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My 2001 Civic EX Coupe just went into the shop with 50,230 miles and a dead transmission. Its a five speed and it started making all sorts of noises so i decided to bring it in. The service manager said i doubt its the transmission cause the 7th gen civics have the best tranny lol... I called a flag on that immediately. The fool then said its gonna be two weeks and 3500 dollars to get a new tranny. Thank god for warrenty! Anyone else have problems with their 5 speed?

 
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You are kidding, right?

 
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im not kidding, i thought only the autos had problems...

 
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well my trannys running smooth at 60k plus. I got a 2k1 and I also usually hear tranny problems with the autos mostly.

 
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well, the important part of the manual trannies are plastic, i think honda hired an ex lego emlopyee to degign this tranny

 
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i had to replace my tranny, too much grinding and hard shifts so i decided to buy a used tranny with low miles, best purchase yet. My cars daily driving is so much better now and shifts are smooth as well..

 
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hey import racer....did u have any mods on ur car??? and if u did how come they didnt say anything about it



-PeTeY!! ::EM2::

 
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was it making a weird sound while driving? Like a weird whining sound that increased with rpm while it was in gear?

if so, it was most likely the input shaft bearing.

It only cost me about 4 hours and $25 to fix. But then again, my buddy runs a tranny shop, so we had all the tools and resources to take the tranny apart ourselves.

Anyway, the input shaft bearing has a plastic cage for the ball bearings (keeps them evenly spaced apart). When the cage breaks, it allows the bearings to load up on one side, causing the shaft to slightly move. This causes the gears to mesh up slightly off to one side, which causes more noise. The bearings loading up on one side also creates a noise.

 
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my car had intake, header, and exhaust on it as well as a short shifter kit, but im pretty sure the whole tranny is messed up because my shifts got really notchy and it was hard to shift from 1st to 2nd gear. It wasnt just like tap it into 2nd it was yanking it into second gear. They didnt say anything about my mods because they have nothing to do with the tranny plus the fools at the dealership know that i wont put up with their Bullship.. Ive sued them in the past about my 6th Gen SI!

 
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hmmm.....i hope mine won't get busted like that....

what kind of warranty do you have for ur car?

 
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Yeah, mostly, but you MUST have read about the second gear issue, short lived bearings, etc. Out of all the hondas I have had, the 7th gen is the most fragile.

I want an older Lude.

 
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Seriously if you have problems with your tranny or anything and your car is still with reasonable mileage (at least under 60k or so)

call American Honda and dispute the problem with them

1-800-999-1009

 
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i hear that, i wish i still had my 89 lude si, that was a better made car with a better 5spd in my opinion.

 
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my first car was an '88 lude S ( I think it was an S anyway). That thing was sweet, I loved that car. It was red (5 different shades of it too from all the spray painted bondo). But man did that car run beatifully, the dual electronic carbs... loved it TO bad I wrapped it around a mail box, some guy cut an old telphone pole and used at his mailbox, I moved the engine block back about 4 inches in that car and moved his freakin' mail box 3 inches.

 
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I had 55k miles on my d17 tranny ... it was still running strong ... clutch too ... even after the turbo ... -_-;;

but yeah ... no grinds ... I took good care of my tranny.