My little sis is looking to buy a civic coupe, she was going to first go with an 02 but was told by many people to avoid as apparently from what I hear and read everywhere online, Honda auto transmissions have serious failure rates after 2000. Ive been doing quite a bit of research online the last few days about this, and from what i gather the 04 and 05 ATs are built a lot better than 01,02,03. I google honda auto tranny problems and it takes me to a couple sites.
I find 700 reports on carcomplaints.com about users having an 01 auto tranny failure! Over 300 for 02 and about the same for 03. 04 and 05 was a lot less, but then again those are a lot newer so less milage on them...maybe the 04 and 05 users need more time before the reports come hailing in.
And I find this.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problem...-failure.shtml
There was a defective 2nd gear clutch pack carrier in the early 7th gen trannys but from what i read online its been 04 and 05 is a lot better but not sure if the defect has been 100% fixed in those trannys. Again this is just from reading online, so this could be bogus for all i know.
But i just want to hear from the experts on here and if anyone here drives a 7th gen Auto or know of anyone. My sister is now eyeing at 04 or 05 Civic but needs confirmation that the trannys on them have been fixed.
Anyone here work for honda or at a honda/acura dealership? I do know that Acura EL uses the same trannys.