Honda Civic Complaints

16,711 consumer complaints on file.

#759314March 13, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NON-ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS OF THE VEHICLE SHOWING POINT OF IMPACT ON THE FRONT BUMPER DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. INJURIES WERE MINOR IN THIS INCIDENT, HOWEVER, IT IS APPARENT THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#759342March 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
AIR FILTER ATTACHES TO PLASTIC RADIATOR WHICH SPLITAND BURNED LEFT ARM WHILE CHECKING TRANS. FLUID. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8005499March 12, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING 25MPH AND STARTED TO TURN A CORNER, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V18300, HAD NO PRIOR WARNING OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER FIVE TIMES THAT THE GAS CAP WAS THE CAUSE, CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT TWO DAYS AFTER TALKING TO DEALER. *YD
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8005236March 8, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 25 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005251March 8, 2002
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
BACK REAR WINDOWN SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005282March 8, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING, STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH DRIVER SIDE CORNER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO CONSUMER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY AIR BAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#759085March 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. VEHICLE HAS A CLEAN HISTORY AND HASNT BEEN DRIVEN HARD. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR AND IDENTICAL PPROBLEMS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FAR TO FEW MILES ON THE CAR FOR A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE SINCE IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED AND REPLACEMENT COSTS ARE IN EXCESS OF $5000. HONDA REFUSES TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS AND I THINK IT WARRANTS A RECALL OR AT LEAST SOME KIND OF INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR PRODUCT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564615March 7, 2002
TIRES
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THERE WAS A THUNDEROUS NOISE AND PUMMELING FORCE THAT THREW THE VEHICLE INTO A TAILSPIN NEARLY COLLIDING WITH OTHER VEHICLES, IT WAS NOT UNTIL LATER THAT CONSUMER NOTICED WHAT HAPPENED, VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM A TIRE BLOW OUT, CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL 4 TIRES THAT WERE SAID TO BE DEFECTIVE FROM A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP. *JG *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005148March 7, 2002
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHILE DRIVING AIR CONDITIONER CUT OFF. MECHANIC STATED A SMALL ROCK CRACKED AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759062March 7, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE BRAKES WERE MAKING A RUMBLING SOUND. THE CAR WOULD ALSO SHAKE REAL BAD AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, HOWEVER I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE BRAKES AT THIS TIME. I TOOK THE CAR TO CUSH HONDA. THEY SAID THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS HAD HOT SPOTS. THEY MACHINED THE ROTORS AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS. I GOT THE CAR BACK AND I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE THE CAR. IT WOULDN'T SEEM TO ACCELERATE. IT WAS A WHILE BEFORE I COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO MOVE HARDLY AT ALL, SO I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND IT WAS THEN I REALIZED IT WAS THE BRAKES LOCKING UP. THE CAR WAS STILL SHAKING REAL BAD AT TIMES ON THE FREEWAY, BUT I STILL DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE BRAKES BECAUSE IF I SLOWED DOWN IT WOULD QUIT SHAKING. MY HUSBAND THEN TOOK THE CAR TO TIPTON HONDA IN EL CAJON, CA. HE TOLD THEM WHAT CUSH HAD DONE AND THAT THE BRAKES HAD GOTTEN WORSE. TIPTON FELT THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER WAS STICKING. THEY REPLACED THE CALIPER AND ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, WHICH CUSH HAD JUST REPLACED TWO MONTHS EARLIER, BECAUSE THEY WERE BURNT AGAIN. I GOT THE CAR BACK AND IT IMMEDIATLY STARTED TO LOCK UP AGAIN. I RETURNED IT TO TIPTON THAT NEXT MONDAY. THEY HAD THE CAR SEVERAL DAYS AND FINALLY CALLED TO TELL US THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED. THE DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS CONTAMINATED WITH, HE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS CONTAMINATED BECAUSE THE DIAPHRAM IN THE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS SWOLLEN SO BAD THEY COULDN'T GET IT BACK IN. THE HONDA CORP. REFUSED TO REPAIR THE CAR BECAUSE TIPTON SAID THE BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TO ANY SERVICE CENTER BUT THESE TWO AND I HAVE NEVER LENT OUT MY CAR TO ANYONE SO I KNOW THAT IF THE FLUID IS CONTAMINATED, IT IS FROM A DEFECTIVE BRAKE SYSTEM OR IT WAS CONTAMINATED WHILE ONE OF THESE TWO HONDA DEALERS WORKED ON IT. IF IT WAS CONTAMINATED BY ONE OF THESE TWO DEALERS, THEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE ANYWAY. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THIS CAR SINCE I GOT IT BACK IN FEBRUARY. I HAVE TALKED TO AN ATTOR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005077March 6, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AS A RESULT OF A CRASH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005108March 6, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 55 MPH, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *JG
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8005134March 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE WAS CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, DEALER REPLACED DISTRIBUTOR ON TWO OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005051March 5, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WAS HESITATING IN SPEED, AND THER WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758945March 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITHIN THE 2ND MONTH OF OWNING THIS CAR I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK A REVERSE BECAUSE IT WAS POPING OUT OF GEAR. I WAS TOLD "HONDAS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR REVERSE TO BE POPPING OUT OF GEAR AND TO JUST PUT THE STICK IN 1 AND THEN MOVE HARD TO THE REVERSE GEAR. THIS PROBLEM WAS NEVER EVEN DOCUMENTED. A FEW MONTHS LATER A FEW TICKS AFTER 36000 MILES AND MAYBE EVEN BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS POPPING OUT OF SECOND. I THOUGHT AND WAS TOLD BY MILLER HONDA THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED. LATER IT WAS DICOVERED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE COVERED. I AM TRYING TO FIGHT THIS. IF I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WITH REVERSE AND IT WASN'T A FEW TICK MARKS PAST THE 36000 MILES AND ALL MY MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES (600 MILES A WEEK) AND THE FACT THAT I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR HARD. I JUST THINK ITS A MANUFACTURING OR PART DEFECT AND IT IS NOT ANYTHING I DID.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758893March 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TOOK CAR IN FOR 60000 SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN TWO WEEKS MY V-TECH TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN ON THE FREEWAY. HONDA DOES NOT WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS SPECIFIC PART IS DEFECTIVE. THESE V-TECH TRANSMISSIONS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. THERE ARE MANY MORE HONDA CIVIC OWNERS THAT KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564515February 27, 2002
TIRES
LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT, THIS WAS THE ONLY TIRE ON THE VEHICLE THAT WAS MADE BY YOKOHAMA.(TIRE SIZE P185/70R13). OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004683February 27, 2002
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN STREET ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON LEFT HAND SIDE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004569February 26, 2002
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING, AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT CONTROL UNIT WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. *AK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758645February 26, 2002
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
THE PROBLEM IS NOT A FAILURE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT REAR SEATBELTS ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO GO AROUND MY WIFE OR MYSELF WHEN WEARING A WINTER COAT. WE CONTACTED HONDA TO SEE IF THEY COULD PROVIDE A SEATBELT EXTENDER. THEY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE OR RECOMMEND THE USE OF SEATBELT EXTENDERS. WE HAD SEATBELT EXTENDERS FOR A PREVIOUSLY OWNED VOLVO THAT HAD FRONT SEATBELTS THAT DID NOT GO AROUND MY WIFE. THE DID NOT GO AROUND MY WIFE BECAUSE MY WIFE IS 5 FEET 2 INCHES TALL AND SHE HAD TO KEEP THE FRONT SEAT FORWARD. WHILE VOLVO ALSO DID NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF SEATBELT EXTENDERS, THEY PROVIDED THEM AS THEY WERE BETTER THAN USING NO SEATBELT. WE WOULD ARGUE THAT A LONGER SEATBELT OR SEATBELT EXTENDERS ARE A SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO NOT USING SEATBELTS. WE ALSO BELIVE THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER TO PROVIDE A SEATBELT OR EXTENDERS THAT WOULD MAKE THE CAR SAFE. HOWEVER, A REASONABLE COST TO MAKE THE BACK SEATBELTS MORE USABLE WOULD NOT BE OBJECTIONABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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