Have we found a solution to transmission problems?

G3N1AR34D · 04-02-2008, 12:11 PM

So, I have been having trouble with my transmission since I got it including grinding gears and popping out of third. After talking to the dealers my husband and I were kind of discouraged. The dealership , 2 hours away ,where we purchased the car from did not want to help or call Honda to resolve this issue. My husband got on the phone with the local honda dealership and they didn't know anything about a recall or transmission problems either. They simply told us that we would have to pay for the problem becuase we most likely created it. This was certainly not true. So I got on a few forums and started printing out information on the problems. I printed out stories of cars being depreciated because it popped out of gear at the dealership while doing a trade in. Also, the news broadcast and peoples comments. As well as the petition on this site (which my husband and I had signed months earlier). Lets just say I filled up a 2" binder and my ink cartridge had to be changed when I was done and there's still more out there! My husband called Honda and filed a claim and we were assigned a liaison to mediate between the dealship and myself. So we took the car to the dealership along with the book and gave it to the manager to look at. They looked into it and are supposed to be fixing my transmission. They dont know what is really wrong with it but there are known issues with the 3rd gear synchro and shift sleeve. They called the engineers in california to resolve it.....So we will see what happens and I will keep you posted.

cellulis44 · 04-02-2008, 12:14 PM

wifes poor car.. haha i did get to run a 9.3 in the 1/8 witha ****** up tranny hahaha

c130turboprop · 04-02-2008, 12:42 PM

Have we found a solution to transmission problems?

your joking right??? when u ask that question....

G3N1AR34D · 04-02-2008, 01:02 PM

well as far as everyone else, I am not sure if they have solved the issue for themselves! But as for me I am getting mine fixed. so yah, thats serious.

hondaonchrome · 04-02-2008, 01:09 PM

Good luck and keep us updated......

***Special Ringpop*** · 04-02-2008, 01:45 PM

Please call American Honda and do a search for my thread "American Honda Case File Number Thread."

It may not be much, but it helps us out. So many people complain about htis, yet won't take a few minutes to do this.

I am so tired of Honda's run around. I'm thinking of calling Sage Marie directly and asking him what the hell is going on.

cellulis44 · 04-02-2008, 03:27 PM

they know... i say we all take our cars in the same week.. over load the dealerships with a bunch of civic's with burnt up 3rd gears.. they'll have to do something then!! but no really, we're (my wife and i) taking a very deliberate approach to this.

G3N1AR34D · 04-09-2008, 12:01 PM

So, I got my car back yesterday fixed....ended up having to pay for new clutch tho. But transmission feels good...no popping out of third gear or grinding into second.

dragonzsoul · 04-09-2008, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cellulis44

they know... i say we all take our cars in the same week.. over load the dealerships with a bunch of civic's with burnt up 3rd gears.. they'll have to do something then!! but no really, we're (my wife and i) taking a very deliberate approach to this.

LOL i'm down, let's get some media coverage also!

Quote:

Originally Posted by G3N1AR34D

So, I got my car back yesterday fixed....ended up having to pay for new clutch tho. But transmission feels good...no popping out of third gear or grinding into second.

wow how much did it cost total? i'm glad to hear everything's ok so far, let's hope it stays that way

06bklcivicsi · 04-09-2008, 04:34 PM

Well i took my car to the shop yesterday and got it back the same day, hours before they closed. I explained to the guy what the car was doing and he seemed like he didnt understand, overall i felt like he was on my side and did what he could to fix the issue. So he told me that he was not aware that American Honda had passed a recall "he didnt call it a recall but it was something similar" But anyways the recall was that the 06 civic si is running on an updated transmission fluid.. So all they did was change my fluid and now my car seems to be running fine.

dragonzsoul · 04-09-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 06bklcivicsi

Well i took my car to the shop yesterday and got it back the same day, hours before they closed. I explained to the guy what the car was doing and he seemed like he didnt understand, overall i felt like he was on my side and did what he could to fix the issue. So he told me that he was not aware that American Honda had passed a recall "he didnt call it a recall but it was something similar" But anyways the recall was that the 06 civic si is running on an updated transmission fluid.. So all they did was change my fluid and now my car seems to be running fine.

enjoy it while it lasts.. because it won't.. Honda MTF sucks, i had the "new" MTF, and it started grinding on me just like before. then i swapped out for Royal Purple MTF, much better now

G3N1AR34D · 04-10-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dragonzsoul

LOL i'm down, let's get some media coverage also!

wow how much did it cost total? i'm glad to hear everything's ok so far, let's hope it stays that way

It was $441 and some change.....not really bad since I didn't have to pay for anything else. I am sure that it will be fine the drive is completly different now. Feels really good. However, I didn't notice exactly what it was with the steering until my husband told me.....the steering wheel is crooked! I have to turn the wheel to the right to track straight. Its crazy, were not going back to that dealerhsip! ugh

G3N1AR34D · 04-10-2008, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragonzsoul

enjoy it while it lasts.. because it won't.. Honda MTF sucks, i had the "new" MTF, and it started grinding on me just like before. then i swapped out for Royal Purple MTF, much better now

I have heard that changing the transmission would help for a smoother shift? I haven't tried it but I think I am going to change to GM Syncromesh for added protection?!

dragonzsoul · 04-10-2008, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G3N1AR34D

I have heard that changing the transmission would help for a smoother shift? I haven't tried it but I think I am going to change to GM Syncromesh for added protection?!

haha not changing the transmission, but the fluid LOL! i heard Amsoil is pretty good, so is GM syncromesh. i have Royal Purple MTF, it's pretty good also.

keep in mind, the problem will still be there, just not grinding as often..

Brivis · 04-10-2008, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by c130turboprop

Have we found a solution to transmission problems?

your joking right??? when u ask that question....

heres a solution.... wait and deal with it, or buy a new car

G3N1AR34D · 04-11-2008, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brivis

heres a solution.... wait and deal with it, or buy a new car

I have had all of my problems fixed so there is no need to do either. I just don't understand why you find it funny that honda fuc/<ed up big time with the 6 spd trans.? I was optomistic and everythings fine.

G3N1AR34D · 04-11-2008, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragonzsoul

haha not changing the transmission, but the fluid LOL! i heard Amsoil is pretty good, so is GM syncromesh. i have Royal Purple MTF, it's pretty good also.

keep in mind, the problem will still be there, just not grinding as often..

hahah well changing the tranny would be better obviously...but nah, you knew what I meant! lol

monto · 04-11-2008, 04:04 PM

Amsoil makes it butter smooth...no problems ever since switching to amsoil

04-02-2008, 12:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
G3N1AR34D Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: in the back woods Age: 21 Posts: 135 Genia iTrader: 0 / 0%	Have we found a solution to transmission problems? So, I have been having trouble with my transmission since I got it including grinding gears and popping out of third. After talking to the dealers my husband and I were kind of discouraged. The dealership , 2 hours away ,where we purchased the car from did not want to help or call Honda to resolve this issue. My husband got on the phone with the local honda dealership and they didn't know anything about a recall or transmission problems either. They simply told us that we would have to pay for the problem becuase we most likely created it. This was certainly not true. So I got on a few forums and started printing out information on the problems. I printed out stories of cars being depreciated because it popped out of gear at the dealership while doing a trade in. Also, the news broadcast and peoples comments. As well as the petition on this site (which my husband and I had signed months earlier). Lets just say I filled up a 2" binder and my ink cartridge had to be changed when I was done and there's still more out there! My husband called Honda and filed a claim and we were assigned a liaison to mediate between the dealship and myself. So we took the car to the dealership along with the book and gave it to the manager to look at. They looked into it and are supposed to be fixing my transmission. They dont know what is really wrong with it but there are known issues with the 3rd gear synchro and shift sleeve. They called the engineers in california to resolve it.....So we will see what happens and I will keep you posted.

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04-02-2008, 12:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
cellulis44 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 51 iTrader: 0 / 0%	wifes poor car.. haha i did get to run a 9.3 in the 1/8 witha ****** up tranny hahaha

04-02-2008, 12:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
c130turboprop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 21 Posts: 792 iTrader: 1 / 100%	Have we found a solution to transmission problems? your joking right??? when u ask that question....

04-02-2008, 01:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
G3N1AR34D Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: in the back woods Age: 21 Posts: 135 Genia iTrader: 0 / 0%	well as far as everyone else, I am not sure if they have solved the issue for themselves! But as for me I am getting mine fixed. so yah, thats serious.

04-02-2008, 01:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
hondaonchrome Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: newport, mi Age: 30 Posts: 1,173 Lonny iTrader: 3 / 100%	Good luck and keep us updated......

04-02-2008, 03:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
cellulis44 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 51 iTrader: 0 / 0%	they know... i say we all take our cars in the same week.. over load the dealerships with a bunch of civic's with burnt up 3rd gears.. they'll have to do something then!! but no really, we're (my wife and i) taking a very deliberate approach to this.

04-09-2008, 12:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
G3N1AR34D Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: in the back woods Age: 21 Posts: 135 Genia iTrader: 0 / 0%	So, I got my car back yesterday fixed....ended up having to pay for new clutch tho. But transmission feels good...no popping out of third gear or grinding into second.

04-09-2008, 04:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
06bklcivicsi Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX Age: 24 Posts: 55 E iTrader: 0 / 0%	Well i took my car to the shop yesterday and got it back the same day, hours before they closed. I explained to the guy what the car was doing and he seemed like he didnt understand, overall i felt like he was on my side and did what he could to fix the issue. So he told me that he was not aware that American Honda had passed a recall "he didnt call it a recall but it was something similar" But anyways the recall was that the 06 civic si is running on an updated transmission fluid.. So all they did was change my fluid and now my car seems to be running fine.

04-11-2008, 04:04 PM	#18 (permalink)
monto Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: SunnySide, NY Age: 40 Posts: 780 Big Shab iTrader: 0 / 0%	Amsoil makes it butter smooth...no problems ever since switching to amsoil