Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - PEDAL/LINKAGE | |||||
| SB-11-005 | 03/31/2011 | 10038365 | Ready | 06/15/2011 | |
| SB-11-005 | 03/31/2011 | 10038365 | Honda: the clutch pedal pops or squeaks when it is pressed. there is insufficient clearance of the master cylinder. *rm | 06/15/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 12/01/2009 | 1 | ||
| Hello, i have a 2009 honda civic. evry time i drive it for more then an hour or so, the gear shift base where the n,rf etc is written, gets hot. also, the instrument panel where the cd player is gets really hot. the dealer tells me it is ok, there is no problem. i find it hard to believe as i don't want to be on the hwy with my family and the car catches on fir or something. how could this be normal. please help. *tr | |||
| 10/28/2009 | 9000 | 1 | |
| Car has intermittent hesitation after coming to a complete stop, problem appears more often in 90 + degree weather, which is common in my home state of florida. dealer checked car and was unable to find a problem. problem is still there, and can be a major safety issue if the car were to hesitate at the wrong moment. problem has been present for months now, this is a 2009 honda civic 4 door sedan (ex-l navi model). *tr | |||
| 05/23/2009 | 8003 | 1 | |
| Sudden acceleration surge, to the point of having to completely hold the brake with both feet. at one point, after putting car into neutral, the engine revved to 7000 rpm before owner could turn car off. the initial surging resulted in the owner's wife hitting her passenger mirror against another vehicle when the engine surged while in reverse. there was no category for the vehicle ecu, which is quite suspect at this point. *tr | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 03/07/2010 | 5500 | 1 | |
| I drive a 2009 honda civic lx 5 speed automatic transmission two problems need to be addressed and the dealership says they are completely normal, and i know they are not normal. problem 1: transmission: when coming to a stop, usually under 10mph the transmission shifts very hard into first gear. so hard that it shifts hard and i have my foot on the brake pedal the car wants to launch me a little further.twice now i have almost hit somebody because when it shifts hard into first it wants to keep going, i have to sometimes pull emergency brake to make sure i don't hit anybody. it doesn't happen all the time but when it does it scares me. second problem: brakes: the brakes in this car are horrible even with my foot completely down the car still has a hard time slowing down and again i seem to have to rely on the emergency brake to help me stop. i have a 4 year old son i bought this car because it was rated safe, but i'm terrified to take him anywhere because i don't know if i can stop or not. i talk to the dealership and they say both problems are completely normal. its brand new with only 5500 miles on it so i know this isn't normal. *tr | |||
| 12/27/2009 | 6000 | 1 | |
| I just bought this new honda civic 2009 lx sedan, and after driving for few weeks, i started to hear some kind of noise in the car. its coming from the right passenger side. and after i took it to the shop, they told me, it might be the change that i have in the car, so i took out the change and started drive again, but it didn't work, i still hear the noise. i didn't have time to go back and ask them to fix it again. the other problem is the transmission, one night when i try to park the car, the car started to shaking when i pull it to the reverse mode, then i tried few more times, its the same with d mode. i was mad and was about to drive it to the dealer, but the next day when i ready to drive it, the shaking was gone. when i took them to the shop, the dealer inspect it and says there is no problem, they want me to drop the car there for two days, so they can go into deeper inspect, i refused, because i didn't have time and i needed the car for work. *tr | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 12/01/2008 | 1000 | 1 | |
| Brand new 2009 civic si sedan have noticed grinding of 2nd and third gear synchromesh, and also a lot of notchiness while shifting. brought it to the dealership, they responded that this was normal, under further investigation i found out about a recall on 06-08 transmissions. i feel that the problem that they say was resolved was not. i work on cars so i replaced the manual trans fluid it came out as black as molasses, there is something seriously wrong with my transmission and i don | |||