Sirs, recently the air bag warning indicator on the instrument panel,fails to go off indicating a problem with the safety air bag system.there is no routine maintenance recommended in my owners manual for this part,and since I read about recalls for this model car (honda civic 4 door 2001) I did not take it to the repair shop or dealer to examine. Through this website, I checked the VIN's of the vehicles affected and my vehicle is not on that list of numbers. I believe that this is a manufacturing defect, it would probably be very costly to have it repaired.I have no idea how many complaints there are about this problem,and if I should just go ahead and have it looked at and eat the costs, or wait a little to see what you advise (if you do that at all). *tr thank you in advance, peter p
2001 Honda Civic airbags complaints
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"airbag" light on headboard at almost all times. Received letter about airbag recall and contacted dealer (sam swope honda, louisville, ky (502) 499-3740) yesterday, 09/08/2009. They claim the soonest they can get me in to fix this problem is 11/23/2009. That's 76 days! I guess they don't care that this is poses a safety threat toward me. I had to contact another dealer and they were able to get me in a lot sooner than that. I just think it's unacceptable that sam swope couldn't get it taken care of sooner just because they were "getting slammed." this is someone's safety we are dealing with!
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic purchased brand new in 2001. She stated that the SRS airbag light continued to illuminate on the warning panel. She received a recall letter pertaining to the failure. The dealer stated that the vehicle would be repaired in 5 days. She requested a rental vehicle at no cost; however, the manufacturer denied the request. The brakes had been replaced over four times in a period of 4 years which resulted in the struts being damaged. The transmission was replaced twice. The fuel pump, air conditioning system, alternator have also been repaired and the power locks were inoperable. The failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 128,000.
The SRS light in my 2001 honda civic has been on for a month, which means my airbags will not deploy properly. Honda refuses to cover the cost of this safety issue.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. The contact stated that the SRS light illuminated, which indicated that the air bag was malfunctioning. The dealer could not remedy the issue. The contact was informed that if the light illuminated again, a decision would have to be made on whether to replace the air bag or drive without one. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance regarding the repairs. The contact feels that this is a safety issue because the air bags would not deploy in the event of a crash. The current mileage was 79,000 and failure mileage was 78,000. Updated 08/19/09 *bf the dealer reset the light, however a week and a half later, the light came back on again. Updated 08/20/09.
Purchased a pre-owned 2001 honda civic in 2005, certified inspection by honda dealer. The SRS light went on in april 2006. Never was involved in accidents or alike. The SRS lights was reset twice but the lights went on after couple months. It has been more than a year now that the SRS light is on and I am very worried about my safety. Honda should replace the airbag and fix it for the owners safety.
2001 honda civic lx driver side air bag deployed causing injuries to the driver in which the inflator module ruptured causing metal fragments to protrude through the air bag cushion striking the consumer in her neck as well as her chest. *nj recall number 09v259000 was referenced. (lawyer wrote in on behalf of client).
Purchased a pre-owned 2001 honda civic, certified inspection by the dealer. Vehicle has 2 intermittent safety issues, which did not present themselves in the test drive prior to purchase. First, SRS light is always on. Secondly there is an intermittent problem, can not reproduce on demand, where the instrument panel completely drops. So gas gauge says empty, says you are driving -0- MPH, odometer goes to "8888888", etc, although you can continue to drive the car. The only way to reset is to pull over, turn off the car & restart the vehicle. One dealer quoted a gauge cluster at $800. Another dealer could not confirm this as the issue and asked for us to drive there when it is happening - when the gauges have dropped. It is dangerous to drive without gauges, and to drive it all the way to the dealer like this is unsafe. I called honda, there are no similarly reported issues for my vehicle. This is a dangerous safety issue.
The SRS indicator light came on and has been on for 2 years. I was t-boned on the passenger side by the gas tank, and the airbags did not deploy. I had taken the car to the dealer numerous times for maintenance & was never informed of this possibility due to the indicator light being on. Had I known, it would have been fixed or inspected. Now the dealer says it is not under warranty & at 100 hr. I do not want to have to hunt & peck to find the source of this electrical malfunction. Honda should extend the warranty to include electrical wiring & safety system components on 2001 models, based on 100's of other complaints by other civic owners. Also, the right window motor is burned out (since 2007), it almost stalls when in reverse (since 2005), have noticed a lag in acceleration in lower gears (60k), also abrupt downshifting (sometimes) & it makes an odd humming seeming to come from rear of vehicle when accelerating (this last week). Mileage is 87k, way too soon for a honda to give out.
Yesterday the SRS indicator light on my 2001 honda civic came on and stayed on.
Srs lights turned on and stayed on. In my honda civic 2001 the vehicle was not involved in any crash or other bodily injuries.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. While driving 35 MPH, the front end of the vehicle was crashed. The driver side air bag deployed, but it also caused the entire steering wheel to explode. All the plastic metal from the steering wheel spread throughout the vehicle. The driver was injured due to the air bag explosion, along with two other occupants. A police report was filed. The failure mileage was 85,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. While driving 50 MPH, the contact rear ended another vehicle. None of the air bags deployed. The contact received head and chest trauma, and is complaining of neck and back pain. He has seen a doctor for his injuries. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The contact has pictures. The current and failure mileages were unknown.
My husband was in a car accident in our honda civic 2001 lx on august 6th. The accident occurred at approximately 9:30 am. The car in front of him stopped short to try to avoid an accident, thus my husband tried to stop but ran into the car in front of him (I'm told it was a 3 car accident). My husband hit his head on the windshield, his chest on the steering wheel and the air bags never deployed. He was going about 50 miles an hour at the time. The air bags should have gone off. We bought this car new in 2001. I was in a minor car accident with this same car a couple of years ago making a left hand turn on my way to church. At the time, I didn't think about it, but the air bags never deployed during that accident either. I thought it was just because I was going so slow that must have been the reason.
Driving 2001 honda civic ex at approximately 45 MPH, crashed head-on into side of SUV making illegal left turn. There was one passenger in front passenger's seat. Neither driver or passenger side airbags deployed. Both driver and passenger sustained seat belt bruises across chest. Car appears to be totaled (prior to official claims adjustment).
The SRS light on the honda civic has been on. It has been repaired a few months ago but it is on again. Also there are a lot of similar complaint from the honda owner. Need to investigate before fatal accident happen.
I was leaving my home and driving about 1 mile to my destination. My car had been functioning normally earlier in the day. I noticed that the transmission slipped as I went up a small hill. Within 1/4 mile the torque converter failed (transmission failure) and I had power to the engine but no forward power. I was stuck in the middle of the road and could only get to safety at the side of the road by coasting. Had I been on a more heavily traffic road, or on a steep hill of which there are many here, the outcome could have been many injured or deaths as I was a sitting duck in the road.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. While driving approximately 25 MPH through a stop sign and crashing into a vehicle the air bags did not deploy. There was damage to the passenger side front fender. There were 3 injuries. A police report is available. The contact's vehicle was totaled by the insurance company. The current and failure mileages were 85190.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. In 2006, the contact had her vehicle repaired according to a voluntary recall issued for the air bag system. One year later, while driving at an unknown speed, the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel. This indicated that the air bags were inoperative. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the air bag system needed to be replaced at the cost of $800. The vehicle has not been repaired. The recall number was unknown. The failure mileage was 30,000 and current mileage was 89,000. Updated 7/3/08
Srs light continues to go on after being reset. Driving my car without airbags is unsafe and unacceptable. Honda should fix this for free.
I am requesting the current list of service bulletins regarding my air bags sensor/control module be expanded to include my VIN number. Today I was told that I need to replace this piece on my 2001 honda civic. There are 2 the federal safety agency item # 623328 and 619975 for the control module for the 2001 civic and others bulletins for other honda control modules of the same year. I was told that my VIN number is not on that list. Can you help me?
A car cut me off on freeway-I swerved to avoid hitting him. My car hit center freeway divider and rolled over 3-4 times before coming to a rest. The airbags did not deploy. Car is completely destroyed.
I just noticed the SRS indicator is on without obvious reason. It might be caused by heavy loptop bag in the passenger seat. My car is honda civic ex 2001. The dealer asks $115 to diagnosis only, needless to say fix. The nature of the defect is safety issue. Honda should either to make the design or have this part in the life time warranty.
2001 honda civic SRS light stays on which means air bags wont deploy not covered by honda this is a safety issue should be covered for life of the car honda must not care about safety or law suits if my air bags don't work when they need to wont buy another honda.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 honda civic. While driving 5-10 MPH, the driver side air bag deployed without warning. The driver suffered a sore arm and neck. The dealer refused to inspect the vehicle to determine the cause of failure. Approximately two days later, the passenger side air bag deployed without warning. The dealer inspected the vehicle, however, they were unable to determine the cause of the failure. The current and failure mileages were 117,000. The consumer stated in may 2007 the recall work was completed on the SRS due to faulty opds on the passenger side. The dealer stated check rattle under front end, needs front struts. Updated 10/18/07
Brakes never worked right, felt like not stopping quick enough, had replaced 3 or 4 times since 2001, but to this day, when stopping suddenly with brake pedal fully to floor, car doesn't want to stop & is scary. Was rear ended,radio & speakers quit working, replaced & alarm quit working, had to have it completely removed & had damaged fly wheel. Alarm malfunction was causing car to run in "safe mode" and car was using too much gas. The gas indicator is not accurate, and slow to adjust to empty or full levels, even when in perfect weather. Even now I am certain that I do not get good gas mileage in city or highway driving & feel this car is vastly overrated in every way! Srs indicator light is always on for 3 years now, red in color, I never knew this was a problem before reading bulletins ( but do now). Right front window was slow to roll down for months, then wouldn't roll up in cold weather, and now won't work at all regardless of weather conditions. Is stuck, and where I thought it might be a simple fuse issue, now we're finding out it will be a $600 window motor issue. Not a very happy honda customer right now. Ironically, I bought this civic because of a prior positive experience owning a honda crx, which was wonderful. This honda civic 2001 has changed the way I view honda's in general, unfortunately.
I own a 2001 honda civic. At 45,000 miles the safety restraint system light came on. Since it was a safety issue honda should be responsible for investigating and repairing the defect. However, honda disputed this. If the airbag didn't deploy or seat belts didn't work serious injury could be incurred.
I am the original buyer of honda civic 2001 4dr and SRS light goes on frequently. As long as the car was under warranty dealer used to fix it without any charge. Last time in 2004 I got it fixed by the dealer. At that time car was out of warranty, but as the problem existed before the expiration of warranty they fixed it. Srs light problem reappeared in march 2007 , and when I took the car to the dealer, he said that problem was not the same. He stated that something was wrong in seat back sensor. *ak dealer is aware of the recall on SRS from honda...and now he is not willing to help me. I never had any accident. There is some inherent problem with SRS in this car. Dealer wants me to pay $600 to fix it. This the 6th time SRS light is on.
Srs light came on out of the blue 8/06. I had an accident 2/05. Dealer "cleared codes". Light came on again. This time the dealer blamed the accident. Had the insurance company pay $400 for replacement of the SRS unit. Light came on again one week later. Dealership claims that now it is a faulty seat belt buckle which would cost $305 to repair. This seems to be a major issue with honda civics. This seriously needs to be a recall issue.
2001 honda civic SRS light is on. Vehicle has diagnostic codes 15-3 and 15-1. Vehicle needs opds sensor and control unit vehicle has 60,000 miles and is out of warranty repair is over $1000 honda should have to recall this safety and repair it for free - I understand it is a recurring problem on 2001 honda civics.
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