2001 Honda Civic LX from North America - Comments

The transmission.

The front struts.

Transmission started to be a problem at about 50 thousand miles. Honda service said to flush the transmission. This made the problem worse..

Have the same problems at 50,000, but mine is an EX also from North America. Struts are leaking and transmission just gave out today.

Very disappointed in Honda.

I also had a 2001 Honda Civic which had transmission problems. I dropped the first transmission around 40,000 miles and had it replaced. The second transmission dropped at about 98,000 miles.

Also my back right window regulator was going bad when I got rid of the car.

Just replaced my Honda Civic 2001 Automatic transmission at 68,000 miles. First time Honda purchase - very disappointed. All of my other cars transmissions never failed, but they weren't Honda.

Just traded in my 2001 Honda Civic LX for a 2006 Ford Focus. I bought the Honda brand new on 1/2/2001. I put 92,000 miles on it. I experienced a number of problems: Torque converter needed to be replaced at 35,000 miles - car wasn't shifting properly, the throttle positioning sensor was replaced at 57,000 miles - again transmission not shifting, the catalytic converter was replaced at 79,000 miles - exhaust leak. At my last service appointment I explained the transmission was slipping. I was told that the transmission needed to be replaced. I explained how disappointed I've been with my Honda Civic and the service department's attitude. I averaged 27 mpg over the six years that I owned the car, but I expected to average at least 30 mpg. It was the most expensive car to maintain that I have ever owned. And I have been driving for 30 years.

I too am a salesman at Ford and would recommend anyone buys a Ford Focus. They have a sweet design from 1999 that bests Toyota's Corolla; and I think we have taken care of all the recalls and fires that used to plague our cars.

This is the Ford Focus that is now a TEN year old design, right? After all, the Europeans are the ones who have the 'real' Focus while we in America are stuck with this ancient crap.

I should know. My family owned a 2000 Ford Focus and it was in the shop so many times we knew the service people by name. I will never buy an American car again, and certainly not an unreliable ten-year old design.

Bet you get a lot of experience saying "they all do that"

I maintain after 2000 my family has had issues we never saw before. Whats with Honda transmissions? I remember only buying clutches in the past.

I have a 2001 Honda Civic that just lost the transmission at 132,000 miles (we've been having explained problems for about a year) and Corporate refuses to help on the $3500 bill, not even parts. Also, front right and left bushings have been bad for three years, but nobody could find the problem - that means my bill is $4200. I won't get it fixed and am buying a new car (not a Honda) instead and junking this money-sucker! The window has trouble rolling back up and that's an ELD (Electronic Load Distributor) problem ($75 fix). Forget it!