1999 Honda Civic power train problems
35 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1999 Honda Civic — 10% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“While driving down the highway doing 60mph, my check engine light came on so I pulled into a local parts store had them look up what had made my check engine light to come on and the code that showed up was p0740 (torque converter clutch circuit malfunction). Now my car is having hard times…”
filed Feb 24, 2013
“Idk I was driving down the road and my transmission started making a weird grinding noise and I fig it would hold up but as I was going up the hill I herd a loud noise and the car came to an stop my shifter is stuck in gear and the trans gears are coming out the gear box trans fluid in flakes…”
filed Oct 11, 2012
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
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Power Train problems in other Civic years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Civic | 2 | 9% |
| 2025 Civic | 5 | 8% |
| 2024 Civic | 6 | 5% |
| 2023 Civic | 6 | 2% |
| 2022 Civic | 10 | 1% |
| 2021 Civic | 2 | 1% |
| 2020 Civic | 31 | 14% |
| 2019 Civic | 13 | 3% |
| 2018 Civic | 14 | 2% |
| 2017 Civic | 29 | 5% |
| 2016 Civic | 36 | 3% |
| 2015 Civic | 175 | 46% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1999 Honda Civic
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.