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Transmission Failure
2002 Honda Civic (Page 11 of 15)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Honda dealer.
CarComplaints.com Notes: Yes, the Honda Civic receives a lot of complaints because so many were sold. And sure, car parts only last so long and things eventually break. But it's never good to see this many transmission complaints, especially when the average mileage at failure is just north of 100,000 miles.
Especially when you consider that it's predecessor also has a nasty history with transmission complaints.
9.2
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,330
- Average Mileage:
- 110,700 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 281 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace transmission (139 reports)
- rebuild transmission (64 reports)
- not sure (53 reports)
- replaced transmission, Honda covered cost of parts (9 reports)
- open a case with honda corporate (7 reports)
- scrapped car (4 reports)
transmission problem
Helpful websites
- Honda Owner Link - Go here, type in your vin #, see if its been recalled for this. Even if you haven't purchased it yet. If no report has been made, call American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Honda Automobile Customer Service 1919 Torrance Blvd. Mail Stop 500-2N-7A Torrance, CA 90501-2746 Phone: 800-999-1009 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590 Auto Safety Hotline 888.327.4236 Especially the National Hotline. That's how recalls are created for ALL cars. If Honda doesn't hear from you this way, Honda can't recall it. There has to be complaints made to them directly.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Our family has owned seven Hondas -- 1988 Prelude, 1989 Accord, 1990 Accord,
1991 Accord, 2002 Civc, 2003 Civic, 2004 Civic. All Civics are used and purchased within the last two years. The '02 just suffered complete transmission failure. We had no clue when we switched to the Civics that this was a problem. The dealership first said that there were no problems with Civic transmissions. Then they said that Honda used two different transmissions over the years, and they had problems with one, but not the one that's in our car. Then they said that since the car was used, there was no way of knowing how the previous owners took care of the car. Mind you, we purchased this car from this very dealership. They had the car fax with the service record, and they were supposed to have maintenanced the car before selling it, and told us it was clean. As a goodwill, they'll knock off a whopping 20% to replace the transmission. We have 3 more years to pay on this car, and now will have to finance another $1800 to fix it. We haven't yet called corporate, but judging from the other complaints, it will be to no avail. The reason we have purchased Hondas is because they have been a great value. If corporate does not do better than this on the transmission, this is the last Honda we will ever purchase!
- Laura R., Warren, OH, US