Car began accelerating rapidly while driving down a hill. Was finally able to bring it to a stop after driving down an entire stretch of flat road without pressing the gas at all. When I put the vehicle in park, it accelerated furiously but didn't attempt to go anywhere, and finally I just turned it off. My father was able to come to my assistance, and was able to get the car drivable again after pressing on the gas several times while the vehicle was in park. I drove the car to work the next morning without any problems. However, I feel that if this would have happened on a higher speed road, such as the interstate, my safety would have been severely compromised and bringing the car to a complete stop would have been much more difficult. I really don't have any other problems with the car, but I am now very skeptical about driving it, especially on the interstate.
2001 Honda Civic acceleration complaints
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Honda dealership replaced my transmission because the transmission was failing between gears and when I was driving car it will fail to accelerate and not move and this was very dangerous because I did not have control of my car while driving , the dealership installed a "new" transmission because I had warranty and now at 128000 miles the " new" transmission is leaking, the dealership said they will not repair and that there is not any warranty for the transmission anymore. I have heard a lot of complaints for the honda civic 2001 transmission, one of the worst transmissions from honda cars, honda used to be a good reliable car. All that I can say if the honda dealer replace the transmission with a " new " transmission why is leaking? It does not make any sense. Now to repair the transmission at a local shop they will charge around 3000 dollars.
Left front headlight first failed on 01/30/2009. Electrical wiring to front low beam headlight overheated causing melting of headlight connector to electrical harnesst. . A succession of another 4 headlight connectors have melted between o8/08/2009 to december 14, 2010. First 4 headlight connector replacements completed by honda dealer. Prior to jan 30th 2009 headlight connector failure,a different honda dealer completed the federal safety agency 304v86000 recall work for headlight electrical overheating recall in 2006 during regular maintenance appointment. Failure #5 happened on dec14, 2010 just 6 days after melted connector #4 was replaced on december 8th 2010. Dealer found cruise control unit inoperable due to electrical melt down. Original air conditioner compressor replaced in 2009 due to melt down. Safety and possible fire hazard due to chronic overheating of original electrical harness & multi-plex unit. Honda dealer unable solve problem of repeated melting headlight connectors. All connectors are honda dealer parts. Total of 4 left headlight connectors and 1 right headlight connector have melted. 5th melted headlight connector has not been replaced. Using the high-beams to drive at night since 4 previous honda dealer replacement connectors have melted. Time intervals between connector failure keeps getting shorter and shorter. Due to chronic unsolved electrical overheating problem, the safety of electrical system is compromised.
My mother is a victim of sudden acceleration incident from a honda civic 2001. She was driving the vehicle on a small street and had placed it in park. Then, she placed the gear back into drive and before tapping the gas pedal the car surged forward in high acceleration and went out of control. She applied the brakes a few times but it failed to stop the car. The steering was also out of control and the car continued to accelerate about 30-40 MPH for an entire block and finally, crashed into a tree totaling the vehicle. She was taken away by ambulance. As a result of the crash, she suffered from a broken ankle and heel, deep gash to the knee, severe chest pain (from airbag) and heart contusion. She spent over a week in the hospital and is still in the process of recovering.
My name is [xxx] , my husband is [xxx] and were purchased a care from jack matia in 2006 for the honda civic 2001, on july the 4th my daughters took the car to put gas in it when they pulled out into traffic te car stopped and would only go in reverse, after calling not only the dealership and the honda headquaters I've only been told that it isn't covered under the warranty, but this isn't a warrant issues the reason behind it not being on a recall list is because honda doesn't think this is a safety issue. My daughter hasd just came off the highway I'm only grateful that it didn't die on them then after having a mechanic check the car out we found out it was the transmission had died. My daughter said no lights (engine or otherwise) had came on that's why she didin't know what happened.they because my VIN # wasn't on the recall list they couldn't do anything about it, that iwas stuck with the cost repair, it may not be a recall but it is a known issue.so now I am making payments on a lemon that was sold to even with the awareness that this was an issue. And I pretty sure there was a lemon law broekn some where, not to mention the risk this put my family at while driving this car . We do alot of highway driving due to my job. No one wants to take responsibilty but someone definitely should forthe risk they put my family and other drivers on the road at. Are we going to wait til we are dealing with a situation like we just did with toyota????? I certainly hope not. I've put over 5,000.00 dollars in payments that's not countng repairs into this car and this is a slap in the face for a consumer who works and has always worked hard for her living. I know I'll never buy another honda, too afraid especailly after what my daughters experienced. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. The contact attempted to brake from unknown speeds but to no avail. The brakes would not engage and the vehicle proceeded through the traffic stop, crashing into the side of another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to the contacts residence. The vehicle was not repaired however, the air bags were previously serviced under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 09v259000 (air bags). The failure and current mileages were 76,300.
Was driving on the freeway when my 2001 honda civic jumped gears and shifted to a lower gear the check engine light came on and drastically reduced my speed had to maneuver off the freeway exit out as soon as possible and managed to drive it to a mechanic nearby which said I would have to take it to a dealer to fix it. When I took it to the dealer they told me I would have to wait until the light came back on so driving on the freeway it happened again this time took it to the dealer and received the code po740. Doing research online I found out this was common in civics and some accords and that 2001 was the worst. Honda has been using faulty transmission and solenoid parts and has caused problems for many owner that seems to cause problems and not allowing to shift into third gear and allows it to redline. Indeed no problem occurs when not driving to shift into third gear at about 3500 RPM but this causes a problem when the need to accelerate quickly or driving uphill is required, luckily I was able and traffic on the freeway wasn't heavy when this occurred that allowed me to exit quickly but if this had caused me to shift down it would've been dangerous and caused a hazard to me and other drivers. Please look into this as no recall has yet to be made even though the multitude of people with this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. While driving approximately 3 MPH in reverse, the vehicle abnormally accelerated at an unusually high rate of speed. The vehicle then crashed into an unknown object. The vehicle suffered major damage but was not destroyed. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. The vehicle was inoperable. The VIN was not available at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was 82,000 and the current mileage was 82,000. Updated 05/13/10.
From a dead stop the car uncontrollably accelerated. The foot brake would not slow the vehicle. Somehow the car wound up doing a 180 on the road and slammed into a snow bank. I was able to jam the transmission into park and slow the car with the hand brake.
1) no accident yet, but frequently the side of my right foot hits the accelerator while putting the brakes on; part of my large foot is on the brake - part lands on the accelerator. (I am 6' 1" tall). Dealer has said there is nothing that can be done about it. I do feel this represents a hazard to my car and occupants, as well as to others. My only solution is to get rid of the car to a short person. (the required date below is invalid and irrelevant.)
When backing the vehicle out of parking lot and without warning vehicle accelerated, lost control and hit a pole. Driver put vehicle in drive, then the it accelerated, causing the vehicle to hit a parked car head on. Upon impact, both front airbags did not deploy.
The air bag light illuminated on the dash board, the dealer replaced the part, however the light illuminated again. *jb the occupancy position detector system was replaced, the rear defroster and cruise control was inoperative, there was a loud clunk noise while driving and on turns, the radio was inoperative, the back window was replaced along with the antenna, the fog light switch was loose, the brake light had gone out, there was a rattle in the rear seat, the fuel cap was loose, there was a vibration in the steering wheel, and the trunk lid did not close. Scc
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All windows clear with defroster operation with the exception of the drivers front window, dealer adjusted side vents.
When slowing down, then accelerating again vehicle will stall frequently around 20 MPH. Vehicle taken to dealer twice, could not find cause.
My huband was driving on the freeway 65 MPH, he aproached behind a slow moving vehicle in front and he slowed down to about 50 MPH he downshifted to 4th gear but apparently it went into second gear instead and it felt as if throttle got stuck and all warning lights turned on and lost all power in vehicle, other cars were coming up behind him at the posted speed of 65 MPH, he was barely able to coast the vehicle safely to the side of the road. Vehicle was taken to the dealer were I purchased it and they determined that the engine was destroyed and honda will not honor the warranty. My husband did some research and found out that the same dealer has about 8 or 9 vehicles with engines destroyed internally like mine. It looks as if these new vehicles are almost a death trap if you happen to miss a gear when downshifting on a manual 5 speed transmission.
Cited is actually the 2nd of four failures, the first one for which I have a date. In all cases the car surged forward while at a low speed but with the cruise control engaged. It was brought under control w/ use of the brake.
While driving on a gravelled road at 5 to 10 MPH vehicle started to accelerate to 80 MPH. Took vehicle to a dealer, and was informed a piece of gravel was in throttle area. Consumer feels there should be a protected cover over that area. Please provide any furhter information.
The SRS indicator appeared in the dash panel of vehicle, consumer took vehicle to dealer and informed conumer that there was a faulty airbag system, it took two failed control units to determine that the problem was the two sensors in the system and that the problem was resolved.
When vehicle comes to a complete stop idle lowers as if the vehicle is going to turn off, but then recovers. Dealer has not located defect or provided remedy.
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