2000 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

2000 HONDA CIVIC EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE APPLYING BRAKES.*MR (NAR) THE VEHICLE HIT A TREE CAUSING INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. *CB

MY BACK LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH (SPEED LIMIT) ON THE INTERSTATE. MY TIRES HAD JUST BEEN ROTATED AND BALANCED, AND THE AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTED ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2003. AT THAT TIME, NO PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED. I HAD 33,000 MILES ON THE CAR/TIRES AND HAD THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 7500 MILES. MY TIRES WERE FIRESTONE FR680, P185/65R14 85S. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE CAR TO BEGIN A SUDDEN SPIN ACROSS THE INTERSTATE. NO ONE WAS INJURED, UNBELIEVABLY. I RETURNED TO THE PLACE WHERE I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE. THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL AND REPLACED THE TIRE AT NO COST. THEY ALSO INSPECTED THE VALVE OF THE TIRE THAT HAD A BLOWOUT AND FOUND IT TO HAVE A LEAK.

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH AT TIME OF IMPACT. NEITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE PARKING VEHICLE THE GEAR SHIFT BROKE APART IN HAND WHILE PLACING CAR IN PARK. THE SCREWS CAME OUT FROM THE BASE OF THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 50MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

5 SPEED - ENGINE STALLS WHILE IN FIFTH GEAR. HAVE TO PULL CAR OVER AND RESTART. CAR TAKEN REPEATEDLY TO REPAIR AND NO PROBLEMS COULD BE FOUND. FINALLY LOOKED UP RECALLS ON INSURANCE COMPANY'S WEB SITE AND SAW RECALL FOR ENGINE SWITCH. TOOK CAR TO DEALER TO REPAIR AND EGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. STALL HAPPENED AGAIN. CALLED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS INFORMED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON CARS IN MY VIN SEQUENCE. SAID I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER AGAIN FOR REPAIR. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO TELL ME WHY THE CAR KEEPS STALLING. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN I'M DRIVING IN 5TH GEAR AT 50+ SPEEDS. SITUATION IS SCARY BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDING TRAFFIC AROUND ME. NOT SURE WHAT ELSE I CAN DO. DT

CONSUMER STATES WHEN STEP ON ACCELERATION PEDEL IT STICKS CAUSING THE TO SURGE FORWARD. TS

SIMILAR EXPERIENCE FOUND IN INTERNET RE: HONDA CRV CAR DIES/STALLS FOR NO APPARENT REASON; NO OTHER INDICATION THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS WRONG. WHEN CLUTCH IS PUSHED IN AND/OR CAR PLACED IN NEUTRAL; ENGINE JUST DIES. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAD THE RECALLED IGNITION SWITCH REPAIRED AND FEW MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *MR

AFTER RETURING TO MY PARKED CAR, I PUT THE KEY IN AND TURNED THE KEY, NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT ON AND THE ENGINE DID NOT CRANK. I TURNED IT BACK TO THE OFF POSITION, TURNED OFF THE VENT BLOWER AND TRIED AGAIN. THEN IT STARTED JUST FINE. ANOTHER TIME I WAITED 30 SECONDS AND IT STARTED AFTER FAILING THE FIRST TIME. HONDA SAYS (9/30/2002) MY CAR ISN'T INCLUDED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. IT WOULDN'T FAIL FOR THE DEALER. RIGHT NOW, I'M GUESSING THAT I DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING WITH WITH THE BLOWER SWITCH, JUST RETRYING THE IGNITION SEEMS LIKE IT WILL WORK. WE'LL SEE WHEN IT OCCURS AGAIN. MR