2009 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

AT 17,000 MILE SERVICE ON MY 2009 HONDA CIVIC, FRONT BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. FRONT RIGHT BRAKE WAS AT ZERO. I PAID TO HAVE NEW BRAKE PADS INSTALLED AND CALLED HONDA AMERICA FOR EXPLANATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. HONDA AMERICA REFUSES TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. IT SAYS 17,00 MILES FALLS WITHIN NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *TR

LOUD SOUND COMING FROM FRONT END, TOOK IT IN FOR WARRANTY REPAIR AND WAS TOLD BRAKES WERE WORN OUT AT 18,XXX MILES. I DRIVE MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES AND I ARGUED THAT IT WAS TOO EARLY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AND WAS TOLD IT DEPENDS ON THE DRIVER. I HAVE DRIVEN 5 CARS IN MY LIFE AND THE AVG BRAKE LIFE WAS 60-70,000 MILES. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED I HAVE TO DO REPAIRS ON A 2009 CIVIC THAT I PURCHASED WITH 10 MILES ON IT. I CALLED AND COMPLAINED TO CORPORATE AND WAS GIVEN THE COMPANY LINE. NO HELP! *TR

2009 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WAS COMING TO A STOP IN TRAFFIC. THE IMA WENT FROM CHARGE TO ASSIST WHILE BRAKING (FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL), LURCHING THE CAR FORWARD (TIRES LOCKED UP). SAME EVENT HAPPENED 5 MINUTES LATER. DROPPED OF AT DEALER THE NEXT DAY, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE SURGE. AMERICAN HONDA CALLED AND SAID THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS AN ISSUE IF THE DEALER CAN NOT REPRODUCE THE FAILURE. THEY ASK FOR THE CAR TO BE DRIVEN HOME. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2009 HONDA CIVIC AND AT 12,000 THE TIRE BELTS HAVE SLIPPED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BRAKING TO COME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SEAT BELT ABNORMALLY TIGHTENED, FORCING HER INTO THE SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO LOOSEN THE SEAT BELT TO REMOVED IT FROM AROUND HER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH YET THE CONTACT STATED SHE IS THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A CRASH IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,400.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 1 MPH WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE CONTACTS HOUSE. SHE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, SPUN AROUND AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHIFT INTO PARK; THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY; HOWEVER, A BYSTANDER HELPED HER TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000.

WITHIN A MONTH OF PURCHASING A 2009 HONDA CIVIC IN NOVEMBER 2009, MY AC STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT A ROCK HIT MY AC CONDENSER. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 700 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. WHILE DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO PLENTY OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS. I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE PLENTY OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS WHO SUFFERED THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS STILL TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. WHEN PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED THE SAME PROBLEM, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR IT AND HAVE TO PAY 700 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIX THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. *TR

2009 HONDA CIVIC WAS IN FOR 15,854 OIL CHANGE (NEW CAR) END TECHNICIAN REPORTED BRAKES WERE WEARING ON 2 FRONT BRAKES AND WOULD PROBABLY NEED REPLACEMENT AT 20,000 MILES OR SOONER. SQUEALING NOISE AT TIMES WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. THIS IS TOO SOON FOR BRAKES TO BE REPLACED AND HAVE PROBLEMS ON A NEW CAR. *TR

2009 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. CONSUMER REQUESTS IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT OF A DEFECTIVE BATTERY PACK. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE (IMA) INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DIAGNOSIS INDICATED A BATTERY CONDITION MONITOR MODULE INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION. THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN TWO MONTHS LATER. ALTHOUGH, EACH VISIT RESULTED IN ELECTRICAL REPAIRS WITH SPECIFIC CODE REVIEWS, RECALIBRATIONS, CLEARANCE AND RESETTING, THE UNDERLYING CONDITION STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *JB

CHECK ENGINE AND CHECK IMA LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IMA BATTERY DROPPED TO LOWEST POWER LEVEL. BATTERY LEVEL STAYED LOW AND BOTH LIGHTS REMAINED ON 2 DAYS. DEALER PERFORMED AN UPDATE TO IMA FIRMWARE AND LIGHTS WENT OFF HOWEVER BATTERY PERFORMS RECALL CHECK AT LEAST TWICE DAILY. MPG HAVE DROPPED 6 MPG IN THE WEEK FOLLOWING THE CHECK IMA ERROR. DEALER NOW STATES THERE IS NO ISSUE. I STILL HAVE NO ASSIST POWER FROM BATTERY AND VEHICLE IS IN CONSTANT CHARGE MODE. *TR