2009 Honda Civic

TL *THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. THERE WAS PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH PARTIAL PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION OCCURRED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN. THE IDENTICAL FAILURES OCCURRED ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2009 HONDA CIVIC IS A DANGEROUS CAR TO DRIVE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER POINTING OUT THE DANGEROUS SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. A TEST DRIVE THERE CONFIRMED THE EXPERIENCE. THE MECHANIC SUBSEQUENTLY 'ADJUSTED THE COMPUTER' TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. IT DID NOT HELP. THUS THIS LETTER. HERE ARE THE SYMPTOMS. AT IDLE, OR VERY LITTLE GAS, THE ENGINE SOMETIMES SPEEDS UP SOME 200 RPM TO 400 RPM AND HOLDS IT FOR A SECOND OR A FEW BEFORE DROPPING BACK TO IDLE RPM, WHATEVER THE IDLE RPM MAY HAVE BEEN. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING, GOING FORWARD OR IN REVERSE, COLD OR HOT. I AM TALKING ABOUT A SITUATION WITH THE RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL OR ON NO PEDAL, HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL, AIR-CONDITIONING OFF. I KNOW THAT THE RPM CHANGE COULD BE CAUSED BY THE AIR-CONDITIONING ENGAGING FOR COOLING OR FOR DEFOGGING/DEFROSTING AND/OR FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP ENGAGING. BUT THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT A CAUSE WHICH MAKES THE CHANGE IN RPM NOT ONLY ANNOYING BUT ALSO DANGEROUS AS THERE IS NO WAY ONE COULD GET 'USED' TO THE IDIOSYNCRASY. I SHOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THESE 'ENGAGEMENTS' SHOULD NOT CAUSE AN APPRECIABLE RPM CHANGE IN ANY CAR, AND MOST OF MY CARS I OWNED WERE INDEED FREE OF THIS. THE 2009 CIVIC NOT ONLY REACTS TO THOSE ENGAGEMENTS BUT ALSO CHANGES RPM ENTIRELY ON ITS OWN. AND IT IS ALSO INCONSISTENT, AS THE 'EXTRA PULL' OF THE ENGINE MAY OR MAY OCCUR ON EVERY DRIVE. THE RANDOM RPM INCREASE IS DANGEROUS IN THE SENSE THAT WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE LIGHTLY, THE CAR MOVES BEFORE I CAN CATCH UP AND PRESS HARDER. THE RPM AND THE CAR SPEED CHANGE HAPPENS ALSO WHEN THE CAR IS IN AN IDLE MOTION SUCH AS DRIVING ACROSS A PARKING LOT. YOU CAN FEEL IT ACCELERATING FOR NO REASON ONLY TO SLAG BACK A FEW YARDS LATER. IT OCCURS EVEN DURING OR AT THE END OF THE TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF THE GARAGE. A BAD NEWS FOR THE REAR WALL. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT THIS NEW HONDA CIVIC 2009 LX SEDAN, AND AFTER DRIVING FOR FEW WEEKS, I STARTED TO HEAR SOME KIND OF NOISE IN THE CAR. ITS COMING FROM THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. AND AFTER I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME, IT MIGHT BE THE CHANGE THAT I HAVE IN THE CAR, SO I TOOK OUT THE CHANGE AND STARTED DRIVE AGAIN, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK, I STILL HEAR THE NOISE. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO BACK AND ASK THEM TO FIX IT AGAIN. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE TRANSMISSION, ONE NIGHT WHEN I TRY TO PARK THE CAR, THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKING WHEN I PULL IT TO THE REVERSE MODE, THEN I TRIED FEW MORE TIMES, ITS THE SAME WITH D MODE. I WAS MAD AND WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER, BUT THE NEXT DAY WHEN I READY TO DRIVE IT, THE SHAKING WAS GONE. WHEN I TOOK THEM TO THE SHOP, THE DEALER INSPECT IT AND SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM, THEY WANT ME TO DROP THE CAR THERE FOR TWO DAYS, SO THEY CAN GO INTO DEEPER INSPECT, I REFUSED, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TIME AND I NEEDED THE CAR FOR WORK. *TR

HELLO, I HAVE A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. EVRY TIME I DRIVE IT FOR MORE THEN AN HOUR OR SO, THE GEAR SHIFT BASE WHERE THE N,RF ETC IS WRITTEN, GETS HOT. ALSO, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHERE THE CD PLAYER IS GETS REALLY HOT. THE DEALER TELLS ME IT IS OK, THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE AS I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE HWY WITH MY FAMILY AND THE CAR CATCHES ON FIR OR SOMETHING. HOW COULD THIS BE NORMAL. PLEASE HELP. *TR

MY 2009 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID ON ONE OCCASION WHEN STARTING OUT IN THE MORNING ACCELERATED FASTER THAN I WANTED TO GO, TO ABOUT 25-30 INSTEAD OF 15 MPH IN OUR CONDO AREA. IT WAS VERY BRIEF, AND HAS NEVER BEEN REPEATED. AFTER THE TOYOTA PROBLEMS RECENTLY, I WENT TO MY HONDA SERVICE CENTER, AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH HONDA ACCELERATION. THANK YOU. *TR

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON 27 DEC 09. ON HER WAY SHE BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE IN VEHICLE, BUT ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE OUTSIDE AIR. UPON ARRIVING AT WORK, SHE WENT INTO THE BUILDING PUT HER PERSONNEL ITEMS AWAY AND WENT OUTSIDE. A FEW OF HER CO-WORKERS TOLD HER THAT HER CAR ALARM WAS GOING OFF. SHE WENT BACK INTO THE BUILDING TO RETRIEVE HER KEYS, WENT TO HER CAR AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ALARM HAD STOPPED, BUT THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE CAR. AT THAT TIME SHE OPEN HER TRUNK AND FOUND AN OPEN FLAME FIRE IN THE VICINITY OF THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR SPEAKER. AT WHICH TIME SHE CALLED GEICO (EMPLOYER) SECURITY, CALLED 911 AND SECURITY PUT OUT THE FLAME WITH A HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO HUGHES HONDA, WARNER ROBINS, GA ON 28 DEC 09 FOR DISPOSITION. LATER THAT DAY I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING AND I NEEDED TO CONTACT AMERICAN HONDA. AMERICAN HONDA THAN INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND/OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPORT THE CLAIM TO STATE FARM INSURANCE. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS BY MYSELF AND STATE FARM LED TO HONDA NOT RESPONDING TO ANY REQUEST AND A DECISION WAS MADE ON 21 JAN 10 THAT STATE FARM WAS GOING TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT CENTRAL GEORGIA COLLISION, BUT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TELL HUGHES HONDA TO RELEASE THE CAR TO THEM. I WENT BY HUGHES HONDA AT 1115 HOURS 21 JAN 10 TO INFORM THEM OF SUCH AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER (BY CELL PHONE) THAT HONDA HAD REMOVED MY CAR AND WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. TALKED TO GENERAL MANAGER AND OWNER OF HUGHES HONDA ON 29 JAN 10 AND TOLD THEM THAT THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN THAT NO ONE HAD INVESTIGATED AND INFORMED ME OF WHERE THE FIRE STARTED, WHAT THE IGNITION SOURCE WAS, HOW THIS IMPACTS DIMINSHED VALUE AND WAS THE CAR SAFE. PICKED UP CAR ON 4 FEB 10, WITH HONDA INFORMING ME THAT THIS WAS ALL THEY WERE WILLING TO DO AND THE ONLY REASON THE CAR WAS REPAIRED BY THEM WAS TO GET PARTS. *TR

2009 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID IMA AND ENGINE LIGHT ON, SERVICE RECODED THE ECU AND GAS MILEAGE HAS GONE DOWN TO 24. BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND ENGINE WAS RECODED TWICE AGAIN AND STILL THE MILEAGE IS DOWN TO 24. I HAVE FOUND SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE CAR FOR BATTERIES AND EXCESSIVE HIGH TEMPERATURES. CAR HAS BEEN TO THE SERVICE CENTER THREE TIMES FOR THIS SAME CONCERN. 12/04/09, 12/10/09 AND 12/14/09, ALL FOR IMA LIGHT ON. *TR