1999 Honda Civic Complaint Log

WHEN OPENING BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOORS WHILE BEING PARKED ON A VERY SLIGHT INCLINE, BOTH DOORS CLOSED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED NORMAL OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

POWER LOCKS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS ARE INOPERABLE, CAUSING, BOTH DOORS NOT TO OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ,AND DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VISIBLE RUST NEAR THE WINDOW AREA ON BOTH DOORS ON A 99 CIVIC.

PAINT CHIPPING NEAR THE SUNROOF AREA... RUST ACCULUMATIONG BECAUSE OF IT.

POWER LOCKS ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGERS REAR DOORS ARE INOPERABLE, THEY WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CLUTCH SLIPPING WITH ONLY 8000 MILES NOT RACED REGULAR DAILY DRIVING DEALER SAYS NORMAL

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING I A COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VISUAL RUST SPOTS ON INTERIOR SIDES OF BOTH DOORS. SUNROOF MAKES WEIRD NOISE ON BUMPS.

HONDA CIVIC WAS PARKED IN CAR PORT WITH PARKING BRAKE UP AND IN FIRST GEAR. AFTER DRIVER WAS OUT OF CAR FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE CAR ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY INTO ANOTHER CAR. SECOND CAR WAS TOTALED. NEITHER THE PARKING BRAKE OR THE CAR BEING IN GEAR STOPPED THE CAR FROM ROLLING. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVE VEHICLE IDLES HIGH. ALSO, WHEN BACKING OUT VEHICLE. *AK THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR UNTIL THE SPEED REACHES 40 MPH. *YH

AIR CONDITIONER DRAIN WAS CLOGGED, CAUSING LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AIR DUCT WHICH RESULTED IN A LEAK INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHICH MOLDED THE CARPET. GROWING MOLD HAS CREATED A STRONG ODOR WITHIN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CAUSING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE TO BECOME VERY SICK. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER FEELS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES TO QUICKLY. NLM

THE BALL JOINT ON THESE VEHICLES DO NOT HAVE A CASTILATED NUT TO SECURE THE BALL IN POSITION , THE NUT CAN BACK OFF AND THE BALL WALLERS OUT ON THE STEERING ARM CAUSING TIRE ,BRAKE WARPAGE AND STEERING FAILURE WHEN THE SOCKET WALLORS OUT. THIS IS A PROBLEM ON 1997 1998 AND 1999 VEHICLES. I NOTICED THAT THEIR A COMPLAINT S OF BRAKE WARPAGE ON THESE VEHICLES IN YOOUR REPORTS AND A COUPLE OF WHEEL FAILURES. I AM AN ENGINEER WHO HAS WORKED IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY AND THIS IS NOT A CRANK REPORT.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY GEAR SHIFT WILL SHIFT. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE KNOCK WHILE ENGINE IS COLD, HONDA CONFIRMS THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION OF A GAS ENGINE( PER HONDA NEWS LETTER. CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED TO SCHEDULE MAINTANCE, OIL CHANGES ETC. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE MOTOR , WHICH IF I HAD KNEW BEFORE HAND I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THIS VECHILE DUE TO THIS UNDER RATED PROBLEM .*AK

THE HORN IS NOT CONVENIENT IN AN EMERGENCY. *AK

ACCELERATOR IS DEFFICULT TO ACCELERATE WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SPONTANEOUSLY CAME ON WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND SPEED DROPPED TO IDLING AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THERE WAS AN ODD ODOR. THE VEHICLE BECAME NORMAL RIGHT AFTER THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT. *YH

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CLUTCH BURNED OUT. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING TO RECONNECT ALARM SYSTEM AFTER DISCONNECTING IT TO DO RECALL. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE TO RECONNECT MANUFACTURE INSTALLED ALARM SYSTEM. TS

EXHAUST MANIFOLD/CALALYTIC CONVERTER ASSEMBLY CRACKS ON 1996-2000 HONDA CIVIC EXCEPT EX MODELS CAUSING AN EXHAUST LEAK CREATING DANGER OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND EFFECTING EMISSIONS CONTROLS. DT

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL (02V120000) REPAIRED AND WAS CHARGED A FEE FOR REWIRING AN AFTER MARKET PRODUCT. CONSUMER CALLED AMERICAN HONDA WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY DO NOT PAY FOR LABOR COSTS OR THIRD PARTY ALARM SYSTEMS. CONSUMER SEEKS ASSISTANCE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *JG

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS FLIPING AND IT ROLLS BACK WHEN STANDING AT THE SAME TIME HE IS EXPERINCING HARD SHIFTING. TS

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH, WHEN CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP, SHE WAS INFORMED THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE TO RECONNECT THE AFTER MARKET REMOTE STARTER ON THE VEHICLE, OR THE STARTED WOULD BE LEFT DISCONNECTED, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND WAS ASSURED THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE.*JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER, DEALER WAS WILLING TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BUT ONLY AFTER CONSUMER AGREED TO PAY $90.00 FOR DEINSTALLING AND THEN REINSTALLING AFTER MARKET IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER REFUSED TO DO SO. PH.....*AK

THE DEALER STATED NO PARTS REGARDING RECALL 02 V 120 000 (IGNITION SWITCH) WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS. *TS *JB

THE CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE ANY SERVICES FROM THE DEALERSHIP CONCERNING THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. RECALL# 02V120000 SCC *JB

THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW FAILED TO GO UP AND DOWN.*JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, HOWEVER THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB

RESPOND TO REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM HONDA FOR EXPENSES INCURRED THAT RELATE TO RECONNECTION OF THE ALARM SYSTEM WHEN THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED THE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE IGNITION RECALL (02V-120. *SCC *JB

RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM HONDA FOR EXPENSES INCURRED DUE TO RECONNECTION OF ALARM SYSTEM WHEN DEALERSHIP PERFORMED CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE IGNITION RECALL 02V-120000.*AK *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLES AFTER MARKET ALARM HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED IN ORDER FOR THE RECALL TO BE PERFORMED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE DEALER CHARGED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE THE ALARM RECONNECTED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED. *TS *NLM

CONSUMER PURCHASED 4 NEW MICHELIN TIRES. SIZE P195/55/R15, DOT B95VB68X3001. XGT V4. 3 OF THE 4 TIRES BLEW OUT AT SIDEWALLS, AND BUBBLES DEVELOPED ON SIDEWALLS.*AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH HIT THE FRONT END OF THE CONSUMER'S CAR. THE VEHICLE KNOCKED THE ENTIRE FRONT END OFF THE CONSUMER'S CAR. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM