2002 Honda Civic: whining or grinding noise

Filed May 14, 2021 · Transmission · TX

Transmission gave out all of a sudden at a light with 179,000 miles on it. When trying to give it gas, the transmission would whine. Had to get it towed home.

Filed Jun 28, 2013 · Acceleration, Transmission · 110,000 miles · TX

Cruise control suddenly speed up and down by itself and transmission not engaged on highway. I changed cruise control all parts with dealer non of them work and I got same happening every month 4 or 10 times on highway and suddenly my transmission makes whining sound I changed transmission fluid every 30000mi but it give me trouble. As I check on my issues in internet a lot of people got same trouble just like me even well maintained car owner got this same issues! Something really wrong on honda civic 2002 transmission. I can not give it to my daughter for her first car cruise control speed up and down by itself and dealer can not fix and transmission suddenly makes funny action(sometimes disengage on middle of anywhere ). Since june 2010, I don't use cruise control and somehow managed my civic run on highway and I add up 40000mi more and I really feel guilty for other driver when I drive on highway!

Filed Feb 10, 2012 · Transmission · GA

Shortly after purchasing, vehicle starting accelerating and driving sluggish. Vehicle a/t fluids serviced before recommended and still having poor acceleration/shifting, whining/ticking noise from a/t. Replaced parts as indicated by mil codes just to have same codes appear after repairs. Finally researched problems and mil codes on the internet to find that 2002 civics are notorious for throwing a/t codes and shifting problems. This vehicle is being driven by my teenage daughter and was purchased because it was supposed to be a safe, reliable vehicle. I have no choice but to let my daughter drive this car until we can fix the problem, and pray it does not leave her stranded in the middle of a busy highway without warning! I spent thousands of dollars purchasing this vehicle used, and it will now take a few thousand more (that I don't have!) to replace the automatic transmission. Honda motor corp. Is aware of the transmission problems with this gen. Civic and won't recall, what a sin! Shame on honda! They just lost a loyal customer of 30 years and I will be sure to spread the word to family and friends on how dangerous this problem is, not to mention how costly.

Filed Mar 3, 2011 · Transmission · 143,500 miles · IN

I just took off for work and my car wouldn't accelerate and made a terrible whining sound. It would not go above 4. I try to take good care of my car and since hondas supposedly last a long time I did not think something like this would happen around 143,500 miles. I could have been hit since I live right on a road where people are constantly speeding by, but was lucky it was not a busy time of day. I have even brought the car into honda to look at the transmission for slipping. They said there was nothing they could do about it I just need to warm the car up before I drive it. Clearly that wasn't helpful at all.

Filed Jan 15, 2009 · Transmission · 124,000 miles · NC

Started out as a whining coming from transmission then month later transmission when out.

Filed Jan 12, 2004 · Transmission · 52,300 miles · WA

Vehicle started making a whining noise and eventually would not accelerate. Vehicle coasted to a stop on the side of the road where it had to be towed. It was checked by computer and the code p0173 came up (transmission failure).