1998 Honda Civic complaints

TWO SCREWS LOOSENED, ALLOWING THE HANDLE USED TO SHIFT BETWEEN PARK, REVERSE, N, DRIVE, ETC. TO COME OFF WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 490. I DROVE TO A GAS STATION, APPLIED THE PARKING BRAKE, AND REATTACHED THE HANDLE MYSELF. HOWEVER, IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INTO "DRIVE" AND TRAFFIC WOULD BE BLOCKED OR AN ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. IF VEHICLE WAS IN "DRIVE" IN AN URBAN AREA WHERE ONLY PARALLEL PARKING (NO LOTS) EXISTS, SHIFTING INTO REVERSE (TO PROPERLY BACK INTO SPACE) WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AND VEHICLE MIGHT HAVE TO STOP IN A TRAFFIC LANE FOR TO BE REPAIRED IN THE STREET OR TO BE TOWED.*AK

WHILE STOPPING AT RED LIGHT VEHICLE WAS REARENDED AND PUSHED INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER HIT HEAD ON REARVIEW MIRROR. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

A CARBON BUILDUP CAUSES VALVES TO STICK AND MAKES VEHICLE INOPERABLE. VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED FIRST TIME IN MAY 2000. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO UPDATES OR RECALLS. THEY DO EXPECT RECALL BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR.*AK

REAR TRUNK LID WILL NOT STAY OPEN IF VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE, ON ONE OCCASION CONSUMER OPENED THE TRUNK LID, BENT OVER AND REACHED INSIDE THE TRUNK, THE LID CAME DOWN ON HIS HEAD INJURYING HIM. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF APPROXIMATELY 40-60 MPH, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I WAS DRIVING 55MPH IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO STUMBLE AND IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER FORCING ME TO CROSS TRAFFIC. CAR WOULD NOT START AND I WAS LEFT ON A BUSY EXPRESSWAY DURING RUSH HOUR.*AK

THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER PULLED OFF EXHAUST MANIFOLD COVER AND NOTICED TWO CRACKS. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET.*AK

WHEN ACCELERATING, PEDAL LEFT DRIVERS' FOOT AND WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR INTO A FULL OPEN POSITION. VEHICLE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE, EVEN AFTER BRAKES WERE APPLIED. AFTER VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK, THE ACCELERATOR WENT TO A CLOSE POSITION.

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS A HOLE IN IT. MANY 1998 CIVICS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT IS NOT ON A RECALL LIST YET.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AIR CONDITIONER STARTED MAKING NOISE, AND THEN STOPPED COOLING COMPLETELY. PROBLEM WAS MAKING VEHICLE RUNS ROUGHLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT COMPRESSOR HAD EXPLODED AND SHOT PIECES OF METAL INTO THE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM.

WHEN AT IDLE ENGINE REVS FROM 500RPM UP TO 1500 -2000RPM ALSO WHEN ON A HILL AT A STOP THE CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARDS BEFORE ENGAGING AND GOING FORWARD. ON ABOVE DATE THE CAR REVVED UP TO 4000 RPM BEFORE FINALLY ENGAGING AND I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED FROM THE STOP. WHEN THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICING I DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A "SERVICE BULLETIN" MAILED TO DEALERS ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM. HONDA KNEW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND NOT MADE IT PUBLIC. IF I HAD KNOWN THAT THIS WAS A SYMPTOM OF A FAULTY TRANSMISSION I WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BROUGHT THE CAR IN. MY WARANTY HAS EXPIRED 6 MOS AGO AND THE REPAIR WILL NOT BE COVERED. I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF FAULTY MAINTENANCE BECAUSE I DID NOT BRING IN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGES. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS WELL AS COSTLY AND THAT SINCE HONDA KNOWS THAT IT EXISTS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR AT LEAST INFORMATION MADE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK

ELECTICAL PROBLEM NOT FIXED YET, ENGINE TIMING PROB CAUSED VALVE DAMAGE, HEAD WORK REQUIRED...PAID BY OWNER, HONDA NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH SPED UP TO PASS HER IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE OF THE HIGHWAY, LEAVING ONLY 10 TO 15 FEET CLEAREANCE, AND THEN SLAMMED ON BRAKES AS THE VEHICLE SOON PASSED THE CONSUMER, SHE THEN SWERVED TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE VEHICLE, AND LOST CONTROL, STRIKING THE CENTER GUARD RAIL HEAD-ON IN WHICH THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.(ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)*JB

ONCOMING VEHICLE MADE U-TURN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, CAUSING ME TO CRASH INTO THEM @ 30MPH. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED DESPITE HEAVY DAMAGE TO FRONT OF CAR.*AK

FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT WHEN UNBUCKLED. RATCHET MECHANISM SEEMS FLIMSY.*AK

DURING FRONTAL COLLISION THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID A CRASH CONSUMER RAN INTO WALL. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOR TWO HOURS IN HOT SUN, REAR WINDOW BLEWOUT. *AK

TIRE DEVELOPED BUBBLE ON INSIDE-REPLACED BEFORE BLEW OUT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W27J487MNB TIRESIZE: 185/65R14)

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CONTINUED OPERATING EVEN WHEN SWITCH WERE IN OFF MODE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK

VEHICLE WOULD MAKE RATTLING NOISES IN REAR ONCE IT HITS A POTHOLE OR CRACKS IN THE ROAD AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP OVER A DOZEN TIMES, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT REPAIR IT, BUT DID HEAR THE NOISES. *AK

FRONT IMPACT CRASH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER HAD A FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE SHIFTING GEAR SHIFT SPRING POPPED OUT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING FLAMES SHOT UP FROM RIGHT FLOORBOARD, FIRE QUICKLY SPREAD TO LEFT FLOORBOARD, VEHICLE BURNED TOTALLY. *AK

REAR MAIN OIL SEAL FAILED CAUSING OIL LEAK. PROBLEM WAS IMMEDIATELY REPAIRED AT A COST OF $650.00 BY THE DEALER. DEALER ALSO CLAIMED THE OIL PAN GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $250.00 THIS REPAIR WAS DECLINED. OIL PAN GASKET DOES NOT LEAK.

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CJ

WHILE TRAVELING AT 15-20 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED A ANOTHER VEHICLE .UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

GAS CAP IS BAD. VEHICLE IS LOSING GAS BECAUSE SOME OF CAPS DO NOT FIT CORRECTLY, THEREFORE FUMES AND GAS LEAK OUT.*AK

DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AFTER HITTING HEAD-ON ANOTHER VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. CONSUMER IS CONTACTING DEALER TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR LOOK AT REASON.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER NOTICED PIECES OF METAL COMING FROM CAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WENT OUT.*AK BLOWER MOTOR FOR VENTILATION FAN HAS FAILED TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR . CONSUMER REPLACED TWO BLOWER UNITS AT HIS COST. *YH

THIS AND OTHER HONDAS I OWN CONSISTENTLY MISREPRESENT THE SPEED AT WHICH THE CAR IS ACTUALLY TRAVELLING. I USED TO BE INADVERTENTLY CAUGHT IN THE PASSING LANE GOING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT, ONLY TO HAVE OTHER DRIVERS RIDE ON MY REAR BUMPER. I FINALLY HAD THE SPEEDOMETER CHECKED ON THIS CAR WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR AN EMISSIONS TEST. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE; IN ADDITION IT SMACKS OF OUTRIGHT FRAUD SINCE IT APPEARS THAT HONDAS GET BETTER GASOLINE MILEAGE THAN THEY DO, AND THEY RUN OUT OF WARRANTY SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES SOONER THAN THEY SHOULD. IT ALSO CAUSES EXTRA MILEAGE FEES TO KICK IN SOONER FOR THOSE WHO LEASE.*AK

WHILE OPENING TRUCK LID FALLS IMMEDIATELY ON OCCUPANT WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURIES. HONDA SAID IT'S A POOR DESIGN OF TRUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FUSE COVER FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING AND GOT CAUGHT UNDER BRAKE PEDAL WHICH CAUSED A MINOR ACCIDENT. CONSUMER COULD NOT APPLY BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

THIS CAR STRUCK A TREE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR IS SUBSTANTIAL.*AK

CLUTCH IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BURNT OUT AND TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. *AK

THERE IS A CRACK INSIDE OF EXHAUST MANIFOLD. CONSUMER SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES COMING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

NEW TIRE BLEW UP AT 70 MPH ON I-80. GOOD WEATHER. LOST CONTROL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W27J TIRESIZE: P185/65R14)

WHILE SITTING A STOP LIGHT REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SLIPS WHILE DRIVING WHICH CAUSES RPMS TO GO UP. THIS MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER SAID THEY NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAD THE BUMPER REPLACED BY HONDA OF HOLLYWOOD THROUGH THE OTHER PARTYS INSURANCE, HOWEVER IT TOOK ALMOST 2MONTHS TO HAVE DONE BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND. I HAD THE BUMPER REPLACED 9/11/00 AND RICHARD IN THE HOLLYWOOD HONDA AUTOBODY SHOP TELLS ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN OPENING WHERE THE BUMPER AND BODY OF THE CAR MEET. I TOLD HIM WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IT WAS LIKE THAT THE TWO MET CLOSELY AND NOW HE IS TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT ITS WAS NEVER LIKE THAT AND TO LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER HONDAS THEY ARE NOT CLOSE TOGETHER. AT THIS POINT 2 MONTHS OF BEING DUMPED ON, THE FARMERS INSURANCE ADJUSTER FROM THE GUILTY PARTY MADE A DEAL WITH RICHARD FROM MY INITIAL PRECISE ESTIMATE OF $895.00 TO HONDA'S $413.00 AND THE BUMPER IS WORSE OFF. I NEED A LAWYER CAN SOMEONE HELP ME OUT? *AK

WHILE I WAS DRIVING TREAD OF THE TIRE PEELED OFF, CAUSING BODY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE (THE SIDE PANEL AND BUMPER).*AK( DOT NUMBER: W27J TIRE SIZE: P185/65R14 )

NO SUMMARY

THE TIRE BLEW OUT AND SPLITED THE FRONT FENDER OFF THE CAR WHILE MY CAR WAS PARKED ON MY LOT( DOT NUMBER: VN7JMNH357 TIRE SIZE: P185/65R14 )

I BEGAN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE CAR REPAIRED ON AUGUST 14, 2000. BY TODAY, AUGUST 18TH, THE HONDA DEALER HAD MENTIONED TO THE REPAIR SHOP THAT IAM HAVING THE WORK DONE AT THAT THEY HAD ORDERED 6 OF THESE MANIFOLDS. ON MONDAY WHEN I HAD CALLED THE DEALER FOR PARTS, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MANIFOLD IN STOCK. I BELIVE THAT THIS COULD BE A SIGN OF A MAJOR DEFECT. ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY POSE A THREAT TO ME PHYSICALLY, IT COULD ALLOW EXHUAUST FUMES INTO THE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESUE THE MANUFACTURE AND ATTEMPT TO HAVE THEM REPLACE THE PART.

CONSUMER RECIEVED AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITH INSTALLED BUT THE DEALER LOST THE FORM AND HAS DELAYED THE REPAIR. NLM

REAR LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE SEATBELT BUCKLE WILL BECOME UNDONE, CAUSING CSS TO BECOME LOOSE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND THERE WAS A STALLED CAR IN FRONT OF HER. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS OR ANYYTHING SHOWING. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT OTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK