2001 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT MACPHERSON STRUTS LEAKING, CAUSING FRONT END NOISE AND POOR HANDLING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25MPH AND STARTED TO TURN A CORNER, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V18300, HAD NO PRIOR WARNING OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER FIVE TIMES THAT THE GAS CAP WAS THE CAUSE, CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT TWO DAYS AFTER TALKING TO DEALER. *YD

WHILE DRIVING AIR CONDITIONER CUT OFF. MECHANIC STATED A SMALL ROCK CRACKED AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER. *AK

THE BRAKES WERE MAKING A RUMBLING SOUND. THE CAR WOULD ALSO SHAKE REAL BAD AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, HOWEVER I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE BRAKES AT THIS TIME. I TOOK THE CAR TO CUSH HONDA. THEY SAID THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS HAD HOT SPOTS. THEY MACHINED THE ROTORS AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS. I GOT THE CAR BACK AND I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I STARTED TO DRIVE THE CAR. IT WOULDN'T SEEM TO ACCELERATE. IT WAS A WHILE BEFORE I COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO MOVE HARDLY AT ALL, SO I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND IT WAS THEN I REALIZED IT WAS THE BRAKES LOCKING UP. THE CAR WAS STILL SHAKING REAL BAD AT TIMES ON THE FREEWAY, BUT I STILL DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE BRAKES BECAUSE IF I SLOWED DOWN IT WOULD QUIT SHAKING. MY HUSBAND THEN TOOK THE CAR TO TIPTON HONDA IN EL CAJON, CA. HE TOLD THEM WHAT CUSH HAD DONE AND THAT THE BRAKES HAD GOTTEN WORSE. TIPTON FELT THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER WAS STICKING. THEY REPLACED THE CALIPER AND ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, WHICH CUSH HAD JUST REPLACED TWO MONTHS EARLIER, BECAUSE THEY WERE BURNT AGAIN. I GOT THE CAR BACK AND IT IMMEDIATLY STARTED TO LOCK UP AGAIN. I RETURNED IT TO TIPTON THAT NEXT MONDAY. THEY HAD THE CAR SEVERAL DAYS AND FINALLY CALLED TO TELL US THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED. THE DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS CONTAMINATED WITH, HE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS CONTAMINATED BECAUSE THE DIAPHRAM IN THE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS SWOLLEN SO BAD THEY COULDN'T GET IT BACK IN. THE HONDA CORP. REFUSED TO REPAIR THE CAR BECAUSE TIPTON SAID THE BRAKE FLUID WAS CONTAMINATED. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TO ANY SERVICE CENTER BUT THESE TWO AND I HAVE NEVER LENT OUT MY CAR TO ANYONE SO I KNOW THAT IF THE FLUID IS CONTAMINATED, IT IS FROM A DEFECTIVE BRAKE SYSTEM OR IT WAS CONTAMINATED WHILE ONE OF THESE TWO HONDA DEALERS WORKED ON IT. IF IT WAS CONTAMINATED BY ONE OF THESE TWO DEALERS, THEN THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE ANYWAY. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THIS CAR SINCE I GOT IT BACK IN FEBRUARY. I HAVE TALKED TO AN ATTOR

AS A RESULT OF A CRASH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WITHIN THE 2ND MONTH OF OWNING THIS CAR I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK A REVERSE BECAUSE IT WAS POPING OUT OF GEAR. I WAS TOLD "HONDAS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR REVERSE TO BE POPPING OUT OF GEAR AND TO JUST PUT THE STICK IN 1 AND THEN MOVE HARD TO THE REVERSE GEAR. THIS PROBLEM WAS NEVER EVEN DOCUMENTED. A FEW MONTHS LATER A FEW TICKS AFTER 36000 MILES AND MAYBE EVEN BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS POPPING OUT OF SECOND. I THOUGHT AND WAS TOLD BY MILLER HONDA THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED. LATER IT WAS DICOVERED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE COVERED. I AM TRYING TO FIGHT THIS. IF I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM WITH REVERSE AND IT WASN'T A FEW TICK MARKS PAST THE 36000 MILES AND ALL MY MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES (600 MILES A WEEK) AND THE FACT THAT I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR HARD. I JUST THINK ITS A MANUFACTURING OR PART DEFECT AND IT IS NOT ANYTHING I DID.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON MAIN STREET ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON LEFT HAND SIDE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF.*AK

THE PROBLEM IS NOT A FAILURE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT REAR SEATBELTS ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO GO AROUND MY WIFE OR MYSELF WHEN WEARING A WINTER COAT. WE CONTACTED HONDA TO SEE IF THEY COULD PROVIDE A SEATBELT EXTENDER. THEY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE OR RECOMMEND THE USE OF SEATBELT EXTENDERS. WE HAD SEATBELT EXTENDERS FOR A PREVIOUSLY OWNED VOLVO THAT HAD FRONT SEATBELTS THAT DID NOT GO AROUND MY WIFE. THE DID NOT GO AROUND MY WIFE BECAUSE MY WIFE IS 5 FEET 2 INCHES TALL AND SHE HAD TO KEEP THE FRONT SEAT FORWARD. WHILE VOLVO ALSO DID NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF SEATBELT EXTENDERS, THEY PROVIDED THEM AS THEY WERE BETTER THAN USING NO SEATBELT. WE WOULD ARGUE THAT A LONGER SEATBELT OR SEATBELT EXTENDERS ARE A SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO NOT USING SEATBELTS. WE ALSO BELIVE THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER TO PROVIDE A SEATBELT OR EXTENDERS THAT WOULD MAKE THE CAR SAFE. HOWEVER, A REASONABLE COST TO MAKE THE BACK SEATBELTS MORE USABLE WOULD NOT BE OBJECTIONABLE.*AK

THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ILLUMINATE THE ROAD BEYOND THE IMMIDIATE FEW FEET. THIS CREATES A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT LIGHT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND CONSEQUENTLY IT IS VERY RISKY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THE DARK. THE RISK OF AN ACCIDENT INCREASES SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HIGHWAYS. RECENTLY A DEER CROSSING THE STREET COULDNT BE SPOTTED UNTIL IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND PUT ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE PROBLEM WAS EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE SITUATION DID NOT IMPROVE IN ANY WAY. WHEN THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS, HE EXPLAINED TO US THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I HAVE ALSO CORROSPONDED WITH AMERICAN HONDA MOTORS OF ILINOIS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AT ABOUT 70 MPH. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO DUPLICATE OR REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *YH