Check engine light on in '01 civic lx with 66k miles. Error code p0740 (torque clutch converter). Honda recommended replacing the transmission. My opinion is that no modern car should have a transmission repair at 66k miles. After much research, my conclusion is that there is a problem with the transmission on most '01 civics and honda is doing nothing to rectify the situation.
2001 Honda Civic transmission complaints
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Transmission just die while drive. Engine will rev but car will not move.
On 3/21/07 my 2001 honda civic ex with 109k miles displayed on engine light reporting a p0740 torque converter failure. This was diagnosed by willet honda in morrow, ga and two other independent shops. A transmission repair/replacement of $2400 was the recommendation. The car was running fine then and now, 35k miles and two yrs later, the car is still running fine with the engine light on. American honda has offered no help. I cannot pass an emission test with the light on and I am very confident something else is wrong like a sensor. A research of this problem shows it is quite common among civics and other may have paid for unnecessary transmission repairs.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. While driving between 5-10 MPH on normal road conditions, there was unexpected gear failure. The driver was unable to move the shift lever out of gear. Immediately, the check engine warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel and remained lit until the engine was turned off. The vehicle was inoperable and manually pushed to a nearby authorized dealer for diagnostic testing and they stated that the transmission and gear ratio failed. The vehicle is currently inoperative and has not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 76,000.
The check engine light came on 2 days ago on my 2001 honda civic lx. My dealer said it is a transmission problem (needs torque converter) and will cost over $1700. I suspect that honda has premature transmission failure on this model and do not think I should pay for this repair even though the warranty expired on this 4,000 miles ago. I currently have 84,000 miles.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic lx. The vehicle was purchased in october 2003. The gears failed to shift normally. While driving at speeds of less than 15 MPH, he depressed the accelerator and the vehicle hesitated as if it were stuck in neutral. An independent mechanic replaced the transmission to correct the failure. Less than a year later, he noticed in between 2nd and 3rd gear, the vehicle would not shift smoothly and would remain stuck in gear. An authorized honda dealer replaced the transmission a second time. The failure mileage was 105,000 and the current was 116,941. Updated 2/23/09 *cn updated 02/25/09.
I complained in oct, 2007, about our 2001 honda civic having transmission failure at 100,000 miles. We paid $2,598.34 to have a rebuilt trans installed. Much to our surprise, the same thing has happened in january, 2009, 1 year and 3 months later. In both cases, the car came to a an unexpected standstill on a highway which we considered very dangerous. Of course the honda place won't stand behind it. What are we to do? Keep replacing transmissions? We believe that the transmissions for honda civic 2001 are all dangerous. We ask that you look into this please. We can barely afford to stay on top of our budget now, much less to afford another transmission. We are just lucky that traffic was light on the roads both times; otherwise it would have been more dangerous. Please help us to figure out what to do. Pauline and robert alley
Transmission suddenly blew while driving the car. The car would not accelerate past 20 MPH. Almost rear-ended as a result. Pulled along side of road and called my mechanic (who gave it a once over the month before and said all looked ok) to come take a look at it. Confirmed the transmission was at fault. There was no previous indication (light, slippage) that there was anything wrong with the car.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle failed to move forward when the accelerator pedal was depressed. When the contact stopped the vehicle to make a left turn, the engine continued to run, but the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and they stated that the transmission failed and needed to be repaired at the cost of $4,000. The failure was not covered under warranty; therefore, the contact would be responsible for the repair costs. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel prior to the failure; however, immediately after the failure, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The failure mileage was 72,000.
Transmission on 01 honda civic failed at 120000 mi. Because the dipstick on top of the transmission became loose and let water and dirt enter the trans. And contaminate the oil, causing failure of the automatic transmission. Honda service rep. Said the oil should be replaced at 120000 mi. The oil in this transmission was replaced at 115000 mi. ( we do have tickets to that fact) honda says because I sold this car to my 17 year old grandson, they will not help at all with the repair . This is not right because the dipstick is a bad design.
One day my automatic transmission had some issues shifting gears and there was a noise coming from the front end when starting the car. After the car was warm, it didn't seem to be as big of an issue. This happened for a few days and one day driving home, it just died. I had it towed to a local transmission shop and before the mechanic took a look at it he mentioned the torque converters going bad in the 2001 civics. Same in my case and oil leaked into the transmission. Only a few parts were able to be saved so he is rebuilding the rest for $2300. I filed a complaint with honda but from what others have said it does no good. Something needs to be done. There are so many similar stories out there. Carcomplaints.com is loaded with them.
Automatic trans failed while driving in september of 08. Had a used transmission put in, due to lack of funds for a brand new one.
I have a 2001 honda civic lx with standard transmission. Over the past week, the transmission seemed to take a little longer to engage, especially in the mornings. Throughout the day, the transmission shifted into gears better, so I thought I had some time to get it serviced. Yesterday, the problem got significantly worse. It took several seconds for the for the transmission to shift gears. After about 20 minutes of driving, the transmission wouldn't shift at all. Fortunately, I was in a friend's apartment parking lot when this happened. After that, I was only able to drive the car in reverse. The gears would not engage in d, d2, and d3. I just called the honda dealership that sold me this auto, and they told me that a 7-year, 100k extended warranty was issued for honda 2001 accords, but that this warranty does not apply to honda civics.
I own a 2001 civic lx with approx 120k miles. Recently the transmission, over the course of one week, stopped functioning. I had the car towed to a mechanic and the transmission need to be replaced. Sounds like a very common problem on civics. If you also have had a similar problem.
My 2001 honda civic was purchased new by my husband and I. We have not had mechanical issues with it until now. It has 106,000 miles on and just suddenly stopped running on the side of the road. The transmission is out. The cost of repair is approx. $2000, that's with a rebuild transmission. I have read multiply complaints about this same problem and wonder if it is a trend. Can anything be done by honda to help with the cost of repair? The car is in the process of being repaired now. We have had it in the shop for two weeks. It has taken that long to come up with the money.
2001 honda civic; transmission issues that caused the car to loose power and stop. If this happened on the highway at 55mph my wife would have been in a dangerous situation. Honda knows about this issue and refuse to take responsibility.
With no warning at all and luckily after exiting interstate 10, my honda civics transmission started slipping out of gear, feeling like it was going into neutral, until it finally could not move. I coasted to the side of the road and called a tow truck to take me home. Prior to writing this complaint I did some research and came across multiple sites (including honda) that states that these honda civics have known problems with their transmissions. This is obviously a manufacturer defect and a recall should be requested before someone dies unnecessarily. I am appalled that honda (who is fully aware of this defect) does not initiate a recall to correct this obvious defect in these transmissions. Is there a certain number of people that have to die in order for them to do something? I think the federal safety agency has an obligation to the people of the USA to force a recall since it's obvious a problem exists here! Until now, I had a different impression of honda...built to last? Except for your transmission!
The car would hesitate when attempting to accelerate. On the incident date, the car would not accelerate at all.
For 2001 honda civic at 62,000 miles, the check engine light came on suggesting a failure of the transmission (code p0740) according to the dealer. The car drives fine. This was in january of 2008. The light came on again 8 months later at 70,000 miles. Dealer says transmission torque converter clutch is failing. There is no noticeable problem with driving or as the car shifts. The dealer recommends replacement of the transmission.
My car stop working when I was on a busy expressway I had no warning I had just got my oil change in my fluids checked in everything was find.
Yesterday I was driving down a very busy stretch of I-680 in the walnut creek, california area. My car was working perfectly when all of a sudden my 2001 honda civic ex at (with only 65,000 miles) slipped out of gear, essentially into neutral. I was unable to get back into gear and had to navigate over 3 lanes of rush hour traffic and coast to the side of the freeway. Luckily I was able to make it to the side of the road without causing any accidents, although it did back up traffic. To top things off, I didn't have a cell phone and was stranded. As it turns out my transmission failed. After doing a quick google search I learned that this is a major problem with this year/model honda. On http://www.carcomplaints.com/honda/civic/2001/transmission/transmission_failure.shtml there are 200 people reporting the same problem. Many people weren't so lucky and this problem has caused numerous accidents. I am very disappointed and feel this should problem should be addressed!
While driving down the road, my transmission failed, completely without warning. The check engine light did not come on until *after* the car completely failed to continue its forward motion. I was lucky enough to be in an area where I could just hop out of the car and push it to the side of the road. I am *extremely* lucky I was not on the freeway when this happened, since I was literally *minutes* away from it. I had to get a tow truck to tow it to the dealership, where they tell me I will have to fork over $4000 dollars b/c they don't usually fix broken transmissions and said it should just be replaced. I have been faithful in servicing my vehicle *precisely* because I did *not* want my car to fail on me without warning. I am *extremely* unhappy about this. If honda already knows about this massive problem, they have a responsibility to make sure that it gets fixed. I think only sheer blind luck has kept so many people from getting killed with this defect. How long will it be until someone's transmission fails in the middle of the road and they cause a major accident with more than one life lost. It is not a matter of *if* it will happen. It's a matter of *when* it happens. And how will it look when that goes on the news and everyone knew about this problem and didn't do anything about this? This is despicable, irresponsible, and just plain wrong.
Code p0740 keeps reappearing in the car even after several checkups. The gear fails to shift from 203 gear which results in slower pickup and may cause excessive noise and "revving" during acceleration.
Nothing leading up to it. Was on freeway when the car refused to go anymore and began slowing while merging onto rush hour traffic freeway. Transmission failed! Was almost hit 3 or for times trying to get this car off highway. Recall this problem it is affecting people all around the country.
The transmission on my 2001 honda civic, failed without warning. Luckily I was in my driveway and not returning from canada on the freeway at 70 MPH as I had been a few days before. Had I lost all power in that situation, as I did in my driveway, the results could have been catastrophic, possibly fatal; for me and other drivers. I now, having researched online a bit, understand that this is a well known problem with this car. It's disgraceful that it has not been treated as a safety issue. My car has 67,000 miles on it.
The car is a 2001 honda civic lx with 48,000 miles. I was driving on the freeway at rush hour when the automatic transmission suddenly slipped out of gear, stopped shifting, a yellow warning light went on the dash after the transmission slipped and the car lost power. The warning light was misleading and inaccurate in its assessment. The dealer service center informed me that there was an internal clutch failure in the transmission. The transmission had an internal failure and that it needed to be replaced. But they then said they had never heard of this problem and that it must be only my car that has this problem. I have since found out that it is very common on this make, model, and year.
I had just purchased a used 2001 automatic honda civic lx coupe and its at about 116,000 miles and the transmission went out. I understand it is very high in miles, but I also believed the false advertisement of "hondas are made to last". A week prior to when the transmission completely failed, I was driving to work and it started slowing down and it felt like I was in neutral. I pulled off to the side and turned off my vehicle and restarted the car and everything was fine. A couple days later the same thing happened and it felt like my car was jerking trying to switch gears. I found it very dangerous because when my transmission gave out I was lucky enough to had turn into a small residential street from a busy street. Had I not turn and stayed on the busy, traveling at high speed, I would have been in an accident along with other cars behind me. After further research I also found that this was very common for early 2000 hondas and especially for 2001 hondas. In researching I also found the nhsta conducted an investigation and concluded it was not dangerous enough to resort to a recall. I understand that investigations are done vigorously and thoroughly, however I feel different being that I was in the situation. In my opinion, if it this common and many people are affected by it, something should at least be done. I am a student and just paying for a new transmission is so costly and I find it very hazardous and problematic when my car stops abruptly in the middle of the road. I would really appreciate it if there was a second look at this situation. Thank you very much for your time.
5th gear pops out first the shifter started moving it would move out when I depressed the gas and back in when I released the gas pedal. Now it won't stay in 5th gear on its own it will if you hold the shifter in place. In 05 they replaced components of my gear shift for 2nd & 5th gear because they were popping out this issue started last year and when I asked about it they said it was probably the tranny so I replaced it last august now it won't stay in gear again there are several tsb's on this but none reporting after the repair of the problem continuing the rest of the gears are solid.
While driving on a very busy stretch of double-lane interstate highway, my 2001 honda civic lx automatic transmission failed. The car just slipped into a lower gear and the engine would rev when I pressed the gas. I instantly put on my hazard lights, but that did not stop cars from almost slamming into my car. I was terrified. After coming to a complete stop (again, in traffic - I wasn't able to pull over) and realizing my car was completely dead, my car was pushed down the street (by a police officer) and over to a side street where I would be out of traffic and could wait for a tow. This incident happened on saturday, august 9th, 2008 and today, august 13th, 2008, I am still without a car as a whole new transmission is needed. I have since learned that this is an extremely common problem with 2001 honda civics. In fact, their customer service (1800-999-1009) department confirmed to me that they are aware of this issue with this year, make and model but a recall is not in place. It is very strange to me that a car company would allow people to drive around in cars they know will unexpectedly die for no reason besides a manufacturing flaw. I am very thankful that I wasn't hit while broken-down in traffic, I wasn't in a bad neighborhood, it was daytime, and my cell phone was working. I'm sorry to think that others are not as fortunate. The fact that honda has acknowledged this problem and agreed that it is extremely common is especially disconcerting to me as a consumer and as a driver. I am considering a class action lawsuit. I have attached a link to a website that documents this transmission issue with 2001 honda civics for your reference: http://www.hondaproblems.com/civic/transmission-failure.shtml.
Honda 2001 civic 4 door with 80,000 miles. Transmission died on the highway with my daughter in the car. Took it to honda dealership and the said I need a new transmission ($2800). Car has never had any problems. This happened out of the blue, no warning. There are lists and lists of people who have the same issue with kind of make and model of honda. Someone needs to do something about this.
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