NHTSA Complaint #10434256 — 2007 HONDA CIVIC

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN APRIL 2010 (APPROXIMATELY). I NOTICED CAR WAS SHUTTERING/JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING, MOST NOTABLY BETWEEN 1500 AND 1800 RPM FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD GEARS. I BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND COMPLAINED OF ISSUE. HONDA DEALER STATED THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT ON AND WHEN CHECKED THE CARS COMPUTER DID NOT REGISTER ANY CODES THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THEY DID NOT TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE EITHER. I RETURNED MULTIPLE TIMES FOLLOWING THIS AND DOCUMENTED IT EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE IS STILL RUNNING WITH 80,000 MILES ON IT. I BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER DEALER RECENTLY IN MD FOR BRAKE SERVICE AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THEY TEST DROVE THE CAR AND THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED IT AS A TORQUE CONVERTER ISSUE. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE FIRST DEALER I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO AND DEMAND THEY DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR