1993 Honda Civic complaints

DRAIN HOLE FOR THE OIL PAN WAS DAMAGED. YH

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS FELL OFF, PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM FULLY CLOSING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK,

DISTRIBUTER LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL COMPLETELY OUT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD STOPPED WORKING. WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS LOCKED, IT FAILS TO REMAIN LATCHED. WILL NOT STAY IN POSITION. CONTACTING THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED. *AK

THE GROVES TO THE OIL PAN PLUG ARE STRIPPED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ALONE AND THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND WAS KNOCKED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I CONTACTED THE DEALER THEY REPAIRED IT. MJS

NO SUMMARY

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AT TIMES. WHEN SEAT BELT IS IN USE THE BELT CONTINOUS TO TIGHTEN CAUSING DISCOMFORT TO DRIVER. *YC

WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH HIT BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD, BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. CONSUMER CONTCTED DEALER AND THEY SAID THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

MICHELIN TIRES EXPERIENCES EXCESSIVE WEAR AND SEPARATION AFTER ONLY 25825 MILES. MJS

ENGINE FAILED, HOLE IN THE SIDE OF ENGINE. MJS

WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE STALLS . THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE WIRING IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN THE DISTRIBUTOR BEARING FAILED THE IGNITION ROTOR MELTED FROM THE HEAT. FROM A FEW SEARCHES ON THIS SITE, IT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON HONDA FAMILY OF ENGINES PROBLEM. SOME RELIEF IN THE COST OF THE DISTRIBUTOR WOULD BE A NICE GESTURE. $336USD FOR THE DIST. BASE IS HIGH. THIS IS A D16Z6 VTEC ENGINE. THE FAILED BEARING APPEARS TO BE DRY OF ANY OIL FOR LUBRICATION, ALTHOUGH THE DISTRIBUTOR/CAM GEAR MATING AREA IS WET WITH ENG. OIL AS WOULD BE EXPECTED. THANKS, JIM

NO SUMMARY

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH CONSUMER HIT A TREE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTED IN KNEE INJURY AND BRUISING TO THE PASSENGER AND INTERNAL BRUISING TO THE DRIVER. NLM

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. ELECTRICAL FIRE DUE TO A SHORT IN WIRING HARNESS. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

DUE TO A LEAK IN THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE'S FRONT END AND REAR END WERE BURNED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FLOOR MAT PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AS IN THE RECALL ON THE 1997 MODELS (99E-015), HOWEVER 1993 MODEL NOT INCLUDED. MJS

MISPOSITIONED FLOOR MAT MAY HAVE GOTTEN STUCK ON GAS PEDALL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPEED THROUGHT INTERSECTION AND RESULT IN VEHICLE COLLISION. NLM

CONSUMER DRIVING 20 MPH, SUDDENLY THE HOOD CAME UNLATCHED, AND FLEW BACK HIT THE WINDSHIELD, ALSO CAUSED THE ROOF TO BUCKLE. *ET

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE OCCUPANT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE , CAUSING FRONT END TO LAND IN A DITCH, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THAT VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE ON THE BELTWAY, OUT OF THE BLUE, MY CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF (THE ACCELERATOR LEFT MY FOOT & THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ACTIVATED AT THE TIME), AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WANT TO OPERATE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN---VERY FRIGHTENING! *AK

NO SUMMARY

CONSUMER'S CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

DISTRIBUTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 85000 MILES. ALL INDICATIONS FROM MECHANICS ARE THAT THIS PART SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER.

C.B. BOOTS FAILED.

BRAKES PADS ARE FREEZING IN THE GUIDES,ALLOWING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON ROTORS, CAUSING THE ROTORS TO OVERHEAT ,WHICH COULD RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FAILURE OF BRAKES.

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON THREE OCCASIONS ONE INCIDENT RESULTING VEHICLE COLLISION.

DISTRIBUTOR BEARINGS FROZE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.

DASHBOARD MATERIAL CREATES GLARE ON WINDSHIELD, POOR VISIBILITY.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WHEN SHE BEGAN BRAKING TO EXIT FREEWAY. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SPINNING INTO A GAURDRAIL. THE FRONT END HIT THE RAIL AND TOTALED VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

AT 75MPH VEHICLE BECOMES UNSTABLE. STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIGHT. DEALERS NOTED CHANGING TIRES ON VEHICLE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY FASTENED. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN PUSHING THE BELT INTO THE BUCKLE, IT CLICKS AS THOUGH IT IS FASTENED, HOWEVER WHEN THE BELT IS MOVED, IT COMES LOOSE AND IT HAS TO BE REFASTENED. *SLC

THE BEARINGS IN THE IGNITION DISTRIBUTOR FAILED.

OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBACKS TO COLLAPSE. DRIVER HAS NECK INJURIES DUE TO SEAT COLLAPSING. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD AT 50 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, CONSUMER COMMENCED TO DOWNSHIFT WHEN THE CLUTCH DISENGAGED DUE TO SPRING FALLING OUT. CONSUMER'S REPAIRMAN NOTIFIED THE DEALER, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR. *AK

NO SUMMARY

DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AFTER A FRONT END COLLISION WHICH TOTALED THE VEHICLE.

ROOF CONSTANTLY CREEKS AND SQUEEKS WHEN DRIVING.

DISTRIBUTOR BEARINGS FAILURE.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 20 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

COLLISION OCCURRED AND NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG.

WATER PUMP FAILED TWICE.

CONSUMER SAT IN SEAT TO ADJUST IT, LEANED BACK AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT SNAPPED, THE STEEL BRACKET IN UPPER PORTION OF SEAT BROKE, CONSUMER HAS NO SUPPORT IN BACK . *AK

FAILURE OF DISTRIBUTOR CAP CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL IN TRAFFIC, REQUIRING A TOW.

AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE STOPPED BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING 25 MPH. THIS PUSHED STOPPED VEHICLE INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT AND BACK OF VEHICLE.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CAR JUST ACCELERATED FAST, JUMPED THE CURB AND HIT A POLE. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THEY TRIED HITTING THE BRAKES AND THEY WOULDN'T WORK. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC. COMSU *AKMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT.