08-09 Civic Si Issues

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Aug 9, 2009

urville

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08-09 Civic Si Issues

I have been looking at buying a Civic Si. I own one Honda, I dont really like the look of Toyotas, didnt want to mess with tC due to IIHS imapct tests, the mazda felt really cheap, Nissans have horrible reliability and reviews, the Subarus are way more expensive... The Honda seems perfect, and I certainly have no complaints form the two test drives.

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I had read in two places now about people having issues with 08-09 Civic Si Transmissions. I thought I'd ask in a Civic minded forum because it made more sense to me, and I tried searching first but something seems to be broken as I get a database error everytime. I just want to be well informed. I learned a lesson long ago by not researching and buying something only to have the thing be a complete waste and then to look online and find tons of people with the same issue, it just made me feel stupid. The only dumb question is the one you dont ask.

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Aug 14, 2009

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Re: 08-09 Civic Si Issues

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Originally Posted by urville

From my experience, Honda's automatic transmissions are really shitty. My parents Accord has auto tranny issues, my old auto Civic had auto tranny issues, and I've heard numerous other complaints about Honda automatic transmissions.

But if there is one thing Honda knows how to do right is build a good Manual transmission.