My car came to a stop going up a ramp after it began "jerking". I had the car towed and repaired at my expense because it was no longer under warranty. Approximately 4 months later it happened again, it was the coil in the distributor and the driveshaft was bent both times. I had the car repaired, but was urged to contact honda to find if there was an "open recall" I was told by shockley honda that there was no recall, this was in 1996. Since then, my car has had thhe exact same repair 5 more times, and it broke down again yesterday. I called herson's honda and was told that was a recall approx 5 years ago. I called shockley to make an appt to have it repaired, instead of getting an appt I was told "you're just now getting around to getting this fixed?" and "why didn't you bring it in when you got the recall in the mail?" if I had gotten the recall, surely I would not have spent thousands in towing, parts and labor. I was then told that they didn't know how to contact me. If I was still paying on that vehicle, I am positive that I could have been conntacted. I financed the vehicle through the dealership. This is a total of 8 times, exact same problem, and has gotten to the point that it I was told that it may not be able to be repaired. Now I have no vehicle, I was never notified of the recall, and when I asked about the recall I was told there was no recall! Now what I am suppose to do?
1991 Honda Civic electrical complaints
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Distributer had bad bearing. Was replaced at cost of $463.48
The consumer was experiencing problems with alternator. While driving, vehicle shut completely off. The consumer has replaced the alternator twice. The manufacturer has yet to be contacted.
While driving smoke came from under the dash. Driver turned vehicle off. Manufacturer been notified.
Ingnition failure.
Electical distributor failure.
Seatback caught fire.
Water leaked in rear trunk lid.
Failed ignition caused car to suddenly stop.
Ignitor failed, causing vehicle to stall/smoke.
While driving low to high speeds, experiences engine malfunction, when check light appears and engine shuts down, dlr can't reproduce conditio.
Distributor cap failed.
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