2001 HONDA CIVIC User Comment / Complaint

Our 2001 honda civic stopped suddenly on a 2-lane highway. i was unable to make it go forward or backward and had to push it off the road. i had to have it towed to a garage with the result that it had transmission failure. the cost to us was $2,700. besides the inconvenience and having to rent a car to attend a relative's funeral, we have two other great concerns re: safety. how many people in other civics have had this happen on on interstate highway where traffic at 70 mph could not possibly stop. perhaps we will never know. my other concern is that we followed the maintenance manual for the 2001 honda civic and on page 196, the graph shows that the transmission fluid should be changed at 125,000. we accepted that as truth since it was in the manual that came with the car. of course, now the person i talked to at honda says "well it should be changed every 30,000 miles". we took what was written in the manual on page 196 as what needed to be done. if you cannot trust the written directions on how to take care of your car according to the manufacturer's manual, then what can you trust. by this transmission failure and the other 70+ complaints that i have seen about the honda civic 2001 transmission failureson carcomplaints.com , i am concerned about the safety in driving this car, especially on the highway. we believe that there should be a safety recall and all the owners who have had to pay thousands of dollars in new transmissions should be reimbursed by honda. thank you, robert and pauline alley