7th Gen Civic, any years to avoid?

[unclebeets]

I'm going to be buying my first civic and it will either be a 6th or 7th generation. If I go with the 7th gen it will be between 01-04. Was there any major mechanical issues with any of those years? Engine and tranny are strong on them all? I'm going to be buying a stock low mile car. Anything Honda didn't get quite right on the first gen 7 in 01?

Thanks for all the help.

 

[arod52388]

get a 6th gen. way more parts available. i have an 03 and i love it but there are so many more options for the 6th gen and it sometimes makes me wish that i had one.

 

[unclebeets]

Do you know of anything to avoid on the 7th gen, for example is the 2001 known to have transmission issues since it was the first year for that design?

 

[Hondan.]

7 gen starts last quarter 2000.
I would suggest you get a younger car.

 

[ScratchNSniff]

You can get a 7th gen for $5000...I would say go with it...

 

[98ek9b20vtec]

get a ek coupe or hatch easy to find good parts for cheap

 

[Chris.]

avoid all of them... buy an em1

they are about 6K these days

there i said it

 

[98ek9b20vtec]

or you can pick up a nice ek for cheap and all the money you would spend on the other cars you can put into parts

 

[unclebeets]

what does EK mean?

 

[fwdpower]

They like to use 'EK' as a generation code. Which normally means 6th generation civics. Years 96' - 00'.

 

[LowNotSlow]

EK is what idiots call a 6th gen civic. EK is the japanese chassis code, in North America we had the EJ.

Before answering whether you should get a 6th or a 7th gen civic what is your end goal for the car?

 

[unclebeets]

The end goal is to drive a stock reliable automobile, I'm old I don't want to mod anything, I just want something that's reliable.

 

[TAZ_FERIO]

7th Gen

 

[LowNotSlow]

Get any 7th gen then. I bought an 03 EX sedan for the wife and it has been faultless and gets just a hair under 40mpg despite being an auto.

Exciting? no but it's damned efficient and a careless drive.