2003 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

TAKATA RECALL - JUST BOUGHT CAR 3 MTHA AGO, I PULLED OVER BECAUSE MY SON WASNT FEELING GOOD FROM THE HEAT. TRIED TO PUT KEY IN IGNITION SWITH AND DIDNT GO IN OR TURN ON SWITCH. ON.SINGLE MOTHER, NO FAMILY, OR FRIENDS. JUST MOVED FROM NEVADA. NO MONEY AT THE TIME. MY SON OVERHEATED AND MY SON GOT DEHYDRATED. NO FAITH IN HONDA CIVICS ANYMORE. MY SON ALMOST DIED FOR ITBTO AN EXPIRED RECALL. NOW I HAVE TO TAKE FROM THEIR FIOD MONEY TO FIX THE CAR. HOW DISAPPOINTED.

TAKATA RECALL (15V-370), AFTER BRINGING MY VEHICLE INTO HONDA FOR THE TAKATA RECALL THE SRS LIGHT CAME ON. SINCE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL I DID NOT CONTACT THEM FIGURING THAT IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. HOWEVER, I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHERS ONLINE. IT ALSO HAPPENED TO A FRIEND OF MINE AND HONDA COVERED IT SO I CALLED AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED IT MUST BE A COINCIDENCE AND CERTAINLY NOT FROM A DEFECT OR IMPROPER WORK. I FIND IT VERY ODD THAT THE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER THE WORK ON THE RECALL. I HAD DOUBTS ABOUT BRINING IT IN AND SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT. THEY SAY IT IS PROBABLY RELATED TO A SENSOR, WHICH I HAVE GATHERED COULD HAVE BEEN FROM IMPROPER WORK.

HONDA RECALL IGNITION SWITCH RANDOM FAILURE. NO PROBLEMS UNTIL ONE DAY IT STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. KEY GOES IN BUT WILL NOT TURN.

VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL VIOLENTLY JERKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN SHIFTING AUTOMATICALLY RESULTING IN NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE.VEHICLE DOES NOT LOCK DOORS.DEALERSHIP FAILED TO COMPLETE OR INFORM ME OF ANY KINDS OF HAZARDS AS I OVERLOOKED THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS WHEN PURCHASED USED CAR. I PAID OVER 3400 DOLLARS FOR JUNK.

TAKATA RECALL, RECALL? THE ORIGINAL AIRBAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO. NOW THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON - AND STAYS ON. I CAME ON 2 WEEKS AGO FOR NO APPARENT REASON (NO CRASH OR OTHER REASON IT WOULD COME ON). IT IS ON FROM THE TIME I TURN THE CAR ON UNTIL I TURN THE CAR OFF.

MY SRS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, NO ONE COULD FIND THE PROBLEM. NOW, MY SEAT BELT, DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT LATCH WHEN I PUT THE STRAP IN.

VEHICLE BRAKES WON'T WORK WHEN BRAKING ON A BUMPY ROAD OR HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WONT STOP ON TOP ON A BUMP THAT IS ON THE ROAD. WHEN IN MOTION, WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP ON A BUMP THAT IT IS ON THE ROAD, VEHICLE BRAKES WILL SLIDE AND NOT STOP. EITHER ON CITY OR HIGHWAY ROADS. I AM CONCERNED THAT WHEN I AM SPEEDING AND I HAVE TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME I WILL END UP CRASHING INTO THEM IF THERE IS A BUMP AHEAD OF ME, MY BRAKES WONT WORK AND BRAKES WILL SLIDE AND NOT WORK. IT HAS HAPPEN MANY TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICCE IN 2003 BUT MY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN IGNORED BY THE HONDA DEALERSHIP.

THE PAINT HAS BEEN FADING AND PEELING SINCE ABOUT JANUARY OF 2014. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND WASHED CLEANED REGULARLY (BUT NOT EXCESSIVELY) ITS WHOLE LIFE AND THE PAINT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR HONDA'S MADE AROUND THIS TIME AND HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND PAY TO HAVE IT PAINTED. IT IS NOT FAIR TO CAR OWNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RESALE VALUE THE CAR IS WORTH BECAUSE OF A SIMPLE COSMETIC ISSUE LIKE THIS.

CAR CAME OUT OF PARKING AND WHEN IT REACHED ON CITY STREET TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ON STREET NEXT (CITY STREET) TO CINEMA HALL AND THEN CAR COMPLETELY HALTED. FOR A MOMENT IT FELT LIKE TIRE'S WERE PUNCTURED AS IT WAS LOOSING DIRECTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V136000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING), BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.