My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
It seems like the engine is not engaging.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Peter.

 

Suggest you take it back to the very reputable mechanic....


PeterOut wrote:
> My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
> to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
> day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
> working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
> Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
> It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> Peter.

 

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:13:39 -0800 (PST), PeterOut
<MajorSetback@excite.com> wrote:

>My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
>to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
>day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
>working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
>Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
>It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>Peter.

Is the shift linkage really doing anything?

 

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:13:39 -0800, PeterOut wrote:

> My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
> to a supposedly very reputable mechanic

Instead of reputable mechanic, how about you find a competent mechanic?

 

On Jan 27, 5:23 pm, Bob <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:13:39 -0800 (PST), PeterOut
>
> <MajorSetb...@excite.com> wrote:
> >My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
> >to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
> >day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
> >working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
> >Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
> >It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>
> >Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> >Peter.
>
> Is the shift linkage really doing anything?

I don't understand the question. Changing between R, N, D, D2, etc.
does not make any difference.

Thanks,
Peter.

 

On Jan 27, 5:13 pm, PeterOut <MajorSetb...@excite.com> wrote:
> My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
> to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
> day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
> working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
> Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
> It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> Peter.

I guess it's too bad we didn't see this before we bought it
http://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/C..._failure.shtml

 

PeterOut wrote:
> On Jan 27, 5:13 pm, PeterOut <MajorSetb...@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
>>to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
>>day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
>>working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
>>Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
>>It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>>
>>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>>Peter.
>
>
> I guess it's too bad we didn't see this before we bought it
> http://www.carcomplaints.com/Honda/C..._failure.shtml



This tells you no more about your specific problem than you now know.

 

PeterOut wrote:
> On Jan 27, 5:23 pm, Bob <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> Is the shift linkage really doing anything?
>
> I don't understand the question. Changing between R, N, D, D2, etc.
> does not make any difference.

Bob is suggesting that the shift lever is disconnected from the
transmission.

_Is_ every gear neutral? Perhaps you are still in Park. Can you push the car
by hand with the parking brake off?

--
Chuck

 

PeterOut wrote:
> My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
> to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
> day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
> working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
> Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
> It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> Peter.

If it is still in the 30-day trial period, hire a tow truck and take it
back.

Jeff

 

On Jan 27, 7:47 pm, "Charles" <electrochuckREM...@XXXatt.net> wrote:
> PeterOut wrote:
> > On Jan 27, 5:23 pm, Bob <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >> Is the shift linkage really doing anything?
>
> > I don't understand the question. Changing between R, N, D, D2, etc.
> > does not make any difference.
>
> Bob is suggesting that the shift lever is disconnected from the
> transmission.
>
> _Is_ every gear neutral? Perhaps you are still in Park. Can you push the car
> by hand with the parking brake off?
>
> --
> Chuck

I just tried the car out again. Park is not neutral. It acts as I
would expect "park" to act. It is the only setting that does not act
as neutral.

Thanks,
Peter.

 

PeterOut wrote:
> On Jan 27, 7:47 pm, "Charles" <electrochuckREM...@XXXatt.net> wrote:
>> PeterOut wrote:
>>> On Jan 27, 5:23 pm, Bob <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> Is the shift linkage really doing anything?
>>> I don't understand the question. Changing between R, N, D, D2, etc.
>>> does not make any difference.
>> Bob is suggesting that the shift lever is disconnected from the
>> transmission.
>>
>> _Is_ every gear neutral? Perhaps you are still in Park. Can you push the car
>> by hand with the parking brake off?
>>
>> --
>> Chuck
>
> I just tried the car out again. Park is not neutral. It acts as I
> would expect "park" to act. It is the only setting that does not act
> as neutral.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter.

How does the car act differently between park and the other gears?

The only difference between park and neutral is that there is a
mechanism that prevents the drive shafts from turning.

However, this does indicate that the shift lever is connected to the
transmission.

Jeff

 

On Jan 27, 8:08 pm, Jeff <kidsdoc2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> PeterOut wrote:
> > My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
> > to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
> > day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
> > working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
> > Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
> > It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>
> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> > Peter.
>
> If it is still in the 30-day trial period, hire a tow truck and take it
> back.
>
> Jeff

Unfortunately it is not. We thought we were covering our bases by
taking it to a supposedly reputable mechanic during that period. They
found no problems. Perhaps the next step should be a class action
suit but I am not sure how successful that will be since it was far
from being a new car.

 

On Jan 27, 8:24 pm, Jeff <kidsdoc2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> PeterOut wrote:
> > On Jan 27, 7:47 pm, "Charles" <electrochuckREM...@XXXatt.net> wrote:
> >> PeterOut wrote:
> >>> On Jan 27, 5:23 pm, Bob <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >>>> Is the shift linkage really doing anything?
> >>> I don't understand the question. Changing between R, N, D, D2, etc.
> >>> does not make any difference.
> >> Bob is suggesting that the shift lever is disconnected from the
> >> transmission.
>
> >> _Is_ every gear neutral? Perhaps you are still in Park. Can you push the car
> >> by hand with the parking brake off?
>
> >> --
> >> Chuck
>
> > I just tried the car out again. Park is not neutral. It acts as I
> > would expect "park" to act. It is the only setting that does not act
> > as neutral.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Peter.
>
> How does the car act differently between park and the other gears?
>
> The only difference between park and neutral is that there is a
> mechanism that prevents the drive shafts from turning.
>
> However, this does indicate that the shift lever is connected to the
> transmission.
>
> Jeff

I guess that's not good. Seems like a problem with the transmission.

 

PeterOut wrote:
> On Jan 27, 8:08 pm, Jeff <kidsdoc2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> PeterOut wrote:
>>> My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
>>> to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
>>> day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
>>> working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
>>> Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
>>> It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>>> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>>> Peter.
>> If it is still in the 30-day trial period, hire a tow truck and take it
>> back.
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Unfortunately it is not. We thought we were covering our bases by
> taking it to a supposedly reputable mechanic during that period. They
> found no problems. Perhaps the next step should be a class action
> suit but I am not sure how successful that will be since it was far
> from being a new car.

And you don't know what the problem is.

 

No mechanic can predict what is going to fail in the future. He can only
asses the condition when he sees it. Stop pissing that he didn't see the
failure was going to happen and take it to someone to diagnose the problem
and get it fixed. You aparently don have the ability to troubleshoot
yourself xo call a tow truck or maybe you can find a service shop that will
pick it up...


"PeterOut" <MajorSetback@excite.com> wrote in message
news:4766517e-eba5-458c-ae83-89dba25acba5@z17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 27, 8:08 pm, Jeff <kidsdoc2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> PeterOut wrote:
>> > My wife recently purchased an automatic 2001 Honda Civic. We took it
>> > to a supposedly very reputable mechanic to check it out during the 30
>> > day trial period. They found nothing wrong. Now it has just stopped
>> > working. Whatever gear we put it into, it acts like it is neutral.
>> > Put our foot down on the accelerator and it whines but doesn't move.
>> > It seems like the engine is not engaging.
>>
>> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>> > Peter.
>>
>> If it is still in the 30-day trial period, hire a tow truck and take it
>> back.
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Unfortunately it is not. We thought we were covering our bases by
> taking it to a supposedly reputable mechanic during that period. They
> found no problems. Perhaps the next step should be a class action
> suit but I am not sure how successful that will be since it was far
> from being a new car.