2009 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

2009 HONDA CIVIC LX - 28,085.00 MILES. FRONT DRIVER'S INSIDE BRAKE PAD WORN DOWN TO 1 MILLIMETER. I NOTICED THE SQUEALING SOUND LAST WEEK AND IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. THE INSIDE PISTON ON THE DRIVER CALIPER IS NOT RECOVERING AFTER BRAKE IS APPLIED THEREFORE CAUSING PAD TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH HONDA ACCORDS BUT AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR HONDA CIVICS AS WELL. HONDA DEALERSHIP SAID BRAKES/TIRES ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY SO THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THEM FOR FREE OR EVEN DISCOUNT THE PRICE AND SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE CIVIC'S BRAKES. *TR

FRONT BRAKES WERE WORN DOWN OVER A VERY SHORT DURATION. THE CAR DID NOT HAVE MANY MILES ON IT, NOR HAD THE CAR BEEN DRIVEN ERRATICALLY, BUT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND ENCOUNTERED A SMALL OBSTACLE IN THE ROAD. THE CONTACT DROVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DISCOVERED THE REAR DRIVER TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. THE RIM WAS ALSO DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE WHERE THEY STATED THE RIM EXHIBITED A THREE TO FOUR INCH GASH THROUGHOUT. THE RIM WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 1/19/2010 *CN UPDATED 01/27/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, HE HEARD A CLANKING NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AXLE EXPLODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 31,000.

I HAVE A 2009 HONDA CIVIC THAT HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF MY VEHICLE IN THE 1 YEAR I HAVE OWNED IT. MY CAR RECENTLY STARTED MAKING A LOUD THUMPING NOISE DRIVEN AT ALL SPEEDS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY FIRST TRIED TO TELL ME THAT MY TIRES WERE WEARING DOWN AND I NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. I SAID WAIT I HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH MY 2008 HONDA AND THE CONTROL ARM WAS RECALLED. THE DEALER KEPT SAYING THAT MY TIRES HAVE UNEVEN WEAR AND CUPPING. WHICH IS THE EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WOULD CAUSE SUCH DRAMATIC WEAR IS SUCH A QUICK TIME. THE DEALER THEN SAID THAT SINCE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER FULL WARRANTY, BUT TECHNICALLY THEY CAN SAY THE CAUSE FOR THE UNEVEN WEAR " CUPPING." IT SOUNDS LIKE A HELICOPTER IS HITTING MY CAR WHEN I DRIVE MY NEW CAR. THIS IS NOT SAFE, AND THIS IS EXCESSIVE FOR NEW VEHICLES AND NOT OWNERS FAULTS. HAZARD FOR ALL. *TR

WE HAVE A 2009 HONDA CIVIC WITH 24,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY WE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A VERY HIGH PITCHED SOUND WHEN THE CAR IS IN REVERSE AND YOU BRAKE. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS PROBABLY BRAKES. WE EXPLAINED WE HAD A 2004 CIVIC AND DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKES FOR 113,000 MILES AND THIS DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. THEN WE WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH HONDA'S BRAKING SYSTEM IN THE 2008-2009 MODELS. *TR

BRAKES FAIL ON ROUGH OR BUMPY ROADS. IT FEELS VERY UNSAFE. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE ROAD IS ROUGH, BUMPY OR IS LINED AS IN NEW PAVING. THE BRAKES WILL NOT STOP CAR APPROPRIATELY. TODAY I WENT 4 FEET PAST THE STOP SIGN ON A NEW LINED ROAD. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2009 HONDA CIVIC ON 09/09. I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED EVERY 6 TO 8K. ON MY THIRD ROTATION (AT 24000) THERE WAS A HUMMING SOUND OCCURRING AT LOW SPEEDS. TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT TIRES HAD UNEVEN WEAR (CUPPING IN A DIAGONAL PATTERN) AND NEEDED NEW TIRES. ACCORDING TO DEALER IT IS NOT HONDA?S FAULT (NEVER IS!!!) , NOTHING WRONG JUST NORMAL WEAR. UNBELIEVABLE!!! NORMAL!!! NEW TIRES PLUS ALIGNMENT $600. *TR

MY 2009 (AUTOMATIC) HONDA CIVIC EX SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL FOUR DURING THE NIGHT. FOR THE FIRST THREE TIMES, THE DRIVER WOULD ALLOW THE RPM'S TO DROP CAUSING US TO SIT IN TRAFFIC FOR AN UNDEFINED PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE RETURNING THE CAR TO THE DRIVE POSITION. ON THE FOURTH TIME THIS HAPPENED, DRIVER AND I WERE IN A LARGE PARKING LOT MAKING A RIGHT TURN WITH A BUILDING ABOUT A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY. ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE TURN, THE CAR WAS PLACED BACK INTO DRIVE FROM NEUTRAL AND IT BEGAN TO DRIVE ITSELF. AS THE CAR ACCELERATED FASTER AND FASTER THE DRIVER TRIED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES MANY TIMES WITHOUT THE PEDAL EVEN BUDGING OR THE CAR SLOWING DOWN IN THE SLIGHTEST WAY. WHEN WE TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IT LOCKED UP IN A STRAIGHT AWAY POSITION, CAUSING THE CAR TO HIT AT LEAST TWO LARGE CURBED MEDIANS AND GO AIRBORNE EACH TIME. DRIVER AND I BRACED OURSELVES AS THE BUILDING CAME CLOSER. WE THEN HIT THE THIRD AND FINAL CURB, THE CAR WENT AIRBORNE AGAIN SLAMMING INTO THE BUILDING AT ABOUT SIX FEET HIGH ON THE WALL. ALL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, THE PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED AND WINDSHIELD CRACKED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CRASH I PROCEEDED TO PLACE THE CAR INTO PARK WHEN THE SHIFTER ITSELF CAME OUT. THE CAR WAS STILL TRYING TO DRIVE ITSELF THROUGH THE BUILDING WHEN WE CRASHED. THE CIVIC WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS FURTHER INVESTIGATING WHY THIS HAPPENED. *TR

I WAS BACKING UP AND MY BRAKES FAILED. I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR