NHTSA — Power Train: Automatic Transmission: Torque Converter Problems

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CarComplaints.com Notes: Yes, the Honda Civic receives a lot of complaints because so many were sold. And sure, car parts only last so long and things eventually break. But it's never good to see this many transmission complaints, especially when the average mileage at failure is just north of 100,000 miles.

Especially when you consider that it's predecessor also has a nasty history with transmission complaints.

2.5

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
61,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

2002 Honda Civic transmission problems

transmission problem

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2002 Honda Civic Owner Comments

problem #1

Jul 062006

Civic 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 61,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

After pulling out on to road after oil change, car was fine for about 100 ft and then when trying to accelerate would redline rpms. Will not go into gear, transmission failed at 61K.

- Smyrna, GA, USA

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