2003 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

I WAS READY TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND MY CAR WAS PARKED OUT IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY. WHEN I WENT TO GO START IT UP, IT MADE A LOUD NOISE AND DIDN'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN "REVERSE." AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF TRYING I TRIED PUTTING IT BACK IN "PARK" BUT AGAIN THE SAME LOUD NOISE AND IT STILL DIDN'T ENGAGE. IT ONLY STAYED IN "NEUTRAL" SO I LEFT IT THERE AND DIDN'T DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT! REALLY HONDA?? THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BECAUSE IT'S COSTING A LOT OF HARD WORKING AMERICANS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT! SHAME ON YOU HONDA!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DROVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ILLUMINATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC MY AIRBAG SENOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON ,I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED AT A COST OF $500 DOLLAR SHOULD THIS BE A PROBLEM FOR HONDA

LEFT REAR TIRE EXPLODED AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHICH CAUSED A SEVER ACCIDENT INCLUDING THE CAR ROLLING OVER 3 TIMES LEAVING ME UPSIDE DOWN TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE PURCHASED NEW 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. HAD VERY FEW MILES ON THE TIRES.

ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT 10/31/2015, AFTER GETTING HOME FROM TAKING KIDS TRICK-OR-TREATING I WAS LEAVING TO GO TO STORE. WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVE-WAY I REALIZED I FORGOT MY WALLET INSIDE. SO I OPENED THE DOOR & WENT TO STEP OUT, THEN NOTICED I WAS STICKING OUT IN THE STREET A LITTLE BIT. SO I LEFT MY LEFT LEG OUT & DOOR OPEN BECAUSE I WAS ONLY GOING TO PULL FORWARD A COUPLE FEET. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE & BARELY PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL, THE GAS PEDAL FORCED ITSELF TO THE FLOOR & THE CAR ACCELERATED VERY QUICKLY. I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR & TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD TO STOP IT! BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.... THE CAR SHOT US THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR WHERE MY LEG & FOOT HIT THE ROCK SIDING ENTRANCE GOING INTO GARAGE. IT ALSO TWISTED MY LEG ALL AROUND & WAS PINNED IN BETWEEN CAR AND GARAGE WALL. THE CAR CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT TOOK MY BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLE I HAD ONLY OWNED FOR 3 WEEKS & SMASHED IT INTO THE WALL!!! IT COMPLETELY TOTALED MY MOTORCYCLE. BUT I WAS SO BADLY MESSED UP & HURT I COULDN'T EVEN HARDLY WALK OR PUT ANY WEIGHT ON MY LEFT LEG. AFTER MONTHS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY & LOTS OF DOCTOR BILLS I AM HEALED, FOR THE MOST PART. I CONTACTED HONDA & THEY DID AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BUT DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT & RELEASED IT AS A SAFE DRIVEABLE VEHICLE. SO I WAS LEFT WITH ABOUT $15,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE INCLUDING MY BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLE. MY FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE ONLY PAID ABOUT 3/4 OF WHAT I PAID FOR THE BIKE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST TRAUMATIC CRAZY THINGS TO EVER HAPPEN TO US! IM JUST SO LUCKY & GLAD THAT ONE OF THE KIDS WASN'T IN THE GARAGE PLAYING OR ANYONE ELSE GOT HURT! THIS COULD'VE BEEN SOOO MUCH WORSE THAN IT ALREADY WAS!!!

WHILE DRIVING THE LOW BEAM SPUTTER AND THEN WHEN OUT MY HUSBAND REPLACED THE BULB AND AFTER A DAY IT JUST WENT OUT. HE REPLACED AGAIN FOR IT WAS TO BE INSPECTED THE FOLLOWING WEEK. HONDA PREFORMED OUR STATE INSPECTION AND TO OUR DISMAY THEY LET US KNOW THAT WE NEEDED A NEW BULB. 3 BULBS IN UNDER TWO WEEKS. I NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL, NOW MY VEHICLE IS LISTED BUT MY NUMBER IS NOT AND IT IS SHOWING SYMPTOMS?

2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID TRANSMISSION ISSUES AT ONLY 115,907 MILES HAVE BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPANY. I JUST HAD TO BE EXCUSED FROM MY SHIFT OF WHERE I PERFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES SO I COULD PICK UP MY WIFE AND TWO TEENAGERS FROM THE CAR THAT HAS BEEN THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE AND THE BANE OF OTHERS' AS WELL FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IN THE UMPTEEN DIFFERENT FORUMS AND SITES ACROSS THE WORLD. ASIA DID IT RIGHT BY TREATING THEIR PEOPLE AND HONDA OWNERS RIGHT BY RECALLING THEIR TRANSMISSIONS ACROSS THE BOARD DUE TO THE LACK OF PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY IN THE CVT POWERTRAIN. THIS VEHICLE LEFT MY FAMILY STRANDED ALONG A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AFTER HAVING TO COAST TO A STOP FROM THE FAR RIGHT LANE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED ACCELERATING WHILE OPERATING PERFECTLY FINE AT 70 MPH. THEN WE HAD TO WAIT ALONG THE HIGHWAY FOR AN HOUR BEFORE A TOW TRUCK COULD COME AND PICK UP THE CAR AND TOW IT TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP WHICH I'M IT WILL COST AN ARM AND A LEG TO GET THIS FIXED! IN TOWN IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS MAD AS IT SHUTTERS ON TAKE OFF AND SLOW ROLLING ACCELERATIONS MAKING IT A BIT HARRY TO GET INTO TRAFFIC OR GET THROUGH AN INTERSECTION OF ANY KIND. THE CAR ALSO JUMPS OR SURGES FORWARD WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS AS WELL. NOT COOL WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR TEENAGER OPERATING THIS. I'M JUST GLAD SHE IS SMART ENOUGH TO STAY ON THE BRAKES! NOT TO MENTION THAT THE AC SUCKS DURING DAYS IT GETS TO 90 AND 100 DEGREES HERE IN KANSAS. WHO PUTS A RUBBER BELT IN A TRANSMISSION ANY WAY. GET THIS FIXED!!!! IF YOU WILL NOT GET IT FIXED, YOU WILL LOSE YET ANOTHER CUSTOMER!

I NOTICED A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THE HOOD HAD STARTED TO BOUNCE SOMEWHAT WHILE CAR WAS IN OPERATION, UPON INVESTIGATING I FOUND THE SUPPORT THAT THE HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY IS ATTACHED ( BULKHEAD / CROSS MEMBER) HAD A HAIRLINE CRACK APPEARING. WITHIN A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS THE ENTIRE LATCH ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN LOOSE. ONCE THIS HAPPENS EVEN THE SECONDARY LATCH IS USELESS, AT THIS POINT THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE HOOD FROM FLYING OPEN DURING THE COURSE OF DRIVING WHICH INVOLVES AIR TURBULENCE IS A VERY THIN GAUGE STEEL CABLE CONNECTED TO THE INSIDE HOOD RELEASE LATCH WHICH ISN'T MEANT TO RESTRAIN HOOD FROM FLYING OPEN. I'VE ALSO FOUND ONE DOCUMENTED CASE OF A HOOD FLYING OPEN WHILE CAR IS TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE IN OHIO, THIS WAS A 2004 HONDA CIVIC AND THE TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT NUMBER IS 10-119-89. I'VE CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA CORPORATION AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS REGARDING THIS SAFETY ISSUE ON JANUARY 19, 2016 . SO FAR I'VE ONLY RECEIVED A CASE FILE NUMBER (04405315) AND A LOT OF RUN AROUND. I'VE BEEN TOLD IN DIFFERENT CONVERSATION MY CAR IS 13 YEARS OLD AND OUT OF WARRANTY. I KNOW THAT. THE CAR WAS ALSO OUT OF WARRANTY WHEN BOTH AIRBAGS PRODUCED BY TAKATA CORPORATION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS HOOD LATCH PROBLEM IS JUST AS DANGEROUS IF NOT MORE SO, IF ONES HOOD COMES UNLATCHED GOING DOWN A HIGHWAY OR WORSE A INTERSTATE THIS COULD VERY EASILY RESULT IN A MAJOR PILE UP PUTTING NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AT RISK FOR LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO A LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP, BRYAN HONDA LOCATED HERE IN FAYETTEVILLE, NC. A SERVICE ADVISOR AND FIXED OPERATIONS DIRECTOR BY THE NAME OF TODD KUTHER HAS INSPECTED THE CAR, TOOK PHOTOS AND FORWARDED TO AMERICAN HONDA USING THE CASE FILE# (04405315)

SRS LIGHT COMES ON CONSTANTLY. CODE READS SEAT BELT BUCKLE, CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES UNDER SEAT BELT WARRANTY. NOW TECH LINE ADVISES REPLACING WIRE HARNESS INTO SEAT BELT...DEALER WANTS OVER $900. HONDA WILL COVER UNDER WARRANTY ANYTHING SEAT BELT RELATED BUT THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT AIR BAGS...AND WON'T COVER IT. PLEASE COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY HONDA...IT'S NOT EVEN GUARANTEED THIS WILL CLEAR THE CODE. THEORY IS AIR BAGS ARE DISABLED IF SRS LIGHT IS ON...WHY HAVE THE HARNESS ANYWAY...SERVICE HAS USED ELECTRICAL CONTACT CLEANER, RE-WIRED THE END OF THE HARNESS, BUT ONLY SATISFIES FOR A FEW MONTHS AND CODE CONTINUES TO ELIMINATE SRS LIGHT WHICH DISABLES AIRBAGS. WHY COVER SEATBELTS BUT NOT AIRBAG/SRS SYSTEM?

"JUDDERING" HAPPENS WITH MY CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AND WHEN ACCELERATING TO ENTER AN EXPRESSWAY. "JUDDERING" MEANS THAT THE TRANS IS SLIPPING AND MAKING NOISE (LOSES POWER WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST- VERY DANGEROUS). RIVER TOWN HONDA GRANDVILLE, MI STATED THAT IT WOULD COST ME $2,100.00 TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE. HONDA JAPAN HAS RECALLED THESE TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR HCH MODEL YEARS 2003 THROUGH 2005. WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET HONDA AMERICA TO TREAT US TO THE SAME RECALL THAT JAPAN HAS? THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, DEFECT WITH THE CVT. HONDA MAKES QUALITY VEHICLES WITH VERY GOOD RELIABILITY, MY OTHER CAR IS ALSO A HCH 2005 WITH A MANUAL TRANS AND ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS. PLEASE CHECK INTO THE PROBLEM (I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS) AND GET HONDA AMERICA TO STAND BEHIND THEIR REPUTATION AND RECALL THE CVTS OR REIMBURSE THE $2,100.00 COST TO GET THEM REPLACED. THIS IS AN ONGOING, EVERYDAY OCCURANCE NOT LIMITED TO JUST ONE TIME. PLEASE HELP!