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a friend of mine told me he overheard it somewhere. or was he just smoking crack?

 
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ha i wouldnt doubt it. alot of 8thgen have oil leak problems and other things. last gen they covered up the junky tranny quite nicely, looks like they couldnt do it this time.

seems pretty serious

http://www.lemonauto.com/complaints/...onda_civic.htm

 
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at least they wont spontaneously burst into flames.

 
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hey you neva know....things are unpredicted

 
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im refering to a few years back when a ton of ford trucks and suv's just burst into flames .

 
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o....=)

 
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IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS NOT INSERTED PROPERLY, THE PEDAL CAN COME LOOSE FROM THE PEDAL STOPPER CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO BECOME STUCK INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

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that's pretty scary

 
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Every car manufacturer has recalls. If they didn't, then they wouldn't be doing their jobs.

 
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The ford explorer recall tarnished both ford and firestone's image, but a vehicle flipping over will do that.

 
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yeah, it's scary if you're RETARDED. just put the gear selector into neutral and turn the car off. doesn't matter if it's stick or auto, the car WILL shut off in neutral.

 
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Thank you, atleast someone is knowledgable.

 
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Unfortunately, you can't expect that every driver of one of the best-selling cars in history to 1) will know that under normal circumstances or 2) will be able to exercise that knowledge under stress.

 
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the car just came out, they have bugs to work out. if it was a 3 year old model and the **** was happening, then its a big issue... hence my mercury cougar beater, third year of production and it still has recalls.

 
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the gas pedal is scary. when it happens, you wouldnt be prepared and what if it does that just before a red light. you cant react fast enough, and its worse cause of the stupid drive by wire thing.

 
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I thought the latest recall was due related to the starter on some late model minivans and cr-v's.

gearbox can you elaborate on this tranny issue with 7thgen civics? Is it an overall design flaw or did certain plants just use crappy materials to put it together? Can the factory your car was made impact your vehicle's quality?

I have heard the TQM in the states is equal or better to the plants in Japan, but I would still prefer a true import.

 
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The 7th gen had junky trannys? Autos or manuals?

 
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lol..stop bashing Ford people.

And yes, that model just came out, the 01 vic had issues too. Never buy a model that just came out, plain and simple.

 
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I'm not gearbox, but I'll elaborate. A lot of people here have had trouble with their transmissions, so they claim that the 7thgen transmissions are crap. Here's the thing though - I can't think of more than a handful who had a massively crappy trans without having some mods done to their car. My personal opinion is that 99% of the complaints regarding the transmissions in 7thgens are due to crappy modding.

 
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i have had my cruise control stick on my car for some reason it just kept accelerating on the fwy like the accel button on the cruise was stuck. i just pushed in the clutch, turned off the cruise, put it in neutral and within a few seconds it stopped. needles to say i am hesitant to use it again. but i have and it worked fine

 
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So if you are driving a car and it begins to accelerate on its own, wouldn't you hit the brakes? I mean it's a Civic not a mad power monster! Then if you aren't smart enough to realize that you should get it out of gear, it kinda sounds like Darwinism.

 
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so it sounds like the 7thgen tranny's aren't as durable as the previous ones. I will refrain from crappy modding then.

 
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modding has nothing to do with it. it will break on its own anyway

 
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I was in 5th so its not like I was going anywhere fast. Plus I was only going like 60-65 at the time, so hitting the brakes didnt seem necssary. No need to alert anyone behind me, I had it under cotrol quickly! LOL

 
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Plenty of well documented problems with the 2001 auto transmission, the auto comparisons sites usually list it as a common problem. But, I really havent seen much issues with the manual transmission nor had any myself. Are there really any problems with the manual transmissions cause all the complaints I hear come from autos. And I know quite a few people with autos that have transmission problems including other hondas.

 
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the only manual problem i have heard of is the input shaft bearing. that is actually a problem i am experiencing if im not mistaken.

 
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remember how firestone was sued? i won't ever have them or bridgestone on my car...EVER
recalls happen with every car. IF not, they discontinue the car. like the ford Bronco. a rare good car from them.
the 64 stang. almost put ford out of business cause no one needed anything fixed...there are other examples from other car companies

 
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Yeah, recalls happen to every car, so it really is a degree of severity. A recall on rubber bushings for your drivers side seat isn't a safety concern; whereas the acceleration pedal loosening and being stuck in a depressed position is (although apparently some people don't see it that way)

 
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i second that.

ive also realized that most ppl dont even know that their autos are busted. Most ppl dont bother when their tranny kicks or if the engine revs up cuz of a gear slip.

To clarify to everyone whose still wondering, its the 2nd gear clutch in the 01-03 autos. its been documented. various car research websites show this defect in the reliablity section such as msn autos. if honda was to recall the 01-03 auto trannies in the civic, Honda wouldve recalled almost all their trannies in the 1998-2002 era. Accords, TLs, Oddessys, Preludes etc, you name it honda had some pretty bad years with their Autos.

i think ford got sued for those too. the back seat wasnt locked, like most older cars, seats just folded foward. so in a rear end collison, the rear seats would fold forward and the crushed gas tank would spew fuel all over the cabin cuz the tehre was no rear seats to prevent spillage into the cabin. in an event of a fire, passengers would burn to death. however, ford won the case becuase federal regulation on car safety was not as strict back then.