10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
11,650 miles

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2017 Honda Civic Owner Comments

problem #11

Oct 152022

Civic

  • miles

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

check engine lights display periodically. The main one involves the fuel injectors. It has been an on going problem for 6-8 months. When I contacted the dealership I was told the part is not available Nationwide at this time and not sure when it will become available. While driving the car can go into "limp" mode where it doesn't let you go above 30 MPH. This problem first started approximately October 2022 after having the vehicle just over 7 months. When I contact the Dealership I was told there was nothing they could do but wait for the part to come in. Meanwhile I am paying for a vehicle that is not safe to drive, yet has no recalls on it. I was told by the Dealership that they have several vehicles at the auto auction that have the same issue that are not selling. I don't understand why Honda has not had a recall on this part. I am stuck with a vehicle, my only means of transportation, still making payments, and it sits in the garage. Please let me know if there's anything else you need from me.

- Springfield, OH, USA

problem #10

Jun 272023

Civic

  • miles
I am having a problem with my 2017 Honda civic SI, it has been to a Honda service center twice now and continues to have the same problem after having the transmission speed sensor replaced twice now, there was a recall that did not affect my specific VIN but I am having the same problems listed in the recall, the service bulletin number is 18-102, I also have videos showing how the EPS (Electronic Power Steering) light appears on the cluster along with the speed displaying as 0 even though the vehicle is in motion. When the problem occurs initially the steering goes -??limp-?? and is extremely easy to turn as if the steering assist is working too hard then after a few seconds the vehicle proceeds to jerk extremely hard to the left followed up by the speedometer displaying 0 mph, this is extremely frustrating as the car only has around 84k miles and I have only been in ownership of the vehicle for 3-4 weeks as of now (almost 3,000 miles have been put on the car.

- Germanton, NC, USA

problem #9

Jan 012021

Civic

  • 34,300 miles
The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. The contact stated that on several occasions, the vehicle failed to accelerate as needed. The vehicle would decelerate and then stall. There were several codes displayed on the instrument panel. The contact stated that whenever the failure occurred, the vehicle was reset by restarting the vehicle approximately 3 times or removing and replacing the battery. The contact had not spoken with a dealer. The contact learned of service bulletin: 10142655 (engine and engine cooling, electrical system) however, the vehicle was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 34,300.

- San Diego, CA, USA

problem #8

Sep 292020

Civic

  • 27,000 miles

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

Adaptive cruise control will fail to turn on. After attempting to turn on, accelerator pedal will have.5-1 second delay when attempting to accelerate from stop/idle causing near collisions. Since purchase, there have been 10-15 episodes where I attempt to turn on adaptive cruise control while on the freeway but the system will not engage. I only get 3 beeps and an "acc off" indication on the dash. Once this happens, for the rest of that drive, there is a pedal dead zone/severe acceleration delay when starting from a stop. This delay in acceleration has caused several close calls when pulling out with obstructed views as I press the gas pedal but get no response for what feels like 1 second while another car comes into view and is fast approaching. Once the initial adaptive cruise control failure occurs, acc and traditional cruise control will both fail to start across multiple drives and engine starts. The severe pedal delay will return across engine starts as soon as the acc button is pressed. The only way to recover the functionality of acc and normal cruise control once in this state is to remove power from the battery and wait a minute, then power on the engine and let systems restart. Car has been to dealers close to 10 times for this issue. In consultation with Honda techline the following parts have been replaced but problem continues at random intervals: Forward looking camera, forward radar sensor, main instrument cluster, pedal sensor, windshield, alternator, battery. Appears to be some kind of software bug in adaptive cruise control system that causes system to crash and not work again until engine computer reset. I'd gladly work directly with Honda for troubleshooting, I'm 3-4 people removed when working with the dealership and I feel like all my info is not being communicated correctly.

- Concord, CA, USA

problem #7

Jul 052020

Civic 4-cyl

  • 23,300 miles
Lane monitoring system provides inconsistent warnings. This has been noted when the vehicle is in motion while I drive through the city and also on the highways. It sometimes without warning adjusts the steering of the vehicle. Brake monitoring system, when it does provide warning, provides warnings so late that a collision would be unavoidable. Tire pressure monitoring system does not provide adequate information to allow for an appropriate response of the driver. No feedback from the calibration mode of the TPMS. Once the system provides its first alarm, doesn't respond well to calibration. My system now alarms about every 60-100 miles. The adaptive cruise control is scary. While it is expected that in especially hilly terrain that the cruise control would vary a bit (a couple of mph either direction), the system sometimes does not engage, sometimes turns itself off without warning, provides inconsistent warning of when the vehicle interval is not maintained, but the biggest problem is that it does not maintain the set point. For example yesterday, acc set at 42 mph. Speed limit was 40 mph. I was descending a hill and manually disengaged the acc when the vehicle speed exceeded 57 mph. Same trip -- acc set at 67 mph, speed limit at 65 mph; acc disengaged manually when vehicle speed approached 76 mph. Third instance, acc set at 56 mph, speed limit was 55 mph, acc manually disengaged at 63 mph. When acc first engaged, speed is at the set point. Then the system can't maintain the speed and consistently runs 1-2 mph below the set point. Hence, me setting the acc 1-2 mph above the speed limit. Believe that these are all part of the Honda sensing system which was part of the touring package, which is what I have. The 2017 CR-V models with the same system have a pending class action lawsuit. Honda will not respond to our inquiries.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

problem #6

May 222019

Civic

  • 6 miles
The issue I have been having is the brake assist program is breaking when there is no object around causing my car to break for no reason this cause quick use of the break one day its gonna cause someone to rear end me I took this to Honda they cant find the issue this happens about 4 times to and from work this is a huge safety concern as well my lane departure assist hasnt work since the day I bought the car to many issues took car to 3 different dealers all the dealers said they reset the system no issues found Honda doesnt care about safety at all. These issues happen in motion both on streets and highways

- North Hills, CA, USA

problem #5

Mar 222019

Civic

  • 8,300 miles

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

While vehicle was in motion on an interstate highway while entering a tunnel with no cars immediately in front of it, the collision mitigation braking system(part of Honda sensing suite of safety features) activated and significantly braked the car, nearly to a stop, with cars at highway speed behind me. There were pavement markings that appeared to be ground off as a result of recent construction that perhaps the car's sensing system mistook for an object that it thought it could hit, but there was nothing obstructing the car's path. No cars were in front of me. This is not the only time that this system has operated oddly, but it is the first time that it applied the brakes. It has mistook shadows and sun glare as being objects and warned me to brake (albeit momentarily) but the car did not automatically apply braking in those situations.

- Newark, DE, USA

problem #4

Sep 142017

Civic

  • 9,800 miles
I was driving down I-30 merging on the highway. I put it in sport mode and try to get up to speed but all of a sudden car goes to limp mode. Then would not go over 40mph. I was able to safely pull off from the road turn the car off and back on. Cleared all issues. I took it to the dealer next day and no cel was stored.

- Ft Worth, TX, USA

problem #3

Aug 062018

Civic

  • 21,996 miles
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

problem #2

Feb 222018

Civic

  • 3,000 miles
The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. While driving 10 mph and making a left turn, the brake pedal was applied, but failed to respond. The vehicle accelerated without warning. As a result, the vehicle drove over a curb, down an embankment, and crashed into a tree. There were no injuries. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed: P180531234. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 3,000.

- Deland, FL, USA

problem #1

Nov 262016

Civic

  • 450 miles
Just picked up brand new car from dealership (sunset Honda I. san luis obispo ca) transferred by them from another dealership. Car is an ex and has previously test driven a 2017 Civic hatchback sport the day before. Drove off with my mew car that was given to me with 450miles. Right after I left dealership with my brand new car and was driving home for first time got about 6 miles from dealership and dashboard lights with digital speedometer displayed flashed and went dead (completely blank a.K.a. black screen of earth). I was driving approx. 30-35 mph. Drove another's another mile (approx) with no digital speed display at all- completely black instrument cluster (main display which normally shows digital miles per hour, temp gauge, etc) and turned on right hand signal to make right turn and about five seconds later right side camera turned on media display to right and eventually digital dashboard speedometer behind the steering wheel turned back on. Everything on the car is computer controlled. This is really dangerous. Not sure how F car has a bad cpu or ECU. Called dealership immediately as I has just driven away 15 minutes before and they didn't think it was a big deal. I am very concerned.

- Los Osos, CA, USA

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