Honda Civic Complaints

16,711 consumer complaints on file.

#11519437April 28, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
The car was parked in a safe location over night. When I attempted to start it in the morning the car ran poorly and displayed numerous warning light on the dash including evap control, brakes, steering, and various automated systems. Upon calling the dealer I was told to it was not safe to drive and to have it towed to the dealer. Which I did.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11519308April 27, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I have been having issues where the 2022 Honda Civic Sport car will die intermittently at lights. The technician who looked at my car said there was no problem and that I was good to go. The issue has been when stopping at a light, the car engine shuts off and a battery signal light shows up. The other electronics in the car appear to work. Right before the car dies, during breaking it feels like ABS is turning on. The car has to be put into park, turned off, and restarted to get going again. This happens approximately weekly, and it is particularly bad when I am in the middle of an intersection. Component suspected of failing is the engine on off auto at stop. This is a safety issue because car dies in the middle of intersections. The dealer was unable to reproduce; however, it happens on an approximately weekly basis. I took it to Honda and they said they could not reproduce it, the car was “good to go”. Only indication is the battery light indicating
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11519114April 26, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM
The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the rear door locks were making squeaking sounds and the alarm would inadvertently be engaged at night. The contact stated that the vehicle would fail turn off and would go into ACC mode. The contact was unable to lock the doors. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the BCM had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle could not be repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V771000 (Electrical System, Back Over Prevention, Visibility/Wiper, Visibility, Exterior Lighting) because the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 39,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11519187April 26, 2023
STEERING
Issues with steering wheel at highway speed. The best description would be a “sticky” steering wheel. When trying to correct it, it won’t find the center as if the car needs an alignment. I’ve had this issue before an after an alignment and the dealership isn’t able to identify the problem. The “sticky” steering wheel would also disable my lane keep assist, since the system thinks I’m taking over. This has been DAILY for the past 3 months.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11519138April 26, 2023
STEERING
I have a brand new civic but the steering got really stiff for example, I would try to change lane from the other it seems like when I turn the wheel its like sticking when im trying to turn the wheel. It makes me feel unsafe sometimes.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518807April 25, 2023
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Following completion of reporting Walnut Municipal Code (WMC) 3.40.010 violations at the end of my night, I walked out and found that my car was again vandalized in retaliation for filing a complaint related to the violation of Walnut Municipal Code 3.40.010. Such vandalism is intended to further disengage the workforce by causing expenses that are extreme, and such vandalism can occur as repeatedly as the nuisance of such noise violations involving such misuse of non-emergency one way communication speakers as radio devices to emit noise in the form of statements describing oneself as an enforcement or city professional, aside from some type of affiliation with a financial institution advisor, if not regulator of such related agency. In this case the vandalism involved not allowing turning off the red tail lights of my vehicle. The usual occurrence is kill switching the vehicle as if it is stolen, activating the alarm to prevent my usage, not unlocking the vehicle with the key, remotely disengaging the key from the alarm, and then engaging when an authority external to the dealer decides to stop precluding its use. Such actions targeting preclusion are usually alleviated after several additional inspections are made and planned activities have passed, eg a social event or deadline. Thank you for your attention. From: Verónica Ingrid Rojas Muñoz <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:36 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Report Received - City of Walnut-#1487936 Code Enforcement [05314] Good evening, Sergeant Anderson. Sufficient information was provided to Deputy or Sheriff Marquez at 12:35 AM PST. I requested a report and she refused to do anything but log the information and offer her opinion on the incident. Thank you for your attention. From: Verónica Ingrid Rojas Muñoz <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:14 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Report Received - City of Walnut
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518831April 25, 2023
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Air bag warning comes on intermittently . Has increased to a weekly occurrence. I’ve recorded 27 instances in the last 6 months that this has happened. Occurs when starting car after sitting and also just comes on when driving. Have had seat sensors and seat belt replaced which did nothing. Problem still exists. I am not going to put any more money into an unsafe vehicle. Research shows that this is a common consumer complaint and a safety problem . Airbags for this model were recalled through the 2012 model year. Certainly appears that the 2013 model year should have been included.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518933April 25, 2023
AIR BAGS
The specific part is the driver side airbag inflater which is causing the airbag system to fail. The repair has not been done on the vehicle yet. According to the dealer, when the indicator light triggers, none of the airbags will inflate in an accident. After February 1, 2023 the airbag indicator is activated every time the car is driven. The car was taken to the local dealer at the end of March 2023. The service adviser said the resistance is out of tolerance for the air bag causing the entire airbag system to fail.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518971April 25, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system alerted and engaged emergency braking on a clear road when there was no obstacle in the vehicle path.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518663April 24, 2023
STEERING
Failed component/system: Some portion of the steering system. Vehicle is available for inspection. When the vehicle warms up and is driven 20 to 40 mins, power steering becomes "sticky," requiring additional effort for driver input in order to overcome, which causes excessive oversteer (in either direction). At highway speeds, while making "micro-corrections" to the vehicle's trajectory, driving becomes unsafe as the unintended oversteer can get quite pronounced and often results in oversteer both in directions, in rapid succession. This issue has not been confirmed by a dealer or independent service center and would require a service tech to drive the automobile for up to 40 mins to confirm. The issue has not been inspected by the manufacturer, police insurance representatives or others. No warning lamps, messages or other symptoms associated with this issue have occurred. This issue occurs 100% of the time it's driven more than 20-40 minutes.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518774April 24, 2023
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The A/C began to take longer and longer to cool the car. After not driving the car for a year due to illness, I drove it again and the A/C blew nothing but hot air. After an initial Google search I discovered Honda had extended a warranty to 10 years for defective A/C condensers. However, I cannot find a recall for this repair anywhere. I've taken the car to a mechanic and was quoted a price of $1200 repair the condenser.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518796April 24, 2023
STEERING
2023 HONDA CIVIC TOURING - DRIVER SIDE STEERING RACK MAKING A CLUNK AND RATTLING NOISE WHEN DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR, STEERING WHEEL MAKES CLICKING NOISE. SOUND REMINDS ME OF A VERY OLD RUSTY CAR THAT EVERY SCREW NEEDS TO BE REPLACE. WHEN DRIVING AT A STEADY 50-65 ON HIGHWAY STEERING WHEEL STICKS CAUSING DRIVER TO MAKE FORCEFUL DANGEROUS SEVERE PULLS TO GET OUT OF STUCK POSITION. TODAY 4/24/23, I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE STICKY STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS MY SECOND HONDA CIVIC THAT SUFFERS FROM THIS DEFECT. PRIOR 2022 HONDA CIVIC SPORT HAD TO SPEND 1 MONTH AT THE DEALER AND STEERING RACK STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518575April 24, 2023
STEERING
Steering wheels seems to stick while turning at low speed and highway speeds steering does no respond correctly when trying to do turns steering wheel will stick to where its moved and wont move back itself to original position. At high way speeds car is hard to keep in lane because of steering wheel feeling like it sticks.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518504April 23, 2023
STRUCTURE:BODY
There is a "metal" splash guard (approx. 2ft x 2ft) under the engine that is secured by 4 steel bolts/screws and steel U-Clips. If the metal splash guard falls off it could puncture the gas tank, cut gas and brake lines or take someone's head off. This guard is more than just a piece of thin tin. The Bolts/Clips secure the metal guard to the remaining "plastic" splash guard under the rest of the car (metal probably needed for engine heat reasons). I noticed the missing metal plate after a Honda Dealer's oil change. I thought that they might have accidently forgotten to replace it after the oil change, but was told that was not the case (I got the impression that it was not uncommon for these metal splash guards to fall off). The oil filter and drain plug access requires removal of this metal plate during service. My metal plate fell off due to rusted through bolts/screws because 3 of the metal clips stayed in place and were very rusted. The dealer replacement parts were expensive, something like >> bolts-clips $10 x 4 = $40 plus approx $30 for the metal plate $70 total. Honda had to order the metal plate to be delivered later. Once the plate arrived at the Dealership they contacted me and I went to them, where they replaced the plate for free, but to add insult to injury, the Honda technician used two plastic zip ties instead of steel bolts and clips because they didn't have enough of the correct bolts/clips (should be secured by 4 steel bolts/clips). They never bothered to tell me about the zip ties and I only found out a few days later after looking under my car. I found similar bolts/clips at a Home Depot store and, on a return trip to the Honda Dealer, had Honda replace the 2 zip ties and Honda's 2 bolts/clips with 4 new "Stainless Steel" bolts/S.S. washers and 4 new steel U-Clips (I could not find Stainless Steel U-Clips).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518560April 23, 2023
STEERING
while driving on freeway my steering becomes stiff it sticks and I have to push hard to steer it back the car steering wheel feels like it's stiff and stuck while driving on freeway I commute to and from work each day and by the time I arrive to work or home my arms are killing me from keeping the steering in control it sticks and it's hard to move back to keep the car straight i feel like i do not have control of the car when this happens, I have complained several times to my dealership when I take my car in for it's service 2 times they shrugged it off like i was imaging it and everything is fine with my car, it's new no issues they say, after i complained the in Feb. 2023 a week later I saw an a new article others are experiencing the same issue when I mentioned this again to the dealership they shrugged it off and said no issues with my car, finally Saturday 4/22/23 again i mentioned it showed tried to show them the article they would not look at it he wrote the issue down and when we picked up the vehicle after service they said yes i needed a new steering thing and it's on back order since others are already before me I said I have complained since last year and you put me off should not have to wait and put myself in danger each day i drive to and from work 160 miles each day i drive on the freeway alone in the dark and a single women something needs to be done about this Honda knows there's an issue and it should be fixed, or provide me with a new vehicle or loaner until it's fixed i have been complaining about this issue since a few months after I purchased the vehicle in may 2022 I see two states are already suing Honda over it - what can we do to get this fixed or replace the vehicle for a safer one so i do not crash if i cannot handle the steering wheel this could cause me to crash or someone else to crash this is very unsafe from a 59 year old woman who drive alone long distance commutes to and from work alone
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518549April 23, 2023
STEERING
Car is constantly wandering and completely impossible to keep straight at highway speeds.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518519April 23, 2023
STEERING
The steering wheel seems to stick causing me to stay straight on turns at highway speeds. Also at other times feels as if someone pulled (jerked) the steering wheel from my hands.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518402April 22, 2023
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Car accelerated into a garage door unintentionally. The brakes did not work. The problem has not been reproduced. The car was taken to a honda dealer twice before the accident for the same reasons of sudden unintentional acceleration. The vehicle has been totaled and has not been inspected by anyone. There were no warning indicators that I am aware of.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11518433April 22, 2023
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING
I leased the Honda Civic from a dealer in Maryland and the first advertisement for this car was this car has lane departure warning and adaptive cruise etc. I report some incidents of inefficacy these systems in my car while it showed alarm and Honda maintenance team assured me that it works perfectly. i was driving on Fwy I-40 West in New Mexico. After wind blow my whole front shield became foggy and the system did not show any alarm that it is not working. I ended up deviated from the road and my car was totaled. I called Honda customer service they assigned an investigation ticket but after several follow up nothing happened. CA Attorney General office referred me to you.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11518444April 22, 2023
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Air conditioner condenser needs replaced at 24,000 miles. Mechanic says he has worked on numerous exact models / similar year with same issue. Has there been a recall?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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