Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||
| 02/04/2010 | 85000 | 1 | |
| 2005 honda civic hybrid: about once a day during my commute, i hit a bump or pothole while braking, and the brakes get very weak for a second until i apply more pedal pressure. this is a problem probably very similar to the recent toyota prius braking problem. the generator stops providing braking force when the vehicle hits a pothole. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 12/14/2009 | 75000 | 1 | |
| When traveling over a bump or bumppy road the brake pedal of my honda civic hybrid becomes soft and ineffective until after i have passed over the bumps. *tr | |||
| 06/08/2005 | 60000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 honda civic hybird. the contact stated as he is coming to a stop and step on his brakes or hit a bump he loses his brakes it felt as if there is no brakes. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and contact was told this is normal. the manufacture was also call and inform contact they will give him a return call but they never did. the failure mileage was 75,866...mw updated 03/15/10 *bf | |||
| 03/05/2008 | 20000 | 4 | |
| 2005 honda civic hybrid, when braking tires squeal like they are skidding. this has happened 3 or 4 times, usually after driving for more than a few hours. i try to apply the brakes on a regular stopping event, just even gently application to the pedal, and the front wheels make an audible skidding sound. *tr | |||
| 09/01/2005 | 1 | ||
| Momentary loss of braking capability while traveling over an uneven road surface, pot hole or bump. *tw | |||
| 12/08/2009 | 28900 | 1 | |
| 1) since i bought the car in 2005 (new), periodically the anti-lock brake system kicks in for no apparent reason (while i am braking, of course). 2) under the above situation, as well as at other times when the antilock brakes kick in, i cannot get the abs to disengage no matter what i do, until the car has reached a complete stop. 3) intermittently, the antilock brake system, when it kicks in, the car will take an exceedingly long, very very exceedingly long time to stop. very exceeding long. at almost all these times, i was already going very slowly toward a stop sign, stoplight or approaching an intersection to turn. it seems that the wheels lock up and the car just slides. as a result of #3, i have run innumerable stop signs, a few stop lights, the other night i almost hit a car head on, missed the turnoff to my street by almost 200 feet, missed my driveway by about 100 feet. this was on snowy, wet slushy roads. but, i will tell you when approaching the intersections and turns, i could not have been going slower without being at almost a dead standstill. it is very fortunate that in each case there was no accident. but, the dealership tells me that is the way the abs system works, there is nothing wrong with it and nevertheless they cannot reproduce the problem. has anyone else reported this problem? i have contacted honda corporation, checked for bulletins, etc. and i find nothing. i do not believe antilock brakes are supposed to work like this. *tr | |||