NHTSA Complaint #10863937 — 2002 HONDA CIVIC

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND WAS ENTERING A MAJOR INTERSECTION WHEN THE RPMS REVED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 4000 AND I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AND THIS ALL HAPPENED WITH A SUDDEN JERK. I THEN PUSHED MY GEAR SHIFTIER (CAR IS AUTOMATIC) INTO NEUTRAL THEN BACK INTO DRIVE WHILE TRYING TO AVOID CARS IN THE INTERSECTION. THE CAR FINALLY ENGAGED AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A NEARBY GAS STATION. I HAD TO SIT IN THE GAS STATION WITH THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE I COULD DRIVE HOME. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING AND ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS PRETTY SURE IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND COULDN'T CALL THE MECHANIC TILL THE NEXT MORNING BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED ON A SUNDAY EVENING AND SHOPS WERE NOT OPEN. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT IN THE NEXT MORNING TO A MECHANIC WHO OF WHICH EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WHILE TEST DRIVING MY VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY WITH MY VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION IS ENCASED AND HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER FOR A HONDA TRANSMISSION SHOP. UPON SPEAKING TO THE HONDA SPECIALIST HE INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HONDA'S AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REBUILT FOR THE CAR TO BE SALVAGEABLE. WHEN ASKED HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST I WAS TOLD 2550 PLUS STATE TAXES. UPON CALLING HONDA I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN COVERING THE COST EVEN THOUGH ITS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THEIR VEHICLES AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR MY KIDS. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED.