Six problems related to transmission noise 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.
The contact owns a 2002 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, she noticed a grinding noise and the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the technician stated that the transmission would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 115,300.
Tl- the contact owns a 2002 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving 45 mph she heard a high pitch winding noise. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnose that the transmission needed to be rebuilt based on a design flaw in which steel bearings were inside an aluminum casing. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 100,015. Pmb.
2002 Honda Civic ex automatic trans 88k miles. Trans started making noise, after reviewing this site I realized that it was not safe for my 18 year old daughter to drive the vehicle reading how quickly the trans appear to give way and break down. I brought the vehicle into a transmission center where it was taken on a test drive (the transmission failed) talk about good timing and a good call. . . Honda must recall for safety reason and repay those of us having to foot thousands of dollars on an obvious faulty transmission.
2002 Honda Civic lx coupe - transmission noise between 10-40 mph. As transmission would change gears, noise would reduce. Noise would get worse as car accelerated. Common problem with this year/model/make - Honda will not recall or repair.
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).
On making right hand turns, vehicle has begun to make clattering noises from underneath the vehicle. The service dealer, heritage Honda - towson maryland, has told me that it is a transmission problem and that they will have to order parts to replace reverse gear. The vehicle now has 13,000 miles on it. In December of 2002, within 600 miles of purchasing the car, the dealer had to replace main shaft bearings in the transmission because of clattering noises in 1st and 2nd gear. When I have asked for a vehicle history report, I have also found that the Honda dealer I purchased the vehicle from , heritage Honda - westminster, maryland , had already replaced 5th gear in the vehicle before I ever purchased the car, when it had just 10 miles on it. The vehicle history shows that the gears had been found to be "chewed up" at that time. As of today, Honda has not agreed to replace the entire transmission, but seems only to be willing to replace part by part as they fail.