NHTSA — Vehicle Speed Control: Accelerator Pedal Problems

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CarComplaints.com Notes: Yes, the Honda Civic receives a lot of complaints because so many were sold. And sure, car parts only last so long and things eventually break. But it's never good to see this many transmission complaints, especially when the average mileage at failure is just north of 100,000 miles.

Especially when you consider that it's predecessor also has a nasty history with transmission complaints.

6.5

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,850 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

2002 Honda Civic engine problems

engine problem

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2002 Honda Civic Owner Comments

problem #1

Oct 112003

Civic 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 10,850 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

While depressing the brake pedal to decelerate vehicle accelerated to a high rate. Consumer shut off the vehicle, and restarted the engine. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Dealer replaced throttle body and cable.

- Wheaton, IL, USA

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