2005 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

COOLANT KEEPS LEAKING. WENT ONLINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. MY MECHANIC CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM NEITHER CAN ANY OF THE OTHER OWNERS ONLINE MECHANICS. REPLACED THE RADIATOR AND CAP, WATER PUMP, HEAD GASKET, ETC... BUT IT STILL LEAKS. CAN YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THERE'S NO BULLETIN NUMBER IN YOUR DATABASE FOR THE 2005 HONDA CIVIC COOLING SYSTEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A NICE DAY. *TR *KB

MULTIPLE FAILURES OF THE CONTINOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSION DEALERSHIP JUST CHANGES TRANSMISSION FLUID UNTIL NOW, SINCE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY NOW RECOMMEND A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. *TR

I RECEIVED A RECALL UPDATE FROM HONDA ON MY 2005 CIVIC HYBRID. THEY PERFORMED THE UPDATE THEN MY HYBRID BATTER DIED AND MY CAR WOULD NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. WHILE DRIVING, MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIM GREATLY AND MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD SHOULD DOWN. MY CAR WOULD ALSO SURGE FORWARD WHEN THE TACHOMETER WOULD RACE UP AND DOWN BY 500 RPM. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AFTER THEY UPDATE AND THEY ADMITTED THEY'D BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY CARS POST UPDATE. THEY AGREED TO FIX IT. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE CAR BEGAN TO ACT IN THE SAME MANNER. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY ANYTHING THEY HAD DONE THIS TIME AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY $3000 FOR THE REPAIR. MY SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME HE TOTALLY DISAGREED AND THOUGHT THE UPDATE HAD CAUSED THE ISSUE. HE APOLOGIZED FOR ALL OF THE ISSUES AND TOLD ME HE FELT LIKE HONDA WAS NOT DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. *TR

I WOULD DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY AND MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE AND RETURN TO NORMAL. I INVESTIGATED THE MATTER ONLINE AND FOUND OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE THERMOSTAT NEEDING TO BE REPLACED SO I INTENDED TO BUY A NEW ONE. THEN WHEN I WOULD HIT BUMPS IN THE ROAD MY ELECTRONICS WOULD MALFUNCTION. THE RADIO (NOT CD) WOULD TURN OFF. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN IN BACK ON. THEN ON 10/23/2011 I MERGED ONTO THE FREEWAY TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND ACCELERATING NORMALLY. THERE WAS TRAFFIC SO I COULD NOT ACCELERATE VERY FAST. THAT IS WHEN MY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BEGAN TO COMPLETELY FAIL. THE DASH ALARMS WOULD BLINK ON AND OFF, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. THE CAR JERKED FORWARD A FEW TIMES. I FELT CLICKING IN THE PEDDLES AND STEERING COLUMN. AT ONCE ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. I HAD NO GAUGES, NO ELECTRICAL, AND NO POWER OF ANY KIND. THAT'S WHEN I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. I NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE HOOD. THEN IT GREW INTO A FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO ESCAPE THE CABIN OF THE CAR. I COULDN'T EXIT FROM THE DRIVER SIDE BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC. I CLIMBED OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. AT THIS TIME THE FIRE HAD ENGULFED THE ENGINE AREA AND WAS COMING INTO THE CABIN. I EXITED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND RAN FROM THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS BURNING. THE ENTIRE CAR BECAME ENGULFED WITH FIRE. NOTHING WAS LEFT OF IT WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME. IT WAS COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. I'M REALLY AT A LOSS AS TO WHY IT WOULD DO THIS? I TOOK REALLY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR. I HAVE PAPERS THAT PROVE I JUST RECENTLY HAD THE NECESSARY MAINTENANCE ON IT. THIS NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TT

2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID BEGAN JUDDERING WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO BEGAN SLIPPING. HONDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 105,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. HOWEVER, THEY INITIALLY INSIST ON ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH A PROCEDURE CALLED "BURNISHING". THIS PROCEDURE TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY, BUT JUDDERING AND SLIPPING EVENTUALLY COMES BACK. THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT FIX. THE STARTER CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, A MORE EXTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR, BUT THE ONLY REPAIR THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM FOR GOOD. HONDA HAS A KNOWN DEFECT, AND THEY HAVE USED A BAND-AID APPROACH TO THE REPAIR; FORCING CUSTOMERS TO BURNISH THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE THEY WILL REPLACE THE STARTER CLUTCH. CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD BY BURNISHING AND THEN HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO RE-OCCUR. SAFETY IS AN ISSUE HERE AS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND HESITATES WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC. *TR

TRANSMISSION IS JUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I'M ONLY 10,000 MILES OVER THE 105,000 EXTENDED TRANSMISSION WARRANTY (THEY KNOW THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BROKEN), AND I HAVE AN EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE SERVICE RECORD WITH THE DEALER. THEY REFUSE TO WORK WITH ME ON THE ISSUE. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND STARTER CLUTCH, AND THE WARRANTY SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 200,000 MILES. *TT

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 97V140000. COMPONENT: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. DETAILS: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. ROAD GRIT AND GRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS CAN PENETRATE THE RUBBER OF THE LOWER FRONT SPRING MOUNTS AND ACCUMULATE IN THE MOUNTS CAUSING NOTCHES OR PITS TO DEVELOP. THESE NOTCHES CAN DEVELOP CRACKS RESULTING IN BREAKAGE OF A BOTTOM COIL OF THE SPRING. CONSEQUENCE: THE VEHICLES RIDE HEIGHT COULD BE AFFECTED CAUSING NOISE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. THE VEHICLES DYNAMIC STABILITY CAN BE AFFECTED REDUCING THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: DEALERS WILL REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND LOWER SPRING MOUNTS. *KB

2005 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER STATES SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IN WHICH THE SEAT BELT BROKE AND CAUSED HIS CHEST TO STRIKE THE STEERING WHEEL, WHICH LEFT HIM WITH A FRACTURED STERNAL. *JB

CPSC# I1180266A. 2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WAS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *LN THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED A VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED. *JB

2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID: ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDS REPLACING ALONG WITH THE CO2 SENSORS, COST $2000.00. WHAT CAUSES A CAT CONV TO GO BAD? HONDA COULD NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION AND REFUSED TO LOOK INTO ANY SERVICE BULLETINS OR RECALLS. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD, 83045 MILES. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE CLUTCH, REPLACEMENT OF HYBRID BATTERY, SEAT BELTS AND NOW THIS. *TR