2012 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER DOOR AIRBAG KEEPS TURNING ON WHEN TOUCHED OR WHEN LEANED ON IT

WHEN YOU BUY A NEW CAR YOU DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, WELL THAT WASN'T THE CASE WITH ME. 1. WATER WAS LEAKING IN THE MOON ROOF ALL THE RUBBER HAD TO BE REPLACED 2. SO MUCH RUST BECAUSE OF LEAK 3. HEATING SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED WHEN YOU TURNED IT ON WOULD MAKE SUCH A LOUD NOISE IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. DEALERSHIP SAID NEEDED A PART SPENT ALMOST A DAY AND THEN SAID NEED ANOTHER PART ,, CANT BELIEVE A NEW CAR NEEDS NEW PARTS. 4. TIRE SENSOR LIGHT KEPT COMING ON . 5.KEYS WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE EGNITION . 6. RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDOW WOULD RATTLE BETWEEN THE DASHBOARD AND WINDOW, TOP OF VISOR.. 7.NEEDED NEW BATTERY 8. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. 9 SPENT MORE TIME GOING BACK AND FORTH TO DEALERSHIP WHICH I SHOULD HAVE NOT HAD TO DO THIS. 10. TOLD THE DEALERSHIP CAR MAKES A THUMBING NOISE WHEN YOU GO OVER A BUMP.WAS TOLD A DEFECTIVE RIGHT REAR SHOCK CAUSING THE THUMBING NOISE . 11. HAD TO REPLACE LIGHT BULB ON RIGHT SIDE. 12.SHOULD NOT , HAD ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH A NEW CAR...

BATTERY WILL NOT CHARGE, ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY ISSUES. DOES NOT WANT TO CHARGE THE BATTERY MOST OF THE TIMES. THIS ECCO MODE AND CHARGING SYSTEM, MUST BE THE ISSUE. I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, LICENSED.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE WITH TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. I STOPPED IN A PARKING LOT TO RUN AN ERRAND AND WHEN I CAME BACK AND STARTED THE VEHICLE 2012 HONDA CIVIC THE CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I DROVE IT TO A SHOP THINKING LIKE THE OLDER CARS THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS AN INTERNAL SYSTEM NOW AND I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT THE DEALER. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED AS NORMAL. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A GRADE ON A HIGHWAY ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE CHECK POWER STEERING SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST THE POWER STEERING. IT TOOK EVERYTHING I HAD TO HOLD THE WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS TO MANEUVER THE CURVES. I SLOWED MY SPEED AND DROVE HOME. IT WAS LATE AND ALL SERVICE PLACES WERE CLOSED. THE NEXT MORNING THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND I STILL HAD NO POWER STEERING. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND I COULD NOT GET AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL A WEEK LATER. I THINK THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD SINCE IT HAPPENS WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AND YOU LOSE STEERING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED AND DEACTIVATED WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYED "AIR BAG SYSTEM". THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000. .......UPDATED 12/08/15 *BF... THE CONSUMER STATED THE WEIGH OF THE PERSON IS ABOUT 125LBS AND THE AIRBAG GOES OFF....UPDATED 05/15/18*JB

THE CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC DUE TO RODENT DAMAGED WIRES AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DAMAGED WIRES WERE HIDDEN, OUT OF SIGHT, IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, UNDER THE AIR FILTER HOUSING. THE DAMAGE SEEMED TO BE WHERE THE WIRES WERE EXPOSED NEAR A CONNECTOR (NOT COVERED BY BLACK PLASTIC PROTECTIVE SHEATH). THE ENGINE ROOM WIRING HARNESS P/N# 32200-TR0-A00 WAS REPLACED BY HONDA TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE SPEED IS JUST A BEST GUESS AS I WAS RIDING THE BRAKE PEDAL IN TRAFFIC AND NOTICED THAT MY DASH WAS LIT UP WITH ERROR CODES AND THE ENGINE WENT SILENT. I AM POSTING THIS HERE BECAUSE THE INTERNET IS FULL OF RODENT DAMAGED WIRE CASES AND SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THE CAUSE IS THE MATERIAL BEING USED IN TODAY'S AUTOMOBILE WIRE INSULATION. THERE ARE COMMENTS THAT SOY AND PLANT BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIALS ARE BEING USED INSTEAD OF PETROLEUM BASED PLASTICS, WHICH MIGHT ATTRACT RODENTS (OR MAYBE JUST EASIER TO CHEW THROUGH?). CAR MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY HAVE SWITCHED TO SOMETHING THAT ATTRACTS RODENTS OR IS MUCH EASIER TO DAMAGE BY RODENTS. CAR MANUFACTURERS SHOULD DESIGN RODENT PROOF WIRING AND NOT LEAVE WIRES EXPOSED AND UNPROTECTED NEAR CONNECTORS. IF RODENT DAMAGE CAUSES A CAR TO STALL AT THE WRONG TIME OR LOSES AN IMPORTANT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPONENT, SUCH AS LIGHTS AT NIGHT, OR ELECTRIC STEERING, IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. MANY OTHER CAR COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO HONDA FINDING THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF MY CAR'S PROBLEM. PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT RODENT DAMAGE IS COVERED BY YOUR AUTO INSURANCE, "COMPREHENSIVE" COVERAGE, WHICH MOST PEOPLE THINK OF AS COLLISION AND "COMP.", BUT IS SUBJECT TO YOUR COMP'S DEDUCTIBLE. RODENT DAMAGED WIRES CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR IF THEY HAVE TO REPLACE AN ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS INSTEAD OF JUST SPLICING SOME DAMAGED WIRES (IN MY CASE WAS $APPROX $1,700 TOTAL).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE PARKING, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000.

CAR SEATS ARE EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE. ABSOLUTELY NO BACK SUPPORT AND HEAD REST IS WAY TOO FORWARD, CAUSING AN ARCH OF YOUR BACK. I HAVE A DAILY COMMUTE TO WORK OF 120 MILES AND EVERY DAY I FEEL LIKE MY BACK NEEDS TO RE-ALIGNED. I HAVE A MONTHLY COST OF $340 FOR CAR PAYMENT AND $50-$80 OF BODY RE-ALIGNMENT. MANUFACTURE SHOULD HAVE A DISCLAIMER ON THESE VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, A LOUD NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

WAS FOLLOWING 2 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND A TRUCK WHEN A DRIVER FROM THE ONCOMING SIDE OF TRAFFIC FELL ASLEEP AND ROLLED INTO MEDIAN THREATENING TO CONTINUE ROLLING ONTO OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRUCK AHEAD OF ME SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND IN TURN I SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AHEAD OF ME. ABS BRAKES DID NOT PUMP AND WORK AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. CAR WRITTEN UP AS TOTALED BY GEICO.