Honda Civic Complaints

16,711 consumer complaints on file.

#10015282April 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY THE CONSUMER STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN THE CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO PROCEED THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. *NLM THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014086April 7, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SAME PROBLEM AS THE 1998 HONDA CIVIC RECALL 99E015000 (FLOOR MAT PREVENTS ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM RETURNING) *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014083April 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WILL DOWN SHIFT WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CAR TO GRAB.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015227April 4, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE DASH WIRING HARNESS SWITCH MELTED WHICH CAUSED THE HEAD LIGHTS TO FAIL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013966April 4, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER AN IMPACT. I WAS GOING BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I BROAD SIDED A VAN. MY CAR IS TOTALED. THE FRONT END IS DEMOLISHED. BOTH MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED CHEST INJURIES AND NECK INJURIES. THE SENSOR FOR THE AIRBAGS IS COMPLETELY EXPOSED AND CRUSHED WHERE THE FRONT END OF THE CAR USED TO BE. I DID CALL HONDA EXPECTING THEM TO BE AT LEAST INTERESTED BUT THEY WERE LESS THAN INTERESTED. I CALLED BACK AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR BUT THEY REFUSED TO LET ME DO SO. THEY DID SAY THE AIRBAGS ONLY DEPLOY DURING A "SEVERE" IMPACT. I POINTED OUT TO THE GUY THAT THE OWNER'S BOOK SAYS "MODERATE TO SEVERE". HE JUST SAID "REALLY?". I TRUSTED HONDA LIKE MOST CONSUMERS DO. I DON'T ANYMORE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#10015104April 3, 2003
AIR BAGS
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10011634April 3, 2003
SEATS
ONE MONTH AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THERE WAS A LUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. *TS. CONSUMER DISCOVERED THERE WAS A WIRE BAR IN THE SEAT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013817April 2, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
TOOK MY 2002 CIVIC TO THE DEALER FOR ROAD VIBRATION, AUDIBLE POPPING FROM FRONT END WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES (INCLUDES FEELING THE "POP" THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL) CLUNKING AND POPPING WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, CLUNKING AND POPPING WHEN ENCOUNTERING ANY BUMPS. SYMPTOMS ARE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. ADVISED BY DEALER THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CIVIC......MAY TAKE UPWARDS OF THREE WEEKS TO GET PARTS......MAY EVENTUALLY TURN INTO A RECALL.......MEANWHILE, CONTRARY TO ANYONE WITH ANY TYPE OF COMMON SENSE, HONDA EXPECTS US TO KEEP DRIVING THE CAR. I ASKED IF THEY WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE IGNORING THE SYMPTOMS,...THEY SAID NO!. BUT STILL EXPECT ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. TYPICAL ATTITUDE THAT NOTHING WILL BE DONE UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013869April 2, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE LEAVING PARKING LOT IT WAS VERY DARK AS LIGHTS WERE OUT IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND ME AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE BEHIND ME. I PROCEEDED SLOWLY IN REVERSE AND LIGHTLY HIT THE CEMENT BASE OF LIGHT BEHIND ME. I FELT THE IMPACT ON BACK RIGHT . I IMMEDIATELY PLACED MY RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE CAR WAS STOPPED. I THEN TRIED TO PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE WHILE DOING THIS I NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS LOUD AND REVVING UP SPEED AND ACTUALLY MOVING WHILE I HAD MY RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND NO FOOT ON THE GAS. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT FROM THE REVVING NOISE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS STUCK. I CHECKED THIS WITH MY RIGHT FOOT AND FELT THAT THE GAS PEDAL WAS UP AND NOT DOWN AS IT SOUNDED. I NEXT PUT THE CAR INTO PARK, WE CONTINUED TO MOVE AT AN ACCELERATED PACE. I THEN PLACED BOTH MY FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I USED AS MUCH FORCE AS I COULD, I DID THIS BY STEPPING ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET AND PULLING UP ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO GIVE ME MORE FORCE AND PRESSURE. THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN , DID NOT SKID , SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. I NEXT PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS HARD AS I COULD WITH MY RIGHT HAND, STILL THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THERE WAS A DUMPSTER AHEAD TO MY LEFT, A LARGE PARKING LOT LIGHT WITH A CEMENT BASE TO THE RIGHT AND A FENCE BETWEEN THEM. I AIMED THE CAR BETWEEN THE DUMPSTER AND LIGHT. THE CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING, NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. I MADE THE DECISION TO GO OVER THE CURB HIT THE FENCE IN THE HOPES THAT THIS WOULD SLOW THE CAR DOWN IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL. WHILE GOING THROUGH THE FENCE BOTH FEET WERE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE, NO FOOT WAS ON THE GAS AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS UP AND IN PLACE. WE WENT UP ANOTHER CURB ONTO A ROAD GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, FOR ANOTHER 100 FEET AND THE CAR SLOWED AND STOPPED. MY 13 YEAR OLD SON WAS WITH ME IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. (A FEW DAYS PRIOR WHILE DRIVING IN A MALL PARKING LOT THE CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE BUT NO IDENTIFIABLE IMPACT TO THE SPEED OR DRIVABILITY OF THE CAR AT THAT TIME.) *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013751April 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, ROLLS IN PARK, TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DRIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011276April 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE CONSUMER PUT HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO PUT THE GEAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE THE BRAKE DID NOT HOLD EFFECTIVELY, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE BRAKE HAD TO BE PUMPED SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER TO GET NORMAL BRAKING POWER, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013768April 1, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
I OWN A HONDA CIVIC EX 2001, AND THE HANDLING ON THE CAR IS UNSAFE DUE TO FAULTY STRUTS. THE CAR RATTLES AND SHAKES ON EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OF BUMPS. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HAD THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT REPLACED AT 23,000 MILES. AT 27,000 I HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT RIGHT STRUT AS WELL. THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER DUE TO WHAT HONDA REP DESCRIBED IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON 2001 HONDA CIVICS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013726March 31, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VISIBILITY
WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED WITH NO EVIDENT OF DEBRIS FROM HWY. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX PER THE WARRANTY! THIS IS A 4 MONTHS OLD CAR. ALSO WHEN APPLY BRAKE. LOUD NOISE FROM SOME KIND OF BRAKE LINKAGE SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. DEALER SAID IT IS NORMAL FOR HONDA...??? *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013735March 31, 2003
AIR BAGS
I WAS HIT HEAD ON BY A DODGE DURANGO, WHO RAN A RED LIGHT. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL THE SHOULDER SEAT BELT SAVED ME BECAUSE THE AIRBAG DIDN'T INFLATE ON IMPACT EVEN THOUGH SENSOR IS VISIBLY SHOWING IN THE DAMAGE, THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GLENN SCHWEICKERT. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014712March 28, 2003
STEERING, SUSPENSION
THE VEHICLE SWAYED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014584March 27, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *JB THE WAS NO WAY TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME, AND WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE ENGINE HAD GONE UP TO OVER 3K RPM'S. THE DEALER COULDN'T DUPLICATE. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014597March 27, 2003
AIR BAGS, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, EQUIPMENT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SEATS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD, THE DEALER REPLACED THE PART, HOWEVER THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. *JB THE OCCUPANCY POSITION DETECTOR SYSTEM WAS REPLACED, THE REAR DEFROSTER AND CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND ON TURNS, THE RADIO WAS INOPERATIVE, THE BACK WINDOW WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ANTENNA, THE FOG LIGHT SWITCH WAS LOOSE, THE BRAKE LIGHT HAD GONE OUT, THERE WAS A RATTLE IN THE REAR SEAT, THE FUEL CAP WAS LOOSE, THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE TRUNK LID DID NOT CLOSE. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013566March 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PETAL, IT FEELS ROUGH AND NOTCHY. IT'S HARD TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY. STARTED TO NOTICE THE PROBLEM AT ABOUT 85,000 MILES. THEN, WHEN I WAS ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO SCOTT ROBINSON HONDA IN TORRANCE AND THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY MY DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM. THEY INFORMED ME THAT IS WAS COVERED BY HONDA EXTENDED WARRANTY. AFTER MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP ALL DAY, THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT IT WASN'T MY DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM, BUT MY TRANSMISSION. HE SAID THAT THE COMPUTER'S DIAGNOSED CODE WAS(PO715), WHICH MEANS THAT THE MAINSHAFT SPEED SENSOR FAILED. HE SAID THAT SINCE THAT PART IS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, THEY FELT I SHOULD HAVE IT REPLACED. THEY WANTED ME TO SPEND $3,500.00 ON A REBUILT ONE TO REPLACE MINE. I ASKED HIM IF MY CAR WOULD BE OK TO DRIVE AROUND WITHOUT REPLACING IT, HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW. IT COULD DIE ON ME IN A WEEK, OR IN A YEAR. SO FAR, MY CAR IS STILL RUNNING. I HAVE NEVER MISSED A REQUIRED SERVICE DATE. MY ENGINE LIGHT STILL OCCASIONALLY COMES ON, AND I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY EACH TIME TO RESET THE COMPUTER SO IT WILL GO OFF. THE GAS PETAL STILL FEELS ROUGH WHEN I PRESS ON IT FROM A COMPLETE STOP. I TOLD HONDA ABOUT THE RECALL #99I002000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD REPLACE MY THROTTLE CABLE. HONDA INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL ON A 1997 HONDA CIVIC. I PRINTED OUT THE INFO FROM YOUR WEBSITE AND FAXED IT TO THEM. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10013569March 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS A SHUTTER WHEN CAR IS WARMED UP. CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD WITH 70K IN MILES AND DEALERSHIP HAS SAID IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011034March 25, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
LOSS OF STEERING AND CONTROL WHILE DRIVING DUE TO DEFECTIVE STRUTS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BOTH AWARE OF PROBLEM, HOWEVER NATION-WIDE BACK ORDER ON PARTS. NO IDEA WHEN PARTS WILL BE SHIPPED. VEHICLES ABILITY TO DRIVE SAFELY DIMINISHING EACH DAY. HONDA DOES NOT SEEM TO CARE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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