The contact owns a 2012 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while attempting to park the vehicle, the vehicle was turned off and the vehicle started to roll away. The vehicle was stopped, and the parking brake was engaged to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the front axle had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact also stated that while at a stop light, the vehicle vibrated, and the contact heard an abnormal sound coming from the vehicle. The accelerator pedal was depressed, and the vehicle unexpectedly lunged forward. There was no warning light illuminated. An independent was contacted; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 156,000.
2012 Honda Civic: sudden unintended acceleration
14 of the 456 complaints about the 2012 Honda Civic describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 14
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- typical mileage
- 16,356
- recalls
- 0
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
I have a 2012 honda civic lx, it has intermittent problems with unintended acceleration. It occurred twice on the highway and also urban area. Just this morning, it happened again I was on the highway when I noticed the car suddenly accelerates and speeds up without stepping the gas pedal. Fortunately the brakes responded to slow down. I came out of the highway, and I had to stop at a red light but still it was a constant fight acceleration by itself and stepping on the brake until the car will operate normally.
Driving up to a drive-in bank the car suddenly accelerated. I stopped the car a few feet beyond the teller window by a heavy application of the brakes. I put the car in reverse and backed up to the window. In reverse the engine was still racing. I put the car in neutral and the engine continued to race. Upon finishing my banking transaction I put the car in drive. The engine slowed to a normal idle I took the car to the dealer for service four days later; the dealer found nothing abnormal.
Driving up to a drive-in bank the car suddenly accelerated. I stopped the car a few feet beyond the teller window by a heavy application of the brakes. I put the car in reverse and backed up to the window. In reverse the engine was still racing. I put the car in neutral and the engine continued to race. Upon finishing my banking transaction I put the car in drive. The engine slowed to a normal idle I took the car to the dealer for service four days later; the dealer found nothing abnormal.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda civic. While parking, the vehicle lunged forward and crashed into the front of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact stated that there were no injuries sustained and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000.
Sudden unintended acceleration : while my wife was driving the vehicle on the driving lane on I-5 south at about 60mph and I was at passenger's seat, my wife yelled "the car is getting faster and faster." and I told her to step on the brake. She said she was already peddling the brake but it did not work, and the car was approaching to a big truck in front of us with frightening speed. Since there were many cars in front, behind and on the passing lane at the time of the incident, we could not do anything else but steering the car to the right side off the driving lane in order to avoid fatal accident. There was space covered with rough grasses, bushes and soft fences there. The vehicle kept moving along, crashing the objects with high speed of about more than 85 MPH. Finally the car stopped after going along more than 50 yards. As soon as the car stopped, we barely opened the doors and escaped from the terribly damaged car. The car's front side was facing backward, and I heard afterward that my wife used the hand brake to stop the car. Air bags of driver's and passenger's seat, and side airbag were deployed. Other three cars stopped at the scene off the lane, and advised us to remove valuables inside the car, because it may catch fire. They called 911, and fire fighters and the police arrived at the scene. I reported the accident to my insurance, dmv, and honda USA. My wife's right knee got bruise, and I have light pain on the left side of my neck and chest. My wife is panic, and afraid of driving. I am also very much shocked. I know honda would not easily admit the defect of the car, even though it will investigate the car. But I swear to god that the sua took place. Now I believe that sua occurs without driver's maloperation of the car, because there was absolutely no misoperation of the car. I please request the federal safety agency consider this incident very seriously. Thanks
Contact owned a 2012 honda civic with 2363 miles at time of incident. Before reaching a downtown intersection in the early evening one day last month, contact was going to turn right southbound towards home nearby. The car suddenly made a loud revving noise and shot straight forward at terrifying speed. Contact stepped on the brake and steered to the right. The car did not stop and seemed to have a mind of its own. Contact could not see where it went but heard it hitting hard at objects until it finally stopped. Contact did not know how long had elapsed before she saw through a haze wisps of smoke coming out in front of the car and noticed the airbag was deployed. Fearing the car might catch fire, contact pushed open the door and found the car had stopped in the southbound lane right next to the raised concrete medium that separated north and southbound lanes. Contact saw a black car on the northbound lane next to the raised medium with white side airbags deployed. Police officers and paramedics were at the scene. Contact and the other driver both sustained injuries. Contact's car was later declared "a total loss" by the insurance company. Contact was physically and mentally sound before and at the time of the incident and had a totally unblemished driving record in over 50 years. Contact is unwavering in the belief that the incident was due to the vehicle's sudden unintended acceleration. Contact had stressed this malfunction to the insurance company and also reported the incident to the american honda motors. Which contact believed had sent representatives to inspect the vehicle at the collision shop.. *tr
Tl* the contact 2012 honda civic. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the engine RPM increased excessively and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 37,500.
Sudden acceleration: I have been observing that the vehicle suddenly accelerates while driving downhill or merging on the highway. I have also noticed that it will accelerate when you turn off the cruise control. The speed is uncontrollable for few seconds before the engine starts the deceleration. I have taken a vehicle to the dealer twice and they have assured that this is normal function since check engine light is not on. The vehicle is 1.5 years old and has @15k miles on it.
My 2012 honda civic has intermittent problems with unintended acceleration. These occurrences only occur on the freeway and seem to occur more frequently when I am near sky harbor airport. The will suddenly go from 2 RPM to 7 RPM in a manner not achievable by applying the gas pedal or any other method. Once the car reaches 7 RPM it will immediately go back down to 2 RPM and this cycle will occur two more times before the car will operate normally.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda civic. The contact stated that while exiting a garage, he shifted into drive and then reverse when the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact was unable to stop the acceleration and crashed into a fence, a wall and a building. The contact had to power the engine off in order to stop the vehicle from accelerating any further. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. The contact sustained injuries to the right ankle. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 25,000.
At approximately 7:45 a.m. I arrived at work and turned left into parking space to park. I was driving a 2012 honda civic, which was less than one month old. The car lunged forward when I took my foot off of the accelerator, jumped the parking bumper and struck a concrete wall. The driver's air bag deployed and the front bumper was scraped and knocked out of place. American honda has inspected the car and claims that nothing is wrong with it but refuses to release its report to me.
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Questions about the 2012 Honda Civic sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2012 Honda Civic?
14 of 456 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda Civic (3%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2012.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2012 Honda Civic?
There are 0 recalls and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2012 Honda Civic
Airbag light 37Power steering loss 25No deployment 24Loss of power 15Stalling 15ABS 10Check engine light 9Jerking 9Won't start 8Fire or smoke 7Grinding brakes 6Steering lock-up 6Engine failure 5Hesitation 5Warning lights 5
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