1996 Honda Civic complaints

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WAS REACHING TO RELEASE EMERGENCY BRAKE & NOTICED BUTTON WAS NOT ON VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALER AFTER HAVING EMERGENCY BRAKES RELEASED. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC ENTIRE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR EMISSION PROBLEMS. MY CAR HAS HAD 3 EMMISSION RELATED REPAIRS WITH A 6 MONTH PERIOD. IT RESULTED IN A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT I WAS TOLD WAS NOT COVERED. *AK

BECAUSE OF REPORTS I CHECKED MY CAR, THE TREAD SEPARATION WAS OBVIOUS. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 185SR15 )

RECALL 96V10 000/BRAKES:HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:CHECK VALVE: REPORTING AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 30 -40 MPH AND REAR ENDED A 1986, CHEVROLET S10, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. OWNER NOT SURE IF THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

REARENDED A STOPPED VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING APPROX 20-25 MPH. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10-14-99. ABOUT 6-7 MONTHS LATER, BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH SRS LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE DRIVING. AROUND 7/15/2000, SRS LIGHT BEGAN TO CONSISTENTLY STAY ON WHILE DRIVING. TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE SRS CONTROL UNIT AT A COST TO ME OF $450.

CAR WOULD NOT START. TOLD BY AUTHORIZED SERVICE DEPARTMENT THE ENGINE WAS FLOODED. THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING FOR 2 DAYS WITHOUT AN ATTEMPTED START SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE ENGINE COULD BE FLOODED. WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD UNDER HEAT SHIELD- HONDA DID COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

BOTH HEADLIGHT GOT WATER IN THEM WHEN CAR WASHED-REPLACED SEALS AND LENSES-WARRANTY, WINDSHIELD MADE HOWLING NOISE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS-RESEALED TWICE-WARRANTY, LEFT FRONT SEAT WOULD NOT MOVE BACK AND FORTH-REPLACED TRACK-WARRANTY, DEAD BATTERY-REPLACED-WARRANTY, RT FRONT SEATBELT WOULD NOT RETRACT-INSTALLED NEW SEATBELT-WARRANTY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE THEN IT WOULD STALL. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND OUT THAT ENGINE HAD A HOLE AT THE BOTTOM, AND THAT CAUSED IT TO FAIL. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG. OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55 MPH. DRIVER'S VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK *ML

MY CAR HAS A NEW TIMING BELT, A NEW IGNITION CONTROL MODULE " IGNITOR" NEW PLUGS, AND FUEL IS GETTING TO THE ENGINE AND FIRE IS GOING TO PLUGS BUT MY CAR STILL WILL NOT START. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS A SENSOR THAT WILL WILL CAUSE THE CAR NOT TO START.? I HAVE JUST BECOME AWARE OF THE THROTTLE PROBLEM AND IT WAS A RECALL BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE. IS THIS THE PROBLEM? AT THE BOTTTOM PULLEY OF THE TIMING BELT THERE IS A SENSOR, WILL THAT CAUSE MY CAR NOT TO START. I NEED HELP AND WHEN I WENT TO HONDA HERE IN COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA ON GREYSTONE BLVD THE PARTS DEPARTMENT HAD NO IDEA WHAT I NEEDED OR EVEN WHAT A IGNITION CONTROL MODULE WAS....I NEED ASSTSANCE WITHT HIS MATTER AND I EXPECT FOR SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME ASAP....THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

WHEN OPENING, TRUNK LID REBOUNDS STRIKING OPERATOR IN HEAD, CAUSING CONCUSSION

WHILE DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AT 5MPH AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

DAUGHTER COMING HOME FROM WORK WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. WOKE UP, AND HIT THE GUARDRAIL. VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND SPUN, WINDING UP NOSE DOWN IN A DITCH. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

CAR LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES IT CAN JERK . IT WILL STALL WHEN IDLING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE CAUS EOF THE PROBLEM.

TURNED CAR OFF. CAR BEGAN TO HONK WILDLY, INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED, DOOR LOCKED AND UNLOCKED, AND RADIO IS WITHOUT POWER. HAD TO PULL UNDER HOOD HORN FUSE TO STOP POWERING THE ELECTRICAL SHORT. THIS FUSE POWERS HORN AND BRAKE LIGHTS. FUSE MUST REMAIN PULLED TO KEEP HORN FROM SOUNDING. PREVIOUSLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS. THESE WERE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. LATEST PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED BEFORE BUT DID NOT INCLUDE DOOR LOCKS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS. AFRAID UNDER DASH ELECTRICAL SHORT WILL CAUSE ACCIDENT (AUTO-DEPLOY AIRBAGS, ETC. WHILE DRIVING). *AK

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEM REGISTERING VEHICLE, THROUGH A TITLE SEARCH A COMPANY REVEALED ODOMETER FRAUD. NLM

WITH ONLY 32,808 MILES ON MY VEHICLE, I AM REPLACING BOTH THE FRONT AND THE REAR OXYGEN SENSORS. THIS REPAIR CARRIES A PRICE TAG OF OVER $500. I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AS THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL OF 1996. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM, BUT WHEN I RESPONDED TO THE RECALL AND VISITED THE HONDA DEALER IN MY AREA, I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT BACK BETWEEN THE MILEAGE RANGE OF 50,000 TO 75,000 MILES. *AK

WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, FRONT BRAKES WOULD CHATTER WHEN DRIVING 55MPH THE BRAKES WOULD PULSATE. AT LOW SPEED THEY WOULD NOT FEEL THE PULSATING. BEEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR BRAKES. ROTORS & PADS HAD BEEN CHANGED. SO FAR, ONLY HAPPENED 3 TIMES. *AK

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, INDICATING THAT THE AIRBAG IS DISFUNCTIONING AND RECENTLY THE HORN AND THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING TOO. *AK

1996 HONDA CIVIC DX EXPERIENCES STICKY ACCELERATION, MUST APPLY CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE TO ACCELATOR WHEN STOPPED WHICH CAUSES CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD. THIS WAS REPORTED TO DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND APPEARED TO BE CORRECTED, BUT CONDITION REAPPEARED. CAR WAS RECALLED FOR FUEL THROTTLE AND REPAIRED, BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE STICKY ACCELERATOR. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT ENGAGE MOST OF THE TIME. THE BUTTON TO RELEASE THE BRAKE STAYS IN WHICH KEEPS THE BRAKE DISENGAGED. THE WINDSHIELD WHISTLES AT ROAD SPEEDS.

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN THEN WHEN RESTARTED, IT KNCOKS LOUDLY. *AK

THE REMOTE DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING WHEN THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING FOR A WEEK IN THE DRIVEWAY. APPARENTLY A "CRYSTAL" WHICH CONTROLS THIS BROKE. THERE WAS NO RESON ON MY PART WHY IT SHOULD HAVE BROKEN. I DON'T SEE WHY I SHOULD PAY $450 FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A DEFECT AND HAS BEEN FIXED NUMEROUS TIMES BY MY MECHANIC IN CIVICS OF THE SAME YEAR. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAS FAILED IN NUMEROUS CIVICS FROM 1996 ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, LEADING US TO BELIEVE THAT BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE DEFECTS.

WHILE TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL REPAIRS OF FLOOR MATS. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO THE THROTTLE STICKING AS A RERSULT OF FLOOR MAT GETTING ENTANGLE D WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. RECALL 99E15000. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON A WET ROAD APPLIED THE BRAKES, VEHICLE COULDN'T STOP ON TIME, AND REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER OF AIR BAG DEPLOYED.*AK

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE LEVER WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE SET POSITION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL. DEALER REPLACED THE SPRING INSIDE THE LEVER MECHANISM WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FLOOR MATS CAUSED ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STAY DEPRESSED RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING TREE DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY AND CONTROL. MJS

MY ABS- AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD AROUND 55,000 MILES. MY HONDA HAS NOT HAD ANY PROBEMS WHAT SO EVER. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN A WRECK OR SLIGHT FENDER BENDER. YET SOMEHOW MY AIRBAG DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE. I TOOK MY VEH. TO THE DLRSHIP AND THEY ADVISE ME MY AIRBAG MOTOR DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE AND I WOULD NEED A NEW AIRBAG MOTOR. MY MOTHER HAS THE SAME YR/MAKE AS MY VEHICLE AS SHE ALSO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM W/ HER ABS LIGHT BEING ON. THE REASON I AM REPORTING THIS IS IT SEEMS ODD SINCE THE ONLY TIME THE HOOD IS EVER OPENED IS FOR AN OIL CHANGE OR GENERAL WORK TO BE COMPLETED AND NOW SOMEHOW MY AIRBAG MOTOR DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER.

NOTICE SENT TO CONSUMER FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ACCELERATOR CABLE DUE TO POSSIBLE FAILURE, CONSUMER NOT ABLE TO HAVE REPAIRS COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. MJS

THROTTLE CABLE RECALL CAN NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. MJS

TRANSMISSION INTERMTTENTLY, WHEN IN REVERSE, 1ST,$2ND GEAR WILL MAKE NOISES OR WILL NOT MOVE ( GEAR SHIFT WILL BE IN GEAR BUT CAR WON,T GO. )WILLKEPT TAKEN CAR BACK, CUZ OF SAME PROBLEMS .VISTA MORE LAST WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TOOK IT TO OXNARD HONDA THEY FOUND IT HAD THE WRONG OIL IN THE TRANSMISSION. THEN FIND OUT OXNARD SAY'S IT'S NOT UNDER WARRENTY, SO I HAD TO PAY $70.00

I AM WORKING WITH INS CO. TO RESOLVE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED DUE TO DEFECT

WHEN ROLLING THE WINDOW UP THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE WITHIN THE WINDOW. CONSUMER ALREADY HAD THE WINDOW REPAIRED, AND THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. *AK

PARKING BRAKE BUTTON SEEMS TO STICK "IN". WORRIED THE PARKING BRAKE WILL FAIL.

RECALL 99E015000; NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE ACCESSORY FLOOR MATS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. WILL BE NOTIFYING OWNER WHEN AVAILABLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN IGNITION IS TURNED ON IT SLIPS PAST THE CORRECT POSITION , CAUSING ENGINE TO RACE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK AFTER ACCELERATION , CAUSING ALOT OF WEAR ON THE BRAKES. *AK

HORN LOCATION MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO USE WHENEVER NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS PROBLEM. *AK

NO SIMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR MAT PUSHES UNDER THE DASH, CAUSING AIR CODITIONER DRAIN HOSE TO DISCONNECT AND LEAK ONT INTERIOR CARPET, CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE CIVIC ORIGINAL MATS WHICH IS UNDER RECALL AT THIS TIME RECALL # 99-E-015-000. ----------------PLEASE ADD VIN.#-----------------

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF, CAUSING VEHICLE HIT SOMETHING, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ACCIDENT TO TO DRIVER FLOORMAT CAUSES THE ACELERATOR PEDAL TO STICK WHILE COMING TO A STOP; CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE ON TO ON ON-COMING TRAFFIC. DRIVER RECEIVER MAJOR INJURY TO RIGHT LUNGUE TO ACCIDENT. CONSUMER RECEIVED MFR. RECALL LETTER 3-4 DAYS LATERS. DEALER/ MFR.WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THISTIME.

ACCELERATOR STICK DUE TO FLOOR MAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. JUST RECEIVED OFFICIAL RECALL NOTICE, BUT DID NOT HEAR ANY NEWS REPORTS OF THE RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20MPH, AND WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION WITH A 93- FORD TRUCK, EXPLORER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER HIT DASH, PASSENGER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END ACCIDENT AT 50 MPH. ENTIRE FRONT END WAS TOTALED.UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DURING LOW IMPACT ACCIDENT VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG CAUSED INJURY TO CONSUMER. *YC