2003 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

MY VEHICLE (2003 HONDA CIVIC SI) CAUGHT ON FIRE ON SEPT 13TH NIGHT AROUND 9:45PM. WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO HOME FROM A MOVIE THEATER, SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE SPOTTED THE FIRE AND STOPPED ME. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDER THE CAR, THERE WAS A FIRE BETWEEN TWO FRONT TIRES. I CALLED 911, POLICE AND FIRE RESPONDED AND PUT OFF THE FIRE FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. MY INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTIGATED AND BLAMED ON JIFFY LUBE, WHO CHANGED THE OIL ON THE SAME DAY EVENING AROUND 6:30. JIFFY LUBE WENT WITH SOME INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND CONCLUDED THAT CHANGING THE OIL DIDN'T CAUSE THE FIRE AND BLAMED ON MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. BOTH INVESTIGATION CONCLUSIONS ARE SIMILAR. CONCLUSION FROM INSURANCE PARTY ( MDE ENGINEERS INC) ORIGIN OF FIRE WAS AT THE EXHAUST PIPE NEAR THE FLANGE. CAUSE OF FIRE WAS THE AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) DRAIN TUBE FROM THE VENTILATION BOX CONTACTING THE EXHAUST PIPE. CONCLUSION FROM JIFFY LUBE PARTY (SCHAEFER ENGINERRING) CAUSE OF FIRE WAS AN A/C CONDENSATE DRAIN HOSE COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE EXHAUST PIPE. HOSE WAS PROBABLY NOT PROPERLY MOUNTED DURING THE MANUFACTURING AND ALLOWED THE HOSE TO MOVE AND CONTACT THE EXHAUST PIPE. *LA

2003 HONDA CIVIC COUPE-DURING SHARP CORNERING, THE CAR BECOMES UNSTABLE TO THE POINT IT WENT INTO A 4 WHEEL SLIDE OFF OF THE PAVEMENT. CONDITIONS DRY AND ROAD SURFACE CLEAN. CAR HAS EXHIBITED ERRATIC MOVEMENT OF THE CHASSIS DURING CORNERING SINCE THE INCIDENT. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE STEERING LOCKED. *PH THE STEERING WHEEL POPPED AND BEGAN TO MOVE FREELY. *TS THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

PURCHASED A HONDA CIVIC 4DR LX ON SEPT. 20, 2003 AND TOOK IT TO THE CAR WASH ON 10/04/2003 ONLY TO HAVE WATER ON BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS (BOTTOM OF DOORS). ON 10/06/2003, I TOOK IT FOR A 48 HOUR RAINCHECK I HAD RECEIVED, AND AGAIN WATER HAD COME IN. WHEN I GOT HOME I DRIED IT UP AND AGAIN POUR A GALLON OF WATER ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS. SURE ENOUGH WATER WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOORS. AFTER INSPECTING BOTH DOORS WATER WAS EVIDENT BETWEEN THE DOOR PANELS. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE INPECTION. I ALSO NOTICE THAT THE GAPS BETWEEN THE DRIVER BACK AND PASSENGER DOOR WERE DIFFERENT. THE PASSENGERS BACK DOOR GAP MEASURES 1/4 IN. WHILE THE DRIVERS BACK DOOR MEASURES 3/16 IN. *LA

WITH THE USE OF A GAUSSMETER, AN INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE ELECTRO MAGNETIC FIELDS, THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT VEHICLE HAD A HIGH ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OCCURRED WHEN THE ENGINE DRAWS POWER FROM THE BATTERY VIA THE INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST OR WHEN THE BATTERY WAS CHARGING. *TS *JB

A SOUND OF METAL RUBBING TOGETHER EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE BRAKING. THE CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 30/40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. *AK *TS *JB

AFTER A COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE STALLS AND HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

THE REAR WINDOW IS NOT ABLE TO BE FULLY CLEANED. THE BOTTOM 1/4 IS NOT ABLE TO REACHED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY OUT OF WINDOW. WINDOW APPEARS TO BE FOGGY AND IS WORSE IN HOT WEATHER.*AK

DRIVER TRAVELING IN 2003 HONDA CIVIC AT ABOUT 40 MPH; OTHER DRIVER (IN A FORD MINIVAN) COMING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION MADE ILLEGAL TURN IN FRONT OF CIVIC CAUSING COLLISION; CIVIC COLLIDED WITH FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL OF THE MINIVAN, FOLDING THE WHEEL UNDER; HIT BRAKES ON CIVIC BUT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES (APPROXIMATELY $6000 ON THE CIVIC); AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON THE CIVIC. *AK