2012 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

DURING TEST DRIVE AND MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE, ENGINE BOGS DOWN OR STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC. HONDA SERVICE DEPT. CHECKED CAR AND FOUND NO APPARENT PROBLEMS. CAR HAS BEEN RETURNED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SATISFACTION. SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE HESITATION WAS DUE TO A SAFETY FEATURE THAT DISENGAGES THE ACCELERATOR WHEN TOUCHING THE BRAKE. SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR HAS STALLED WITH NO USE OF BRAKES. THIS "SAFETY FEATURE" IS A SAFETY HAZARD. MY WIFE AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE CAR STALLS IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS A DEFINITE "SAFETY HAZARD". *TR

ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 25TH, WHEN DRIVING ON A HILLY ROADWAY, I ACCELERATED TO P/U SPEED TO GET UP THE HILL. THE TRANSMISSION SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS STRAINING AND RPM WAS OVER 3000. WHEN I REACHED THE TOP OF THE HILL AND STARTED THE DESCENT, I HIT THE BRAKE TO REDUCE MY SPEED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK WITH RPMS STILL OVER 3000. IT TOOK MORE THAN 10 SECONDS FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT DOWN. IF THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN THE SAME LANE AS MINE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

2012 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE AFTER RECALL REPAIRS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED, THE BRAKES STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED EIGHT MILES, WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY AT A STOP. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, UNTIL SHE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. *JB

REV. SUDDENLY GOES ABOUT 3500PRM AND STAY THERE FOR A WHILE WHEN I DRIVE DOWNHILL. AT THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE LIKE NORMAL. SOMETIME THERE ARE CAR BEHIND YOU AND THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOUR CAR CAN NOT GO AS FAR AS THE CAR BEHIND YOU. PLEASE TEST THE 2012 HONDA CIVIC, THIS CAR HAVE PROBLEM. *TR

MY WIFE CAME TO A STOP AT OUR SECURITY GATE, USED THE REMOTE FOR THE GATE BUT IT WOULDN'T OPEN. SHE BACKED UP ABOUT 15 FEET TO TURN AROUND. WHEN SHE PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, IT LURCHED FORWARD BACK TOWARDS THE GATE AND WOULDN'T STOP WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES. IT DIDN'T SPEED UP AND IT WOULDN'T STOP. THE CAR WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AS IT MOVED ALONG. SHE WAS JAMMING ON THE BRAKES AND IT STILL WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE CLOSED GATE, PUSHING IT OPEN AS IT WENT. IT KEPT GOING FOR ANOTHER 40-50 FEET UNTIL SHE THOUGHT TO PULL ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CAR STOPPED. SHE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND GOT OUT, BADLY SHAKEN BUT NOT INJURED. AFTER CALMING DOWN, SHE GOT BACK IN THE CAR TO SEE IF IT WOULD START. IT DID. SHE DROVE IT TWO MORE BLOCKS TO OUR HOUSE. SHE HASN'T DRIVEN IT SINCE. SHE'S TERRIFIED IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

SUDDEN HIGH RPM WHEN EXCITING HIGHWAY RAMP,ENGINES RPM,S GO UP TO 4 OR 5,WHEN APPLYING BRAKE. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 A.M. I ARRIVED AT WORK AND TURNED LEFT INTO PARKING SPACE TO PARK. I WAS DRIVING A 2012 HONDA CIVIC, WHICH WAS LESS THAN ONE MONTH OLD. THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR, JUMPED THE PARKING BUMPER AND STRUCK A CONCRETE WALL. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND THE FRONT BUMPER WAS SCRAPED AND KNOCKED OUT OF PLACE. AMERICAN HONDA HAS INSPECTED THE CAR AND CLAIMS THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT BUT REFUSES TO RELEASE ITS REPORT TO ME. *TR

YOU CAN HEAR THE FUEL MOVING AROUND THE GAS TANK AND BANGING AGAINST THE GAS TANK WALLS WHENEVER I STOP. IT IS MOST SEVERE WHEN THE TANK IS FULL. I COMPLAINED TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ABOUT THE NOISE. THE DEALER LET ME KNOW THAT THE NOISE I WAS HEARING WAS THE FUEL MOVING AROUND IN THE FUEL TANK, DUE TO A DESIGN CHANGE IN THE 2012 MODEL WHICH REMOVED THE FUEL TANK BAFFLES. THE DEALER WILL NOT FIX THIS ISSUE ON MY CAR. I CALLED AND WROTE TO HONDA DIRECTLY COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND REQUESTING RESOLUTION AND THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED SHE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE WHILE BRAKING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT THEN ATTEMPTED TO FORCEFULLY APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V256000 (POWER TRAIN: DRIVELINE: DRIVESHAFT) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, ONE WEEK LATER AS THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE VEHICLE AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ALSO FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,146.