Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 09/25/2012 | 95000 | ||
| Today, i was driving my wife s 2004 honda civic in the highway at about 60 miles per hr when all of the sudden the car started accelerating as if it was in cruise control.. i took my foot off the gas pedal and pressed the brake with little results. the brakes felt so hard as if they were locked. then i decided to change gears to d2 and together with the emergency brake i was able to slow down the car a bit. after that, i pulled over the brake down lane at about 10 miles per hour but i still could not stop the car. with the help of the emergency brake i was able to stop the car however, the engine was still running as if it was accelerating. this is when i decided to put it on neutral and follow by a loud noise the engine finally stop running....thank god no one was hurt.... | |||
| 10/24/2011 | |||
| I am unable to give a vin number since my civic is currently at the dealership (bobby rahal,mechanicsburg pa) where it was purchased my speedometer or mph rarely works. ocassionally when i hit a bump it will work temporarily. i've discovered when researching the internet that i'm not the only one with a speedometer problem for that year honda civic. for safety reasons, why hasn't there been a recall? | |||
| 03/18/2011 | 103000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 honda civic. while driving approximately 20 mph the power steering and the brake pedal locked simultaneously. the contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crashed into the rear end of the vehicle directly in front of her. there were no reported injuries. the vehicle was towed to the towing facility. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 103,000. | |||
| 03/18/2011 | 103000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 honda civic. while driving approximately 20 mph the power steering and the brake pedal locked simultaneously. the contact was unable to stop the vehicle and crash into the rear of the vehicle directly in front of her. there were no reported injuries. the vehicle was towed to the tow truck yard. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted. the approximate failure mileage was 103,000. ds | |||
| 01/26/2011 | 32139 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 honda civic. while the contact attempted to park the vehicle an unexpected increase of acceleration occurred, followed by a loud roaring noise. immediately, the brakes were engaged and the vehicle failed to reduce speed. the vehicle began to accelerate uncontrolably; and the contact swerved to avoid crashing into a tree. the brakes were applied repeatedly, and then eventually the vehicle came to a complete stop positioned in between the tree and a parking sign pole. the vehicle | |||
| 06/18/2010 | 69000 | ||
| Tl. contact owns a 2004 honda civic. the contact stated while parking the vehicle at 5 mph. the contact tapped on the accelerator pedal and the vehicle accelerated over a curb and into a field. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer regarding the sudden acceleration and the dealer informed the contact the sudden acceleration was due to driver error. the dealer stated the accelerator pedal is controlled by cable not electronic components. the contact stated the sudden acceleration could have caused a major crash. the failure mileage was 69,000. jo | |||
| 11/11/2009 | 92500 | 1 | |
| I drive a 2004 manual honda civic. i was driving down the freeway with cruise control set at about 70 mph. suddenly, i felt my car speed up substantially and when i look at the speedometer i was traveling over 85 mph. i immediately canceled cruise control but my car continued to gain speed. i hit my brakes which caused my car to shudder violently. when my foot wasn't on the brakes, my car continued to quickly gain speed. i attempted to move the car into neutral and coast to a stop, but when i put the clutch in my rpm's rose to about 8,000 and didn't go down even when the car was in neutral. the car also continued to increase in speed even when it was in neutral. i moved back into 5th gear and continued down the highway going between 85-95 mph. i was able to maintain that speed only with my foot on the brakes. i placed a call to 911 and informed them that i couldn't stop my car. the 911 dispatcher contacted highway patrol who set out to catch me. once a highway patrolman was behind me, i was instructed to shift into neutral, even though the rpm's would shoot up, and coast to a stop. the car shook almost uncontrollably while i was slowing down and even at a complete stop in neutral on the side of the road the rpm's were at about 8,000. we had the car towed to the honda dealership where they turned the car on and witnessed the rpm's immediately shoot up to 8,000 again. after looking under the hood they could not determine a cause for the incident. when they turned the car on again it started and ran normally. no significant damage to the car was done, and luckily the freeway was uncrowded so an accident was avoided. *tr | |||
| 04/02/2008 | 6 | 10/03/2004 | |
| On occasions, when stopped for red light or stop sign, vehicle will race forward causing me to shut off the vehicle to stop it as it moves forward even while i have my foot on the brake. *tr | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 1 | ||
| 2004 honda civic. consumer states that the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 80 mph in 10 seconds the brakes failed. *mc | |||
| 04/30/2007 | 3100 | 1 | |
| 2004 honda civic customer states that her car was totaled due to brake failure**cc the consumer stated that the car suddenly accelerated and did not cease to stop when the brakes applied, therefore crashing into a metal barrier at alarming speed. *tr | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 1 | 08/01/2004 | |
| Consumer's 2004 civic pulled left. accelerator would not engage when depressed and the vehicle would make a sudden jump. *ts the vehicle was taken to the dealer but the were unable to determine the cause of the problem. the consumer also experienced problems with the vehicle's stereo and gear system. the dealer repair the loose wire but the stereo's sound is affected when the vehicle hits bumps in the road. the consumer was told that the gear shift was replaced. the rubber seal on the windshield popped up. the paint on the back fender started to flake. the brake began to make noise even after the vehicle was parked. *nm | |||
| 07/27/2004 | 6 | 07/27/2004 | |
| Since i bought this car all i have had were problems. the 1st problem was that the odometer was going more miles than i was driving. sometimes it was even right on the dot. i tested it against my 00 civic and 3 other cars. my civic was consistently off on trips over 20 miles. the first dealer could not duplicate it just driving around the block. i took it there 4 times within the first couple of months. i also had to get an oil change every 3.5 weeks because i had gone 5000 miles supposedly. the last time it was at that dealer there was a new service manager who's excuse for what was wrong with it was that i had somehow switched it from mi to km and that i needed to get out the manual and figure out how to fix it. during this time i had written honda customer service and they had all kinds of different ideas what was wrong with it and how it was my fault, not an actual problem. the next week i took it to another dealer who right away found there was a problem. when they called honda to figure out what to do since they had never seen this they were told not to do anything. they advised i come back and meet with the honda rep. i did and they tried running tests, checking tire pressure and everything came up ok. someone had mentioned it could be an electrical problem. as time went on other things stopped working right in the car. the interior lights buzzed when they were on. the car has had trouble starting, temperature did not affect it. turning the heat and a/c knob will change the station on the radio. the cigarette lighter will stop working for 5 minutes then come back on. more recently i've been having transmission problems(auto). the car won't shift, revs high, the jolts and w/cruise set it just accelerates for no reason. i will not buy another honda. *nm | |||
| 01/10/2005 | 2500 | 8 | 10/29/2004 |
| The speedometer locked at 40 mph, it will not move to let the consumer know what speed she was going. the manufacturer offered no assistance at this time. *jb *nm | |||
| 11/11/2004 | 5460 | 1 | 08/23/2004 |
| I was driving in a parking lot at a low speed, stopped to turn in parking space with foot on brake, car started to accelerate, pushed on brakes they would not work and car jumped curb, and hit post office building. car died immediately, but when turned car back on everything seemed normal.*ak | |||
| 07/08/2004 | 1 | 05/31/2004 | |
| When driving at low speeds vehicle surged forward. the vehicle suddenly accelerated , brakes failed and vehicle hit brick wall head on. upon impact, both frontal air bags did not deploy. consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection. *ak *tc | |||
| 03/20/2004 | 3000 | 2 | 02/14/2004 |
| While driving 40 mph speed control engaged. the consumer made attempt to disengage the system and the vehicle accelerated. this caused the driver to lose control and run into a ditch. upon impact, the front air bags deployed, but not the side air bags. *ak the consumer sustained a broken ankle, fractured hip joint, fractured pelvis and a collapsed left lung. *nm | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 1 | 02/16/2004 | |
| I own a honda civic sedan automatic 4 wheel drive purchased brand new 2004 model. first of all, yesterday i noticed the light on my console that meant the passenger side airbag was turned off. when i called the dealership to ask why it went on they said it was because my purse was on the seat and it thinks a child under 60 pounds is sitting there so it automatically turns off the air bag. they said it will go away when i take everything off the passenger seat. the light did not go away and when my sister who is 130 pounds sat on the seat and drove with me the light never went off, meaning that if i had gotten into a car accident her airbag would not have deployed. second, today when i was driving on the 101 freeway going between 65 and 70, the gas pedal became loose and my car continued to accelerate very quickly even though i was not even touching the gas pedal. when i tried to brake the car began to shake violently, traffic was building so i kept trying to brake and the car shook so badly that i started losing control of the vehicle. luckily i thought of using the neutral drive to stop the acceleration of my vehicle. the car continued to make the noise like i was hitting the gas but the car slowed down enough and i was able to get off the freeway and park. had it not been for me thinking of using the neutral shift, i would have hit a car in front of me. i got my car towed to the honda dealership but i have not heard since then. *jb | |||
| 08/06/2004 | 3000 | 1 | 03/05/2004 |
| While driving accelerator pedal became stuck, and vehicle smashed into a fence after placing it park. the air bag struck consumer in the face. *ak as the consumer looked down at the instrument panel, all of the dials were at zero. (no gas, no speed, no hot/cold indicator) the consumer parked the vehicle, restarted it and everything was back to normal. the consumer said that she was making a left hand turn, then all of a sudden, she was on a sidewalk, pulled into the road and was across in the next intersection heading for the drainage basin. the consumer was unable to stop the vehicle. *sc | |||