NHTSA Complaint #10462754 — 2002 HONDA CIVIC

THE VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR FROM DRIVE INTO NEURAL (DISENGAGED AND DID NOT RE-ENGAGE) WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NO LONGER DELIVER POWER FROM THE ENGINE TO THE REST OF THE POWER TRAIN. BECAUSE I WAS TRAVELING DOWNHILL, I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE MAIN HIGHWAY TO A SIDE ROAD AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION. AFTER THIS INITIAL FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT BACK INTO GEAR AT ALL (NEITHER IN DRIVE OR IN REVERSE) UNLESS THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND ALLOWED TO COOL. ONCE THE ENGINE IS COOLED OFF, THE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO SHIFT BACK INTO GEAR, BUT ONLY FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME (LESS THAN 5 MINUTES) BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES ONCE AGAIN, AND WHILST IN GEAR, THE ENGINE STRUGGLES TO DELIVER POWER. *TT