2005 Honda Civic Hybrid Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Transmission is juddering when accelerating from a stop. I'm only 10,000 miles over the 105,000 extended transmission warranty (they know the transmissions are broken), and I have an extremely extensive service record with the dealer. They refuse to work with me on the issue. A recall should be issued on the CVT transmission and starter clutch, and the warranty should be extended to 200,000 miles.”

“Tried to accelerate on to the highway, the vehicle judder and slipped. I could not gain enough speed to get ahead of traffic and other car's almost collided with my vehicle. This is a common dangerous occurrence when driving the car. Honda is aware of issue and refuses to repair.”

“From what I has been told to me by the dealer, the starter clutch in the transmission of the CVT Civic Hybrid becomes deficient and upon initial acceleration, from a stop, you feel a harsh jutter which gets worse with time until it fails. They put out a service bulletin but this only covers cars within warranty. But since out of warranty, they want people to pay $1500 to $200 for a problem which should never occurred.”

“It lurches for it will accel when you don't want it to. Has trouble to shift into another gear loud noises. Was driving down the highway and I turned on the cruise control an accelerated faster than when I program data entry of the RPM's up. Had to step on the brakes a couple times to get it to stop doing that almost hit two vehicles I do all the transmission fluid changes recommended and oil. These are great cars but these problems that need to be addressed.”

“Since about 42,500 miles, this car has done something being called juddering when accelerating from stop. Sometimes it is more severe than others, which means I cannot predict how my car will accelerate. This is a very dangerous condition that I thought was unique to my car. Upon further reading, it is clear that Honda has an issue they need to fix. There have been times where the judder is so sever that it takes me up to 6 seconds to actually start to accelerate. That is extremely dangerous!! …”