6.0
fairly significantTypical Repair Cost:
no data
Average Mileage:
92,704 miles
Total Complaints:
5 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (3 reports)
- replaced seat belt buckle (2 reports)
seat belts / air bags problem
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Honda dealer.
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2009Jul 01
Civic
- Automatic transmission
- 70,000 miles
I called both the 800 number for Honda and local dealer. Both said this problem was not covered, despite what I've read here. Am I missing something? Safety issue, right?
2009Feb 10
Civic LX
- Automatic transmission
- 59,030 miles
My SRS light stays on. Took it to dealership. They charged $70 for scan and I was told that it is a seat belt buckle problem. They will replace it for $340 plus taxes. It is really annoying specially considering many people are having same problem.
2009Mar 27
Civic LX
- Manual transmission
- 84,000 miles
Glad I did my research on this one (Google is my friend).
I noticed that one day that the SRS light wouldn't go off as it normally does a few seconds after starting my car's engine. After doing some research, common consensus on the 'net says that it's likely due to either a sensor issue, or a seat belt buckle (both of which can be diagnosed at a dealership in minutes by a read-out of the car's computer system). In any case, for the sensor, Honda had extended the warranty to 10yr/150Kmiles or something like that, and if it was a seat belt issue, that should be covered under the standard Honda lifetime seat belt warranty.
Turns out mine was caused by a sensor in the driver-side seat belt buckle having failed. I don't know if the guys at the dealership I went to would have tried to charge me for the diagnosis or the labor or the part if I hadn't flat-out mentioned my knowledge of Honda's lifetime seat belt warranty, but I didn't want to find out. They ordered the part, and two days later, it arrived, I brought my car back in, and they replaced it in about 30 minutes.
Not a major complaint (compared to some other things, like the transmission having to be rebuilt last year), but still disconcerting that the airbags would not have deployed during that two day period if I needed it.
2008Apr 02
Civic LX 1.7L
- Manual transmission
- 120,000 miles
I bought a my civic from Carmax (which I'll add was a poor poor poor idea), so they handled my warranty claims. I had the car serviced there several times for the same problem. I don't remember all the previous dates but it was over a 3 year period. The SRS light in this car goes on all the time, sometimes it goes off on its own, sometimes it stays on for months until I take it in and have the codes cleared. The sensor has been replaced already, and everyone, including the dealer, has a different explanation for why the light goes on. I've been told it's a weight issue, that if there is weight either front seat and the seat belt isn't on than it activates the light. I've also been told that a cell phone anywhere in the front seat interferes with the sensor and causes it to fail. Also that bumps in the road can cause it to fail. Well, if any of these are true and the airbag system can fail based on any of that, its a serious safety hazard. In any case, I am just annoyed that the dealer (which carmax had to send the car to each time) hasn't been able to resolve the issue after 3 years.
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2008Dec 20
Civic DX 1.7L 4 cyl
SRS light came on after front end accident; Air bag sensor on passenger side under bumper skin was removed to allow for repairs and since then SRS light is solid in dash.
christa1001
Port Au Port, NL, Canada
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