NHTSA Complaint #10542102 — 2001 HONDA CIVIC

COMPLAINT: SPENT $4000 TO COMPLETELY REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION AT 96,800 MILES LAST SPRING AND AM NOW EXPERIENCING THE SAME EARLY SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE A YEAR LATER. THERE WAS NO ENGINE/WARNING LIGHT TO WARN ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL MY CAR STARTED HAVING TROUBLE SWITCHING GEARS, STRUGGLING TO ACCELERATE AND WAS RUNNING ROUGHER THAN NORMAL. I?M LUCKIER THAN A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED SINCE I WAS ABLE TO CATCH THIS ISSUE BEFORE MY TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF MY CAR OR STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING. I THINK IF 600+ PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT A VERY OBVIOUS ENGINE FAILURE, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I AM CURRENTLY SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR IS GETTING STUCK WHILE SWITCHING GEARS AND HAVING ISSUES ACCELERATING IN BETWEEN THE GEARS. AND IS JUST GENERALLY RUNNING ROUGHER THAN IT SHOULD BE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION IN A HONDA AT 96,800 MILES LET ALONE AGAIN AT 124,000 AFTER JUST OVER A YEAR. MY CAR WAS NOT WORTH THAT MUCH LAST SPRING WHEN I FIXED IT BUT CHOOSE TO DO IT THINKING I?D BE SET FOR THE REST OF THE CAR?S LIFE. NOW I?M LOOKING AT HAVING TO SELL IT FOR SCRAPS AND GET A NEW CAR BECAUSE I CAN NOT SHELL OUT ANOTHER $4,000 TO FIX A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. *JB