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1996 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 1996 record →

Tires

Filed Apr 4, 1996CA

WHILE DRIVING, CRUISE CONTROL SET, TIRES LOCKED UP; NO BRAKES WERE APPLIED; NO WARNING; SPEED 60 MPH; TIRES REPLACED BY DEALER; CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control

Filed Mar 26, 1996MA

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES BUT THEY DID NOT STOP VEHICLE. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured

Filed Feb 22, 1996MA

HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK

Power Train › Manual Transmission › Floor Shift Assembly

Filed Jan 29, 1996TX

5 SPD-TRANSMISSION SHIFT COLUMN LOCATED FLOOR CAME COMPLETELY OUT. VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY INOPERATIVE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor

Filed Dec 4, 1995NY

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW 30 DEGREES. OWNER IS AWARE OF ANOTHER W/SAME FAILURE. WIPER MOTOR ON BACK ORDER. PLEASE DESCRIBE.

Reading these

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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