Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | |||
| 08/27/2012 | 79000 | 1 | |
| My wife and i have owned our 2003 honda civic since it was new. anyhow, a couple of weeks ago my wife noticed a very strong odor of gasoline from both in and around the vehicle. after a few days of looking under the car and not able to detect the problem, i removed the rear seat and noticed a large amount of gasoline under the seat. i removed the hatch to the fuel pump and noticed that the fuel pump assembly had numerous hair line cracks on the top area and when the car was in the on position, fuel was pouring out and going under the rear seat bottom. i have since ordered a replacement fuel pump assembly unit. anyhow, this a very dangerous situation and could have had deadly effects as the electronics that charge the fuel pump are right where the gas was leaking. additionally, if the driver of the car was a smoker, who knows what may have taken place. this issue is clearly a design flaw and i'm sure additional years of this model civic have this same fuel pump assembly unit. the part number is: 17045-s5a-a31 (kautex. *tr | |||
| 08/27/2012 | 79000 | ||
| My wife and i have owned our 2003 hona civic since it was new. anyhow, a couple of weeks ago my wife noticed a very strong odor of gasoline from both in and around the vehicle. after a few days of looking under the car and not able to detect the problem, i removed the rear seat and and noticed a large amount of gasoline under the seat. i removed the hatch to the fuel pump and noticed that the fuel pump assembly had numerous hair line cracks on the top area and when the car was in the on possition, fuel was pouring out and going under the rear seat bottom. i have since ordered a replacement fuel pump assembly unit. anyhow, this a a very dangerous sittuation and could have had deadly effects as the elctronics that charge the fuel pump are right where the gas was leaking. additionally, if the driver of the car was a smoker, who knows what may have taken place. this issue is clearly a design flaw and i'm sure additional years of this model civic have this same fuel pump assembly unit. the part number is: 17045-s5a-a31 (kautex | |||