general problems of the 2001 Honda Civic - part 1

2001 Honda Civic stopped moving in the middle of the road. While in the middle of driving vehicle lost power but remained running. A whining noise was observed which turned out to be the transmission pump. The vehicle would not go into forward or reverse and I was left stranded in the middle of the highway. Vehicle was transported to the closest repair shop and was diagnosed with a failed transmission. A TSB was issued for these transmissions but no recall. Due to no recall being issued despite Honda knowing these transmissions were built with bad clutches that were known to fail which is the reason they issued the tech service bulletin, many transmissions in these car are still defective and can lead to someone being unable to move out of traffic and get into a collision.

I received a 2001 Honda Civic lx from my dad as a gift around the end of April, 2018. Which he had spent about 2000 in the motor before giving it to me. The issues occurred with the car over heating right when we landed into las vegas which we were coming from san dimas California, it took about 3-4 hours to get back home. I had issues with my car over heating a lot which had to do with the sensors at first which had gotten replaced. Than after the fan to cool down the radiator wasn't working properly to where only one fan would kick in. Now out of no where my car had issues accelerating which should be investigated before somebody really gets hurt. From all the reviews thank god in the long run everybody is okay but in order for this to be recalled it's like people need to be injured or deaths need to really occur before when things like this should be fixed so serious problems don't occur in leads to death. I almost got side swiped when I had no choice but to try to move to saftey really slow which I didn't have control of the car moving at that paste when it wouldn't move any faster than what it wwas. Since I found out my car having issues on accelerating and being able to move around I find out there is the air bag recall which I receive a paper in mail to fix but how when I can't even get there. It's the end of July 2018 in which my car is officially unable to be moved. So many problems within 3 months and so much money wasted it's ridiculous.

I had just gotten back from port arthur, texas. I had stopped for a traffic light in the left turn lane,and there was traffic stopped behind me, thank goodness. When the light turned green I tried to pull off, but the vehicle did not moved. A man helped me to push the vehicle out of traffic onto a parking lot . After putting the vehicle in different gears, the check engine light finally came on. I called a wrecker to pick it up and deliver it home. Since then I bought a code reader and the code is a p0740. I have read where Honda has problems with their transmissions. I called them and they said that my transmission was not on recall.

My daughter purchased a 2001 Honda Civic. It has been well maintained . She was out driving and was going up a hill and the car stopped and would not move. She got scared and put it in reverse to glide down the hill and pull to the side. Needless to say it is the transmission. I have looked online for any recalls pertaining to the transmissions from Honda . I came across this site and I couldn't believe how many transmission problems with this make and year. I plan to contact Honda to see if they can replace it.

Tl- the contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while at a stop light when the driver pressed the accelerator pedal the vehicle would not accelerate forward. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 82,000. Jft.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 20 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle was towed to independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,500. The VIN was unavailable.

The automatic transmission on my Honda Civic suddenly failed while driving. We were driving on a narrow, curvy, hilly highway in the snow, so the incident could have resulted in an accident, but luckily did not. The car was going at about 45 mph when it suddenly lost all acceleration and came to a stop. A passerby kindly helped us push the car out of traffic while cars were whizzing by, another dangerous situation. We were 60 miles from home, and had to be towed. The car is no longer drivable. The local repair shop wants $2,200 to replace the bad transmission.

It has not happened yet but my car is slipping gears between 1-2, 2-3, and 3-4. I will be taking it to the Honda dealer before something does happen.

On my way to lax, about two hours from home, my car failed on highway 101. Was able to get to the side of the road. Tow truck was called. We were near thousand oaks on hwy 101 so car taken to pep boys which was open (it was a Sunday). They could not fix transmission problems, so Monday the car was taken to leon transmission. They had it for a week, repaired it and charged me $2920. I had to rent a car that Sunday because I needed to get to lax to pick up two unaccompanied minors arriving from portland or. Check engine light on for trouble codes p0740 tc and p0700 transmission fault. Rebuilt transmission and converter installed. When I picked up the repaired vehicle on Saturday Jul 27, I drove it for a little over 30 miles and it failed again. Towed the car back to leon's transmission. They said there is another error code, p1361, tdc sensor which they could not fix but another mechanic was open and replaced the tcd sensor. This repair cost $306. Finally, after a week and $3226, I drove my car back home,150 miles from where I left the vehicle a week earlier. I needed a car so had to rent a car from enterprise for a week.

After having mothers day breakfast with my fiance our child and me. I was driving all of us home when all the sudden with no warning the car completely lost power as we were on a major road and 4 cars had to avoid hitting my vehicle thank god I had quick thinking and put my hazards on since I did have my three year old in the backseat. I almost made it off the busy highway before I had to get out of my car and my fiance had to get behind the wheel as I pushed my car off the road thankfully a gentleman got out of his truck and helped us as we nearly almost got hit by another driver. This is an issue that could have costed me or my family to be extremely injured and the fact that they have so many complaints about this issue and Honda neglects to do anything about it baffles me. If the executive's at Honda had there family in a car and got in an accident because of a defective part that they seem to believe is fit to put into their vehicles I don't think they would have the same outlook on not issuing a recall for this part. Honda needs to wise up before this faulty transmission problem causes someone to get into a serious accident or causes them to lose their life. Please Honda issue a recall. It's money it's not worth people getting hurt driving your vehicles.

2001 Honda Civic, with 163,000 miles on it and regularly serviced, last transmission service at 150,000. Driving down the road sudden loss of power, engine revs but no motion, get it over to the side of the road and discover transmission is out of it. Contact the local dealership and they quote a rebuilt transmission for $4,000. 00. Transmissions should last longer than 160,000 miles. Then I see on here that there are hundreds of transmission complaints on the Honda Civic. I think it is time for Honda to step up and take care of their problem.

My daughter was making a turn and her Honda Civic starting moving in reverse. Without any warning the transmission went! thankfully no one was behind her or there would have been a collision.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 mph, the engine rpms increased excessively and the vehicle became hesitant upon acceleration. The contact stated there was a manufacturer's recall for the transmission but the contact was advised that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.

Tl - the contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the transmission warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 107,000. Kmj.

Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated while driving. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where a diagnostic was performed that located the failure at the transmission. The transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacture advised that there were no recalls for the failure. The failure and the current mileage was 68,895. Kmj.

Came up to the street light once it turn green tried to accelerate and car was just moved than the rpm went high and than did not move. . .

Transmission went out at purchase of vehicle.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated that she started the engine and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000.

Car was driving normally, all of a sudden couldn't make it up a hill, speed wouldn't go past 20mph. Transmission problems.

2001 Honda Civic - 84,000 miles stopped moving in the middle of busy highway - rt. 70 in brick NJ. I coasted into a ditch on the side of the road and was towed to a local repair shop. I was told the transmission blew - I had no warning at all. After doing research on this issue I found hundreds of complaints online and also found that Honda was taken to court for this issue in the past. The transmission should not have blown on a car with this low mileage. I called Honda just now and was told there is no recall for it, and no good faith efforts will be made to assist me in paying to have it fixed due to the age of the car. But the mileage does not matter to them. I would like to know why they are able to get away with a serious issue such as a faulty transmission placed in hundreds of the same vehicles and not held responsible for this????.

Was turning left and when I went to go the cars rpms went up but the car didnt move. . It just didnt do it once but three times at three different stops. . . The transmission wouldnt allow the car to move. . . . . Where's the recall? almost got hit from behind on one of the incidents. . .

I was driving home as normal, came to a red light and the car was stalling as if I had it in neutral and would not move in drive. It just quit with no warning and I was luck enough to be push out the turning lane and thank god , my grand daughter & I was not already on the 5 lane highway and then all of a sudden it quit like it did. It was confirmed today that it was the transmission & it cost more then what the car is worth. I had no indications or leaks. I was reading on line and it seems like lately this has been happening at least once or twice a month and Honda don't think it's a problem, I guess until someone has to be seriosly rearened or killed to be a concern and that's a shame & it's putting people and their loved ones in danger & harms way.

As I was exiting the freeway I slowed down to stop at the traffic light. When I went to accelerate, my car would hardly move. I tried pressing harder on the pedal and all it did was rev the engine and let off a rubber smell. After letting it rest a few hours it would finally move again, but only at a slow speed. If I press on the gas too hard it will jerk the car.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The driver was driving at approximately 45 mph when the vehicle stopped accelerating. The check engine light began to illuminate on the dashboard so the vehicle was pulled over and shut off. A few other service lights were also illuminating, but the contact was not in the vehicle at the time of failure so she was unaware of which service lights those were. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop where the transmission and axle were repaired. The failure had not recurred. The failure and current mileages were 146,000.

My car stated having problems shifting it would rev up when shifting from 1 to 2 brought it in to Honda dealer and was told that I had transmission problems and would need a new or rebuilt one. Went home and started looking online and found lots of people comp. About the transmission problems on the 2001 Civic. Looked at the Honda website and called and was told that I could not get and help. Well ever since then I tell all everyone not to buy a Honda Civic because they do not stand behind their product. A warning to all do not buy this kind of car.

Driving at highway speed when the car seemed to slip into neutral causing a sudden deceleration. This almost caused me to be involved in 3 separate accidents this week as the problem comes and goes and thus far have not been able to diagnose it.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving at speeds of 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to a local repair facility where he was awaiting unknown repairs. The contact stated the transmission was rebuilt the previous year. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was contacted. The failure and current mileages were 180,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact was exiting the highway at 50 mph when the vehicle began independently decelerating. The vehicle was taken to a local repair facility where a diagnostic test was performed and determined the transmission would need to be replaced. The dealer advised contacting the manufacturer but the contact had not. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 120,000. Updated 11/03/10 the consumer stated the transmission was replaced at a cost of $2000. Updated 11/04/10.

In 2001, I purchased a brand new 2001 Honda Civic from a Honda dealer. The car runs great and I have no complaint until recently. I bring my car to a Honda dealer for all maintenance and service. Two weeks ago, I was driving on the freeway at 65mph and out of nowhere, the transmission stopped working. Luckily I was on the right lane and I was able to pull over and not cause an accident. . Read more...

My spouse and I were on the freeway and approximately 15 minutes after we got on the freeway the car wouldn't accelerate. The speed limit is 60mph and I was trying to maintain that speed but when I tried to accelerate the car wouldn't accelerate. The speedometer gauge was dropping but the rpm gauge was going up. I shifted back and forth from d to d3 a few times and the car popped back into gear. I managed to get to the next freeway exit and got off the freeway. Parked it and then had it towed.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the vehicle independently rolled backward from her residential driveway and into a gutter in a neighbors front yard. The vehicle was not turned on and was not occupied upon the failure. In addition, the emergency brake was engaged during the failure. The vehicle was towed from the ditch and sustained damages to the trunk and the rear body. The vehicle was repaired by her insurance company. The contact stated that she advised the dealer of the failure and they responded that it was impossible for the vehicle to roll backward while in park. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 120,000.

I own a 2001 Honda Civic ex it has about 150,000 miles on it but up until about a month ago when my transmission quit it had been running great. I was driving not expecting anything to go wrong I stopped at a light and when I went to go my car only went about 8ft into the intersection but revved a lot and finally wouldn't move it would just rev the engine. I got out and pushed it to the side of the road and waited about five minutes turned it back on and tried in all the gears and it would not move in any.

The fuel gauge shows incorrect fuel limits and the rpm gauge does not move in some instances when vehicle accelerates( engine revs).

Speedometer failure, vehicle been in dealer shop on two occasions, and unable to correct the problem. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.

2001 Honda Civic. Consumer states low mileage vehicle with transmission problems.