Great so I just found out today that the year of the Civic I drive, a ton of reports online users having their auto transmissions dying due to faulty torque converters inside Honda trannys.
From what I gathered online.
Thankfully my trans works perfect with no slipping at all. I dont know what the exact failure rate is for Hondas auto trannys in 01 but I googled it and one site has 505 reports of Honda 01 auto trans dying due to the torque convertor! I dont know about you but 505 is unheard of!!!!Unfortunately Honda Civics 2001 have a torque converter that fails prematurely due to inferior clutch plate material. When the internal components shatters, the debri flows into the transmission and clogs the filter. This will cause a slip condition on all gears thus rendering the vehicle from moving. Most often, the vehicle will move when it is cold, but then within 5 -8 miles, the filter will clog up again and prevents proper fluid distribution.
The ideal and most practical solution to prevent this occurence is to replace the torque converter before it hits the 100K mile mark. A new or rebuilt part will contain the improved version of the clutch plate material.
I want to avoid the tranny dying because 1) When it happens, you cant fix it, your current tranny is shot and you need to buy a new one from Honda. And we all know how much a new trans is....
2) The safety issue. KNowing im driving a car with a trans with a ticking time bomb is extremely unsafe - you never know when its going to go off and could easily get in an accident.
So there, would you
1) Order and replace the torque convertor NOW
or
2) Take your chances and not do a thing.
Dont say sell the car cause as much as this issue scares me i still love the car to death and plus i did a lot upgrades on it already, IT RUNS FLAWLESS...its just this trans issue that really scares me.
Right now im probably going to just order the torque convertor as my mechanics can install it, they will completely rebuild my trans if I want too but from what Ive read online completely rebuilding the trans is not nessecary as the new torque convertor will have a much improved version of the clutch plate material which on OEM is weak and a huge part of the cause.
Ive read from some users online who did this and saved them from having to pay for a new trans.
So heres a question for the ultra tech gurus. Do I have to get the OEM honda torque convertor or can i go aftermarket like a performance one?