Honda Civic Complaints (2007)

1,270 consumer complaints on file.

#10513628May 27, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
SUN VISOR FALLS DURING DRIVING LIMITING VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN GETTING TO AN INTERSECTION AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CAN'T BE SEEN. IT IS A SAFETY AN HAZARDOUS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10511744May 13, 2013
ENGINE, STEERING, POWER TRAIN
I LIVE IN ARIZONA AND MY CAR IS IMMACULATE. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE TWO SERVICE BULLETINS FIXED: 3RD GEAR POPS OUT/ GRINDS AND KNOCKING NOISE FROM FRONT WHEN TURNING. I THOUGHT HONDA DEALER OR AMERICAN HONDA CORP. WOULD COME THRU AND FIX WHAT WAS INADEQUATELY DESIGNED/BUILT. THE DEALER TREATED ME LIKE I WAS AN IDIOT, AND HONDA CORP. SAID I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. $1700 FOR 3RD GEAR, AND THEY DENIED THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE FROM FRONT END. I DIDN'T EVEN COMPLAIN ABOUT MY REAR TIRES WEARING BADLY BECAUSE THEY WONT WRECK MY CAR, LIKE THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE MOUNT PROBLEMS. DO THEY THINK I'LL TRADE THE CAR INTO HONDA, SO I WONT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS, AND BUY A NEW CAR FROM THEM? I LIKE MY SPORTY CIVIC, BUT NO, I WONT GIVE THEM MY MONEY. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT USE TO BE A GOOD CAR COMPANY. *TR
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10510448May 2, 2013
SUSPENSION
I GOT THE CAR FROM MY GRANDFATHER AND IT HAD ABOUT 20000 MILES ON IT, AFTER ABOUT PUTTING 6000 MILES ON IT MYSELF I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES AND I ALWAYS NOTICED THE CAR WAS LOUD WHILE DRIVING AND JUST FIGURED IT WAS NORMAL AND I GUESS I GOT USED TO IT ALTHOUGH ANYONE WHO RODE IN IT WOULD MENTION THE LOAD NOISE(LIKE HAVING MUD TIRES ON IT). WELL AFTER ABOUT 5 SETS OF TIRES(THE CAR NOW HAS 120,000 MILES) I JUST NOW (2013) STARTED LOOKING INTO WHY THE CAR HAS A LOUD NOISE AND CAME ACROSS THE SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUE INVOLVING THE REAR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. I CALLED CORPORATE HONDA AND THEY ADMITTED THEY HAD DEFECTIVE PARTS ON THE CIVICS AND SAID I WAITED TOO LATE TO COMPLAIN!??? I EVEN TOLD HER I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE $ I WAS OUT ON ALL THE TIRE SETS I JUST WANTED THE ISSUE FIXED BY THEM. SHE ACTUALLY TOLD ME IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GO TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND READ THE SERVICE BULLETINS AND IT WAS MY FAULT THAT I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS HAS TO BE LEGALLY TAKEN CARE OF! *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509757April 27, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AROUND 9:30PM - 10:00PM IN THE RAIN. I HAD MY WIPERS ON, WHICH WERE WORKING FINE FOR APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF MY 40 MINUTE DRIVE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, THE WIPER BLADES OCCASIONALLY STOPPED RESTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD WHILE ON INTERMITTENT, BUT WOULD REST SLIGHTLY HIGHER. THEY WOULD ALSO WIPE THE WINDSHIELD BETWEEN 3-5 TIMES IN A ROW, WHEN THE INTERMITTENT WAS SET TO WIPE ONCE EVERY FEW SECONDS. I TRIED TURNING THE INTERMITTENT OFF AND WOULD MANUALLY PUSH THE WIPER BAR IN THE CAR WHEN NEEDING MY WINDSHIELD CLEARED, TO SEE IF THAT WORKED BETTER. I RECEIVED THE SAME RESULTS, WITH THE WIPER BLADES NOT RESTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD, AND THE BLADES WIPING 3-5 TIMES IN A ROW WITH ONLY ONE PUSH. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, IT RAINED AGAIN, AND I EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, EXCEPT IT HAPPENED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THE FIRST TIME. I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN THE SECOND TIME, INSTEAD OF THE INTERSTATE. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509626April 26, 2013
SUSPENSION
REAR CONTROL ARMS ARE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSE DANGEROUSLY UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508956April 21, 2013
SUSPENSION
AFTER 16000 MI THE REAR TIRES WHERE CUPPED AND WORN TO THE BELTS ON THE INSIDE EDGE, PURCHASED NEW TIRES AND 15000 MI LATER THE EXACT SAME ABNORMAL TIRE WARE WAS EXPERIANCED. DEALER REPLACED REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS WHICH WERE DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR TIRES, LABOR, AND A 4WHEEL ALIGNMENT. HONDA NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ADMIT THAT ITS TSB SHOULD BE A RECALL!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508788April 19, 2013
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
WHEN I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT $14,000 MILES I IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO HEAR NOISE FROM THE TIRES AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL MY FAILED INSPECTION THAT I NOTICED THE SEVERITY OF THE UNEVEN WEAR/EAR ON MAINLY THE BACK TIRES. DUE TO A CONTROL ARM RECALL, I WENT TO HONDA IN ORDER TO GET THIS FIXED AND PURCHASED MY OWN TIRES AT THE TIME SINCE THEY WOULDN'T COVER IT. UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT 19,000 MILES LATER, AGAIN MY INSPECTION FAILED DUE TO THE TIRES. I HAD REPLACED IT AGAIN BUT AT THIS TIME HONDA WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AND TOLD ME THAT IT IS PAST THE WARRANTY POINT AND IF I BRING IT IN AND THEY FIND THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AS ITS NOT COVERED UNDER MY GENERAL WARRANTY. I DON'T GET THIS BECAUSE CLEARLY IT IS A MANUFACTURES RECALL AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PLUS MY TIRES EVERY 19,000 MILES. I PURPOSELY CHOSE TO BUY A HONDA BECAUSE THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE ECONOMICAL AND RELIABLE. NONE OF WHICH MY '07 HONDA CIVIC EX HAS BEEN. I TRIED TAKING IT OUT WITH NEW TIRES DURING THE SNOW; BIGGEST MISTAKE. EVEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN IS A HAZARD. THIS SHOULD BE A HUGE WARNING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE MARKET FOR A HONDA CIVIC. THESE CARS ARE NOT WORTH THE PRICE IF THE TIRES ARE NOT RELIABLE. TIRES ARE AN IMPORTANT SECTOR OF A CAR. THIS IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING AND I WOULD NOT THINK TWICE ABOUT TAKING THIS MATTER TO COURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508147April 14, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE PRIMER/PAINT/TOP COAT BEGAN TO FAIL ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE CONTAINED TO THE HOOD AND ROOF, AND IT IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. IT SEEMS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE QUALITY OF THE FINISHING PRODUCTS USED BY HONDA ON THIS CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507459April 8, 2013
WHEELS, SUSPENSION
EXCESSIVE AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR....CUPPING. HONDA WILL NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THEY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THE REAR CONTROL ARMS BEING FAULTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505262April 1, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
PAINT ON 2007 HONDA CIVIC COUPE (BLACK) FADING, CHIPPING, OXIDIZING SAME AS NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND SEVERAL OTHERS. THE WEAR ON THIS PAINT IS NOT "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" FOR A 6 YEAR OLD VEHICLE, NOR IS IT A RESULT OF INADEQUATE WAX, MAINTENANCE, ETC. THIS IS A DEFECT WHICH HONDA SHOULD FIX. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LOW QUALITY THIS VEHICLE IS REFLECTING ON HONDA PRODUCTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10505011March 30, 2013
ENGINE
THE CAR OVERHEATED AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK THAT HONDA ADMITTED IS A DEFECT OF THIS MODEL CAR BUT THEY ARE ONLY COVERING REPAIR FOR PEOPLE WHO COME IN WITH A PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED THE CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK WITH A NEW ONE. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH SINCE THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS REPLACED. THE FIRST TIME WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND PAID APPROX. $380 FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INITIAL PROBLEM. LESS THEN AN HOUR AFTER GETTING THE CAR BACK THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS DUST ON A SENSOR DO TO THE WORK THEY DID. THEY CLAIMED TO REPAIR IT FOR NO CHARGE. THEY SAID THEY DROVE IT FOR 20 MILES WITH NO PROBLEM. AGAIN WITHIN AN HOUR OF GETTING THE CAR BACK THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON FOR A 4TH TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504993March 29, 2013
ENGINE
CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504352March 25, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AFTER HAVING THE IMA BATTERY REPLACED ON MY 2007 CIVIC HYBRID AND GETTING THE SOFTWARE UPDATED, MY CAR HAS NO ACCELERATION AND IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR FOR ALMOST 6 YEARS WITH NO ACCELERATION ISSUES AND NOW THE ENGINE REVS VERY HIGH IN ORDER TO PROVIDE EVEN LIMITED ACCELERATION POWER. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY DEALER THAT THE CAR CHECKS OUT FINE AND AFTER CALLING HONDA WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, WHEN THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF POSTS ONLINE ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE IMA BATTERIES AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED THEY RECEIVED SIMILAR RESPONSES FROM HONDA WHEN REPORTING SUCH ISSUES, SO SOMETHING IS CLEARLY NOT RIGHT HERE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504166March 22, 2013
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO CRIMP IN WIRE HARNESS ON PASSENGER SIDE. THERE WAS A HONDA BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM THAT EFFECTED SIMILAR MODELS. I PAID $1300 TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE AIR BAG WIRE HARNESS DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP. IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAD TO BE CORRECTED. I CONTACTED HONDA FOR REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH HONDA REFUSED, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504201March 22, 2013
SUSPENSION
DESIGN FAILURE OF THE REAR CONTROL ARM THAT IS TOO SHORT RESULTING IN IMPROPER CAMBER SETTING CAUSING ABNORMAL WEAR OF REAR TIRES.... EXCESSIVE WEAR ON INSIDE OF TIRES AND CUPPING. 2 SETS OF TIRES IN 43000 MILES. HAD TO REPLACE WITH AFTER MARKED "ADJUSTABLE" CAMBER ARMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503419March 18, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND BEGAN TO SHAKE AS SOON AS IT WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR MOUNT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 04-05-13 *BF
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502375March 11, 2013
TIRES, SUSPENSION
THE TIRES ON MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC KEPT SHOW BAD WEAR AND HAD TO ROTATE EVERY 10,000-15,000 UNTIL COULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE, BOUGHT SEVERAL SETS OF TIRES:: SOLVED THE PROBLEM BUY PAYING ALMOST $900 TO FIX THE ARMS ON THE REAR END. SAID THING IS HONDA KNEW AND KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT WONT DO A RECALL... GOOD NEWS IS AFTER ALL MY SETS OF TIRES AND $900 DOLLARS MY CAR IS NOW GETTING GOOD WEAR OUT OF THE TIRES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502016March 7, 2013
WHEELS, TIRES
MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC WEAR OUT REAR TIRES EXTREMELY FAST, CAUSING LOUD VIBRATIONS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10497639February 10, 2013
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON IF WE HIT A SMALL POTHOLE. IT WOULD STAY ON SOMETIMES UNTIL THE KEY WAS CYCLED AND SOMETIMES FOR MORE THAN A DAY. AFTER THIS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG HAD A OPEN CIRCUIT IN THE INFLATOR PART. HONDA ONLY COVERED HAVE THE REPAIRS BUT THE SHOULD HAVE COVERED ALL OF IT. THIS IS MANDATORY SAFETY EQUIPMENT, IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A LIFETIME WARRANTY LIKE THE SEAT BELTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496414February 5, 2013
POWER TRAIN, STEERING
THE CAR GOES OUT OF THIRD GEAR OUT OF NOWHERE. I HAVE HAD THREE CLOSE CALLS ON THE FREEWAY DUE TO THE FACT THAT AS YOUR ACCELERATING THE GEAR STOPS WORKING AND LEAVES THE CAR IN NEUTRAL WHEN YOU SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD. THIS CAUSES THE CAR BEHIND YOU TO BRAKE SUDDENLY OR YOU TO LOOSE FOCUS OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU SINCE YOU TEND TO LOOK DOWN TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND DO NOT EXPECT YOU CAR TO BE OUT OF GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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