2001 Civic Trans. Problems

[JJEH]

I have a problem with my transmission and was wondering if any other Civic owners had the same problem and what the solution was. Today I was driving back to work (I live in Germany and traffic is no joke here), when exiting the freeway, I stopped at a red light, when the light turned green, my car would not move, at all in any gear, park worked though, all it would do was rev, trans was not engaging. The Germans around me were pretty pissed, but there was nothing I could do, I was in a middle lane and confined to my car. My passenger suggested I turn the car off, I did, turned back on, transmission engaged, but I had to stop a couple more times before getting to my job. Of course the check engine light came on. I parked it where I work, too dangerous to drive back to my house. On the internet, I found that this is a common problem for 01 Civics. No pre-warnings, the trans just goes out one day while your driving. Any suggestions? It is, of course, twice as expensive to get a US Spec Honda fixed in a foregin country. Hopefully don't have to replace or rebuild the transmission.

[mr_nice_guy]

I would go to honda-tech.com there is more info then you could ever use you just have to sort through it all, if you can do the repairs yourself I would recomend a auto to manual conversion to save you the headache down the road and get a litttle better MPG!! Hope this helps...

[twosaturns]

On the internet, I found that this is a common problem for 01 Civics.

trans problems are common on ALL hondas. it's rebuild time.

[brans72]

Do you have the DTC code? If so I will get some info for you on it from actual honda tech website. It is good to have friends at dealerships.

[JJEH]

No we don't have any codes, was not able to get it to the dealership, luckily though, where I parked it is only about 10 minutes from the dealership, but have to tow it there and in Germany everything closes early on Saturdays and completely closed on Sundays, so have to wait until Monday.

[MarkM66]

How many miles are on it?

My wife has an '01 civic she bought new. We just replaced the trans at 220k miles. Hope it goes another 200k.

[JJEH]

This car was bought new also, has about 138,000 on it.

[megaladon6]

IIRC, there are 2 sensor/relays on the front. i forget what they do, but they are a common problem and an easy fix.

[greycamaro]

converter probably shelled out. converter and filter change for sure.??