8.6
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$2,050.00
Average Mileage:
85,952 miles
Total Complaints:
7 complaints
Most common solutions:
- transmission replacement (4 reports)
- not sure (3 reports)
transmission problem
Helpful Websites About 2001 Honda Civic jerks when accelerating
2009Mar 09
Civic EX 1.6L
- Automatic transmission
- 1 miles
The funny thing about all these complaints, hardly anyone mentions having the transmission service regularly (every 30,000 miles) by a qualified technician, like at the dealer. Most have high mileage, (100,000+) and those that don't have no extended warranty. C'mon people, a vehicle is a man-made machine that will breakdown over time. No matter if its a "HONDA" or a space shuttle built by NASA case in point remember the Challenger. I had Civic break down on me and had to have it towed and the transmission replaced. The vehicle had 98,000 miles BUT I bought extended warranty which covered it all. So people stop crying and take some damn accountability for things that happen in your life and stop looking for a hand out. Freaking crybabies. Oh and in case your wandering I was on this site look for a repair tip on valve clearance.
2009Jan 21
Civic LX
- Automatic transmission
- 58,000 miles
I bought my brand new Honda Civic LX in 2001 and really took care of it. The interior looked great. I purchased a Honda because I assumed it would run way past 100,000 miles before it had any major issues. I had 58,000 miles. WRONG!!! In January 2009, it started jumping while driving and it turned out to be the transmission. I had to have it replaced. Thankfully, the car was paid off, but the cost of the work was over $2,000 and that was a huge chunk. The warranty for the replaced transmission was for six months so I decided to sell it and went out and bought a new Toyota Corolla S. I was amazed to find on this site that the 2001 Honda Civic has had major transmission issues. Sad, when durability is the main reason people buy Honda. I doubt I will buy another Civic.
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2008Jul 18
Civic LX 1.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 126,987 miles
I HAD PURCHASED A USED 2001 HONDA CIVIC FROM A USED DEALERSHIP IN CORPUS CHRISTI. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS I NOTICE THAT THE CAR WOULD SOMETIMES HAVE ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AND THE GEARS SEEM AS IF THEY WERE STICKING. A YEAR LATER THE CAR STARTED HAVENING PROBLEMS. I WOULD JERK WHEN IT WAS SWITCHING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE WHEN I WOULD GO UNDER AN OVER PASS TO MAKE A TURN IT WOULD JERK EVEN WORSE THAN TAKE A WHILE TO ACCELERATE AND TODAY ON MY WAY HOME IT MADE A MAJOR JERK AND THEN JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE I WOULD HAVE TO FORCE IT AND IT WOULD CAUSE THE CAR TO OVER HEAT. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 3MILES WITHOUT MAKING A LOUD VERY LOUD WEIRD NOISE...... IM NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT.
2008Jul 05
Civic EX 1.7L
- Automatic transmission
- 145,000 miles
My Tranny began to slip I took it to a tranny shop they said 2001 Civic tranny's are know for this your transmission is on it's way out and gave me a estimate for almost $2500 dollars I checked the blue book value on my car and it's only worth $4000 dollars. I might just trade it in at a Toyota dealer cause I,m never buying a HONDA again.
2007Mar 21
(reported on)Civic HX
- CVT transmission
- 53,675 miles
So transmission number two worked for a while until those same symptoms returned once again. Still nobody had any answers, so at 53,675 my Honda went in for lucky transmission number three. Same sh*tty service. After this point I had spoken to all of the managers, and none of them acted like this was unusual.
2006Mar 01
(reported on)Civic EX Coupe
- 138,000 miles
I noticed at first the car will jerk when switching from Park to Drive but it didn't always occur only when cold, etc. When I took it in to get checked because I heard about the transmission problems they were having they said nothing was wrong with my car. Now the car jerks and pauses when accelerating. They recommended a transmision service and state it is pausible that I may need a new transmission. They said while they extended the warranty for 100K I have far exceeded the warranty extension. Hopefully, servicing the transmission and replacing the fluid will help my problem if not I have a decision to make about paying for a new one estimated at dealer between 3 - 4K or buying a new car.
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2007Mar 10
Civic EX 2.2L 4 cyl
Bought a civic for the "reliability" in summer 2001, and have had nothing but a stream of consistent problems. The dealership service dept in Indiana (where I bought the car) still recognizes my car by sight 7 years later, even though I've moved out of state and hardly go there anymore because of all the problems I've had with it. The worst, though, was in March of '07, when out of nowhere the transmission went out. I had just had transmission service done on it about six months prior, with no warning signs of a problem until that morning. Driving home from the office, the car started jerking wildly, and all the warning lights went on. I barely made it off the street into a restaurant parking lot. The transmission had to be completely rebuilt, and the original bill was $3300. I was able to get Honda to cover half of that, so that it was on par with prices I would have paid at a regular mechanic shop, but $1700 was still really painful, especially when the mechanic at Honda mentioned to me that there were no signs of anything I could have done to cause the problem.
Since then, I've also dumped about $1200 into it for random other things that have 'mysteriously' quit before their typical lifespan. Next time, I'm going with a different make.
Jennifer C.
Norman, OK, USA
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