My 2017 Honda Civic hatchback, with 13,015 miles on it, was in my carport and had only been sitting 2 days without being driven when I turned the car on and the car began throwing warnings of all electrical systems having problems. For example the TPMS, electric parking break, brake system, electric power steering, hill start assist and more. And I had no power steering. I had my car towed to surprise Honda (big mistake) and they saw that my harness (part number 53682-tsa-A01) was chewed by rodents which caused the problem. Honda says and knows this wiring is made from soy based material which attracts rodents. Honda even has a special spicy tape, which they charge for as well, that they can use to wrap the wiring to deter the rodents (which the service mgr said really doesn't work.) Honda says it is not covered under their warranty. They replaced the wiring and it cost me $370 dollars. The part itself was only $20 dollars. It is 108 degrees outside the rodents are not going into my engine to keep warm!! the soy base wiring is attracting them to do the damage. Honda and their dealership were of no help whatsoever except to make money off a poor choice in their soy base wiring.

- Sun City, AZ, USA

I was leaving a parking lot, approaching a gate with an inductive-loop traffic detector, which can detect vehicles passing or arriving at a certain point, once a vehicle is detected the gate would open. I was approaching, maybe 50 feet from the gate, at approximately 5 mph, when the engine of my 2017 Honda Civic revved up and accelerated forward towards the gate. My foot was not on the accelerator, as I was approaching the gate which was still closed. There was no debris on the floor board or anything obstructing the pedals that would have caused it to depress the accelerator. I had to abruptly depress the brake pedal to avoid striking the gate. My Honda is equipped with Honda sensing and I have no idea how this could have occurred, may be an electrical issue with the throttle sensor because the "brake" warning was on, it observed the gate.

- Glendora, CA, USA

I was driving in the highway on a pouring rain and suddenly my windshield wiper stopped. This almost cause me accident. Also, when I press my gas on a really fast highway, I tried to floor the gas but it wasn't accelerating, I had to switch gear for it to work.

- Reisterstown, MD, USA

Potential taketa recall. July 14, 2018. I had made a left hand turn into the parking lot of a local convenience store. Time was approximately 7 P.M.as I pulled into the parking spot, the drivers side front tire bumped the curb.the drivers side center airbag, located in the steering wheel did not deploy. It exploded! I thought someone had rammed into my car. When the airbag blew, it sounded like someone had fired a couple of 12 guage shotguns in the vehicle.smoke was billowing out from the left and right sides of the steering wheel and column. It smelled like something electrical was on fire. The impact from the exploding airbag was not a pleasant experience to say the least. By the time I unbuckled my seat belt to exit the car, the smoke inside the vehicle was so thick I could not see out the windshield. My chest and hand are sore, but nothing appears to be broken. I left the vehicle where it was parked and have made arrangements to have it towed to the local dealershiop where I purchased the car, so that a complete evaluation can be done to determine the extent of damage to the vehicle that resulted from the exploding airbag. When I checked the VIN on this website, it did not come up as being on the airbag recall. That needs to change asap. Thank goodness I was the only person in the vehicle. I shudder to think of what could have happened if there were passengers in the vehicle when that airbag blew!

- Tulsa, OK, USA

Starting about 9 months ago I have had several occasions of electrical issues on my 2017 Honda Civic that is less than a year and a half old and only has 18K miles on it. It first started around the fall last year with my car repeatedly popping the trunk when I would not be near it and would come out to it in the parking lot at work and find my trunk wide open. Later on I found out the trunk popping open would force the car alarm to go off for several hours and occasionally would lead to a dead battery. When I took it in to have the issue investigated the technicians told me the couldn't diagnose the problem and that it shouldn't continue (it has continued and in fact is happening as I type this in my apartment). The next issue occurred about 2 months ago while I was driving down the interstate in the pouring rain and my windshield wipers stopped working completely. Upon having this problem inspected the technicians determined it was "faulty" windshield wiper motors and had both replaced. The latest issue that occurred was as I was driving to pensacola from Washington and stopped off at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere Oregon for some sleep. Upon waking up (3hrs after I shut the car off) I discovered my car was doing some glitchy thing with all the lights and dashboard where it was acting like I was turning it off and on. I had nothing turned on or plugged in when I went to sleep and when I woke up the car was completely dead and the electrical system had totally disabled the car.

- Pensacola, FL, USA

Complete safety system failure. Car began throwing warnings of all electrical systems having problems. For example TPMS, electric parking break, brake system, electric power steering, hill start assist and more.

- Ephrata, PA, USA

While driving in any condition warning lights for brake system, power steering, tire pressure and brake hold all come on at the same time

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. While the vehicle was in motion, the warning indicators and gauges flickered on the instrument panel. The vehicle stalled and the steering wheel seized when the failure occurred. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to findlay Honda (7494 w azure dr. Las vegas, nv 89130, (702) 982-4200) who was unable to replicate the failure after several test drives. A video that showed how the failure occurred was shown to the dealer, but still no diagnosis was made. In addition, while connecting the bluetooth to the vehicle's electrical system, it failed to connect. The contact had to turn the vehicle off and back on in order for the bluetooth function to connect. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that a field technician would be sent to the dealer for further diagnostic testing. The contact was awaiting a response from the manufacturer to determine if they could provide a remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 5,500.

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

My Honda Civic 2017 car was in my driveway not moving when I turned the car on and all my warning lights came on and I had no power steering. I had my car towed to Honda and they saw that my sub wiring harness was chewed which caused the problem. Honda says this wiring is made from soy based material which attracts rodents. They replaced the wiring and it cost me $268 dollars. The part itself was only $28 dollars. This then happened to me again exactly 2 weeks later with the same problem. I had to have the car towed again. This time I found out there is a fix for this. A spicy tape that Honda makes that can be wrapped around the wiring to resist rodents I don't know how effective this is.they said they don't have the tape.. I am currently waiting to see what they are going to do since they know about this problem and my car is in the shop again going on the 2nd day. Ther is a class action suite that was filed for this very same reason. This dates all the way back to 2010 I was told.

- Naqples, FL, USA

2016 new Honda Civic 2.0 engine oil leaking ! ! ! 2017 new Honda Civic 1.5T engine oil increased13 mm the same station 2017. New Honda Civic wipers broken, reversing radar broken increased oil 13mm is not a malfunction! engine oil increased, repaired twice, not repaired, Honda said no way

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

2 times startup problem...brake problem..parking brake problem..emissions system problem....brake hold system problem...power steering problem....vehicle stability assist problem...hill start assist problem... collisions assist problem...all software problem and system error

- San Diego, CA, USA

This is a 5-door hatchback in ex trim bought new 12/2016. Within 2 weeks electrical issues started, from xm tuner going out to main headunit going out on a intermittant basis. This disables all audio, bluetooth, climate controls, back-up camera, & lanewatch. "check tuner" shows briefly often. Occurs even when driving. Dealer unable to duplicate, because of this Honda refuses repair. TPMS alert displays frequently, after a tire even a wheel repair/replacement. Per dealer & Honda tech all 4 should be matching set @ time of service, or dealer can attempt hard reset. Software update recently done for this. Told to bring back to dealer if/when TPMS lights up again. Known poor android auto performance & apple carplay non-function, no repair at this time (software issues). "christmas tree" display - no ABS, traction control, electric steering, airbag malfunction, etc etc. No long-term resolution, per dealer "software issues". groaning noise when turning wheels left or right from stop, per dealer & Honda tech "normal operation". sunroof glass breakage is at owner expense, not a warranty coverage item. Engine shakes/shudders on start, again "normal operation" per dealer & Honda tech. Poor horn performance, per dealer only a single low note horn installed. Not loud enough to be heard easily. Owner expense to upgrade to better (louder) unit. Electrical glitches still ongoing almost 2 years now, vehicle has 20,000 miles. This 10th gen Civic not reliable & may prove a safety concern long-term. Am unable to afford replacing this vehicle at this time. Honda customer service has been largely indifferent towards these issues, citing "unable to duplicate" even "software issues".

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Electronic braking failure and miscellaneous electric glitches. Automatic parking brake system failure warning light and brakes are locked in park. I have had 3 different electric glitches. First less than 2 weeks of purchasing my 2017 Civic turn signal was stuck on and would not turn off. Second 1 month after dash screen would not load. It was "buffering / thinking" took it to and dealer couldn't find the cause but fixed with a hard reset and it started working again and checked for software updates and it was current. Third problem a 2 weeks later, started the car and got brake failure warning light and check engine light. Car wouldn't move parking brakes locked up. Tried to push the brake hold and parking brake to manually disengage but wouldn't. had it towed to the Honda dealership. They did a second hard reset. I question if my Civic was part of the 2016 / partial 2017 recall for electric glitch that included the parking brake issue.

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

Soy based wiring attracting rodents to chew my wiring of vehicle. Hundreds of similar complaints I found.

- Plainsboro, NJ, USA

Since the first day driving less than 10 miles home from the dealership I have had numerous electrical, a C and drive train or wheel problems. The vehicle had been transferred.from a santa barbara ca dealership to a Honda dealership in san luis obispo ca. They called me on a Sunday to say the car was there it was raining and dark. Car had 400+ miles one it and safety check had not been done since it was originally received when is was 0. on the 7th of a 10 mile ride home the whole.entire dashboard first sizzled out like an old computer.monitor going bad then.completely went blank. I could not tell how fast I was going. At that point I had not yet hooked up my phone.to apple.play which is a whole nother software endless.glitch bag of issues. I have had the car for about a year. It popped the hood and almost burned my hands on the hood arm. The digital dash turns black at least 2-3 times a month (no miles.per hour, etc). Every other day my in dash factory screen radio goes black. The car unlocks itself overnight every few days. Most if this increases with frequency when it rains. At least one time a week the car won't unlock by touch even tho I have the key on me. Since day one the climate control will randomly turn on full blast. Since day one right front loud bearing noise near tie rod arm and loud knock/bearing/bump noisr in drive train area; under dash and in and inside doors and sun roof rattle so loud I have to turn up the music not to hear it like parts are loose, at 9 months hot full blast 90+ degree heat comes on when the a C is turned on (stuck.in heat mode) eventually after being turned off will reset itself then work normal. This has happened again 4 tines in the past week. Since day one turn signals get stuck and don't disengage unless forcibly forced. No clear coat on door jams. Hood, trunk and doors have uneven gaps/misaligned.cracked lights

- Los Osos, CA, USA

Rodents chewing through electrical wiring in the engine compartment. Honda using soy based wiring jacketing that attracts the rodents to chew up the wiring in the engine compartment.

- Lombard, IL, USA

First time speedometer reading 0 while driving. Second time while driving down hwy, all error lights on dash came on, I have 10 or so photos, of the incident, speedometer read 0 going upward of 50 mph, power steering was going in and out and vehicle was very difficult to control. This is a huge issue being in Colorado. Took to dealer and they found nothing freedom Honda co springs, co. Now its the 3rd time a repeat of the second time every indicator error light illuminating, no speedometer, and power steering intermittent again. This is going to cause an accident. I am dropping the vehicle off Friday 9/8/2017 for diagnosis.

- Peyton, CO, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. While driving various speeds, the touch screen radio flashed on and off without warning. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (fletcher jones Honda located at 1111 N clark St suite 2, Chicago, il 60610; 312-614-1948), but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted at 800-999-1009 and stated that they would not assist if the dealer was not able to duplicate the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 110.

- Chicago, IL, USA

I leased my Honda Civic from herb chambers Honda of boston in Nov. 2016. In March 2017 my check engine light came on. When I took my car to the dealership for servicing, they told me that rodents had chewed on the wires under my vehicle. After I did some research on my own, I found out that many other people were having this same issue and my car received damage to the wiring (under my car) due to the soybean coating that Honda is using on the wire covers. I was told that this is not covered by the dealership or warranty. Remind you "this is a lease." My brand- new leased car was completed dead and wouldn't even turn on. I am lucky it didn't die on me while I was driving it. I have read online complaints that this has had to other people with this damage to their vehicles. I was quoted $2,600 in repairs. I ended up paying a $500 deductible to my insurance company. There are class action law suits in place in ca and other states regarding the "soy-based wire covering." This is a serious safety issue and a recall needs to be made by Honda.

- Chelsea, MA, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. While driving approximately 60 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and noticed warning indicators illuminated and the rpms decreased to zero. The contact was able to turn the vehicle off and restart it after a few minutes, but the engine shook. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000. Updated 08/23/17

- Philadelphia, PA, USA