2003 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC VIN #[XXX] PURCHASED NEW IN 2003., NOW HAVE 79,449 ODOMETER READING. SINCE I GOT IT, SOMETIMES WHEN I INSERT THE IGNITION KEY TO START THE CAR THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN TO STARTING POSITIION IT JUST STUCKED IN THE KEYHOLE. I REMOVE THE KEY AND TRY TO SHAKE AND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND/OR STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL, THEN REINSERT THE KEY TO START THE CAR. SOMTIMES IT START , AT TIMES IT TAKES 2-4 TIMES THEN THE KEY TURNS TO START THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS OCASSIONALLY BUT LATELY MORE FREQUENTLY ABOUT 80% EVERY TIME . I READ IN THE OCTOBER 2010 CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE THAT THERE IS A RECALL OF 2003-04 HONDA ACCORD, CIVIC AND ELEMENT WITH THE PROBLEM THAT THE INTERLOCK LEVER OF THE IGNITION SWITCH MIGHT DEFORM INTERFERING WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I CALLED DICK HANNAH HONDA WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THIS RECALL. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE LIST OF RECALLED 2003 CIVICS AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE THIS SAFETY PROBLEMTO YOUR OFFICE THAT MY VEHICLE HAVE THIS "IGNITION SWITCH" PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE KEY WILL NOT GO INTO THE DOOR LOCK CYLINDER, OR IF IT GOES IN, IT WILL NOT TURN. HONDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM - 03-068 BUT DOES NOT FIX THEM FOR FREE UNLESS YOU ARE UNDER WARRANTY. CARS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND DOOR FIXED FOR FREE. *TR

CAN NOT LOCK/UNLOCK DRIVER SIDE DOOR USING KEY. OTHER HONDA OWNER IS COMPLAINING AS WELL. HONDA DEALER WANT TO CHARGE TO REPLACE ACTUATOR WHEN THEY ARE FACULTY AND NEED TO BE RECALLED AND REPLACED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FOR MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID IS FAILING. IT'S NOW AT ABOUT 170,000 BUT THE PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING HAVE BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THE PROBLEMS HAVE TO DO WITH BUCKING ON ACCELERATION, JUDDERING ON ACCELERATION, AND THE CAR MOVING IN REVERSE WHEN THE GEAR IS IN DRIVE AND NOW A NOISE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. I PURCHASED THIS CARE NEW IN 2003 AND HAVE BEEN TAKING IT IN FOR SERVICE EVERY 10K MI. THIS IS MY FIRST CAR SO I THOUGHT THE "BUCKING", JUDDERING AND "REVERSING WHILE IN DRIVE" WAS BY DESIGN, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL YEARS LATER THAT I GOOGLED MY CAR AND NOTICED OTHER PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. JUST GOOGLE "CIVIC HYBRID TRANSMISSION". I'M NOW FACED WITH PAYING ALMOST 4000 TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION. INTERESTINGLY, THERE HAVE BEEN TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS FOR OTHER HONDA PRODUCTS OF THE SAME YEAR (ACURA TL, HONDA ACCORD). I REALLY THINK THERE'S A FLAW IN TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS OF AT LEAST SOME HONDA MODELS FROM THE 2002-2006 PRODUCTION YEAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC. WHEN THE KEY WAS PLACED INTO THE IGNITION HE NOTICE THAT IT WOULD NOT TURN. HE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE SEVERAL TIMES BUT EVENTUALLY THE KEY TURNED. ON AUGUST 31, 2010 THE IGNITION FAILED; YET, THE KEY NO LONGER TURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 76,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF HER VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS SITTING IDLE WHICH RESULTED IN A FIVE VEHICLE CRASH. THE VEHICLE THAT CRASHED INTO HER WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER WERE INJURED AND SUSTAINED BRUISES, ABRASIONS AND HEAD INJURIES. THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEYS WOULD COME OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTED IN THE PARK POSITION. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED IN DRIVE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180000.

THE AIR CONDITIONER ON MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC SI STOPPED WORKING SUDDENLY AFTER A LOUD BREAKING SOUND CAME OUT OF THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THE DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE COMPRESSOR EXPLODED AND CAUSED METAL SHAVING TO GO INTO THE ENTIRE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE TOTALLY REPLACED. THE ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK IS $2600.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY LUNGE FORWARD. THE DEALER BURNISHED THE CLUTCH AND THE FAILURE WAS RESOLVED. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER MADE THE EXACT SAME REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE DEALER THEN ADVISED REPLACING THE CLUTCH. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THEY WOULD TAKE THE LIABILITY FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE REPAIR COSTS BUT THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 64,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

ON GOING PROBLEM WITH SRS LIGHT ON AT 102,000 MILES,HONDA REPLACED FRONT SHOULDER BELT/RETRACTOR TENSIONER AT 103,375 MILES. SRS LIGHT ON AT 107,948 MILES FAILED DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT TENSIONER, REPLACED BY HONDA. AT 121,223 SRS LIGHT ON AGAIN THIS TIME NOT SEATBELT TENSIONER. I WAS TOLD THIS IS AN AIRBAG PROBLEM AND THE STARTING COST IS $800. I WAS TOLD THE SEATBELT WILL HOLD IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY AND THIS NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. I CAN'T AFFORD THE REPAIR COST INVOLVED. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DRIVE AROUND IN A SMALL VEHICLE WITHOUT AIRBAGS, BUT NO OPTION. *TR