2015 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

TODAY I WENT UNDER THE HOOD BECAUSE MY CAR BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION ON THE WAY TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AS MY CAR WAS ACTING STRANGE. IT WASNT ACCELERATING AS NORMAL AND DIDNT FEEL LIKE IT WAS SWITCHING GEARS. UNDER THE HOOD I DISCOVERED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FILL CAP WAS COMPLETELY MISSING. IVE READ ONLINE OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND IT WAS ADVISED TO FILE THIS REPORT.

MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THERE WAS A RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED BUT MY CAR WASN'T INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY FOR THE 2015 MODELS MANUFACTURED BEFORE NOVEMBER 2014. BUT IT WAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS I LOST ACCELERATION AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. I ONLY HAD LITTLE BIT OVER 90000 MILES ON THE CAR. I DID REACH OUT TO HONDA BUT ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND MY CAR WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND I NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND EVEN IT'S THE SAME ISSUE AS RECALL THEY COULD NOT PROMISE ME THEY WOULD GET IT FIXED FOR ME. I DO NOT EXPECT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT BUT I WANT THIS TO BE LOOKED INTO SO OTHER PEOPLE WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING AS I DID. I WAS STUCK ON HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT AND HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS CASE. I WAS ON I-77 (CHARLOTTE NC)DRIVING HOME AND THE CAR STOPPED I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE WITHOUT GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. I BARELY MADE IT. AND FOR HONDA, NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO PAY TO GO TO THE DEALERS TO GET THEIR CAR LOOKED AT. I'M UPLOADING THE ESTIMATE BUT THE COST IS LITTLE BIT HIGHER DUE TO ADDING 2 YEAR WARRANTY. IT CAME OUT TO BE AROUND $2800.

NOTICED THE CVT TRANSMISSION FILL PLUG LAYING ON TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION. PUT THE CVT FILL PLUG BACK IN AND DROVE 30 MIN TO DESTINATION. PARKED AT DESTINATION AND CHECKED FILL PLUG TO SEE IT LAYING ON TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. I SUSPECT THE CVT TRANSMISSION IS BUILDING PRESSURE AND BLOWING THE FILL PLUG OUT, ALLOWING CONTAMINANTS TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION AND RUIN IT.

AT AROUND 130K MILES, AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. GOES ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY. BEEN DOING THIS OVER 2 MONTHS. HAPPENS ANYTIME FROM WHEN STARTING THE CAR, TO DRIVING, STATIONARY, TURNING, ANYWHERE.

AIRBAG LIGHT INTERMITANTLY COMES ON FOR PAST TWO YEARS. ISSUE STARTED AT 50,000 MILES. DEALER SAID IT IS A CLOCK SPRING OR AIRBAG ISSUE WITH A $1400 REPAIR COST.

FOUND A PLUG SITTING ON TOP OF MY TRANSMISSION WHILE CHECKING MY ENGINE OIL, WIPER FLUID, ETC. THE HOLE IT CAME OUT OF IS SURROUNDED IN FLUID. I WAS PARKED IN A WALMART PARKING LOT IN MIDDAY WHEN I FOUND IT. DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN OUT.

WE BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND PAINT HAS BEEN CHIPPING AND PEELING AFTER THE 3RD YEAR WE OWNED THE VEHICLE AND IT'S GOTTEN WORSE AND THE DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE HAVE ALSO TRIED HONDA'S CORPORATE OFFICE.

COMPLAINT TO NHTSA REF. 2015 HONDA CIVIC-EX (VIN: [XXX]) PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR REFERENCED VEHICLE CONTAINS A DESIGN FLAW AND PRODUCT DEFECT. THE CAR WAS NOT STARTING DUE TO A MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIANS AT A HONDA CERTIFIED DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A PRODUCT DEFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR HANDLE TOUCH SENSOR. ACCORDING TO AN ADVISOR AT HONDA OF ESCONDIDO (CALIFORNIA), THE DOOR HANDLE SENSOR FAILURE CONSTITUTED BOTH A HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MALFUNCTION. THE ADVISOR INDICATED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT HE HAS NOT SEEN THIS PHENOMENON OCCUR WITH RESPECT TO A HONDA CIVIC DURING HIS MANY YEARS AT HONDA OF ESCONDIDO. IT APPEARS THAT THE AMOUNT OF CURRENT (AMP) DRAW WAS THE MAIN CULPRIT IN DEPLETING THE BATTERY?S POWER CAPACITY AND DEGRADING IT TO A POINT THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT START AS A RESULT OF THE PRODUCT DEFECT. IT ALSO CAUSED THE VSA (I.E., THE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST) SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION AND BEHAVE ERRATICALLY AS WELL. IN OUR ASSESSMENT, THIS SITUATION CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC INTEREST CONSIDERATION AS THE SAFETY, WELL-BEING AND WELFARE OF EVERY OWNER IS AT RISK WHEN DRIVING THE SAME 2015 HONDA CIVIC MODEL. IN OUR JUDGMENT, A RECALL IS REQUIRED TO PREVENT SEVERE ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING AND TO PRECLUDE THIS HIGHLY RISKY AND DANGEROUS SAFETY SITUATION FROM RECURRING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE NECESSARY CORRECTION ACTION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2020, MY AIRBAG SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN SPORADICALLY COMING ON AS I WAS DRIVING. I ATTRIBUTED SIMPLY TO PUTTING A HEAVY ITEM IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, I.E., A PURSE. THEN, WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEK, STARTING AROUND NOVEMBER, IT CAME ON MORE OFTEN, EVERYTIME I DROVE. G DEALER DIAGNOSED IT TODAY AS NEEDING AN AIRBAG ASSEMBLY KIT DUE TO CODE B0001 13. THE DEALER INDICATES IT WILL COST $1,433.86. PLUS, I WASCHARGES $120.00 FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. AMERICAN HONDA CO. REFUSES TO HELP ME WITH THE COST. I HAVE NO OTHER TRANSPORTATION AND AM A RETIRED SENIOR CITIZEN. *JS

I WAS DRIVING ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY AND HAD SLOWED DOWN WITH HAZARDS ON WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED MOVING ABOUT 7 MPH. I SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES INCLUDING A GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND 2 BRAIN BLEEDS BECAUSE I BOUNCED MY HEAD OFF THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS MY PASSENGER HITTING HER HEAD ON THE DASH AND CAUSING HER TO BLACKOUT BECAUSE THE CAR AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF WHEN WE GOT HIT BY SOMEONE DRIVING 65 MPH. THE CAR HAD BEEN HIT SO HARD IT GOT HIT INTO A BUSH CAUSING FRONTAL DAMAGE TO AND SEVERE REAR DRIVER DAMAGE.