2005 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION STARTED "JUDDERING" (SLIPPING FROM START) EARLY ON AT AROUND 30K MILES. THE FLUID WAS THEN CHANGED AND IT WOULD BE FINE UNTIL AROUND 60K WHEN IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. WHEN THE CAR IS COLD, THE OCCURRENCE SEEM TO LESS THAN WHEN IT'S DRIVEN AFTER A FEW MILES. THE CAR NOW HAS 95K ON IT, AND THE SLIPPAGE AND JUDDERING" IS NOW MORE PRONOUNCED AND LOUDER SPECIALLY ON INCLINES, UP OR DOWN. *TR

ONCOMING DRIVER CROSSED CENTER LINE MAKING A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF HONDA DRIVER. HONDA STRUCK PASSENGER SIDE OF TURNING VEHICLE. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HOWEVER, THE DIVER SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR RUPTURED AND PROPELLED A ONE-INCH PIECE OF SHRAPNEL INTO THE DRIVER'S RIGHT EYE. LOSS OF SIGHT AND SEVERE LACERATIONS TO NOSE REQUIRING 100 STITCHES. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGNS 08V593, 09V259 OR 11V260. THE HONDA WAS BOUGHT USED. INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY LEGAL COUNSEL FOR INJURED HONDA DRIVER. *BF *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE SWITCH SENSOR IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HAD FAILED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,300. *TT

CRANKED CAR WENT TO WORK GOT BACK IN CAR IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN HAD A COUPLE OF TIMES GIVE ME A FIT SAME SYMPTOMS AS ALL THE OTHER RECALLS. *TR

PAINT IS PEELING AWAY ON THE CAR FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE HONDA'S WITH SAME ISSUE. *TR

MY CAR HAS WHAT HONDA CALLS A SLIP AND JUDDER THAT OCCURS FROM TRANSMISSION FAILURE UPON ACCELERATION FROM STOP. HONDA ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE FIRST GENERATION MODELS OF THE CIVIC HYBRID ('03-'05) IN JAPAN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, BUT ONLY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ONE'S IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FIX THAT HONDA RECOMMENDS WILL NOT ACTUALLY REMEDIATE THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THEY RECOMMEND BURNISHING THE STARTER CLUTCH AND CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. INDEPENDENT MECHANICS HAVE RECOMMENDED A NEW STARTER CLUTCH AND NEW BEARINGS, AN OBVIOUSLY MORE EXPENSIVE FIX. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT HONDA CHOSE TO USE A CVT THAT CANNOT HANDLE THE LOAD OF MORE THAN ONE PASSENGER IN A CAR ACCELERATING ON A FLAT OR DECLINE ROAD. THE CVT FAILS WHEN THE LOAD ON THE TRANSMISSION IS EXACERBATED BY MORE THAN ONE PASSENGER AND UPHILL DRIVING. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAN BE DANGEROUS ACCELERATING ON AN ONRAMP TO A HIGHWAY, AS IN MY CASE. COMPLAINTS OF THE CVT ISSUE WERE NOT HARD TO COME ACROSS ON AUTOMOTIVE RELATED WEBSITES. SOME OF THE COMPLAINANTS HAD ISSUES AT 100,000 MILES, OTHERS AT ONLY 20,000. THE NHTSA SHOULD EXAMINE THIS ISSUE FURTHER FOR THE SAFETY OF FIRST GENERATION HONDA CIVIC HYBRID OWNERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR COULD NOT BE LOCKED ELECTRONICALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE FRONT DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE DOORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000. *TR

ON 26 FEBRUARY 2013, HONDA OF POWAY, CA PERFORMED CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (DMV) MANDATED SERVICE #R83 REQUIRED TO REGISTER MY CAR FOR THE 2013 YEAR. THE MANDATED SERVICE WAS A SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR MY VEHICLE'S IMA BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN DIRECTLY HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES. ON 28 FEBRUARY 2013, I HAD DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES WHEN THE IMA AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. I CONTACTED HONDA OF POWAY THAT SAME MORNING AND WAS INFORMED BY COLLIN AT THE SERVICE DESK THAT MY IMA BATTERY HAD EITHER FAILED OR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING AND THAT THE IMA FAILURE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD PERFORMED TWO DAYS PRIOR. MY VEHICLE IS AN ULTRA-LOW EMISSIONS VEHICLE (ULEV), IT IS APPARENTLY NOT COVERED UNDER THE CALIFORNIA EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 10 YEARS/150,000 MILES. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO MINE, INCLUDING ONE COMPLAINT PREVIOUSLY FILED WITH THE NHTSA. I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THIS NOT BEING A WARRANTY ISSUE AND AM FORMALLY SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT AGAINST HONDA FOR A WELL-KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESOLVE. *TR

VEHICLE BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND OVER HEATED. PROBLEM BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, AND I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY RICK MARICHETTI AUTO THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THE HONDA CIVIC EX 1.7 LITER ENGINE, AND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IS A MULTILAYER HEAD GASKET THAT HONDA USES. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED, AND HONDA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL NEW HEAD GASKETS THAT ARE NOT MULTILAYER. IN MY CASE, THE HEAD GASKET CREATED A SERIOUS ROAD HAZARD AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE TO PULL OVER. AND THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WITH LITTLE NOTICE AT APPROXIMATELY 4300 FEET, WITH SNOW AND FREEZING COLD WEATHER. I HAD TO PAY ALMOST $800 TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED, WITH NO GUARANTY THE PROBLEM WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. HONDA SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THE HEAD GASKETS A LONG TIME AGO. *TR

2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE AND SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS AND AN INVESTIGATION OF DEALERSHIP. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THREE DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT STARTING SHAKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY ROTATED THE TIRES AND INSULATED THE PILLAR. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL SHAKING. THE DEALER PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE. THE FOLLOWING MONTH, AS THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, ALL OF THE OIL LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT HAD TO BE TOWED THE DEALER, WHERE THEY OIL PAN WAS REPLACED, DUE TO IT BEING STRIPPED OUT. THE AC COMPRESSOR CLUTCH WAS REPLACED.