My car is well maintained and serviced regularly. Oil change every 3,000 miles, every scheduled maintenance done on time. The transmission started to slip out of nowhere. I made the appointment the same week it started. Before I could even get to the appointment the transmission crapped out at a stoplight. Refused to go into gear. I ended up having to reverse off the road since that was the only way to make the car move. My car had LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT. HONDA DID NOTHING because it's 10 years old. Obviously with such low mileage I do not drive long distances. I have all the maintenance records of the vehicle to prove that it was meticulously maintained.And yet the dealer told me "Sorry, not covered under warranty" ARE YOU SERIOUS? My two previous cars were American ( BUICK Century and Ford Mustang) and lasted well over 150,000 miles without needing a new transmission. Fixing at Honda at 59,000 miles is disgraceful.

My 2002 Honda Civic LX has never had any leaks or problems. However, it's been acting weird last few months and all of a sudden it revved as if accelerating and then would not move. I left it sitting on my driveway for couple of months and was able to get it moving, but only enough to move it around the driveway. Now, I'm stuck with card that has only 83,165 miles on it and failed tranny.

I'm really disappointed, because I always considered and was telling my relatives that Honda as the MOST reliable car, but now I cannot trust Honda.

I hope Honda will take care of it.

We were back from a holiday weekend from a 450 km trip. Just after about 100 km on the way back transmission failed without any warning. We were driving on the only road to and from this vacation spot. There were no rest areas only desert. We let the car cool for awhile hoping it would start properly. when gear was in reverse it even went forwarder - really strange. had to tow the car 350 km to our Honda car dealer and maintenance. The next morning went to them and they informed us it would cost 2000$ to repair. We towed the car to another specialist in Honda transmission repairs who charged us 1400$ and is more professional than our regular maintenance. The car has been maintained as needed and had no other problems.

We were told there were problems with the transmission of Honda's same as our models and years. What actions were taken? Did Honda take part in some of the repair cost? thanks for any reply.

The transmission failed with almost no warning. One day, the engine started revving a little higher in between shifts and took a little longer to shift on my way home from work. The very next morning, it failed completely while I was on a hill and I started ROLLING BACKWARD! There was a car immediately behind me and luckily I hit the brakes in time to avoid hitting it. 110,000 miles is a pretty sorry lifespan for a transmission, especially considering I just had a 100,000 mi scheduled maintenance performed by the Honda Dealership in which they flushed the transmission fluid and inspected the whole car. Toyota's looking pretty damn good right now.

Like most everybody else is reporting... My 2002 Honda Civic's Automatic Transmission just gave out and without any WARNING whatsoever... No leaks, no noises, no smells, ... it slipped about two times when I began to drive my 10 year old daughter to the airport to send her home to her mother in Texas at 5:00 in the morning. Ran fine on the freeway all the way to the airport but decided to just stop working (engine racing but not moving); which caused me to breakdown in the damn "Shuttle" Lane in front of the airport's Terminal 4. I needed to be at Terminal 1 which was a half mile further up. The Airport Police immediately began harassing me; telling me to move my car. After explaining that it was broke down with apparent Transmission problems and that I desperately needed to get my 10 year old daughter on the plane before she missed her flight; the police told me that I could NOT leave my vehicle unattended and that I needed to get a two truck there within a half hour or they would tow it away! Needless to say, My daughter missed her flight. It took AAA two and one-half hours to get there and the police had already called for an impound. My ex-wife was pissed off and had to pay for another flight out of an airport (LAX) 70 miles away so my daughter could get home which required my ex-wife's father to take a day off work and travel from Long Beach to Ontario (approx. 60 miles) to pick up my daughter so he could take her to LAX while I waited for and accompanied my vehicle out of there in the tow truck. If I didn't have a badge in my wallet, the police would definitely not have been so patient with me and the situation. I know the shuttle buses weren't !!! I got honked at for a solid two and one-half hours!! My car will not roll even a little bit. No engagement of the transmission at all!! This is completely ridiculous. There is no way a transmission should go out or break down that soon. I hadn't even broken 100,000 miles on this car. HONDA NEEDS TO INITIATE A RECALL on this issue and they should be fixing the problem in all the cars that seem to be having this very same issue. Obviously, there are lots of people with the same issues and if Honda will NOT initiate a recall and take care of their customers... then IT'S TIME TO INITIATE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against Honda. I am told that my transmission either needs to be replaced which, would cost upwards of $4000.00 ... OR... It needs to be rebuilt at around the cost of about $2000.00. Total BS... HONDA....Dependable???? .... ONLY IF HONDA STANDS BY THEIR PRODUCTS AND TAKES CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS !!! Otherwise... No more dependable than any other car on the market and therefore, Honda's slogan would be considered FALSE ADVERTISING. A word to HONDA MOTOR COMPANY.... "STAND BY YOUR PRODUCTS" "TAKE CARE OF YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS" "HONDA UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING"

Update from Apr 28, 2012: UPDATE:

Just remembered I posted a complaint on this site. After contacting Honda and threatening them with a class-action civil lawsuit... I was finally able to bring the otherwise bitchy and uncooperative Honda case manager to a more cooperative state. After her telling me that they would fix my transmission for $2800.00 and when I told her I'd see her in court with at least 400 other angry Honda owners and after giving her a civil Attorney's name and phone number I just found in the Yellow Pages... She finally decided that I would get my transmission replaced for $800.00 which included the manufacturers warranty of 3 years/36000 miles. Given the fact that my warranty had long expired... this was an excellent resolution to an otherwise nightmarish situation. For all of you reading this... threaten Honda with a civil Class-Action suit and mention an Attorney's name when you do. Remember the resolution I was able to swing with Honda. Follow my blueprint and see if it works for you!! Good Luck!!

This is the second Honda we have owned (2202 & 2000) with a total transmission failure at 100k. Unlike timing belts, most transmission should give more than 100K in service. Honda knows this is a problem but has been able to skate on a recall. They want to direct you back to the dealer for repairs. the dealer wanted $5,000 and Honda was going to kick in $300. My independent Honda repair shop is doing the rebuild for $2500.

Currently we own 3 Hondas. We will replace these with more reliable vehicles that the manufacturers want to stand behind. Any suggestions??

Transmission on my 2002 Honda Civic just went on me while driving on main highway. Dealership told me it would cost $3000-50000 to get repaired and that it is not covered by Honda. So, I got a another used one and newer year. I am disappointed with Honda as most people are and will never buy another one because of the number of people who had same problem and Honda will not cover cost or give a recall. With so many complaints, now I can't even sell the call because the world knows about the transmission problems with this year car. If I could afford it I would definitely make a law suit against them for this. They are the loser because now most people that had this problem will not buy another Honda very quickly, hence Honda loser. Anyway, that's my story and I am sticking to it!!

Well I got my car back 04 used with 54000 miles on it its now at 121754 miles and for my b-day my car broke down transmission just started to rev high yes this is a pain in the ass but I'm going to say this I get 385 to 420 miles to a tank of gas as bad as it is going out on me all I have to say is I wont buy anything other then a honda my niece has a 06 chevy transmission left her and my son stick on the side of the road and my girlfriend and her 03 focus 2 transmissions in 2 years wont buy ford ever. HONDA STILL THE BEST CAR FOR THE BUCK

First of all the check engine light has been going on and off for about a year now. We've had it serviced (even at Honda) but it's a guessing game for what is causing the problem. By the way, of course, we paid for the various diagnostics and repairs that didn't solve the problem. We got a full service oil change a couple of weeks ago and the light went off and the car seemed fine, again. We were driving to Chicago to pick up our son from the airport and the car started jerking and felt like it was about to stall so we pulled over to the side of the road about 20 minutes away from the airport. We had to pay for towing and a cab driver to get us to the airport. The car had to be towed back to our town 100 miles away! We haven't had it serviced yet...really hoping it doesn't have to be replaced. We just finished paying off the car last year!

My wife purchased a Honda for reliability. This car started making higher than usual rev noises when moving into the next position on the automatic transmission. My wife took her vehicle to Honda - Like she always does- to diagnose the issue. Hennessey Honda in Kennesaw GA stated it was a Power steering fluid issue. Needless to say yesterday while coming back from a client meeting the car (While in Midtown Atlanta Traffic at noon) stopped engaging and moving forward. I knew at this point it had to be her transmission. We took the car to Hennessay Honda who stated they could diagnose this issue. The underlying fee was $125. The Honda Dealer stated the car would not move forward, or reverse.....it had to be the transmission....and a Rebuilt Transmission will cost $3,700 on a car that was maintained and driven in average condition. The car is worth roughly $4,000.