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"Caliper was sticking causing the wheel to get hot"

"Calipers failed at 110,000 miles, and then they failed again at 140,000"

"While driving lost total use of clutch. Had to be towed. Replaced Clutch Master Cylinder. Had more problems with this vehicle, than anyone I ever owned!"

"Replaced compliance bushings front end both sides."

"Removed rust lips from front brakes. Replaced rear brake drums"

"Nothing unusual"

"Replace worn parts"

"Replacement"

"Experienced noise, decided to replace brakes. They were the originals"

"Brake pedal near floor. Replaced rotors & calipers & partial brake lines"

"No difficulties, routine front brake work"

"Replaced lines as they corroded"

"Had to get new front brakes"

"Normal replacement of rear shoes and front rotors and pads"

"They said they had to replace the brake line due to age and rust."

"Brake leaking"

"NO PROBLEM THEY JUST NEEDED REPLACEMENT."

"Replace all brake lines due to corrosion from the salt used on the snow"

"brake lines had ruptured due to14 years of exposure to salt combined with normal aging of rubber"

"rear brake line leak- rusted"

"Rear brakes started locking, could not drive car."

"brake line broke and drained"

"Wear"

"Driving along, all of a sudden it wouldn't accelerate normally. Had to slowly drive to parking lot for appointment. After appointment car wouldn't move. Had to have towed"

"I noticed that the trans. seemed to be not working well (slipping?). Took it to dealer--guy said it seemed ok/keep driving. I did and in aweek or so ,it totally sropped-luckilly got into a parking lot . it wouldn't even make it to a parking space.Guy"

"Symptoms appeared suddenly and escalated quickly. I would put foot to pedal and the car would take time to engage until finally the car did not engage at all. Luckily, though the car stopped at night, I was able to move it to a city street parking"

"My brother and 2 friends all had to have their Honda transmissions rebuilt...1 Civic (my '01) and 2 Accords (an '03 and '06) and one Odyssey ('01), so apparently Honda transmissions are the chink in Honda's armor"

"trannys are never the same when rebuilt. Car is at shop being repaired again after 9 months of rebuild"

"With a little less than 90000 miles I had to replace the transmission"

"I was told the transmission pump blew out and the transmission needed to be replaced. Cost $2,200"

"Transmission failed without warning with less than 98000 miles on the car. Car was well maintained. Transmission suffered complete failure related to that years design of the transmission"

"Automatic Transmission Case Had Been Overtorqued And Cracked When The Transmission Was Replaced Shortly After The OEM warranty expired. This was not discovered until the transmission failed the second time"

"The transmission in the car died as i was coming home from work. It wouldn't go forward at all. I could go backwards only"

"Good but too much money"

"bearing broke in the transmission and at the same time change the cluck because it was wearing"

"Very expensive to replace ($3000) and I have now learned this is a common problem with this generation of Civic"

"none just expensive"

"Transmission would not properly shift. Usually over-revved before changing gears. Transmission needed to be rebuilt, cost $2,000"

"Even though we took our Civic in for every mileage based service and ask for everything to be done, when the transmission failed the dealer told us we had never had it serviced. Servicing the transmission is listed in the mileage based service"

"I'd have to say that I've had no problems in the last year , but have have to replace the transmission twice in the previous year."

"It was not in the past 12 months but the transmission was rebuilt 6 years ago."

"Tranny completely failed. Was down until I was able to replace it"

"needed to be replaced"

"Cracked twice I the last two years"

"MA inspection doesn't cover CC for cars of this age. When the muffler was getting loud I took it into a repair shop who told me I was required to fix it b/c I brought it in, so did so. Not a huge problem as the car generally doesn't have many issues"

"the bolts that connect the exhaust to the catalytic converter rusted so we replaced the bolts and all is quiet"

"hole in exhaust / muffler rusted after 14 years in salt and snow environment"

"Converter bolts rusted through. Had them replaced."

"We have had to replace exhaust parts several times even with buying good muffler"

"It involved a recall item that Honda then paid to have repaired."

"Air bag recall"

"Despite multiple attempts at repair by both the dealer and 3rd party mechanic, including replacement of multiple parts in the warning system, the light comes on within 2-3 weeks of repair and stays on until the next service attempt at correcting the problem."

"It was a recall on airbags"

"The airbags keep having recalls. Minor annoyance. Dealer replaces them without charge to me."

"The airbag warning light illuminates within a few weeks of repair despite multiple replacements of sensors, wiring, and relays. This has be recurring for over ten years."

"Recalled for third replacement of driver airbag inflator. Honda covered cost of the repair."

"Broken Crankshaft bearing meant replacement of whole engine/transmission assembly as it was cheaper than dismantling the engine and replacing the bearing"

"Head gasket ruined, over $2000 to replace. Bought a used engine that was imported from Japan; cost $800 installed"

"The car was not driven for over 6 months so the brakes rotted and the engine seized up and had to be rebuilt"

"Timing belt failed. Needed an engine replacement. Was hard to decide if 2001 model was worth it."

"head gasket & water pump need to be replaced. Repair shop advises that repairs shouldn't be done since they are estimated to cost $3,600, more than the blue book value. Car is nearly 19 years old with 143,100 miles at the time of the repair estimate"

"Head gasket and radiator needed to be replaced"

"dealer said wouldn't pass SMOG test because needed head gasket replaced but when we took it in it passed. also wanted more money for repair than car was worth"

"Replacement of gasket was expensive; cheaper to replace engine witha used motor from Japan"

"Head gasket had worn out and was causing poor car performance."

"Head gasket started to go after about 230k miles, not worth a repair but way more than got money's worth from the car. recommend for long haul"

"In for a oil change and was informed the head gasket needed replacement. Was done quickly but was costly."

"Timing belt and water pump is recommended by Honda to be changed at 100000 miles or 7 years. I followed those recommend changes."

"Timing belt broke at 160,000 miles. Convention says to replace every 100,000 miles. So it shouldn't have broke at 160,000 miles"

"Intermittent loss of display on dashboard, so that no gauges can be read. No loss of power to other accessories or headlights, but disturbing anyway. Display returns on its own, but unpredictably"

"Low beams have stopped working. Using high beams"

"Both headlights constantly blew out the light blubs over an 18 month period. Lights would only last 4-6 months before new ones had to be replaced. Went with an aftermarket HID headlight and have not had a problem since"

"Headlights had leaks of rain water into the lights"

"head lights burned out three times this year"

"Interior lights do not turn on when doors are opened."

"they were almost all dead. too difficult to replace. Also motor to open and close 1 window was dead"

"Dome light doesn't work, and only one of the forward ceiling lights works. I finally realized that wiring must have shorted out because of a leak in the roof flashing. I was told this is a known issue with these cars. Water has leaked all the way into the interior through the mirror mount on only a few occasions, and only in torrential conditions, so it was hard to diagnose. I haven't had any of this fixed."

"power locks now do not work on either of the front doors. Need to manually lock and unlock doors"

"Warning light for SRS system illuminates periodically and needs to be reset."

"The seat belt warning light illuminates. It has been repaired at least six times, but the repairs last only a few months. Several sensors have been replaced and the wiring has been replaced"

"Chime for leaving headlights on hasn't worked in years. Discovered after numerous dead batteries that the chime was supposed to work, but didn't because of a bad door sensor"

"Leaks a fair bit of oil around valve cover end near camshaft seal. Also quite a bit underneath...possibly oil pan gasket. Hard to tell exactly where. Doesn't actually amount to anything measurable, just makes a mess on underside of engine and a few drips on the garage floor"

"It's an old car, but I notice a few drops of oil on the garage floor when I get home from work most days. I am guessing that a seal will need to be replaced"

"I've had almost every engine seal replaced - some more than once - and the oil still leaks"

"one oil leak - repaired 2014"

"just a worn out gasket"

"oil pan leak repaired at independent shop"

"i had to replace the oil pan because it was full of rust and leaking oil"

"Slow leak of oil, difficult to pin down, tried replacing valve cover gasket"

"There are various leaks around the engine, resulting in the loss of about a quart every 500 miles"

"I had to have a rubber gasket replaced, but I don't remember the name of the part that this was performed on. It fixed the problem"

"oil pan gasket going after 200k would repair but head gasket failing so time to move on."

"The car was leaking/burning a quart of oil a week. We took it in for an engine rebuild. It now only burns about a quarter of quarter per week. Mileage per week is about 300 miles per week."

"Obstruction and fluid leak in hydraulic fluid line and master cylinder"

"It failed. This was the second time it happened with this car (the previous owner was a close friend)"

"It is a manual transmission and it getting harder to shift between gears."

"Vehicle slips out of fifth gear"

"I kinda covered it in my reply about major trans failure. Slipping before death"

"While driving, you can feel the tranny slipping. It gets worse & worse then goes out altogether. It won't shift or even make any noise. Then you let it sit for a few days, and it works like nothing is wrong"

"Particularly when cold, the transmission would either fail to c=shift or shift, shift very slowly, or shift at an inappropriate time"

"Transmission fluid leaking, needed to replace hoses"

"Our car broke down going from Maine to Boston. It went into "safe mode" so it was only on the lowest gear and we had to limp it to a repair place. and come back later to pick up the car."

"wether stripping has failed in an as of yet identified location. This causes the trunk to fill with water. We have attempted to run water on the car and climb in the trunk to search for the leak with no success."

"Front struts are a common failure point on these cars, have been replaced twice within the first 100K and need to be replaced again"

"seem to be caused by the suspension or frame"

"There is a rattle in the dash area near the right clove box. It does not effect the performance"

"Annoying minor rattles in doors"

"A very noise car with lots of road noise."

"So loud I check to see if any of my windows are open, which they are not"

"Noiser now than when purchased"

"seat belt latch issue leading to airbags being disabled"

"Seatbelt sometimes does not engage on first attempt. Has always clicked into receiver with a bit of jiggling."

"Window motor quit"

"Driver's side window mechanism failed and had to be replaced. Costly to replace"

"window motor failed, so window was stuck open"

"The passenger side window electric motor failed in the down position."

"Overheating probably caused by loss of antifreeze"

"The engine heats up intermittently, especially at interstate speeds for prolonged trips. We had the head gasket replaced and the thermostat, but it still heats up some (not as bad) and will overheat if pushed too long. The problem is unresolved"

"Car overheated on a long drive - radiator needed replacement, water cooler was leaking so air was getting into the system and causing the thermostat to read higher than normal levels"

"If I had fixed the thermostat when I noticed the problem, then I think the head gasket and engine would have been fine. I let it overheat"

"Thermostat needed replacement"

"The valve cover gasket failure caused an oil leak that got into the coils & plugs ruining them. The underlying problem was therefore the valve cover gasket"

"two switches needed to be replaced"

"Misfires and sticky valves"

"Cylinder 2 was misfiring. Replaced all the spark plugs and cylinder 2 only. Car is still reading a 'check engine' issue and is currently in the shop to further diagnose this problem"

"The fuel pump ended up actually leaking raw fuel for over a period of 12 months which I original thought was an issue with the exhaust system. However the smell became so intense that I had taken it to the auto shop (2nd time, different shop) to finally figure out the problem."

"cracked plastic housing allowed fuel to leak"

"Cam shaft sensor"

"14 year old Civic with 160k miles. Sensor failed, causing car to stall suddenly. Was able to restart engine, but basically idle only - minimal power to the wheels (at least had heat while awaiting AAA!). Private mechanic successfully replaced sensors"