NHTSA Complaint #10398866 — 2002 HONDA 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 UP KNOWN 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. *TR