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.
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The contact owns a 2013 Honda Civic. While driving at 30 mph, the contact heard a noise from the passenger side of the vehicle when the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the rotors and pads needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 18,000.
The contact owns a 2013 Honda Civic. While attempting to engage the brake pedal, an abnormal noise emitted from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 3,800.
A dog ran into the street and I had to brake hard quickly. The brakes made a grinding sound and were very unstable causing the car to skid and swerve. Took the car in for 15K servicing and was told brakes were shot, got new pads and rotors resurfaced. This was too soon, the serviceman blamed my driving habits. Took the car in for servicing near 25K miles and brakes again had to be replace and rotors turned. The service man again blamed my driving habits. I have been driving over 35 years, 6 different cars, the same route for 17 years and never had to get brakes replaced before 30K miles and certainly never had problems with the rotors so soon.
TL-the contact owns a 2013 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while reversingat approximately 5 mph, the brakes were applied and a loud abnormal noise was emitted from the vehicle. Additionally, when turning the steering wheel there was an abnormal noise. The failure became progressively worse. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,000. Djr..updated 08-25-14 the consumer stated the nosier had become more disruptive. Updated 09/2/2014
I've been driving for 35 year and have replaced brakes and rotors numerous times. I've never had to replace brake pads on a 18 month old car. Without warning they wore prematurely down to the metal. After searching for similar complaints, I found a class action lawsuit from 2010 with the Accord. Honda lost but they haven't fixed the issue with the Civic. There are countless complaints from other Honda owners. The service department from two dealers refuse to admit to the problem and referred me to corporate. No more Honda for me.
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
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No power. No acceleration. I am fortunate the car behind me was cautious enough to slow down. I had no power, no get-up, no nothing and I was flooring it to get out of a potential accident. The vehicle has made odd noises since the beginning. Brakes make an odd noise. There is a crackling, tinkling, very odd noise that comes from underneath the car since the beginning of ownership and I guess that's how the car is made (?). I do not know if a car is supposed to act like this, due to have owning manual transmissions the majority of my driving career. No umph on this brand-new car has led me to send in this complaint in case others are experiencing similarities. Odd noise with brakes, odd, very odd noise that tinkers under the car and no acceleration. I use the gasoline outlined/ preferred by the Honda Civic owner's manual.
I had tried parallel parking, but couldn't fit in spot. I pulled out of the spot and was stopped parallel to sidewalk on the road with the brake on. Suddenly the car started moving backward. I had not put it into reverse and I had not put the gas on. I was going to start going forward when this happened. I had my foot on the brake but it wouldn't depress and stop the car. I wasn't sure what to do. I know I should have put the emergency brake on, but I was panicking because I didn't know why the car was backing up without me doing anything and why the brake wasn't working. Then it stopped moving. I had no problems after that. Earlier in the week, however, when I was driving it, I tried to turn on the radio and the button for turning it on didn't work for about 5 minutes. Then it suddenly started working again. I will call dealer on Monday.
Purchased a 2013 Honda Civic on 08/31/13. On 09/02/13 car had to be towed back to culver city dealership. While pulling away from curb wheel felt heavy and the console lit up with red, organ and yellow lights, indicating that the power steering and breaks needed to be checked and low oil pressure. My son and I were going down hill and picking up speed with no power steering or breaks. He continued to pump the breaks but there was no response, he finally pulled the emergency break and turned the wheel extremely hard into the curb. Came three feet from hitting a parked BMW.
I bought a new car an driving at 245 miles I felt rubbing feel with brakes took car back to Honda service! Honda road tested vehicle an confirmed there was a problem, removed pads cleaned an reinstalled. Returned car same day, this was done at 376 miles. Same issue on February 1,2013 2 weeks later took car in an now they say the calipers are sticking car has 600 miles they are keeping it for a week due to not having the parts. I don't feel safe, never took car on freeway due to this issue! what can I do? purchased on 12-19-2013.
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- Belleville, NJ, USA