2015 Honda Civic: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Jan 24, 2023 · Transmission · PA

The passenger side drive shaft or axle snapped in half due to excessive rusts under the vibration dampener. I was accelerating from a red light while going uphill, heard a clunk, all of a sudden car would not go forward or go into park. I had to hit the brakes to avoid rolling backwards and hitting a car behind me. Then I had to put it in neutral to get to a safe area and get my car towed. The car has about 51,000 mi on it. We are in Pennsylvania so we do get a lot of road salt, still it doesn't seem like this should have failed just driving forward. The mechanic says he hasn't seen a failure like this in a car of this age. The portion of the axle under the dampener was clearly quite tapered due to chronic rusting, finally just snapped where it was so thin. It appears that the dampener traps salt and moisture against the shaft.

Filed Sep 28, 2020 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · IA

Car stopped propelling forward as if transmission suddenly went out while I was driving on interstate 29 just before the on ramp to interstate 80 at steady speed (not speeding, not accelerating...just went out as I was driving). No clunks, jolts, loud noises...the ability to accelerate was just gone. Coasted to the side of the road. No gears would engage when I tried to put it in gear. The handle moved, but engaged with nothing. Transmission fluid had been changed in june 2020. This happened on sept 28, 2020. Light noise at parking lot before that on acceleration. I stopped and looked at it, but nothing obvious. It was dangerous in that there was nothing I could do except coast off to the side of the road. There was construction there, but fortunately I could pull over before the actual on ramp, but that particular curve is dangerous because it's very busy where two interstates cross so I was stalled in a bad place. Don't know the parts or invoices yet. (this box is so small I can't see the whole paragraph. I can only see two lines at a time.)

Filed Aug 27, 2020 · Transmission · 50,000 miles · CA

2015 honda ex with 55,000 miles when I start the car and begin to drive when I hit the brakes the right front of my car makes a loud clunking noise I have been told this is my half shaft making the noise everyday when I am pulling out of my driveway and the first time I use my brakes this noise occurs and after I park my car for any period of time first time I hit my brakes when leaving the noise is there it goes away after that when I am driving but always comes back after being parked hit the brakes and loud clunking noise always is there loud enough for me and the people in the car to clearly hear it

Filed Dec 3, 2018 · Transmission · 1 miles · CA

About 15 seconds entering the freeway I decided to merge. As I accelerated I heard something pop or like a clunk/thump sound, like something had shifted, then my car began to slow down. Then when I stepped on the gas my RPM was moving but my cause was not. Good thing I was still on the far right hand side and was able to pull to the shoulder without causing any accidents. I turned the engine off then back on. Engine was fine, it started but I my car wasn't moving when I pressed the gas on drive. I tried to reverse my car but it moved very little as well. Sounds like my problem reflects the recall on 2014-2015 honda civic cars regarding about the transmission, although a recall doesn't show when typing my VIN.

Filed Aug 19, 2018 · Transmission · 61,000 miles · CA

All of a sudden the car started shaking, it felt like I had a tire blowout. It was a good thing that I was slowing down for a turn and no traffic behind me. I pulled over and checked out the tires and they were okay. When I tried to accelerate again the car just jerked with a big clunking sound and then it stopped all together. I was stranded with a dead car. The car would not move at all and it only had 61,00 miles on it!!