2011 Honda Civic

CR INSPECTED IN DEC 27 2013 . INSPECTION VERIFIES BRAKES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE PASSES INSPECTION. TWO WEEKS LATER BRAKES BEGAN MAKING NOISES. TOOK TO HONDA DEALER AGAIN AND WAS TOLD BRAKES REQUIRED REPLACEMENT WITH ROTORS RESURFACED DEALER INDICATES VIRTUALLY NO BREAKS. UNSURE HOW CONDITION OF BRAKES WERE MISSED DURING INSPECTION. I FEEL BRAKES PADS WORE PREMATURELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT AN ENGINEER WOULD INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINEER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,785.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 10,000 MILES. ON A FEW OCCASIONS (MONTHS APART) WHILE APPLYING MY BRAKES, THE PEDAL COLLAPSES TO THE FLOORBOARD AND I FEEL GRINDING COMING FROM THE PEDAL. THIS USUALLY OCCURS AT A LOW SPEED AND ON A DECLINE/SLOPE.. FOR EXAMPLE, LEAVING A CONVENIENCE STORE PARKING LOT. UP TO THIS POINT, THE CAR HAS ALWAYS RESPONDED TO THE BRAKES, BUT IT IS AS IF I'M BLEEDING THE BRAKES.. BRAKE PRESSURE IS GOOD AND IN AN INSTANT, IT IS GONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER SHE POWERED THE VEHICLE ON, IT WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

I LEASED THIS CIVIC ON FEBRUARY 2011 AND IN DECEMBER 2011 10 MONTHS LATER THE BREAKS AND ROTORS WERE GONE AND ONLY ONE SIDE. ODD AFTER HAVING HAD THEM SERVICED IN SEPTEMBER AND THE DEALER GIVING ME 100% LIFE ON THEM. HAD TO PAY TO FIX BRAKES AND ROTORS. TEN MONTHS LATER SEPTEMBER 2012 AGAIN BRAKES OUT HAS TO CHANGE AGAIN. NOW AGAIN SEPTEMBER 2013 BRAKES AND ROTORS. WITHOUT ANY SIGNALS THAT MY BRAKES WERE WEARING OUT. NOW MORE COSTS TO FIX THIS IN A 2011 HONDA CIVIC . RIDICULOUS CONSIDERING THIS WILL BE THE 3RD TIME TO CHANGE BREAKS WITHIN A 2.5 YEARS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE. I USE MY CAR TO TRAVEL TO WORK EVERYDAY AND RUN ERRANDS AND ONCE IN A WHILE DRIVE A MAX OF 100 MILES AT ONE TIME TO LA. I HAVE HAD MY TUNDRA FOR THREE YEARS NEVER HAVE HAD TO CHANGE BRAKES. NOW I HEAR THE ROTORS AND ITS CRAZY TO THINK MY BRAKES ARE GONE WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. *JB

THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY HONDA CIVIC HAD TO BE REPLACED THE FIRST TIME AT 17,000 MILES. IT HAD FAILED RIGHT AT THE END OF THE HONDA 1 YEAR WARRANTY (THE FIRST DATE IS ESTIMATED BUT I CAN DIG IT OUT FROM THE HONDA DEALER IF THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE) I HAVE ONLY THE ESTIMATED FIRST DATE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A FLUKE AND HONDA COVERED IT UNDER WARRANTY SO I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. HOWEVER, MY NEXT SET OF BRAKES FAILED AT 15,000 MILES. THE ACTUAL DATE WAS 7/8/2013 ON THIS FAILURE. AGAIN THEY HAVE WARANTIED THE BRAKES. I AM ON MY 3RD SET OF BRAKES AND THE CAR HAS NOT EVEN HIT 40-50,000 MILES. THAT IS IF MY BRAKES WERE BEING RIDDEN HARD. AT SOME POINT I AM CONCERNED THAT HONDA WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM THAT APPEARS TO BE WELL KNOWN. THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE HONDA CIVICS. IT APPEARS THEY ARE NOT RECALLING THIS AND ARE LEAVING PEOPLE TWISTING IN THE WIND. I DON'T KNOW OF A MORE CRITICAL COMPONENT TO A VEHICLES SAFETY THAN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. IT CAN HARM BOTH DRIVER, PEDESTRIAN OR OTHER MOTORISTS AND CAUSE A FINANCIAL CALAMITY TO BOTH DRIVER AND OTHER PARTIES. PLEASE MAKE HONDA FIGURE OUT THIS PROBLEM AND PROVIDE A SOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN DRIVE A SAFE CAR. THERE IS A LAWSUIT FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HONDA, I PREFER NOT TO GET INVOLVED INTO THIS BUT RATHER HAVE THEM FIX THIS PROBLEM. OTHER THAN THAT IT HAS BEEN A GOOD VEHICLE. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A FINANCIAL REWARD I JUST WANT MY CAR FIXED AND PROPERLY ENGINEERED SO THAT THE BRAKES WON'T FAIL PREMATURELY. IT CAN BE COSTLY IF I HAVE TO REPLACE MY BRAKES ONCE A YEAR. *TR

I WAS STOPPED IN A PARKING GARAGE AND INTENDED TO PULL INTO AN OPEN SPACE ON MY LEFT. I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT AND MY CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. IT CRASHED INTO THE CAR TO THE RIGHT OF THE OPEN SPACE AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, PUSHING THE OTHER CAR INTO THE CAR TO ITS RIGHT. I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKES DURING THE ENTIRE INCIDENT BUT THEY WERE NOT FUNCTIONAL. MY CAR FINALLY PUSHED THE OTHER CAR OUT OF THE WAY AND MY CAR SLAMMED INTO THE CONCRETE BLOCK IN FRONT OF THE OPEN SPACE AND STOPPED. HAD THE CONCRETE BLOCK NOT BEEN THERE, I WOULD HAVE FLOWN OVER THE SIDE OF THE THIRD LEVEL OF THIS PARKING GARAGE. MY FOOT WAS IN NO WAY ON THE ACCELERATOR. IT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME. ALSO, A NON-HONDA MECHANIC EXPERIENCED THE SAME REVVING ISSUE WHEN HE INSPECTED THE CAR AFTER THE INCIDENT. HOWEVER, HONDA CLAIMS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND WILL NOT REFUND US THE COST OF DAMAGES WE PAID OUT OF POCKET. BUT THEY DID BUY THE CAR BACK AND BUY OUT THE REMAINING 6 MONTHS OF MY LEASE, INDICATING THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, BUT WERE NOT WILLING TO OWN UP TO IT. *TR

ON 03-16-2013 I WAS DRIVING ON I-5 FREEWAY NORTH THROUGH ORANGE COUNTY CA. WHEN I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN, MY CAR`S BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING AT ALL. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY RESISTANCE AND THE CAR DIDN'T SLOW DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY HITTING THE CURB. THERE WERE NO DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS LIT AT ANY TIME INDICATING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. I HAD CAR TOWED TO NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME I MUST HAVE DRIVEN OVER A PIECE OF RUBBER DEBRIS. THIS PIECE OF RUBBER DAMAGED RIGHT WHEEL EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE, CAUSING RIGHT REAR WHEEL TO DRAG AND BOIL THE BRAKE FLUID, THUS CAUSING TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL.I FOUND OUT BOTH REAR BRAKES WERE DAMAGED, EVEN THOUGH ONLY THE RIGHT EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE WAS DAMAGED. I HAD TO PAY$1300 FOR REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS UNDER FULL FACTORY WARRANTY. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO AND ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION HOW IS THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON 2011 HONDA CIVIC DESIGNED IF A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE CAN BE CAUSED BY A PIECE OF RUBBER DEBRIS. I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, HOW A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS WHAT AMERICA HONDA MOTOR CO. WILL DO TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN ON MINE AND OTHER 2011 CIVIC MODELS. HONDA REPRESENTATIVE REFUSED TO ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTIONS.SHE STATED THAT SINCE THERE WAS NOT ANY ACCIDENT, EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH THEM. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED TRAGICALLY AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOU TO INVESTIGATE AND FOLLOW UP ON IT. *TR