2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP IDLE LOWERS AS IF THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO TURN OFF, BUT THEN RECOVERS. DEALER HAS NOT LOCATED DEFECT OR PROVIDED REMEDY.*AK

WHEN MAKING A COMPLETE STOP OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ENGINE WILL TURN OFF AND STALL. BUT, VEHICLE CAN BE QUICKLY RESTART.CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES, BUT DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE DEFECT. VEHICLE JERKED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING.*AK CONSUMER NOW STATES DEALERSHIP IS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHEN I TURN THE IGNITION ON, I SOMETIMES HEAR A SPARK BUZZ COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE DISPLAY PANEL OF THE SPEEDOMETER, ETC. I AM NOT SURE THIS IS NORMAL. IT COULD BE A WIRING CONNECTION PROBLEM. UNABLE TO TAKE IT TO LOCAL HONDA DEALER OR ASK QUESTIONS. THEY ARE VERY UNHELPFUL. HAVE DRIVEN THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES, AND NEVER HAVE HEARD SUCH SPARK BUZZ NOISE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD WHEN TURNING IGNITION ON. HONDA CORPORATION HAS NOT ANSWERED MY INQUIRY.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS COME ON AND STAYED ON RANDOMLY DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT HEATING COIL WAS CAUSING THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHEN TURNING AIR CONDITIONING WATER WOULD DRIP FROM UNDER GLOVE COMPARTMENT AND SOAK MATS AND RUGS. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID HEATING CORE NEEDED REPLACING.*AK *JB

WHILE SHIFTING THE GEAR IN REVERSE THE CAR WENT FORWARD, AND WHEN I SHIFTED IT TO DRIVE, THE CAR WENT BACKWARD. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL LIGHTLY, IT ACCELERATED REALLY FAST AND WHEN I LIGHTLY STEP ON THE BRAKE, IT ABRUPTLY STOPS. THE HONDA SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO FIX THIS CAR. THE FIRST PROBLEM REPORTED WAS THE "POWER SWITCH" SECONDLY THEY REPORTED THAT IT'S A "TRANSMISSION" BUT STILL COULDN'T FIGURE OUT IF WHAT ELSE IS THE PROBLEM. LASTLY, THEY NOTIFIED ME ON APRIL 19, 2001 THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE "TRANSMISSION SOLENOID."

WHEN RAINING WATER COULD LEAK INSIDE OF VEHICLE THROUGH DRIVER'S SIDE AND WILL MAKE CARPET WET, AND COULD BE CAUSING CONSUMER NOT TO CONTROL PEDALS OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.*AK

I PURCHASED THIS CAR BECAUSE IT WAS ADVERTISED AS A FUEL EFFICENT VEHICAL. THEY ADVERTISED 31 MPG IN CITY DRIVING 38-42 HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 4 MONTHS. NEVER USED THE AIR CONDITIONER. DROVE MODERATELY AND AM GETTING 19 MPG. I GUAGED IT BY THE NUMBER OF GAL. PUMPED NOT FROM GAS GUAGE IN CAR. I HAVE RECIEPTS AND A LOG OF ALL MILES AND GALLONS PUT INTO THE CAR. THE DEALER TESTED IT AND SAID IT WAS GETTING 26.3 DRIVING 10-30 MPH. I AM UNABLE TO GET EVEN THAT WHICH IS A SUBSTANCIAL AMOUNT DIFFERENT THAN THE AMOUNT ADVERTISED. I AM DISSAPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED WITH THE PERFORMANCE AND WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY HONDA.

AIR CONDITIONER BUTTON DOSEN'T WORK. YOU MUST TURN ON THE FAN BUTTON FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER BUTTON TO WORK. IT MUST BE A WIREING PROBLEM AND I AM AFRAID IT MIGHT CAUSE A FIRE. THIS IS TRUE OF ALL CIVICS YEAR 2001. *AK

THERE WASN'T A STEERING LOCK WHEN DRIVER TURNED STEERING COLUMN FOR SECURITY REASON. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. HUMMING NOISES AND ROUGH IDLING ALSO OCCUR. *SLC