Faults:

From what I see I am not the only one with front suspension problems... I personally am on my 3rd set of front struts on my 01 civic coupe, and yes the vibration at 50 to 65 mph is a joy to figure out... I love my car and I love Honda's don't get me wrong. But If Honda USA is reading any of these comments Please could you do something about it... I don't want to have to by a FFFFFord...

Faults:

Rear suspension squeaks slightly when going over large bumps. Left windshield washer sprayer trickles out when used. Minor problems.

General Comments:

I've owned this car for 4 years now and it has been nothing, but a reliable and comfortable car that has saved me money on gas. I've had a couple minor problems, but that can only be expected over time.

After test driving this, a Corolla, a Focus, and a Protege, I chose the Civic because of its comfortable ride characteristics and its unmatched interior quality for a car in this class.

My father has a 2000 Nissan Sentra SE and I've personally owned an older Saturn SL1, and haven driven both of these cars, I can tell you that the Civic comfortably defeats them both. At 60,000 miles the Sentra feels as if its going to rattle itself to pieces even though I prefer its engine and transmission to the Civic. The Saturn was simply built poorly with interior pieces I could peel off.

I honestly don't understand the people that have qualms about this car and say that it will be their last Honda. I can understand that there will sometimes be problems with certain models, but take a ride in a GM vehicle and you will learn all about costly repairs and shoddy build quality (I know, I've owned one). This doesn't mean I would never buy a GM vehicle in the future, just that their current strategy is one of extreme cost cutting at the expense of quality. Just because one car of a certain vintage in a maker's lineup gives you problems why would you suddenly dismiss all of their cars to come. That is simply idiotic.

Faults:

Drivers side door rattle, Intermittent power loss were you can only get to 3000 RPM Check Engine light comes on then goes off.

General Comments:

Nice looking car, but seems a little tinny. Shocks are week as in you can feel every little bump in the road. Not a lot of eng. power, but its all about gas mileage if its not in the shop that is for power loss issue. I can't wait to get back into an Accord.

Faults:

Check engine light was on for the first 30,000km.

Had to replace front coil springs.

A/C broke right after 60,000km.

Had to replace front struts at 20k and 60k.

Water leaking between windshield and plastic plate.

Trunk does not close properly or bounces when closing it.

In many places, the parts don't fit quite perfectly (I should have spent much more time inspecting the car upon delivery).

General Comments:

I spent so many days at the dealer ship fighting for warranty work. I am now stuck without warranty, leaking struts, non-functioning A/C and overall, an unreliable car. The 2001 Honda Civic is a lemon, stay away from them. Service from the dealerships (both in Canada and the U.S. was awful). I'm going back to Mazda and Toyota's. Please note, my friends have pre-2001 civics and they are very reliable cars. I think the post-2001 cars are crap.