2007 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

HELLO, I BOUGHT THE 2007 HONDA CIVIC BRAND NEW. THE SUN VISORS ON BOTH SIDES BUSTED WITHIN 2 MONTHS. THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL PRESSURE OR USE. GIVEN THE NUMBERED COMPLAINTS. I THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE ESCALATED. WE MUST HAVE HONDA RESOLVE THE ISSUE DEFINITIVELY AND QUICKLY. BOTH FOR THE ONGOING SAFETY AND THE INEXPLICABLE RESIDUAL COST TO THE CONSUMER. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT OUR RIGHTS AND RECOURSE ARE. PLEASE REFERENCE THIS INTERNET LINK IN REGARDS TO THE EXTEND OF THE PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.USRECALLNEWS.COM/2007/09/MAJOR-HONDA-CIVIC-RECALL-OF-2006-AND-2007-MODELS.HTML THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, SHARON GOH *TR

I HAD MY 2007 CIVIC HYBRID IN FOR SERVICE LAST WEEK AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE PARTS SUBJECT TO A RECALL THAT AFFECTED THE TIRE WEAR AND THE RIDE. THE RECALLED PARTS, REAR SUSPENSION, AND THE INSTALLATION WERE COVERED BY HONDA, BUT THE EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR WAS NOT. MIKE (SERVICE) CHECKED WITH HONDA WHO SAID THEY WOULD ONLY PAY FOR 30% OF THE NEW TIRES, SO I WOULD STILL BE OUT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT 1) HONDA WOULD HAVE A DEFECTIVE PART CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR AND BAD PERFORMANCE, BUT NOT NOTIFY THE OWNERS TO BRING THEIR CARS IN; AND 2) THAT THE EFFECT OF THIS FAULTY PART CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR IN THE TIRES, AND THAT HONDA WOULD NOT PAY FOR NEW TIRES. I NOW HAVE TO GET NEW TIRES AT 29,000 MILES WHICH I FEEL IS IN APPROPRIATE. FINALLY, I HAVE RESEARCHED THE APPROPRIATE TIRES FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THERE ARE MANY CHOICES WELL UNDER $100 PER TIRE, AND FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO TELL ME THAT MY REPLACEMENT TIRES WOULD COST $100 + PER TIRE, PLUS INSTALLATION, BALANCING ETC., IS TOO COSTLY. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN TREATED FAIRLY AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA. WHEN A DEFECTIVE PART IS NOT COMMUNICATED TO THE OWNER WHO COULD BRING THE CAR IN TO GET IT FIXED BEFORE THE TIRES WERE TOTALLY DAMAGED, THAT IS THE FAULT OF HONDA. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIRES HAVE UNEVEN WEAR CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE CONTROL ARMS. *NJ THE MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO REPLACE THE REAR CONTROL ARMS, BUT NOT THE TIRES. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE CONTACT FELT THE BRAKES LOCK. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FORCED OUT OF HIS HANDS. THE CONTACT STRUCK A CURB AND DROVE INTO THE LIVING ROOM OF SOMEONE'S RESIDENCE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS FAILED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE HONDA MANUFACTURER AND THEY DISPATCHED AN ADJUSTER AND AN ENGINEER, WHO BOTH STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 19,500.

MY VEHICLE IS A 2007 CIVIC HYBRID. WHEN ITS WARM OUT AND / OR I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE CAR THE HYBRID SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CAR LOSES ITS ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. A FEW TIMES I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THE CAR HAD SO LITTLE POWER THAT ALL I COULD DO WAS PULL INTO THE PATH OF THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND NOT ACCELERATE ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC HAS A REFLECTION OF THE DASH BOARD ONTO THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING A DISTRACTION. THE CONSUMER STATED DEPENDING ON THE ANGLE OF THE SUN, THERE WAS A REFLECTION THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO READ THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *JB

THE VISOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE IN 2007 HONDA CIVIC LX MODEL IS MADE OF CHEAP PLASTIC AND CRACKS OPEN IF YOU HAPPEN TO PULL IT DOWN AND PUT IT BACK UP FREQUENTLY. ONCE IT CRACKS OPEN IT WILL NOT STAY UP AGAIN AND HANGS LOOSE DOWN OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. IT HANGS DOWN AND VERY ANNOYING WHILE DRIVING AS FRONT VIEW IS OBSTRUCTED BECAUSE OF LOOSE HANGING VISOR. MY CAR IS JUST ONE AND HALF YEAR OLD AND IT HAS ALREADY CRACKED OPEN TWICE. LAST TIME WHEN THE DEALER REPLACED IT SINCE IT IS UNDER WARRANTY IT CRACKED OPEN IN JUST COUPLE MONTHS. IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED IT WILL BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD AS PEOPLE CAN NOT GO ON BUYING AND REPLACING THE VISOR EVERY MONTH AND IN THE ABSENCE MAY GET INVOLVED IN CAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO VISION GETTING BLOCKED WITH VISOR. *TR

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC (CURRENTLY 42,000 MILES) HAS A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING. THE SOUND HAS BECOME WORSE AS THE MORE MILES I DRIVE. WHEN THE REAR TIRES ARE RUBBED ACROSS, FLAT SPOTS ON THE TIRES CAN BE FELT. HONDA WROTE A REPAIR FORUM STATING THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS IS THE IMPROPER DESIGN OF THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS. THESE ARMS ARE TOO SHORT CAUSING THE CAMBER OF THE WHEELS TO BE INCORRECT. I HAVE CALLED HONDA CORPORATION AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND HAVE CONTACTED OURISMAN HONDA OF LAUREL (WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE) AT LEAST 5 TIMES. NEITHER ONE HAS BEEN OF ANY HELP. TOM ALEXANDER (SERVICE MANAGER) FROM OURISMAN HONDA OF LAUREL HAS NOT RETURNED MY PHONE CALLS. HE TOLD ME THAT SINCE MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY (PAST 36,000 MILES) THEN HE WOULD LOOK AT MY CASE AS GOODWILL (AS IN HE LOOKED AT MY SERVICE HISTORY LIKE OIL CHANGES AND SUCH WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND WILL BASE HIS DECISION ON REPLACEMENT AT NO COST ON THIS, RIDICULOUS). I WANT MY REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED WITH NO COST SINCE THE PART WAS INCORRECTLY DESIGNED. *TR

MY 2007 CIVIC HYBRID IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE IMA. AS I AM DRIVING, THE BATTERY CHARGE WILL BE REDUCED TO ZERO OR ONE BARS. I DRIVE WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND NORMALLY DO NOT EXCEED 55 MPH. THIS NORMALLY OCCURS WITHIN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING MY CAR. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP. THE CAR ACCELERATES EXTREMELY SLUGGISHLY AND THE RPM'S REACH AROUND 4500 TO APPROACH THE SPEED LIMIT (50 MPH). GAS MILEAGE WHEN THIS OCCURS DROPS TO ABOUT 20-25 MPH. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO GET THIS REPAIRED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND HAS MADE MINIMAL ATTEMPTS TO TRY AND REPAIR THE CAR. THE ONLY REPAIR ATTEMPT MADE WAS TO RESET THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR. THIS HAS ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL ONGOING. THIS COULD BECOME A MUCH MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OR WHEN TRYING TO MERGE. *TR

EXCESSIVE TEAR WIRE, CAR PURCHASED IN MARCH 2007, NEEDED NEW REAR TIRES, AFTER ONLY 18,000 MILES. *TR