One problem related to vehicle shudder has 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.
My daughter has 2002 Honda Civic and engine light came on while driving - it then started with grinding noise and car would then not go over 15 mph. She was able to get car into parking lot before it died - I was able to start back up but did same thing to me. I then looked upknown Honda Civic problems and there were 160 complaints here with similar problem with 2001 and 2002 transmission failures while driving. In my estimation this is a very serious problem which can easily result in accidents injury or even death. It does not just gradually happen but just appears with most of the stories I have read on-line. I feel Honda should be responsible to correct this problem since most people like myself do not have $2400 to $3600 laying around to fix and possibly happen again.