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Was shocked to learn Honda Civics from 2001-2005 have a transmission defect that can kill the car at 120k miles
Been looking for a cheap daily driver under 5k and kept seeing these early 2000s Civics pop up for like $2500-$3500. Thought they were golden just cause they're Hondas. Then I went down a rabbit hole on some mechanic forum and found out the automatic transmissions in those years are basically ticking time bombs. The torque converter locks up and shreds the whole thing around 120k miles, no warning signs. So now every time I see a cheap Civic with 130k on the clock I'm wondering if it's got that original trans or if it already blew. Does anyone know if the manual versions had the same problem or were those safe?
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felixh453mo ago
Ended up getting a manual Mazda3 instead and haven't looked back, those are bulletproof.
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avery_carr572mo ago
Bulletproof" is putting it mildly, those things just refuse to die.
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