NHTSA Complaint #10538409 — 2002 HONDA CIVIC

APPROX. @60,000 MILES I TOOK MY HONDA VEHICLE TO REPLACE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID WITH THE RECOMMENDED FLUID PARTICULAR TO HONDA, PER RECOMMENDATIONS 60,000. MILES AND 40,000/ MILES THEREAFTER. AFTER APPROX. 100,000. MILES I AGAIN CHANGED MY TRANSMISSION FLUID. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL APPROX. 104,000. MILES, I STARTED NOTICING CHANGES AND HESITATIONS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, CONTACTED MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT 2002 HONDA TRANSMISSIONS HAD PROBLEMS AROUND 100K MILES. AROUND 106,000. MILES MY TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY GAVE OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. HONDA INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY, I HAD NOT PURCHASED ADDITIONAL WARRANTIES, AND OTHER WARRANTIES DIED OUT AFTER 100K. SO I WAS LEFT WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION FROM HONDA MOTORS, EXPECT PERHAPS $1000. DISCOUNT. I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE I LIKED ABOUT MY HONDA. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND THAT SEVERAL OTHERS HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH HONDA'S DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION, SOMETHING ABOUT A THIN WALL OR SOMETHING THAT WEARS OUT TOO QUICKLY ON 2000-2004 HONDA CIVICS, THAT THEY PERHAPS HAVE REMEDIED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM NOW, BUT WILL NOT ASSIST OTHERS WITH THIS POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NEVER HAD A TRANSMISSION STOP WORKING ON A CAR WHERE I HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE TO CHANGE TRANSMISSION FLUID ARE REQUIRED INTERVALS, AND I AM 67 YO WITH OWNERSHIP OF SEVERAL CARS IN PAST, NEVER HAD SUCH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BEFORE SO EARLY AS 106,000. MILES. THEREFORE, SINCE OTHERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION, I AM MAKING THIS COMPLAINT. I HAVE COMPLAINED ON OTHER SITES, BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED WITH THEM AND I AM HOPING THAT YOU FIND THAT 2002 HONDA CIVICS DO HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND YOU FIND BASIS TO RECALL THEM FOR DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT. [XXXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)