NHTSA complaint: 2000 HONDA CIVIC — POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MANUAL TRANSMISSION JUMPS WHILE DRIVING ALSO DOES NOT WANT TO GO INTO SECOND GEAR. MAKES WIERD GRINDING SOUND WHILE DRIVING SLOW. CAR SHUTTERS AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHILE IN 5TH GEAR IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. CAR SHUTS OFF BY ITS SELF( WAS TOLD VIN NOT IN SEQUENCE FOR IGNITION RECALL). RIGHT FRONT SPRINGS STICKS AND SOME TIMES MAKES A ( " BOING" ) SOUND. CAR KEEPS PULLING TO RIGHT EVEN AFTER ALIGNMENT. WHEN HEATER OR DEFROSTER ARE ON THEY MAKE A LOUD CHIRPING SOUND. ON COLD OR RAINY DAYS STEAM WILL POUR OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT SMELLING LIKE RADIATOR FLUID. WAS IN 2 MINOR ACCIDENTS ONE FRONT END COLISION ONE REAR END COLISSION BOTH ABOUT 30 MPH AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ENGINE IS BECOMING RUSTY AND CORODED. DRIVERS POWER WINDOW IS SLOW TO GO UP AND FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR LOSES POWER AND GAS MIELAGE. GOES OFFF WHEN GAS TANK IS FILLED. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR HONDA SCHEDULED SERVICE AND ALSO WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. ALL THE PROBLEMS ADRESSED ABOVE WERE TOLD TO DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM..BUT THEY SURE DID WHEN MY WARRANTY EXPIRED. NOW THEY WILL NOT FIX ANYHTING UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. *JB
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation