2005 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. CONSUMER STATES SUDDEN ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE MADE A LEFT TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND WAS PREPARING TO IMMEDIATELY TURN RIGHT INTO AN AVAILABLE PARKING SPOT SLOWLY WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. APPLYING THE BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO GUIDE THE VEHICLE INTO THE SPOT, AVOIDING BOTH A REDWOOD TREE TO THE LEFT AND A ROCK POND TO THE RIGHT, AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE BEYOND THE END PARKING SPOT, BY LANDING ON TOP OF A BOULDER AND RUNNING INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE, IN WHICH THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE WHEELS WERE SPINNING. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS LIFTED OFF THE GROUND BY THE BOULDER. AS SHE BEGAN THE RIGHT TURN INTO THE PARKING SPACE, THE CONSUMER THEN NOTICED SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, WHICH STOPPED THE FORWARD MOTION OF THE WHEELS. *JB

2005 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED IT WAS COMMON WITH HIS MODEL VEHICLE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA CIVIC EX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO PRIOR ISSUES WITH THE AIR BAGS. TWO PEOPLE WERE REPORTED INJURED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS TO THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,600. UPDATED 12/19/11

MY TRANSMISSION LOCKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE TRANSMISSION/ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE THE GEAR TO PARK IT MADE AN AWFUL WHINING NOISE. IT WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO. HAD TO CALL THE POLICE, WHO STOOD BY MOVING TRAFFIC UNTIL A TOW TRUCK CAME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HIM AT A HEAD-ON ANGLE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BUT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID. THE DRIVER WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND TWO PEOPLE IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE MODERATELY INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION REPORT WAS ALSO AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2005. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HAS SINCE REMAINED ON. TOOK CAR TO AUTOZONE FOR COMPUTER ASSESSMENT AND WAS REPORTED THAT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE OXYGEN SENSORS ATTACHED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP REPORTED AN ISSUE WITH THE SOFTWARE. UPDATE IS AVAILABLE, HOWEVER THEY ARE ISSUING A CHARGE OF $70.00 TO UPDATE AND THEREFORE FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

COMPONENT 1 IMA (HYBRID) BATTERY ASSEMBLY FAILURE, NOT CHARGING PROPERLY COMPONENT 2 CVT TRANSMISSION, 'START CLUTCH' SLIPPING & GRINDING WHEN STARTING UP FROM A STOP

THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF MY 2005 HONDA CIVIC HATCHBACK MOVED FORWARD AND ROCKED WITHIN 1 YEAR OF BUYING IT NEW. THE DEALER KEPT SAYING THE MOVEMENT WAS NORMAL. EVENTUALLY, THE BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED AND THE FITTINGS TIGHTENED AND THIS REDUCED SOME OF THE MOVEMENT. THE BACK OF THE SEAT STILL MOVES FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A GENTLE STOP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND THE CONTACT COULD NOT REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SLIDING MECHANISM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.