2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

2001 Honda Civic stopped moving in the middle of the road. While in the middle of driving vehicle lost power but remained running. A whining noise was observed which turned out to be the transmission pump. The vehicle would not go into forward or reverse and I was left stranded in the middle of the highway. Vehicle was transported to the closest repair shop and was diagnosed with a failed transmission. A TSB was issued for these transmissions but no recall. Due to no recall being issued despite Honda knowing these transmissions were built with bad clutches that were known to fail which is the reason they issued the tech service bulletin, many transmissions in these car are still defective and can lead to someone being unable to move out of traffic and get into a collision.

PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL PART OF THE IGNITION, CAUSING MY CAR TO CUT OFF, OR IT LEAVES ME AND MY KIDS STRANDED!!! EVEN THE SRS LIGHT IS ON, AND WHEN I LOOKED UP THE RECALL INFORMATION, THERES RECALLS ON BOTH AND THE DEALERSHIP IS DECLINING TO SERVICE MY VEHICLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFTEY ISSUE, I CANT AFFORD TO PUT MY KIDS LIFE IN JEOPARDY, NOR CAN I AFFORD ANOTHER CAR RIGHT NOW. PLEASE HELP ME !!!

SEAT BELTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FASTEN. IT TAKES SEVERAL QUICK JABS WITH THE BELT INTO THE RECEIVER TO GET BELT TO LOCK IN PLACE SO BELT IS ENGAGED. OTHERWISE BELT CANNOT BE WORN VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THIS ALL STARTED AS SOON AS I RECEIVED OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE IN ABOUT 2007.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT CHANNEL BUT HERE GOES... I'VE CALLED TO GET MY RECALL FIXED AND NOBODY EVER WANTS TO CALL ME BACK TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT EVEN. I TRIED THE NUMBER WHERE YOU TEXT THE RECALL COORDINATORS? BUT THEY REPLIED THE NEXT DAY AND ONLY WAITED 10 MINS. POHANKA HONDA OF SALISBURY DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO SCHEDULE THIS RECALL. I TRIED WITH THEM A FEW YEARS AGO BUT AGAIN NO RESPONSE. WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET THE COMMON COURTESY OF A CALLBACK OR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS MAKING AN APPOINTMENT? THIS IS WHY I QUIT ATTEMPTING TO GET THIS RECALL FIXED SOME YEARS AGO, BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER A PRIORITY APPARENTLY. NOW THAT I'M ATTEMPTING TO SELL THE VEHICLE I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT POHANKA, SO THAT I CAN MOVE ON. I'M VERY DISPLEASED WITH BEING PLACATED ABOUT "PARTS AVAILABILITY" OR "JUST WAIT FOR A CALL BACK" WHEN WAITING FOR A COURTEOUS REPLY IS ALL I NEED. BOTTOM LINE: I CAN'T GET MY AIRBAG RECALL DONE AT POHANKA HONDA OF SALISBURY IF THEY WON'T EVER REACH BACK OUT TO ME. I ATTEMPTED A FOLLOWUP QUESTION TOADAY AND WAS GIVEN A RUNAROUND PHONE NUMBER. WHY WOULD I GIVE YOU ALL OF MY VIN AND RECALL NUMBERS AND THEN HEAR NOTHING AGAIN? I'M EXTRAORDINARILY UPSET ABOUT BEING RELEGATED TO THE BACK OF THE LIST EVERY TIME. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT NOBODY I'VE SPOKEN TO GIVES A [XXX] ABOUT GETTING THIS DONE BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. HOPING THIS ACTUALLY MERITS A RESPONSE BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO WASH MY HANDS OF THIS WHOLE RECALL DUE TO THE ABYSMAL HANDLING OF SUCH A SIMPLE TASK. THEN IT CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE NEW OWNER BECAUSE THESE DEALERS DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO ANY "FREE" WORK IT SEEMS. DISAPPOINTED, UPSET AND WOULD RATHER DRIVE A DEATHTRAP THAN DEAL WITH ANY OF THESE USELESS REPRESENTATIVES. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

MY CAR SMELLS STRONGLY OF GAS. HUNTING FOR THE CAUSE I NOTICED GAS COMING FROM A HOLE UNDER THE CAR ABOUT RIGHT WHERE THE FUEL PUMP IS LOCATED IN THE BACK SEAT. AFTER REMOVING THE BACK SEAT I NOTICED THE FUEL PUMP IS PRETTY MUCH SITTING IN A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE. YOU CAN SEE A SLOW MOVEMENT OF GASOLINE COMING OFF THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY BEING THAT WE ARE SMOKERS.

NOT INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT. BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED AND TITLE WAS SALVAGED. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED PRIOR TO PURCHASE. I TOOK THE CAR INTO HOBDA TO SEE ABOUT THIS RECALL AND WANTED THEM TO REOLACE THE AIRBAGS. THEY DID JOT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE DEPLOYED ALREADY.

WHEN I TURN OUR HIT A BUMP IT POPS AND FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO FALL APART WHEN I DRIVE AS WELL AS MAKES THE CAR HARD TO STEER AND THE CAR TRYS TO TURN OFF

MY CAR HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY RECALL OVER RECENT YEARS. NOW I HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL TO REPAIR THE SAME UNIT THAT RECALLED AND REPAIRED BARELY A MONTH AGO. HONDA IS ENDANGERING ITS CUSTOMERS WITH REPEATED FAILED RECALLS AND SHOULD BE SANCTIONED SEVERELY.

WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN IT PARKED IT SMELLING FUEL IT COMES NEAR FROM FILLER NECK,I THOUGHT IT WERE THE FUEL CAP BUT NOTHING CHANGE AFTER REPLACED FOR A NEW CAP (NO CODES AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON )AND DRIVER SEAT BELT SOMETIMES IT STUCKS AND BUCKLE WON'T CLICKS EASILY (2 TIMES WHILE DRIVING SEATBELT UNCLIP BY IT SELF) I CHECKED MY VIN NUMBER FOR ANY RECALLS BUT I DIDN'T FIND ANY RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT'S SON OWNED A 2001 HONDA CIVIC COUPE. THE CONTACT'S SON WAS THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER SON'S FRIEND WAS DRIVING 80 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE CONTACT'S SON WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A FRACTURED COLLARBONE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED AND THE CONTACT'S SON WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED FOUR HOURS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE POLICE TO A LOT WHERE IT WAS SOLD TO AN AUCTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V268000 (AIR BAGS), 15V370000 (AIR BAGS), AND 19V501000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 233,000.