Honda Civic Complaints (1997)

373 consumer complaints on file.

#755539December 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION SLIPPED/JERKED WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. AUTO HAD MAJOR SERVICE AT APPROX 64,402 MI. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT 71,911 MILES. ST CHECKED AND STATED COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. ST CHANGED COMPUTER. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AT 80,241 MILES, ST STATES TRANSMISSION FAILED AND MUST BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754848November 24, 2001
AIR BAGS
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE SRS LIGHT HAS COME ON. THE FIRST TIME I HAD TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG AND THE UNIT WAS RESET. THE SECOND TIME THE RESET IT WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR BRAKES. AFTER 4 MONTHS THE LIGHT IS BACK ON. THIS ORIGINALLY OCCURED 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRENTY AND LYNWOOD HONDA WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE CAR SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753172October 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
PROBLEM WITH THE DRAIN PLUG ON THE OIL PAN BEING STRIPPED WHEN OIL CHANGED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752890October 3, 2001
AIR BAGS
SRS LIGHT ON COMPUTER MALFUNCTION HEARD SAME PROBLEM FROM MANY OWNERS OF SAME VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563014September 10, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE CONSUMER PLACED HER FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785515September 5, 2001
AIR BAGS
THE SRS LIGHT COMES ON AND DOES NOT GO OFF, THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURED DEALER REPLACED THE SRS CONTROL UNIT UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN AND DEALER STATES IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT COVER, EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING THE SAME THING PREVIOUSLY.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751059August 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WITHOUT WARNING MUFFLER RUSTED OUT, DROPPED DOWN AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE PAVEMENT. THIS CAR HAS BEEN KEPT IN A GARAGE FOR 2 YEARS AND IN A CARPORT FOR 3 YEARS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750402August 14, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT, STRUCTURE:BODY
HONDA GUILTY OF BREACH OF WARRANTY AND IGNORING RECALL ISSUE. PAINT REPAIR DONE 4 TIMES INCLUDING 1 OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY DEFECTIVE PAINT PROBLEMS. SUNVISOR INTERMITTENTLY COMES OUT WHEN DRIVING WHICH SUDDENLY IS A HINDRANCE IN DRIVING. HORRIBLE RUST PROBLEMS THAT WILL CAUSE DEFECTS IN EQUIPMENT. CRUISE CONTROL FAILED UNDER WARRANTY HONDA DID NOT REPAIR ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIMED THEY WOULD INITIALLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893923August 9, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, TIRES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING, PIPES FROM CATALYTIC CONVERTER FELL OFF, CONSUMER STATES MUFFLER NOW NEEDS REPLACED. FIRESTONE TIRES SIZE 14, DOT NUMBER WZ7JMNB466, REPLACED UNDER 20000 MILES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748903July 22, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
DRIVING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR ON I-95, THE TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF AND EXPLODED ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE, DAMAGING THE CAR, AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND WINDING UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A SHALLOW DITCH. FIRESTONE REFUSED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. AFTER REPLACING THE FRONT TIRES, LEAVING THE ORIGINAL REAR TIRES, 2 MONTHS LATER, LEAVING AN ON RAMP TO I-4 AT APPROXIMATELY 37 MILES AN HOUR, THE REAR RIGHT TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF TOO. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE THIS TIME, BUT ALL FIRESTONE TIRES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH GOODYEARS. FIRESTONE HAS REFUSED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. STATE FARM HAS A CLAIM AGAINST FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE HAS NOT MADE ANY COMPENSATION TO THIS DATE. I BELIEVE THAT TWO FIRESTONE TIRES DAMAGED WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER ON THE SAME CAR IS MORE THAN COINCIDENCE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P185/65R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893026July 17, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF VEHICLE NEEDED TO VE REPLACED.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892729July 13, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE STOPPING AT STOP SIGN BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED ANTI-FREEZE DRIPPED ON SENSOR, AND MADE AIRBAG DEPLOY. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#748115July 9, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY SON SWERVED TO MISS A DEER, RAN OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON, AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AFTER THE CAR WAS INSPECTED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY WRECKED AND THE AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED, HOWEVER, THE AIRBAGS WERE NOT PROPERLY REINSTALLED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. WE PURCHASED THE CAR USED FROM HARRISONBURG HONDA AND THE SALESMAN TOLD US THE CAR HAD NEVER BEEN WRECKED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#892183July 9, 2001
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DRIVER'S SIDEAND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS WERE GETTING STUCK DOWN DUE TO WINDOW REGULATOR FAILURE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED BOTH WINDOWS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748110July 8, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
FIRST THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP ALL THE WAY AND IT SEEMED TO OFF OF IT'S TRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURED. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM AND WAS CHARGED ALMOST THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. TWO MONTHS LATER THE SAME THIG HAPPENED TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND I HAVE HAD A CAR MECHANIC ROLL THE WINDOW UP FOR ME BUT IT IS NOT FIXED.I ALSO KNOW OF ANOTHER PERSON WHO PURCHASED A 1997 HONDA CIVIC FROMA DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND HIS DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAS DONE THE SAME THING. I COULD NOT FIND A RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891803July 2, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT, FOOT ON BRAKE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. AS SOON AS VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, IT SURGED AGAIN. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO COME TO A STOP, AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747680July 2, 2001
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
DRIVER WINDOW KEEPS JUMPING OFF TRACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747301June 24, 2001
TIRES
I WAS DRIVING ON THE 101 CALIFONIA HIGHWAY (NORTHBOUND) IN AN UPHILL SECTION NEAR AGOURA HILLS, WHEN SUDDENLY WE HEARD A SOUND LIKE "CLACK" TWICE. I WAS TRAVELING ON THE MIDDLE LANE AND SIGNALED TO MY RIGHT SO I COULD PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. THEN, THERE WAS THIS HUGE SOUND, AND I FELT THE PASSENGER'S REAR SIDE TIRE BLOW UP. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. NEITHER ME NOR MY WIFE & 7 MONTH OLD SON WERE INJURED. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, I FOUND OUT THE TIRE'S TREAD HAD SEPARATED AND IT CAUSED THE REAR BUMPER TO BECOME DEATTACHED. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND PUT THE SPARE ONE. THE CAR LOST THE REAR BUMPER AND HAD SOME DENTS AS A RESULT OF THE TREAD SEPARATION. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR A MONTH AGO, AND THE TIRES LOOKED IN GOOD CONDITIONS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P185/65R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747044June 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS HAVE WARPED REPEATEDLY, I ONLY NOTICED DUE TO THE PULSATION WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. SEEMS TO BE CONSISTENTLY HAPPENING EVERY 25,000 TO 30,000 MILES. I HAVE A CO-WORKER WHO BOUGHT THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL 30 DAYS BEFORE WE DID WHO IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. HE HAS HAD TO HAVE HIS TURNED 3 TIMES, AND FINALLY BOUGHT REPLACEMENT ROTORS AT 90,000 MILES. IF THIS IS NOT CAUGHT BY THE OWNER, OR DURING A ROUTING INSPECTION, THE BRAKE SYSTEM MAY FAIL TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, RESULTING IN CRASHES AND POSSIBLE FATALITIES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746733June 12, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ACCELERATOR PEDAL FEELS ROUGH AND NOTCHY WHEN PRESSED. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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