1999 Honda Civic complaints

THE CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE ANY SERVICES FROM THE DEALERSHIP CONCERNING THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. RECALL# 02V120000 SCC *JB

IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. PH

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 30MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATED THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE CLIP MECHANISM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB THE CONSUME NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

THE DEALER STATED NO PARTS REGARDING RECALL 02 V 120 000 (IGNITION SWITCH) WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS. *TS *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER, DEALER WAS WILLING TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BUT ONLY AFTER CONSUMER AGREED TO PAY $90.00 FOR DEINSTALLING AND THEN REINSTALLING AFTER MARKET IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER REFUSED TO DO SO. PH.....*AK

RECALL# 02V12000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER REFUSED REPAIRS DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. VATLAND HONDA. 772-567-3484 772-567-3484. PLEASE PROVIDE THE ADDRESS. TS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH A PARKING LOT, A LAMP POST WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE QUARER PANEL ABOVE THE TIRE. THE SPEED TRAVELED WAS 5 MPH AND THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS COMPLAINTS OF AIRBAGS NOT GOING OFF IN FRONTAL COLLISIONS, BUT A SIDE IMPACT AT 5 MPH CAUSED THE AIRBAG TO GO OFF, WHICH IN TURN ALSO TWISTED THE DASH BOARD AND BROKE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE ACTUAL CRASH ITSELF CAUSED LESS THEN $500 OF DAMAGE, IT IS THE AIRBAG, WINDSHIELD, AND DASH BOARD THAT CAUSED ALL OF THE DAMAGE.

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH, WHEN CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP, SHE WAS INFORMED THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE TO RECONNECT THE AFTER MARKET REMOTE STARTER ON THE VEHICLE, OR THE STARTED WOULD BE LEFT DISCONNECTED, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND WAS ASSURED THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE.*JB

FOGGING PROBLEM

WHEN CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL LETTER, CONSUMER CALLED DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD HE WOULD GET A CALL BACK WHEN AN AVAILABLE SPOT CAME UP. TS

DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT HE WOULD BE CALLED WHEN AN AVAILABLE SPOT CAME UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS CONSUMER IS WAITING ON THE IGNITION SYSTEM RECALL. *JG *JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS FLIPING AND IT ROLLS BACK WHEN STANDING AT THE SAME TIME HE IS EXPERINCING HARD SHIFTING. TS

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL (02V120000) REPAIRED AND WAS CHARGED A FEE FOR REWIRING AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT. CONSUMER CALLED AMERICAN HONDA WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY DO NOT PAY FOR LABOR COSTS OR THIRD PARTY ALARM SYSTEMS. CONSUMER SEEKS ASSISTANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE THEM TO RECONNECT THE ALARM SYSTEM TO PERFORM THE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE THE DEALER NAME ADDRESS AND NUMBER. RECALL#02120000 IGNTION SWITCH TS

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS RIDING AS A PASSENGER. DURING THE ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND RELEASED VIOLENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. *YH

EXHAUST MANIFOLD/CALALYTIC CONVERTER ASSEMBLY CRACKS ON 1996-2000 HONDA CIVIC EXCEPT EX MODELS CAUSING AN EXHAUST LEAK CREATING DANGER OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND EFFECTING EMISSIONS CONTROLS. DT

WHILE DRIVING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, SPUN 180 DEGREES ACROSS THE LANES INTO THE LEFT SHOULDER SCRAPING AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL DAMAGING THE VEHICLE. DUNLOP P185/65R14 (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *YH

CONSUMER RECIEVED A RECALL LETTER FOR IGNITION. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, DEALER TOLD CONSUMER NO APPOINTMENT WAS AVAILABLE FOR THREE MONTHS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND PARTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TS

I MARCIE BEEBE WAS TRAVELING DOWN LEE SUMMIT ROAD, NORTHBOUND, AT 35 MPH. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HILL AND APPROACHING A CORNER, WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES. AT THAT POINT, MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER THE CAR AFTER THAT POINT. I CROSS INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE STRIKING A CAR AND INTO A DITCH WHERE MY CAR WAS STOPPED BY A STREET SIGN. I NOTICED MY CAR WAS NOT RUNNING WERE THERE ANY LIGHTS ON INDICATING MY CAR WAS STILL HAD POWER. I DETECT MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THIS IS WHY I LOST ABILITY TO STEER, CAUSING THIS MISFORTUNATE ACCIDENT. DT

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY 1999 HONDA CIVIC FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH IN SEPTEMBER 2002. I TOOK THE CAR TO GET A NEW SWITCH INSTALLED. AFTER THAT I DID NOT SEE A POSITIVE CHANGE OR FASTER START UP OF THE CAR . IN FACT, IT SEEMED TO START SLOWER AND SLOWER. WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR I FELT A GRINDING SENSATION UNDER MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE THE CAR WAS STRUGGLING TO SPEED UP. ALSO, WHEN I WOULD TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION THE CAR WOULD NOT START RIGHT AWAY, IT STALLED FOR ABOUT (7) SEVEN SECONDS OR SO. I BELIEVE THIS CAR IS A LEMON. WHEN I BOUGHT IT, THE GEARS WOULDN'T CHANGE PROPERLY. I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO GO UP TO SPPED ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME FOR THE CAR TO CHANGE GEARS, IT SOUNDED VERY LOUD BECAUSE OF THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DID THIS, I AM CONCERNED AND IT BECAME VERY ANNOYING. I HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR ON OCT. 16, 2002. AS I WAS DRIVING I HEARD SOMETHING CRACK UNDER THE CAR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SPIN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I BELIEVE THE CAR HAD A SAFETY DEFECT THAT CAUSED THE WHEELS TO BREAK, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER TOLD ME THESE ARE SOME OF THE DAMAGES TO THE CAR: THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR SHIFTED, THE AXLE BROKE, THE TIRES AND WHEELS BROKE, THEY DECLARED THE CAR A TOTAL LOSS. I BELIEVE THE WHEELS/TIRES BROKE FIRST, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT THE CRACKING SOUND WAS THAT I HEARD WHICH CAUSED THE CAR SWERV

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. DLR DETERMINED THAT IGNITION SWITCH HAD FAILED. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE TO RECONNECT MANUFACTURE INSTALLED ALARM SYSTEM. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALERSHIP WANTS TOO CHARGE TO HAVE ALARM DISCONNECTED TO HAVE RECALL DONE, BUT WILL NOT RECONNECT, AFTER RECALL IS COMPLETE. TS

NO PARTS AVAILABLE.RECALL#02V120000 IGNITION SWTICH. UNION PARK HONDA WILMINGTON, DE 19805 302-658-7245 MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING TO RECONNECT VEHICLE STARTER SYSTEM AFTER DISCONNECTING TO DO RECALL REPAIR. *MRRECALL REPAIR WAS FOR A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. *JG

DEALER WILL NOT HONOR ANY AFTER MARKET PRODUCTS ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL ON AN IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER STATES SINCE THERE WAS AN ALARM PUT ON AFTER VEHICLE WAS SOLD, THERE WILL BE A CHARGE TO PUT THE ALARM BACK ON. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING TO RECONNECT ALARM SYSTEM AFTER DISCONNECTING IT TO DO RECALL. NLM

MFR# 02-031 & NHTSA# 02 V 120 000/IGNITION SWITCH: THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE CONSUMER FOR RECONNECTION OF THE SUN ROOF WIRES AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. *MR THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE FOR LABOR TO RECONNECT WIRES FOR THE SUNROOF AFTER HE MADE THE REPAIR FOR THE RECALLED IGNITION SWITCH. *SCC

HOOD BLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND HIT FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE CHOKED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND LOST POWER. WHEN CONSUMER COASTED INTO A GAS STATION AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH IGNITION: COIL. *AK

OXYGEN SENSOR BROKE AND PETROL CONSUMPTON INCREASED 2-3 TIMES. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ENGIN CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND CONSUMER'S NOTICED A 50% DROP IN GAS MILEAGE. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO DETERMINED OXYGEN SENSOR HAD FAILED. VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS STATE EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AND WAS HIT HEAD-ON BY A DRIVER IN A FORD TAURS TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH IN THE WRONG LANE. BOTH AIR BAGS IN THE TARUS DEPLOYED AND MINE, IN THE 1999 HONDA CIVIC DID NOT DEPLOY. THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH HAS CAUSED INJURIES TO MY CHEST FROM THE SEATBELT WHICH PROBABLY COULD BE EXPECTED, AND SAVED MY LIFE; AND INJURIES TO MY NECK AND BACK FROM THE FORWARD THRUST CAUSED BY THE HEAD -ON IMPACT. BUT, THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED IN THE HONDA. IT IS UNREASONABLE TO THINK THEY WOULD NOT DEPLOY BASED ON THE DEGREE OF THE IMPACT . THE HONDA BODY SHOP MANAGER SAID THE OTHER CAR HIT THE HONDA ABOVE THE FRAME RAILS, WHICH IS WHY THEY DID NOT DEPLOY. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN MOST CRASHES THAT THIS VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN. THIS IS A VEHICLE DESIGN DEFECT. I HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED HONDA . SINCERELY, [XXX], CSP.*AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

CAR STALLS WHENEVER I SLOW DOWN TO STOP AT INTERECTIONS, STOPLIGHTS, STOPSIGNS. IT WILL RESTART IMMEDIATELY, BUT AT THE NEXT STOP, WILL FAIL AGAIN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN.*AK

HAD CAR 4 MONTHS AND SRS LIGHT CAME ON, THEY WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR WARRANTY. *AK

O HAVE MY BRAKES ADJUSTED. I HAVE ASKED STEVE, THE MANAGER, FOR A LIST OF THE TSB, BUT HE INSISTED I HAVE TO RETRIEVE IT MYSELF ON-LINE. ACCORDING TO THE LEMON LAWS, DEALER ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TO THEIR CUSTOMER, CORRECT? PLEASE RESEARCH THIS MATTER.*AK

I FEEL IT IS THE RESPONSIBILTY OF THE MANUFACTORER TO REPLACE A FAULTY COMPONANT AT THEIR COST. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

HEAD ON COLLISION AT 35 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CLUTCH BURNED OUT. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS AND 38,000 MILES AFTER THE DEFECT WAS OBVIOUS, TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHUDDERING, SLIPPING, AND GRINDING. WHEN STARTING OR BREAKING ON A WET SURFACE AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, THE CAR LOSES CONTROL.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES. CONSUMER HAS HAD VEHICLE AT DEALER, BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS A FLUTTER/SHUDDER SOUND WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND ENGINE KNOCKS ON ACCELERATION. DEALER FLUSHED TRANSMISSION THREE TIMES. REPLACED TRANSMISSION. BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. MANUFACTURER EXTENDED WARRANTY ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TT

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SPONTANEOUSLY CAME ON WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND SPEED DROPPED TO IDLING AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THERE WAS AN ODD ODOR. THE VEHICLE BECAME NORMAL RIGHT AFTER THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT. *YH

WAS TRAVELING 50MPH AND HAD REARENDED A COUGAR. UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER SUFFERED SOME INJURIES, AND RECEIVED EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT.*AK

I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES ON MY 1999 HONDA CIVIC. UNDER HEAVEY BRAKING THE REAR WHEELS LOCK UP WHILE THE FRONT DOES NOT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. WHEN IT HAPPENS THE REAR END OF THE CAR FISHTAILS WILDLY AND DOES CAUSE THE CAR TO INTO AN UNCONTROLABLE SPIN. I HAD MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALER WHO HAD SAID IT IS NORMAL BECAUSE OF WEIGHT TRANSFER TO THE FRONT UNDER HEAVY BRAKING. ( THE PREPORTIONING VALVE IS THERE TO BALANCE THE BRAKE LINE PRESSURE BETWEEN THE BAKES SO THEY ARE EQUALIZE PRESSURE AS NEEDED?) THIS ALSO HAPPENS ON ICE COVER ROADS OR SLIPERY ROAD UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, THE BACK WHEELS LOCK UP BEFORE THE FRONT CAUSING THE BACKEN TO FISHTAIL. I HAVE NOT HAD A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT, BUT IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THIS CONTINUES.*AK

THE STEERING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WANDER LEFT TO RIGHT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. NLM

WHILE ROLLING DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW UP WITH AUTOMATIC BUTTON, WINDOW STOPPED APPROX 1/3 OF THE WAY FROM THE TOP AND WOULDN'T GO FARTHER; APPEARED JAMMED INTO THE RUBBER AROUND THE WINDOW. UPON EXAMINATION, FOUND TO BE THE WINDOW REGULATOR.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK