10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
12,295 miles

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problem #14

Jul 142000

Civic 4-cyl

  • 3,000 miles
The contact owns a 2000 Honda Civic. The vehicle had experienced a recurring failure in which the accelerator pedal or brake pedal would intermittently become stuck when it was depressed. During the winter or whenever the floor mats were wet the failure would recur more frequently. The vehicle was never taken to the dealer to be examined for the cause of failure and the vehicle was never repaired. The failure mileage was 3,000. The current mileage was 106,000. Upated 10/27/10

- South Bend, IN, USA

problem #13

Dec 202009

Civic

  • 64,000 miles
Car suddenly accelerated after shifting into 2nd or 3rd gear. Depressed clutch to disengage engine. Switched engine off. Hit emergency blinkers. Coasted to a stop. Re-started engine. Still revved up. Switched it off. Waited about one minute. Re-started again. Engine back to normal as if nothing had happened. Not much traffic around. This is the second incident with this car in two years.

- Minneapolis, MN, USA

problem #12

Mar 102008

Civic

  • 51,000 miles
Car suddenly accelerated after shifting into 2nd or 3rd gear. Depressed clutch half-way to try to slow car down without much success. Switched engine off and coasted to a stop at corner. Turned engine on again. Still revved up. Depressed clutch half-way again to move the car out of traffic into a parking lot. Switched engine off and coasted to a stop inside parking lot. Not much traffic around.

- Minneapolis, MN, USA

problem #11

Jun 112003

Civic 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 54,126 miles
While pulling into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and lurched into the air, resulting in a collision. The consumer's foot was on the brake pedal when the acceleration occurred. The dealership was not providing any assistance to determine what caused the failure. Also the driver's side seat belt failed to retract, it was loose. This resulted in the consumer impacting the steering wheel. Prior to this incident the seat belt recall repairs were performed 3 times. The air bag did not deploy as well.

- Medway, MA, USA

problem #10

Dec 242001

Civic

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
While the consumer was driving, the cruise control malfunctioned.

- Kalamazoo, MI, USA

problem #9

May 272002

Civic

  • miles
I attempted to use my cruise control, and the car began accelerating on its own. I tried to press the brake and to manually turn off the cruise control, but the car would not slow down. Pressing the brake as hard as possible would stop the acceleration, but would not decelerate. I called aaa who called the state police. They recommended pulling the emergency brake. After pulling that and keeping my foot as hard as possible on the brake, I got the car down to ~30mph and took the keys out of the iginition. Subsequently the dealer states that they cannot reproduce the problem, but they have found significant damage to the rear brakes, the emergency brake, and to the wheels. I have spoken to the dealer and Honda customer service and have been told that it will not be covered under warranty since they canot reproduce the problem. I do not feel that the car is safe to drive if this problem has not been identified and fixed. I am desperately looking for help in dealing with this issue. Thank you!!

- Berkley, MI, USA

problem #8

Jan 172002

(reported on)

Civic

  • miles
Consumer stated that the fuel throttle linkage failed causing vehicle to suddenly accelerate out into traffic, no problem with the vehicle was identified after the incident.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

problem #7

Apr 062002

Civic

  • miles
While pulling into a parking space vehicle suddenly accelerated, and vehicle went over a retaining wall, hitting a building. Cause is unknown.

- Verona, NJ, USA

problem #6

Jan 172002

(reported on)

Civic

  • miles
Consumer stated that the fuel throttle linkage failed causing vehicle to suddenly accelerate out into traffic, no problem with the vehicle was identified after the incident.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

problem #5

Nov 042001

Civic

  • miles
Turned key on put car intodrive and car took off did not touch anything.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

problem #4

Feb 072001

Civic

  • miles
Immediately on startup car surged forward with engine at full throttle without touching gas pedal and pedal was not depressed, crashing into brick building 3 feet in front of car.

- Windsor, NY, USA

problem #3

Nov 152000

(reported on)

Civic

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer stopped at the bottom of a hill when the car accelerated on its own and crashed into a brickwall.

- Meridian, MS, USA

problem #2

Nov 152000

(reported on)

Civic

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Cruise control was activated and while going up a hill, the vehicle accelerated and continued to accelerate until the consumer turned the cruise control off.

- Meridian, MS, USA

problem #1

Oct 202000

Civic

  • miles
While driving with cruise control on 65 mph car contunied to speed up to 80 mph hit brake took cruise off. On Oct.20 turned in driveway stoped was going to back up car took off in drive at least 25mph hitting brick wall of house causing alot of damage to house airbags did'nt deployed

- Meridian, MS, USA