Complete Auto Transmissions for Honda Civic

A Simple, Straightforward Guide to Complete Auto Transmissions for Honda Civic

First manufactured in 1972, the Honda Civic remains under production today. You’ll find nine generations of Honda Civic, so you need to know your transmissions when shopping for a replacement. Whether your engine block cracked, or it's a defective torque converter or a cracked exhaust manifold or some other cause created a need for a new Civic transmission, you can find the Honda Civic transmission you require from a seller here on eBay.

Honda differs from many other automotive manufacturers because it makes its own automobile transmissions. The exception to this occurred in 2014, when Honda used the ZF 9HP transmission in two Acura models. All Civics use a proprietary Honda transmission. Its automatic transmissions do not use planetary gears, so you need a proprietary part. Its 2017 10-speed automatic does use planetary gears. Its other designs use the types of gears on manual transmissions - individual gears on parallel axes. Every gear ratio engages via a separate hydraulic clutch pack.

The Civic is on its tenth generation, but the transmission has undergone nine generations. You need to know the generation or the car’s model year to choose the appropriate transmission for your Honda Civic.

• First generation, 1973 to 1979
• Second generation, 1980 to 1983
• Third generation, 1984 to 1987
• Fourth generation, 1988 to 1991
• Fifth generation, 1992 to 1995
• Sixth generation, 1996 to 2000
• Seventh generation, 2001 to 2005
• Eighth generation, 2006 to 2011
• Ninth generation, 2011 to present.

In regards to your purchase, this means that you could use either a 2001 Honda Civic transmission 4-speed automatic or a 2005 Honda Civic transmission for sale on eBay in the same vehicle since they are the same generation transmission. However, you could not use a 2006 Honda Civic transmission.

You will not find a new 2002 Honda Civic transmission for sale, but you will typically have a choice between a used or remans transmission. A used part refers to a part pulled from a vehicle that had already been driven off the lot. It could be from a current model vehicle but one that had been driven off the car lot, so you could potentially find a 2019 or a 2001 Honda Civic used transmission. A remans transmission refers to a professionally rebuilt or remanufactured transmission. You could find a remans 2001 Honda Civic transmission or 2002 Honda Civic used transmission.

While you are shopping on eBay, pick up any of the other equipment you’ll need to install your new 2004 Honda Civic transmission. If you work on vehicles regularly, you’ll need a lift, to raise the car in the air and a transmission jack, to articulate the transmission into the appropriate configuration to match to the engine. If this is an occasional job for you, a floor jack and an engine hoist will work plus a ratchet strap.