# Do I give up on my transmission? 2003 Civic Hybrid CVT **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 10, 2012, 9:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-give-up-on-my-transmission-2003-civic-hybrid-cvt/72977 "2012-06-10T09:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-give-up-on-my-transmission-2003-civic-hybrid-cvt/72977/21 "2012-06-18T21:17:23Z")
The dealer is going to charge you a MINIMUM of an hour rate. That’s normal. You should NOT be paying for one dime of this. The quick lube place should be paying for 100% of the transmission replacement. Not only that I’d have them pay for a rental and any lost work time. They screwed up and should pay for it. This is just another example of why to stay away from these quick lube places. They hire high-school drop-outs who don’t know enough or don’t care enough to do the work properly. There should be a “Holms on Homes” equivalent show for cars. ---
**Author:** ![FordMan1959](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@FordMan1959](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FordMan1959)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-give-up-on-my-transmission-2003-civic-hybrid-cvt/72977/22 "2012-06-30T21:19:02Z")
I wouldn’t worry about the diagnostic costs. It would be better to have them go through the transmission and be sure of all problems rather than do a band aid repair and have the car back in a couple weeks for something they didn’t find on the first visit. I agree they can probably tell within 1-2 minutes the transmission isn’t right, but it may take longer to find the exact problem(s). Since someone else damaged the transmission you can also send the diagnostic bill to them/their insurance company along with bill for the repair. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-give-up-on-my-transmission-2003-civic-hybrid-cvt/72977/23 "2012-06-30T21:46:43Z")
Don’t worry about the kid’s job. He’ll get hired down the street and do it to someone else’s car. My BIL was in a time crunch and took his car into a quick lube. He just happened to be watching when the “kid” grabbed the tranmission fluid hose to replace his engine oil. Kid just kinda looked dumb and said “oh yeah that happens sometimes”. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-give-up-on-my-transmission-2003-civic-hybrid-cvt/72977/24 "2012-07-01T04:34:05Z")
These transmissions are not repairable or rebuildable. They are replaceable with a new factory unit… ---
**Author:** ![raj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@raj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/raj)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-give-up-on-my-transmission-2003-civic-hybrid-cvt/72977/25 "2012-07-01T15:15:14Z")
@Caddyman, Honda does not create units they do remnaufactured from old units with all their transmissions and place a 3yr/36k warranty on the unit. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-give-up-on-my-transmission-2003-civic-hybrid-cvt/72977.md?page=1)