One problem related to noises during shifting has been reported for the 2005 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2005 Civic.
Reverse in a Honda Civic manual transmission. The problem is engaging reverse in a manual transmission. When I need to reverse I move the transmission into reverse and release the clutch. A grinding noise occurs and the grinding noise gets louder if I give it more gas while the clutch is not engaged. It takes me a while to try and get reverse engaged and it is very annoying and dangerous. I am having problems everyday with this and I just had it in for a service and asked the dealer to take a look at it. The dealer looked into the problem and said that this is common in every Honda Civic transmission. Reverse does not have a synchronized gear and I will have to live with it. There is nothing they can do about it. Even if they replaced my entire transmission, the problem will still exist. I even got a service tech to drive my car and he experienced the same problem. He said he had a Civic and it does the same thing. The dealer said when the problem occurs (for me just about everytime I need reverse) I need to put the shifter into first or second gear and then try reverse. If it doesn't work, then I have to try it again. Sometimes I find myself in tight situations and am not able to get the transmission into reverse for 30 seconds or more. This can be very dangerous and annoying. Honda needs to take a look at this if every Honda Civic transmission is like this. This is not acceptable and can be very dangerous. If I knew Honda Civics were like this, I would have never bought one.