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2001 Honda Civic LX 110,000 miles. At about 105,000 a humming/grinding sound began to appear.
Now 110K my tranny is slipping. I thought Honda's were better than this. Will Honda work with me to allow me to afford a new tranny??
Disappointed.
Consider yourself very lucky to have gotten over 100,000 miles on your Civic. Ours blew the engine at 90,000 miles (after numerous other major problems) and was sold to a junk dealer. Hondas are GROSSLY over rated.
My neighbors Civic (an American built one) just hit 230,000 miles with the original timing belt from 90,000 miles. His has to be the worst condition Civic on the road I have seen, yet it still runs. I think you guys bought your car from New Orleans or something; or East Saint Louis.
I have a 2001 Honda civic ex. My transmission has been slipping very bad recently. I will soon have to have the transmission replaced. I am very upset at Honda and the transmissions they make.
Honda and Toyota are NOTORIOUS for bad transmissions, (as well as a lot of other major problems), and dealers usually refuse to fix them. Sorry you got taken in by ad hype.
Correction: my neighbors Civic was built at the Canada manufacturing plant.
HI! I have a 2001 Honda Civic. I too bought this car NEW right after a divorce. I have three children. I bought my car because of the "reputation". I knew being a single mother I needed something reliable. Reliable is the last thing I would call my Honda. The problems started with the interior roof coming apart immediately. I properly maintained my car and still was forced to REBUILD the transmission at 85,000 miles. This was done in October 2006 at a grand total of $2600. Honda recommended I replace the transmission instead of a rebuild for $5400. No thank you. Honda was not sympathetic with my situation. Since then, I have had NOTHING, but problems with this car. I am now looking at about $800 more dollars for suspension work. What a big mistake I made trusting Honda's reputation. I have recently learned that the transmissions in my type of car was faulty between the years 2000 and 2004 according to my mechanic. Honda denies this. I hope more people investigate thoroughly before purchasing one. Lisa.
I bought my civic new in August of 2001. At about 100,000 miles I had to rebuild the transmission. A year and a half later the transmission went out again and I still haven't even finished paying for the darn thing. This time I will put in a new one instead. Other than that, I love the car.
I bought my 2001 Honda Civic EX, new in June of 2001 in Tucson Arizona. It now has 117,000 miles on it. The performance has been flawless! The car has never needed any service other than basic maintenance. The brakes lasted till 100k, the clutch still performs as new. The car is still in beautiful condition- mechanically and cosmetically. Timing belt is due and a few other things, but everything is still in good condition. I am surprised that so many have had less than favorable experiences. I feel this is the best car I have ever owned, hands down, and will be buying a new 2008 Civic SI soon. Hondas are absolutely the best built cars, this is my second one the first was a motorcycle that performed equally. I am a male, and do take very good care of my vehicles.
2001 Honda Civic EX 2 doors with automatic transmission, purchased new and now has 56,000 miles as of Feb 2007.
The automatic transmission went out at 55,000 miles in Jan 2007, replaced with a used transmission.
The stock suspensions is really lose compares to my brother's stock 2004 Civic LX sedan.
I bought a 2001 Honda civic and 2 months after the 3 year warranty ran out and 27,000 miles I had to replace the transmission. Well anyway, the dealership replaced the transmission for me, but I think they replaced it with another defective one. I gave the car to my nephew as a graduation gift. I thought he would get many years out of it and now it is only 6 years old with 62,000 miles and the transmission is already going out again. I really thought Honda had a good reputation because I know of two people who have Honda's and they have not had any problem with theirs. I think they made a lot of lemons back in 2001. I know one thing after this I don't think I will ever buy another Honda civic.
I bought a 1991 Honda Accord LX for my son two years ago for $500. It wasn't pretty, but ran great with 259,000 miles. We just sold it with over 270,000 miles, still running great, and bought a 1997 Honda Civic HX. So far the Civic has had unanticipated problems, but still gets my son from point A to point B. He was so enthusiastic about Honda's because of the fantastic reliability of the Accord, but isn't having the same luck with the Civic. However, he loves the little car, plans on "customizing" it and refuses to let it bother him that when the car is shifted into reverse, it revs up (instead of idling down) and lopes. With todays gas prices, the car will pay for its own repairs with its fuel efficiency.
My wife's 2001 Civic LX is a LEMON. We had to replace the transmission at 60,000 miles and have numerous other annoyances including a bad drivers side seat belt, inoperable passenger automatic window and now the computer seems to have blown - SRS light on constantly, emergency brake light on, service engine light on, power locks don't work and air-conditioning stopped working all in one day. I have historically had OK luck with Honda's (never as great as their reputation which is grossly overrated). I was thinking of getting a Civic for myself before all these problems, but wouldn't even consider it now. Honda needs to focus again on quality or they're going down!
Going down hill like GM, Ford, and Chrysler? and not to mention the hoodlums who say Toyota is too? Well I guess a 2007 horse and buggy from the amish is the only way to get you around.
I Have a 2001 civic ex auto. Struts went at 20k. The tranny went at 40k. Honda put a crate trany in for me at no cost. Car now has 150,000 and is making a noise from the left front wheel. I will never buy another honda.