2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

THE VEHICLE FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE THE THE SPRING TORSION AND SHOCKS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THESE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE PROBLEMS WERE FIXED. *NLM

I OWN A HONDA CIVIC EX 2001, AND THE HANDLING ON THE CAR IS UNSAFE DUE TO FAULTY STRUTS. THE CAR RATTLES AND SHAKES ON EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OF BUMPS. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HAD THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT REPLACED AT 23,000 MILES. AT 27,000 I HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT RIGHT STRUT AS WELL. THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER DUE TO WHAT HONDA REP DESCRIBED IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON 2001 HONDA CIVICS. *JB

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD, THE DEALER REPLACED THE PART, HOWEVER THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. *JB THE OCCUPANCY POSITION DETECTOR SYSTEM WAS REPLACED, THE REAR DEFROSTER AND CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND ON TURNS, THE RADIO WAS INOPERATIVE, THE BACK WINDOW WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ANTENNA, THE FOG LIGHT SWITCH WAS LOOSE, THE BRAKE LIGHT HAD GONE OUT, THERE WAS A RATTLE IN THE REAR SEAT, THE FUEL CAP WAS LOOSE, THERE WAS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE TRUNK LID DID NOT CLOSE. SCC

CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASED IN MARCH 2001. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES FOR VIBRATION PROBLEMS AGAIN 4000 MILES LATER BRAKES ARE BAD. TIRES WORN TO UNSAFE TREAD DEPTH W/ 2500 MILES. FRONT STRUTS BOTH BLOWN, TOLD BY DEALER THAT THEY WERE ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER??? AS TO WHEN THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE. DRIVER SEAT ROCKS, DEALER FIXED ONCE SAYING A SHIM WAS BROKE, AGAIN 8000 MILES LATER DRIVER SEAT ROCKS AGAIN. PAINT ON CAR HAS MANY SMALL RUST SPOTS. CLUTCH MUST HAVE FLAT SPOTS ON IT, AS WHEN I RELEASE CLUTCH TO START MOVING THERE IS A JUMPING SENSATION ABLE TO BE FELT BY DRIVER. AGAIN CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. *JB

THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHT SWITCH MELTED. AS A RESULT ONLY THE LOW BEAMS WORKED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *NLM

WHILE ON A HILL THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS ALTHOUGH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NLM

THE VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHEN ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN IN DRIVE. IT IS AN AUTOMATIC NOT A STANDARD SHIFT! *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2001 HONDA CIVIC COUPE EX, IN NOVEMBER 2000. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS EVER SINCE. IVE BEEN TO TWO DIFFERENT HONDA SERVICE CENTERS ALMOST 20 TIMES NOW. THE CAR HAS 23,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS GONE THROUGH 3 SETS OF BRAKES. THE CAR COMPLETELY DIED ON TWO OCCASIONS, BOTH NEEDING BATTERY TO BE BOOSTED. THEN ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE FLASHING CRAZY. ON ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS, IT DIED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HONDA, AFTER THEY ASSURED ME THAT MY CAR WAS FINE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HONDA. THEY FAIL TO FIND ANY OF THE SERIOUS PROBLEMS THAT ARE CONTINUING. THE CAR MAKES ALL KIND OF RATTLING AND CLICKING NOISES WHEN DRIVING, HONDA FINDS NOTHING. THE WINDOWS/WINDSHIELD FOG UP, DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK WELL, HONDA FINDS NOTHING. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE LEAKING, HONDA AT FIRST FIND NOTHING WRONG, NOW SAY I HAVE TO REPLACE TIRES. THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS LOOSE AND ROCKING, HONDA REPLACED SEAT TRACK TWICE, PROBLEM CONTINUES, TOOK CAR IN AGAIN FOR SEAT, HONDA FINDS NOTHING WRONG. SEAT ROCKING GETS WORSE, MAKING LOAD NOISE WHEN DRIVING, AFRAID FOR SAFETY. NOW THE CAR IS GETTING WORSE, CAR BRAKES WITHOUT PUTTING FOOT ON BRAKE, CAR IS SLUGGISH, DRIVING FUNNY. I THINK THIS IS THE TRANSMISSION THAT IS GOING TO GO BAD. IT STALLS TO START VERY OFTEN, THEN COMPLETELY FAILED TWICE, NEEDING BOOST. IM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AT THIS POINT. I EVEN REACHED OUT TO HONDA CONSUMER AFFAIRS IN CALIFORNIA, THEY DID NOT HELP AT ALL, IN FACT THEY WERE RUDE AND EVEN THREATENED ME, WHILE I HAD THE RENTAL, TO REPORT THE RENTAL STOLEN BECAUSE I ASKED IF I COULD HOLD THE RENTAL UNTIL HONDA FIXED MY CAR (ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CAR HAD DIED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HONDA, AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, MY CAR WAS DENTED, TWICE, WHILE BEING "FIXED" BY HONDA THAT DAY AS WELL) I AM COMPLETELY DISGUSTED WITH THE CAR AND THE SERVICE IVE GOTTEN. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS I DIDN'T LIST HERE, TOO MANY TO LIST. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER, THANK YOU. *NLM

LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT MACPHERSON STRUTS LEAKING, CAUSING FRONT END NOISE AND VERY POOR HANDLING. PARTS BACK-ORDERED FOR UNDETERMINED TIME. *JB