG DISTANCE DRIVING, THE MOST IT DROVE WAS 15 MINUTES TO AND FROM MY MOTHER'S JOB. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS CAR TO FAIL OTHER THAN THE CAR BEING IMPROPERLY DESIGNED AND PUT TOGETHER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10374039

Incident

Jan 1, 2011

Mileage

74,500 mi