NHTSA Complaint #10585090 — 2001 HONDA CIVIC

BOUGHT A 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX IN THE END OF SUMMER OF 2013 FOR MY DAUGHTER SINCE SHE HAD STARTED COLLEGE. I BOUGHT THE CAR BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD AND BEEN RECOMMENDED TO BUY A HONDA. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THE TRANSMISSION WENT-OUT. SHE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL WHEN THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HESITATE AND STUTTER ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD TO PULL OVER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SHE ALMOST HAD AND ACCIDENT. WE TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AND IT WAS GOING TO COST $2,652. I HAD TO USE MY INCOME AND PART OF MY DAUGHTER'S LAST FEW DOLLARS TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. NOW THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED THE CAR AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. I FEAR FOR MY DAUGHTER'S SAFETY. THIS MANY COMPLAINTS ON A SPECIFIC ISSUE (TRANSMISSION FAILURE) SHOULD HAD BEEN RECALLED AND FIXED, INSTEAD THEY ARE STILL POSING A THREAT TO NOT JUST OUR SAFETY, BUT TO ALSO THE PUBLIC. THIS TRANSMISSION IS STILL HURTING THE PEOPLE'S WALLETS AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINT THAT EVEN AFTER FIXING THE TRANSMISSION THE PROBLEM PERSIST. I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE A DESIGN PROBLEM. I FEAR THAT ONE DAY MY DAUGHTER MIGHT NOT GET SO LUCKY AND HAVE AND ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM CAN BE EASILY FIXED BY IMPOSING A RECALL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS CARS ARE STILL ON THE ROAD POSING AND THREAT TO THE PEOPLE'S SAFETY. *TR