2001 Honda Civic EX Sedan from North America - Comments

Tire sidewalls failed at 8000 miles.

Ongoing poor mileage, as low as 14.9 mpg and averaging 18 mpg. Highest mileage was 27 on the highway. I use regular gas (premium causes problems).

Air condition malfunctions sporadically.

Engine hesitates at 2500 and 3500 RPM.

Engine occasionally loudly misfires in the intake plenum.

Front and rear suspension clunking noise upon turns or braking. No doubt there are loose suspension parts.

Front seat very loose.

Paint of very poor and inconsistent quality.

Very pronounced gasoline smell in cabin after fill-ups (I am careful not to overfill)

Rubber air dam fell off at 2000 miles.

Electric locks howl when used.

Great legroom and space for large adults.

Great acceleration, although lack of torque requires constant high revving.

Engine noise is pronounced in cabin at all times, due to loud motor, no insulation and design of wheel wells that amplifies engine and road noise.

Quality of the car is awful. After 15 months of ownership I have found that I cannot rely on it, and will be replacing it soon.

Dealerships are beyond uncaring; they are insolent and insulting. Like others who have posted here, I have been told that I am driving the car wrong et al, and even in the face of actual dealer staff reporting the same problems with their Civics in my presence, the service advisors deny the problems' existence.

I am Guessing that your have the civic coupe

built in the U.S.

If not and you have one of the hatchbacks built in Swindon

you have been very unlucky all manufacturers have problem cars Not just Honda!!!

Not to be rude, but I take it you are keeping within the

speed limits 5 mph more + will affect your MPG.

I feel your pain. I have litigation against Honda and a local dealership for very similar problems as yours. Keep the steady. You are not alone.

We too have a 2001 Honda Civic and am also experiencing EXCEPTIONALLY poor mileage! I would guess at times as low as 10 MPG! I've freshly changed both engine and transmission fluids with no improvement. Any ideas? Email me at cursedearthpizza@gmail.com.

Well I just realized that this thread was started almost two years ago, but I'll post a comment for anyways for posterity. I just posted a comment about similarly poor mileage on a 2001 Civic, but after reading some other posts, I took the advice and checked the air filter and it was pretty bad. As I had mentioned, I was getting really poor mileage, possible around the 10 mpg range, and now with the new filter, it is much improved. I have yet to quantify the mpg value as of yet, but BELIEVE ME it's a totally different car. I've driven it two and from work for the last two days and have yet to notice any significant change in the fuel guage enough to calculate the mpg. What I'm suggesting is the the air filter is TREMENDOUSLY important. Especially so on the highways I would imagine since the engine is revving at such a high rate and so much air is required by the engine that the engine ends up expending so much energy just to pull the air through the air filter. Even when the accelerator is NOT being depressed, the mere free travel of pistons while cruising is drastically restricted by the vacuum created on the downstroke as a result of the inhibited airflow through the filter. All this results in a constant uphill climb even just to maintain a constant speed on the highway and in turn results in severely diminished fuel efficiency. What ends up happening is that you have a supposed sub-compact econo-box that uses as much gas to get from A to B as an H2 Hummer! Now that's pathetic. I myself calculate that I have wasted hundreds if not close to a thousand dollars in premature gas fill-ups enough to buy hundreds of air-filters. What a shame... I would not wish this on my worst enemy. If you are experiencing decreased fuel efficiency, for the sake of all that is holy, check your air filter.