RECEIVEDD RECALL LETTER (95V103001); NOTIFIED DEALER; INFORMED HAVE NO PARTS; HAD TO ORDER PARTS; CALLED & LEFT MESSAGES; CALLS NOT RETURNED; NO INFORMATION ON PARTS. *AK
1990 Honda Civic complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1990 record →
OWNER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING AT 40MPH AND THE LAP/SHOULDER BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT HOLD DUE TO A FAULTY SEATBELT RETRACTOR. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. *AK
THE SEAT BELT FAILED IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING OCCUPANT TO BE EJECTED FROM VEHICLE, RESULTING IN INJURIES.
SEA TBELT BUCKLE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL; DEALER KEEPS ON ORDERING WRONG PARTS. (95V103.001). *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE THROTTLE STICKS, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN SPEED WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKE. *AK
RAIN AND MELTED SNOW ACCUMULATES IN THE REAR HOLDS OF THE TAIL LIGHTS WHICH ARE ATTACHED ON THE TRUNK DOOR PANEL
WHILE IN A STOP POSITION VEHICLE WAS REARENDED, EXP. BOTH FRONT DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SEATBACK REST BROKE THEN COLLASPED REARWARD, RESULTING IN DRIVER BEING KILLED AND PASSENGER SUSTAINING HEAD AND NECK TRAUMA. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL HEADLIGHTS SOMETIMES GO OFF AND VEHICLE WAS REARENDED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE LIGHT NOT WORKING WHEN RAINIG TRUNK FILLS UP WITH WATER, THERE IS SOME RUST/CORROSION AND SMELL . *AK
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED.
EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM U-JOINT WHEN TURNING.
VEHICLE SKIDS IN WET WEATHER WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.
LEFT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)
UNDERCARRIAGE HAS LOUD METALLIC VIBRATION WHEN ACCELERATING.
EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF DRIVER'S MOTORIZED SHOULDER HARNESS, WHEN WON'T GO FORWARD OR RETRACT BACK. *AK
DRIVER'S SHOULDER HARNESS IS INOPERATIVE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, SMELT BURNING ODOR, PARKED VEHICLE, LEFT LIGHTS ON, LEFT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY CAUGHT FIRE, HEADLIGHTS WERE FLICKERING PRIOR TO FIRE. *AK
WATER GETS INTO THE HEADLIGHT AND SHORTS OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
THE REAR WINDSHIELD ON THE VEHICLE EXPLODED WHEN DRIVING, CAUSING GLASS TO FALLL INTO THE VEHICLE. *AK
STARTER FAILURE. *SD
WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY, FRONT LEFT WHEEL COLLAPSED; STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP; SUSPENSION DROPPED DOWN WITH AXLE; AXLE BROKE; SPEED 30 MPH; NO WARNING. *AK
PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. TT
VEHICLE INVOLVED FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLES ARE BROKE AND WHEN RAINS THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT FAILS. TT
PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN COIL AND IGNITOR, CAUSES VEHICLE TO STALL. *DH
THE BRAKES OF THE CAR DID NOT WORK IN A REAR ENDED ACCIDENT. TT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THERE WAS A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. TT SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSED ACCIDENT, CONSUMER STATES HIS PREVIOUS HONDA CIVIC EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING, BUT DAMAGE WAS UNDER THE 500 DOLLAR INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE. *SLC
VEHICLE'S HATCHBACK COLLAPSES WHEN ITS OPENED. TT THE HATCHBACK LIFT STRUTS WILL SUDDENLY FAIL CAUSING THE HATCHBACK TO COLLAPSE, IT HAS COLLAPSED INJURING CONSUMER'S BACK WHILE BENDING OVER.*JB
PURCHASE CAR NEW AFTER 5 YEARS THE TOP ON THE RADIATOR CRACKED . TT
ENGINE WILL STALLS FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. *AK
THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT GETS STUCK IN THE FRONT/REAR OF THE TRACK, AND DOES NOT TIGHTEN WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TT
SUDDEN ACCELERATION FOUR TIMES ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. *AW
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS JAMMED WILL NOT LATCH, EA94-035 ACTIVE. TT
TAKATA SEATBELT FAILURE. TT
DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLES BROKE. *SKD
BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLES POP OPEN, REPLACED 4 TIMES, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TT
REAR MIDDLE SEATBELT BUCKLE CAME LOOSE ON IMPACT, RESULTING IN CHILD SAFETY SEAT FLYING ACROSS THE CAR. TT
BRAKE CALIPER ARE LEAKING. TT
CONSUMER IS NOT OWNER WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT OF CAR WIFE WAS IN FRONT THE SEAT BELT DIDN'T HOLD THE TWO PASSENGER. TT
ALL SEATBELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETAIN CARSEAT ALLOWING TOO MUCH SLACK. TT
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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