2003 Honda Civic Hybrid: transmission slipping

Filed Sep 12, 2016 · Transmission · KY

Car came out of parking and when it reached on city street transmission started slipping on street next (city street) to cinema hall and then car completely halted. For a moment it felt like tire's were punctured as it was loosing direction.

Filed Dec 28, 2015 · Transmission · 156,819 miles · MI

"juddering" happens with my continuously variable transmission (CVT) when taking off from a stop and when accelerating to enter an expressway. "juddering" means that the trans is slipping and making noise (loses power when you need it the most- very dangerous). River town honda grandville, mi stated that it would cost me $2,100.00 to replace it with a new one. Honda japan has recalled these transmissions in their hch model years 2003 through 2005. What can we do to get honda america to treat us to the same recall that japan has? This is a known problem, defect with the CVT. Honda makes quality vehicles with very good reliability, my other car is also a hch 2005 with a manual trans and absolutely no problems. Please check into the problem (I am not alone with this) and get honda america to stand behind their reputation and recall the cvts or reimburse the $2,100.00 cost to get them replaced. This is an ongoing, everyday occurance not limited to just one time. Please help!

Filed Nov 7, 2012 · Transmission · 71,757 miles · CA

Transmission slippage/judder from a complete stop. Honda extended the warranty for 7 years or 100k miles. This vehicle was taken 3 times under this window and the transmission was not replaced by the dealership. This should have been a mandatory recall not voluntary extended warranty. This is safety issue when crossing intersections and transmission is slipping and stuttering.

Filed May 3, 2012 · Transmission · 132,000 miles · CA

This vehicle has a slipping in the CVT (transmission) at lower speed and when coasting.

Filed Feb 20, 2012 · Transmission · 45,000 miles · MD

Cvt transmission slips at 45k miles. Replaced transmission and problem reappeared at 75k.

Filed Feb 13, 2012 · Electrical, Transmission · 65,000 miles · FL

The transmission seemed to slip, the engine RPM's would go up but speed would not change. As you drove down the road you could see the tach which shows RPM go up & down, up & down all the time but the speed would stay the same. Very poor gas mileage around the mid 30's not even close to the 50 mpg that we were told. Then one day the car just made a bang and stopped, the transmission steel belt inside broke into many pieces and the car wouldn't move. $1800.00 to fix this then we still had the RPM up & down problem. Then @ 80,000 miles the battery light came on had update done to computer, made the mpg even lower and we were told the hybrid battery is going bad, replacement cost $3000.00. Couldn't afford this then the hybrid battery died 100% couldn't drive car without any kind of charge in battery and it also cause another part of the hybrid system to go bad which cost $1700.00 to fix. So we needed a new battery @ $3000.00 and another hybrid component for $1700.00 so we could drive this car. It had under 100,000 miles and honda wouldn't help pay a dime, and all this not to long after we spent $1800.00 to have transmission belt fixed. So we traded in the car to honda for a ford. We also spent $1200.00 to have the AC compressor replaced on this car so it was a lemon from the start and all this time honda wouldn't help at all even though we had complained time and time again. Now they are in a class action law suit which I hope they are made to pay millions. I would never purchase another honda hybrid, this car was to save us money on gas because of the mpg but it cost us thousands in repairs that by far cost us more than the money we saved in gasoline.

Filed Jan 29, 2012 · Transmission · 150,000 miles · CO

Transmission slip.