2002 Honda Civic: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Jul 8, 2018 · Acceleration, Body · 176,000 miles · TX

#1) overheats/boils reservoir lost 3 caps #2)water pump failure #3)trunk latch doesn't work all time #4)cruise control never worked #5) window washer motor fried #6) can't run AC sometimes heater causes to overheat it will idle for hours but once its driven down hwy it starts to over heat. #7) transmission failure while driving in to library to get my son it was like it went into neutral while I was driving no speed all rpms. #8) ignition keeps sticking won't always start feels like the key is going to break #9) all the windows are now manual drivers side wire frayed and messed up broke plastic pieces. It's held up by pvc the passenger is the only window still operable one motor stopped and never started the other is held up with a door stopper. #10) the seatbelts lock and won't let go even if the car is started but not mobile still in park.

Filed Aug 6, 2015 · 230,000 miles · OK

The acceleration is sticking and the speed will drop to 0 if climbing up a hill using cruise control.

Filed Mar 18, 2014 · Electrical · 165,000 miles · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 honda civic. The contact stated that a burning odor was present inside the vehicle. The contact exited the vehicle and returned to discover flames and smoke coming from the cruise control switch. The contact was able to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries. The fire caused damage to the driver's side of the dashboard. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact notified the manufacturer of the defect. The failure mileage was 165,000.

Filed Jun 28, 2013 · Acceleration, Transmission · 110,000 miles · TX

Cruise control suddenly speed up and down by itself and transmission not engaged on highway. I changed cruise control all parts with dealer non of them work and I got same happening every month 4 or 10 times on highway and suddenly my transmission makes whining sound I changed transmission fluid every 30000mi but it give me trouble. As I check on my issues in internet a lot of people got same trouble just like me even well maintained car owner got this same issues! Something really wrong on honda civic 2002 transmission. I can not give it to my daughter for her first car cruise control speed up and down by itself and dealer can not fix and transmission suddenly makes funny action(sometimes disengage on middle of anywhere ). Since june 2010, I don't use cruise control and somehow managed my civic run on highway and I add up 40000mi more and I really feel guilty for other driver when I drive on highway!

Filed May 29, 2012 · Acceleration · 99,000 miles · NJ

The cruise control feature will just turn off, and the car will begin to decelerate. This can be dangerous if a driver does not realize they are decelerating (due to the automatic of driving and the effects of driving hypnosis). There have been too many electrical problems with all hondas in the 2002-2004 years that have the potential to increase the risk of a crash that I do not think the consumer should have to pay for any of those repairs. The cruise control just turning off at very high speeds is one example of the many problems I have had.

Filed May 18, 2011 · Acceleration · 122,000 miles · CA

I was driving my car on the freeway up a slight incline. My honda was usually sluggish going uphill and would rev to about 3000 rpms before shifting into 4th gear at approx 55mph. However, on this particular occasion, I kept accelerating the car up the incline, but at 60mph the car's rpms were increasing to the red line zone meaning the car was not shifting. Since my car had never done this before, I was confused and also I was concerned the rpms would increase too much so I attempted to apply the brakes to slow the speed of the car. The brakes felt as if they had locked up, would not press down, and barely slowed the car to 55mph. I took my foot off of the brake pedal and without my foot pressing down on the accelerator or the brake pedal, the car quickly accelerated on it's own to 70mph and the rpms were red lining. I quickly applied the brakes again, which were doing little to slow my car. The brakes were competing with the acceleration and myself and my two passengers could smell the brakes burning. I checked that the floor mat was out of the way and it was. I checked that cruise control wasn't turned on and it wasn't. I applied the brakes as hard as I could and was able to decelerate the car to 40mph with the rpms still red lining. Then I shifted the car into neutral, and although the cars rpms were out of control, the shift into neutral decelerated the car to about 10 MPH. I pulled the e-brake and shut off the engine. At this time the brakes were visibly smoking. I contacted the honda dealership who was incredibly reluctant to help. In a meeting with the manager, he even stated, "how do we know your foot wasn't on the accelerator the whole time?" I inspected the air cleaner box cover myself and saw no damage (due to a recall I read about on that make/model). Honda found nothing wrong, said the car was "operating as designed" and sent me home with a bill.

Filed Jul 7, 2008 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · WI

I was driving on a 4 hour road trip from wisconsin to minnesota. 1 hour from the destination my car started to rev into very high rpms while I had it on cruise control. After quickly taking off the cruise control I tried to accelerate with the gas pedal but it did nothing. I pulled over on the side of a very busy freeway and found that none of the gears (2nd, 3rd, drive, or reverse) would work. I was towed and found out that my transmission failed. The car is a 2002 honda civic ex coupe and only has 60,000 miles on it! After reading many internet sites/complaints, it seems that honda civics from 2001 and 2002 have tons of transmission complaints. I do not see why honda will not recognize this and help everyone out who's transmission goes out within 100,000 miles. It is ridiculous to only get 60,000 miles out of a transmission.

Filed Jan 16, 2007 · Steering · 49,700 miles · OH

On november 4, 2006, I was turning the corner going up a ramp when my 2002 honda civic ex steering wheel locked up in the right turn position. I was heading off of the ramp to the right when I jerked the steering wheel back straight to find that the key in the ignition and my other car key on the same ring were bent terribly and unusable. It appeared to me that the other car key had somehow gotten lodged in the steering column causing the wheel to lock up and, after a jerk from me, bent and freed the wheel. Upon looking at the column, there are 2 holes in the column itself, and 2 holes in the cruise control console on the steering wheel that it appeared to me the key could have gotten lodged in. I started thinking of the more serious consequences such as if I had hit someone or my wife or daughter were traveling with me. So I called american honda and spoke with kenitra. She suggested that I take the vehicle to a local honda dealer, which I did, and she would follow up. We then spoke again and she said there was no record of anything like this ever happening to this vehicle. She said she herself went out and looked at her friends 2002 civic to try and understand where the key could have gotten lodged and couldn't find any conceivable place. She said that the best she could figure is that my knee either bumped the key or that I had too long of a keychain, or too many keys on the ring. I told her that my knee did not bump the key and that the keyring was an average length and I had owned and used it for a very long time without incident. I didn't feel that honda took my concern seriously or really checked into this. It really happened and was terrifying. I am afraid it may happen again.

Filed Nov 12, 2004 · Acceleration, Transmission · 24,200 miles · NY

I was driving up an incline at about 35 MPH on the parkway, and needed to accelerate up the hill. I pressed on the gas pedal, and it hardly moved and I got no response. All of a sudden, the pedal pulled away from my foot downward towards the floor, and the car accelerated uncontrollably. With the possibility that cruise control was accidentally put on (which I hardly ever use), I immediately stepped on the brake to stop the acceleration, and there was no response. I was still accelerating, so I put the car into neutral, and it was still revving out of control. (the RPM was in the red zone) I finally put the toe of my boot under the gas pedal to try to lift it up off the floor, and it finally gave, and went back to normal. I then proceeded toward home, at a voluntary 20 MPH. I am taking it to the honda service center for evaluation.