The Lemon Index$3,000 middle bill · most between $2,200 and $4,000
Lower than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 100,000 miles (45 reports).
Honda Civic owners reported paying a median of $3,000 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $2,200 and $4,000. That's from 53 owner reports (53 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0002%
- $1,000–$2,50028%
- $2,500–$5,00058%
- $5,000 and up11%
Share of the 53 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2001 Honda Civic28$2,700 middle bill
- 2002 Honda Civic7$2,800 middle bill
- 2003 Honda Civic3$4,000 middle bill
- 2004 Honda Civic2too few for a middle
- 2005 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
- 2006 Honda Civic2too few for a middle
- 2007 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
- 2014 Honda Civic3$6,000 middle bill
- 2015 Honda Civic3$5,500 middle bill
- 2016 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
- 2018 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
- 2019 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2001 Honda Civic173 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Honda Civic78 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Honda Civic49 complaints name it12% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Honda Civic27 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Honda Civic26 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Honda Civic24 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
1.3 L hybrid (Honda IMA) · 1.5 L hybrid (LEA (IMA)) · 1.5 L turbo (L15B7 / L15BA / L15CA) · 1.7 L D17 (D17A1 / D17A2) · 1.8 L R18 (R18A1 / R18Z1) · 2.0 L K20 (Si) (K20A3 / K20Z3) · 2.0 L K20C (K20C2 / K20C9) · 2.0 L turbo (Type R) (K20C1)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Honda Civic reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda Civic owners reported
Steering rack replacement (41) · AC condenser replacement (37) · AC evaporator replacement (35) · AC compressor replacement (31) · Brake repair (18) · Wiring harness repair (17) · Engine replacement (16) · Control arm replacement (12) · Clutch replacement (10) · Car battery replacement (9)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11730893, 11667993, 11629214, 11517335, 11493736, 11479230, 11414524, 11389223, 11322773, 11030598, 10767594, 10671472 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Honda Civic?
Honda Civic owners reported a median of $3,000, and the middle half paid $2,200 to $4,000, from 53 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Civic transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Civic middle bill of $3,000 is lower than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Civic repair costs come from?
From 53 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Honda Civic years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2001 (173), 2002 (78), 2015 (49) Honda Civic named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.