Consumer Complaint Detail

HONDA / CIVIC / 1997

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002091244 Incident Date: Mar, 31 2002
Consumer's City: GRESHAM Consumer's State: OR
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Model Name: CIVIC Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1HGEJ8247VL Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 05 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission problem detected and confirmed by gresham honda. seems to be a major problem for 1997 honda civic owners. honda acknowleged premature tranny failure and offered to pay half for replacement. car was given back to me while part is being ordered and while driving today from a stop light on a hill car would not go into gear and started to slip backwards. luckily by flooring it i was able to prevent backwards slide into vehilce behind me but feel someone needs to contact honda and start a recall on this model for a complete transmission replacement. in my case they have agreed to cover half of the repair cost to install a remanufactured transmission but i am not satisfied with this offer and feel you could be looking at many more accidents and possible injuries by the sudden jerking from stop while car tries to go into gear. please research this immediately and prevent thousands of people from being injured by this known defect that is not being addressed correctly.*ak