2013 Honda Civic: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 30, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 87,000 miles · UT

The car would cut out while in motion during a turn. (it looks like I'm stalling). Other times I will be driving straight and feel the care losing power the more I pushed on the gas. Once I let my foot off it would have power to go again. This happens more often while on city streets then highway speeds. In march, when I went to start car the car dashboard went mad flashing and the car wouldn't start. I was able to jump start the car. I changed the battery and it continues to stall. I notice that the newer vehicles are doing the same thing and wonder if its the same issue that needs addressing.

Filed Dec 15, 2017 · Brakes, Engine · 50,000 miles · UT

I was making a left hand u-turn in the city on main street when in the middle of my turn my dash lights turned off my brakes wouldn't work and I lost power steering and acceleration. It felt like the car turned off. Lucky there was nobody coming the other way because I was stopped in the middle of the road and could not accelerate. Once I was at a complete stop in the middle of oncoming traffic the dash lights turned back on and I was able to accelerate. However when I was trying to park to check the car, any slight movement of the steering wheel would make my headlights almost turn off because it was like it was drawing a lot of extra power for some reason to turn the steering wheel. I then parked for about 20 minutes and turned the car back on with no problem. I went to a parking lot to see if I could re-create what happened but I could not. I went home and read a bunch of complaints with this same problem with nobody having a solution. So I have not taken my car to the dealership because I feel like I will get the same answer. Which is we don't see anything wrong and we cannot re-create the situation.

Filed Nov 5, 2016 · Electrical · 40,000 miles · NV

Ima warning light came on and lost power. Slowed almost to a stop while on highway. I was able to make it to dealerhip with flashing hazzard lights going 20 MPH. Honda dealership ran diagnostic and says code poae1. Troublehot code and telling me not ima battery problem that woudl be covered under warranyt, but motherboard problem which is not covered under warranty. Motherboard part is backordered and may take months. I asked for documentation that it is not a covered under electrical warranty because ima and they say no. Says they will give me paperwork after if is fixed. $2000

Filed Sep 23, 2014 · Engine · 13 miles · TX

Attention to all who read & complain about our 2013 honda civic. Go to your internet & search drive by wire. Then you will know why our car drives so awful and yes, accident prone. Our vehicles - news flash - are manufactured with the new (well, around 2003-ish) (not real sure now) drive by wire. My old 1997 honda civic would drive this 2013 in the ground. It's new technology. No more drive by throttle. If you want your power, either get a manual transmission or get an old car. Peace to all who read. (( I knew something was weird with the car immediately after driving it for 13 miles - but I couldn't figure it out till I did research and boy, was I enlightened. So, loss of power - which I did file a formal complaint because I thought something was seriously wrong with the vehicle, but then I found out - oh, nice, new technology. You can also find out the information on any blog for any honda owner - who is a serious mechanic )) drive by wire - known as dbw or our old way of cars - drive by throttle - or dbt.

Filed Feb 4, 2014 · Electrical, Steering · 12,790 miles · CA

While driving on the freeway at 72 miles an hour my car all of a sudden lost power. The dash went completely black and my engine shut off. My steering was extremely stiff with limited range of movement, I feel the power steering shut down. I was able to drift into the open lane next to me and brake to a stop on the shoulder of the road. I attempted to restart my car and it started on the first attempt. Continued to drive to my destination with no further trouble. I took it to the closest dealership a few hours later, they were unable to find any reason for the car shutting off while I was traveling down the freeway. They checked the cars computer and found no codes stored. They test drove were unable to duplicate the problem I had. They checked the battery and battery cables he noted they checked "ok". The tech noted he placed the "board on snapshot to stall". Noting in case this problem occurs again they will have data to aid in diagnosis. They performed a software update hoping it helps to fix the problem. Im not very comfortable driving my car now! Very frightening experience!! I would hope honda can find a resolution to this problem before someone's loved one is injured or injures another in an accident due to the danger of the situation!