2011 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 50 TO 60 MPH DURING RAINY CONDITIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, REDUCING VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE, BUT THE FUSE FOR THE WIPERS WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,350 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,377.

2011 HONDA CIVIC WITH 4000 MILES. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND COMPLAINED ABOUT A BURNED SMELL WHEN BRAKING WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AFTER THE CAR STOPS. NO HEAVY BRAKING THOUGH. DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. AT 7300 MILES AND A TOTAL OF 7 MONTHS OF USE THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKING OR NOT. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID MY BRAKE PADS HAD ZERO % LEFT, METAL TO METAL. THEY BLAMED THE WAY THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AND TREATED ME LIKE I WAS SOME JERK THAT WAS DRAG RACING EVERY DAY AND TOASTED THE BRAKES. I PREVIOUSLY HAD A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY THAT I DROVE THE SAME WAY (AS A NORMAL PERSON BY THE WAY, CITY AND FREEWAY) AND DID NOT HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKES UNTIL OVER 33000 MILES! THIS IS RIDICULOUS, EVEN A VERY BAD DRIVER THAT KEEPS HITTING HIS BRAKES SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH 7300 MILES IN A COMPACT CAR. HONDA DECLINED ANY SERVICING AND DECLINED TO FIX OR EVEN LOOK DEEPER FOR A POSSIBLE PROBLEM. WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $100 FOR A 5 MINUTE BRAKE PAD INSPECTION... A JOKE! *TT

THE TRUNK LATCH , ONCE LOCKED BY A KEY, WILL NOT ENGAGE AND OPEN THE TRUNK FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. I BROUGHT MY AUTO TO THE DEALER TWICE. IT OCCASIONALLY WILL OPEN, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT WILL NOT ENGAGE. THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS PRESENT AND ABLE TO SEE THIS PROBLEM. HE WAS BAFFLED. BUT THEY SAID I USED TOO MUCH FORCE TO UNLOCK THE TRUNK. THIS AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR OVER 6 MONTHS! THIS IS MY 2ND HONDA CIVIC AND I NEVER HAD AN ISSUE BEFORE. *KB

MY 2011 HONDA CIVIC LX-S HAS ONLY 13,000 MILES ON IT AND MY BRAKE PADS HAVE ALREADY WORN DOWN TO NOTHING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED YESTERDAY. THE REPAIR GUY TOLD ME THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT AT SUCH LOW MILES THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL BREAKS ON MY CAR AND $378 LATER, I ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THEM. IF EVERY 10,000 MILES THEY HAVE TO GET REPLACED THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY IN THE RIGHT LANE SOUTH BOUND. A LARGE TRASH TRUCK WAS IN THE LEFT LANE DOING ABOUT 55 MPH IN THE SOUTH BOUND LANE. HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK ME IN THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK BROADSIDED MY CAR IN BOTH DOORS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE CAR SPUN AGAIN AND HIT INTO THE CENTER GUARD RAILS DIVIDING THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY WITH THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF THE BUMPER AND CAME TO A STOP. THE TRASH TRUCK THEN RAN OVER THE LEFT FRONT CORNER OF THE CAR WITH HIS REAR SET OF AXLES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TRUCK. NO FRONT OR SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE SIDE AIR BAGS MIGHT HAVE KEPT MY WIFE FROM BEING INJURED. I WAS NOT INJURED. $15,000 DAMAGE TO THE CAR. *TR

PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2011 HONDA CIVIC 4D LXS MODEL CAR IN MARCH. WITHIN A MONTH THE CAR HEAD COMPUTER ISSUE THAT CAUSED ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY CONTROL TO BREAK, SPEEDOMETER, ENGINE TEMPERATURE, GAS INDICATOR, ODOMETER, ETC. ALL WENT DEAD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE, BUT NO ROOT-CAUSES WERE FOUND FOR THE ISSUE. AFTER THE CAR HAD THE BATTERY DISCHARGED AN RECHARGED THE ISSUE SIMPLY WENT AWAY. ON 6/12/11 THE CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, BRAKES WEREN'T FUNCTIONAL AND IT JUMPED A CURB A AND RAN THROUGH A FENCE BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO A STOP. THE AIRBAG ALSO DIDN'T DEPLOY, WE FEEL IT SHOULD HAVE DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE ACCIDENT. WE FEEL THESE COULD BE ALL RELATED A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT'S AN UNDERLYING ELECTRONICS ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED IN A 6 MONTH OLD VEHICLE WITH 5500 MILES, A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE CAME FROM RT FRONT WHEEL AREA. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SLOWED DOWN TO PULL OVER AND NOISE STOPPED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. MOMENTS LATER TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR LIT UP. PULLED OVER AND SAW TIRE DEFLATED. CHANGED TIRE. DAMAGED TIRE DID NOT HAVE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE OR PUNCTURES. AIR REMAINED IN TIRE BUT WAS REDUCED. TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTIONS AND THEY STATED THAT THE CORDS INSIDE THE TIRE WERE "SHREDDED/TORN". CONTACTING GOODYEAR TIRE NOW FOR INSPECTION AND RESOLUTION BUT I AM CONTENDING IT IS A DEFECT WITH THE TIRE ITSELF AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF IT. POSSIBLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS AROUND ME. UNKNOWN IF OTHER DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNTIL A NEW TIRE IS PUT ON TOMORROW. *TR

MY DAUGHTER DROVE ON FREEWAY 60 AND NEEDED TO CHANGE LANE TO FREEWAY 57. WHILE SHE CHANGED LANES, SHE FOUND THE TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY 57 STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. SO, SHE STARTED TO BRAKE, BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON THE BRAKE DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN WELL ENOUGH, SO SHE STARTED TO BRAKE HARDER, AND SUDDENLY SHE HEARD A VERY LOUD BUMPING NOISE. SHE THOUGHT SOME PARTS OF CAR HIT THE GROUND. SO SHE DECIDED TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT BY THE TIME I PULLED IT UP, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A STOP IMMEDIATELY AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. CLAIM NUMBER: [XXX] MY CAR IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT SK AUTO BODY IN ROWLAND HEIGHTS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO USE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, HE DISCOVERED A BLIND SPOT IMPAIRING HIS VIEW OF UP TO TWENTY FIVE FEET. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED IN THAT MANNER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

I PURCHASED NEW 2011 HONDA CIVIC LX SEDAN VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. IT WAS ALLEGEDLY REPAIRED BY DEALER. HOWEVER, WITHIN 24 HOURS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT GREENWICH HONDA, MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT THREE TIMES ALREADY AND IT IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. IT APPEARS THAT VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANT. THE ENGINE APPEARS TO RUN IRREGULARLY AT TIMES AND I AM AFRAID THAT IT MAY ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. *TR