2003 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

IF YOU TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL THE CAR STARTS A SEVER DRIFT RIGHT OR LEFT. THE DEALER(CERRITOS HONDA) SAID THAT WE HAD TO GET USED TO IT AND THAT IT HAD A NEW TYPE OF STEERING SYSTEM..ALSO I FOUND OUT THAT HONDA IS HAS A LAWSUIT THAT INFERS THAT HONDA LIED ABOUT ITS GAS MILEAGE IN TOWN... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAMS WERE INOPERABLE AND HAD TO UTILIZE THE HIGH BEAM LIGHT FOR ILLUMINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. . THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 10/12/11*LJ UPDATED 02/24/12 ...UPDATED 03/30/12 *BF

MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON,AS IS MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN HONDA CIVICS. WAS TOLD IT IS THE AIRBAG COMPUTER.ALMOST $1000.THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND HONDA SHOULD RECALL AN FIX THIS ISSUE. I WORK FOR TOYOTA AND THEY HAD TO RECALL ALL THE GAS PEDAL ISSUES. THAT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. I LOVE MY CIVIC BUT IF HONDA IS NOT GOING TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT THAN I WILL NEVER BUY A HONDA AGAIN. SO I HAVE A CAR WITH TWO AIRBAGS AND THEY ARE USELESS.NICE TO KNOW IF I GET IN A WRECK THEY WILL NOT WORK. SO MUCH FOR LOVING MY CIVIC. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMETHING TO GET DONE??? *TR

FRONT END COLLISION IN CLEARWATER FL IN WHICH THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER'S HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD, HE HAS SIGNIFICANT HEAD, NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE VEHICLE, A 2003 HONDA CIVIC IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAR'S SRS LIGHT HAD COME ON APPROX. 1 MONTH BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. A HONDA DEALER REPLACED A PART NEEDED FOR THAT APPROX. 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. *KB

ON MAY 31, 2011 I NEARLY DIED WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 95 BECAUSE ALL ELECTRIC/BATTERY POWER IN MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID CEASED. THE CAR WENT FROM TRAVELING AT 70 MPH TO 0 MHP, WITH SCANT TIME FOR ME TO SAFELY RETREAT TO AN EMERGENCY HIGHWAY SHOULDER. THIS SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY LIFE THREATENING FOR ME AND ALL PERSONS TRAVELING NEAR ME ON INTERSTATE 95. TO AVOID A HIGHWAY COLLISION MARYLAND STATE TROOPERS ASSISTED WITH FLARES AND LIGHTS TO WARN AND REDIRECT TRAFFIC. I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND MY 2003(2004?) HONDA CIVIC HYBRID IS IN OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED AT O?DONNELL HONDA SERVICE CENTER IN CATONSVILLE MARYLAND (O?DONNELL HONDA) REVEALED THE FOLLOWING FAULT CODES: 1435-CHARGE/DISCHARGE BALANCE AND 1570- BATTERY MODULE INDIVIDUAL VOLTAGE INPUT. TO REPAIR MY CIVIC HYBRID, O?DONNELL HONDA SERVICE CENTER COMPLETELY REPLACED THE INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR CONTROL MODULE. A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF CIVIC HYBRID OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED TO AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CORPORATION ABOUT IMA BATTERY PACK REPLACEMENTS, MCM REPLACEMENTS AND EXORBITANT REPLACEMENT COSTS WITH A TREND OF REPLACEMENTS BECOMING NECESSARY AFTER REACHING 100,000 MILES TRAVELED ON THE CAR. (SEE HTTP://CORPORATE.HONDA.COM/PRESS/ARTICLE.ASPX?ID=2003112038200, HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/2003-HCH-BATTERY-T1155.HTML , HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/2003-HCH-BATTERY-T1155.HTML , HTTP://WWW.HYBRIDCARS.COM/FORUMS/CIVIC-HYBRID-BATTERY-IMA-PROBLEMS.HTML, HTTP://WWW.AMID.COM/WERD/HYBRID-WOE-IMA-BATTERY/ ). THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WAS EITHER MANUFACTURED OR DESIGNED WITH DANGEROUS DEFECTS IN THE INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST (IMA) BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR CONTROL MODULE (MCM)AND. THESE CARS SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT MASS CONSUMER AND HIGHWAY SAFETY AWARENESS OF THIS CONDITION. I HAVE INCURRED OVER 1K IN REPLACEMENT COSTS FOR THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. I AM TERRIFIED THAT BATTERY FAILURE WILL OCCUR AGAIN. *TR

HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2003 WITH CVT TRANSMISSION, IT SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES ENTIRE CAR WHEN ACCELERATING SLOWLY. ALSO IN NEUTRAL IT HESITATES GOING IN REVERSE. I AM REQUESTING A RECALL AS I SEE MANY HAVING THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB. HONDA CLAIMS THE CAR HAS NO PROBLEMS AND THAT IS THE ENGINE LURKING FORWARD. *TR

I INSTALLED 4 GOODYEAR INTEGRITY TIRES ON MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. ON 5/17/2011 I DROVE IT ON RAIN GROOVED CONCRETE (US 287) AND WHEN IT HIT THE GROOVED PAVEMENT, IT WENT INTO A VIOLENT SHIMMY. THERE WAS A CROSS WIND BUT THE TIRES PERFORMED NORMALLY ON SMOOTH CONCRETE, ASPHALT, AND IN THE SAME CROSS WIND ON E-W AND N-S HIGHWAYS. WHEN I CAME TO THE RAIN GROOVES I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 60-65 MPH AND I HAD TO SLOW TO LESS THAN 45 MPH TO HAVE ANY SECURE CONTROL OF THE CAR. IT FELT LIKE THE STEERING COLUMN HAD COME LOOSE OR THE WHEELS WERE GOING WILDLY. THE CAR LURCHED 1-2 INCHES LATERALLY WHILE ON THE RAIN GROOVED CONCRETE. I HAD TO CHECK A BOX FOR WHICH TIRE POSITION BUT IT WAS AT ALL TIRE POSITIONS THAT THE CAR WAS SHIMMYING. THIS TIRE IS DEFINITELY NOT A SAFE TIRE ON RAIN-GROOVED CONCRETE HIGHWAYS. *TR

HAVE AN 03 CIVIC HYBRID WITH CVT TRANSMISSION. I GOT IT CERTIFIED USED AT ABOUT 36,000 MILES AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FRESH TRANS FLUID AND I BELIEVE IT DID. THE POWERTRAIN IS WARRANTED TO 100,000 MILES SINCE IT WAS CERTIFIED USED. I AM AT 74,000 NOW. AT ABOUT 66,000, WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DUE FOR IT'S TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE, IT WAS MAKING A SLIPPING/GRINDING SOUND WHEN STARTING OFF, ESPECIALLY ON A HILL. IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN VERY SMOOTH AND QUIET. IT GRADUALLY BECAME A PROBLEM. IT WAS NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT WAS HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT WAS NOT MY IMAGINATION, EXCEPT FOR IT BEING REAL OBVIOUS ON AN INCLINE AND IT WAS GETTING WORSE. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC HEARD THE SOUND, TOO, AND SAID LET'S START WITH THE FLUID CHANGE IT WAS DUE FOR. THE CHANGE MADE IT GREAT AGAIN, BUT ONLY FOR A FEW THOUSAND MILES. WHEN I WENT BACK THEY SAID THEY HAD LEARNED ABOUT A PROCESS CALLED BURNISHING THE TRANSMISSION BAND. I BELIEVE THEY PUT THEIR FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHILE PUTTING ON THE GAS, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF STALLING (I THINK) TO CLEAN UP THE BAND. MINE WOULD BE THE 2ND CAR THEY WOULD DO IT ON. IT ALSO REQUIRES A CHANGE OF FLUID AFTER BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE CRUD FROM THE PARTS AND PUT IT INTO THE FLUID. THEY DID IT FOR FREE SINCE I HAD ALREADY ASKED THEM TO WORK ON THIS PROBLEM, AND I HAD PAID FOR THE FLUID CHANGE TO FIX THE SAME PROBLEM. AGAIN, AFTER THEIR WORK IT WAS NICE AND QUIET AND SMOOTH, BUT ABOUT 3,000 MILES LATER IT IS COMING BACK AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR PROCESS DID ANYTHING, OR IF IT WAS JUST THE FRESH FLUID THAT HELPED LIKE IT DID THE FIRST TIME. I AM CONCERNED REPETITIONS OF THE PROCESS MIGHT DECREASE THE LIFE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE BEST OUTCOME FOR ME WOULD PROBABLY BE A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 99,000 MILES BECAUSE THEN I CAN GET A NEW ONE. ANYBODY HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS? *TR

FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW MY CAR HAS BEEN VIBRATING AND JOLTING WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UPHILL. I TOOK IT IN TO A HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND WAS TOLD THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS TO "BURNISH" IT AND IT SHOULD HELP, ALTHOUGH ONLY TEMPORARILY. THE BURNISHING HELPED ONLY SLIGHTLY, AND BEFORE LONG MY CAR WAS BACK TO VIBRATING AND JOLTING JUST AS BADLY AS BEFORE. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT A HAZARDOUS CONDITION, SO I HAVE JUST LIVED WITH IT FOR AWHILE NOW, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO FIX! IT SEEMS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HONDA SHOULD ADDRESS IF IT IS IN FACT SUCH A COMMON CONDITION AND HAS BEEN ADDRESSED OVERSEAS. PLEASE HELP CONVINCE HONDA TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SRS WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE SENSORS IN THE SEATS WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 87,000.