santhi

Mine just failed. I have a 2002 4d LX automatic. There is 75K on it now. We have been getting oil changes regularly and did our 30K an 60K service. They want $3,800 to put in a rebuilt one. We called Honda America and waiting to hear if they will help pay for all or some of this.

streetglower

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$3800, thats messed up. Go to a junkyard and see if you can get one or get one from ebay that has a 30 day warranty or one a bit longer on it.

santhi

Yeah. But I have no way of getting to junk yards. I am not a mechanic and have no knowledge of how to replace a tranny. I guess I will just have to wait and see if Honda will scr#w me. I guess my other option is to have it looked at by an honest independent transmission specialist, not a Honda service center.

streetglower

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even a tranny shop wont charge that much. I had a complete rebuild on my old ford escort tranny and it was only $2000.

hk2ronin

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Honda voided my warranty due to aftermarket part use and now Im in contact with the consumer protection agency to try to get it fixed. I got an 02 ex tranny(got it off here for 150 bucks) sitting in my garage and my mechanic said hed put it in for 240 plus tranny fluid. Now my tranny pops out of gear sometimes but Im still waiting to see WHat the consumer protection agency is going to do. Honda wants a fight they gonna get a fight. Just look around for trannys and find a good mechanic if honda is gonna warranty it. Good luck.

Kyle23

sounds like if u gotta an 01/02 u r tranny is a POS. Hopefully they fixed that problem with the 04's

santhi

Update, I got a call from Honda America. They are looking into it. I just faxed off my service receipts, which are not that many. So I hope now they will split the difference at least. That does go to show that you must keep the receipts. They also look at the manual as a guide to the services you should do. So read up and follow it.

Rufus

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My 03 has some noisy bearings in it.

santhi

Another update. Honda America called and they are paying to put in a new transmission. We just have to pay $187 for shipping the thing to the dealer. That's a relief from the $3,800 originally quoted by the shop. What should we do now? Sell the car or keep it?

JanetMcC

Our 2001 EX auto transmission just failed at 84,000 miles while on vacation and unable to get to a dealer (Sat. nite on Labor Day weekend in Santa Cruz). We only have the one car and have taken really good care of it--dealer service all the way for the first time in our lives! First Honda for us too, based on their "excellent" reputation (!) and resale value. Hah--not much value now....We had to get it to any open shop who took it to a local transmission shop (evidently the local dealer occasionally sends their transmission jobs to the same shop since it is a small dealership) and get a rental car to get back to Sacto. Two weeks and $3400 later, we were able to finally pick it up (and that's $400 additionally for the rental car as well). The local dealer when we finally reached them did quote us $3800-$4000 for the replacement trans. So we saved a little (!) I'm filing a claim with Honda of America because I've taken care of the car etc. etc. and a tranny shouldn't fail that early but don't have a whole lot of hope of success -- but maybe since I have all the service records, that will help. It's helped to read all of these posts. Any advice?

norek

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1. Had the popping out of second gear which turned into second gear never engaging. That was annoying, rippin it in first to near redline, then shifting to thurd.
2. Occasional difficulty putting the car in reverse/gear one... find this is resolved by easing off the brake pedal.
3. Tranny noises started off small and got louder and louder. Eventually turned into an entire tranny overhaul.
4. After tranny overhaul, car making similar pre-problem noises as before.

hk2ronin

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the consumer protection agency inspector sided with hondacare and honda of america because they don't have mechanics that could determine wether or not my parts caused the failure. He said I would have to call the federal trade commion and the dmv because they have mechanics that could do that. But that meant they would take my car(daily driver) and then 3rd and fifth gear starting popping out( piece of crap civic tranny). The last sunday before I swapped the 02 tranny in it popped out of fith so many times I almost wanted to just rip my hair out. Anyway I changed my oil in my mechanics class and found some oil on my tranny. I had my mechanic look into it and sure enuf a real main seal was shot, and a motor mount ripped. With the seal and mount part and install and tranny install total came to $390. Anway I think I have given up on my d17a2 and come springtime gonna do kseries or k24 hybrid swap. Origanly I was gonna build and turbo motor but the way these trannys are and the fact that the dezod kit doesn't have an intake or filter(recomends wire mesh in turbine housing)-that just doesn't sit well with me so I talked to fastestex(thanx tim) about the k series swap. The way the motor sits you can have a turbo with intake and filter and those motors have alot more potential than the d17a2. Honda already voided my warranty(smurf them those smurfin smurfs) so I got nothing to lose with a swap. I don't wanna give up I realy wanted to see wear I could go with a d17 but I keep hearing a K series motor screaming in my ear.

Gangsta Dave

01 civic automatic replaced @ 91,000 miles in june of 05.

speedracersong

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i hit 80400 and my auto tranny blew.
2001 lx

7thGEN 2nv

my auto tranny just went out also. 01 civic ex coupe with 66,800 miles. i just had the tranny serviced at a honda dealership 1000 miles b4 it went out too.???

my cars currently at the dealership and they are waiting on american honda to give the "go" to repair it!

speedracersong

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i hope american honda fixes mine as well

7thGEN 2nv

american honda just paid for my tranny %100. i have a 01 civic with 66,000 miles

HondaChic

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^^Same! 01 ex Auto,failed today at 48,000.

spoonJDMlX

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02 lx auto, gears are slipping, engine YELLS for about 2,000 rpm and then it shifts, still tryin to find out whats wrong with it so i can get it fixed.....

51,000 mlg.

dru106

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My tranny just took a poop today!!! 50k miles 02lx sedan

jacky86

i have a 02 civic ex my first tranny messed up at 37,894 miles. Every time i shift to second gear it pops out and grinds like crazy even if i try to hold the shifter down. I replaced the transmission with a used one that only had 11,000 miles and i also put a new factory clutch in and i just put about 13,000 miles on that tranny and now it's making knocking noises and chattering noises. And now it's starting to pop out of second gear again. These transmission sucks i can't even compare to the older civic transmission. What materials are honda using to build these transmissions with, plastic gears?

shroomster

SHORT ANSWER: YES.

HondaChic

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I've had my car back for less than a week and the new tranny is already slipping.

y.0. KiLLa

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wtf..reading all these posts are pissing me off..my 01 has 40k..most of the prob are within my range..i hope my tranny does not fail netime soon....i think we should all do somethin about it..these problems are common..ahh

mrchowmein

my tranny doesnt slip but it kicks every once in awhile around 20mph, its not really often anymore like before i change my tranny fluid. im gonna start changing my atf every 10k miles now. but please send this to honda, they should bust out with a recall like they did with all the tranny recalls around 2002. remember all those accords, odysseys, tls, and preludes built between 98-02 that had tranny recalls. too bad our cars were designed during the era of bad trannies from honda.

spoonJDMlX

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they still wont cover mine tittle isnt the cleanest if ya kno what i mean.

civichxtreme

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Im at 80k and still on the original tranny........had some issues with it but I have always been able to work em out......Clutch pressure plate and throwout bearing I replaced a little while back and have had all the popping out of gears issues that you guys had but I have been able to get rid of them with the cunning use of massive amounts of extremly heavy weight gear oil. I use 85w 140 in that bitch and have had no real grinding or gear issues since I switched to that.......have to keep the level perfect though or it becomes difficult to put her all the way it gear...doesnt grind but you have to play with it a little tiny bit to get it in........btw have replaced engine, mounts, full suspension, most electrical components, headlights, that stupid little plug for the headlights that was recalled, and he paint which had a shitty luster to it....and all on my dime....so my suggestion it, if your out of warranty and your car begins to have problems......Dont bitch at Honda......just STFU and fix em.............no no no quit ya bitchin and fork out the dough. Just my .02

Wind-x

Ive had my 01 civic about a 2 yrs. and at 89000 my transmission went out. It started slipping one morning on the way to school and that afternoon I couldnt leave. We had it towed to Nalley honda in Union City, Georgia. At first they said they would pay for half, but I decided to do some research on this problem and found this thread, printed it out, highlighted some stuff and printed out some Consumer reports gave it to my mom and she went up there. They are now paying 100% for everything, so I wouldnt give up with out a fight, they know about the problem they just dont want to recall.

dru106

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I just have a quick question. Since my car is highly modified exterrior and my gauges converted with different miles, do you guys think Honda would've paid for my auto tranny repair? I know its too late now cuz its repaired......

gearbox

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well shroomster said they wouldn't pay it all but he negotiated and they ended up paying for part of it. thats what i plan to do also. mine is slipping at 45k on my 02 auto, but i put some lubecontrol in the tranny fluid and the slipping has gotten much better. it only slips 100-200rpms when cold and doesn't slip at all when warm! i'm surprised it helped so much. Its still noticable but a whole lot better than before.