Three problems related to manual transmission have been reported for the 2002 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2002 Civic.
Although this defect has not led to a failure of a major drivetrain component (the transmission to be exact), the defect allows excessive wearing of the second gear and synchronizer hub, if the second gear did fail it could result in a crash. The reverse idler gear will contact the second gear while in second gear and making a right turn, this kind of contact will wear the teeth on the reverse idler gear and second gear and could eventually cause one or both to fail.
My 2002 Honda Civic's transmission went at 95k miles. I have heard that this is a very common occurrence in these cars and this is extremely dangerous and expensive. It cost me $2,100 to get the transmission rebuilt and the part had to be driven from pennsylvania to maine leaving me without a vehicle for a week.
I've had problems with my 2002 Honda Civic ex since day one. Bought it new. Dealer took 3mths. To fix at first. Now, at about 78k mi. , my transmission is not working properly. I'm having trouble shifting to 4th & 5th gear. I don't want to endanger my family in the middle of nowhere. Thank you very much for your concern.