Emergency brake failed and gives following code in the dash: Red blinking light- BRAKE Yellow light: Brake System There was a recall back in 2016 because of this same problem. More than 300,000 cars affected.
2016 Honda Civic brakes complaints
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The contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle shuddered, and the Electric Parking Brake (EPB) warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed as an ABS System Module failure. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 16V725000 (Parking Brake). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 145,000.
ABS malfunction. The malfunction problem showed up on the dash and the car would not drive properly causing several messages to come on. Once I stopped and turned off the car I started if back up and went a few yard and the car started to malfunction and the message appeared again. I immediately called a foreign car specialist and was told there is a recall. I looked up the recall and it stated the same exact issue for Honda Civics years 2016-2022. I have had the car towed to two auto shops and both stated that there is a recall for the problem I am having and that they are seeing more of this issue on the Civics. I am a dialysis patient and need reliable transportation. I have about 8 months left to pay the car note in full and would really appreciate it if this could be addressed. Sincerely I am, [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
I have contacted honda about the ( epb) problem. They refuses to aknowedge the issue because my VIN number did not show up. The problem is there and I had it comfrim by a mechanic. There was no warning before hand till one day when day when engaging the parking brake the warning light came on and would not engaged. The only way was to cut the car off and restart it again. I am unable to park on a hill because of this problem and afraid of the system failing all together.
BRAKES they stop too slow and I need to push fes time to made it stop, that made me very insecure and unsafe. AC stop working is only hot air what is coming out, since is to hot is impossible ti drive like that.
I'm the original and only owner of the vehicle, which has less than 36,000 miles. My Civic has only ever been serviced by Honda dealerships, and I can provide maintenance records upon request. A failure of this nature to the braking system can only be caused by a defective part. In fact, I had my brakes inspected by Honda at 33,000 miles, and Honda gave my brakes a clean bill of health. While driving my vehicle, the brake pedal suddenly was unable to be depressed except with extreme foot pressure; it felt like a brick had been placed under my brake pedal. The stopping power was substantially diminished. It took multiple, very strong brake pumps to slow and stop my vehicle, meaning I was unable to stop in the event of an emergency. I took the car immediately to a Honda dealership. Ultimately, Honda replaced by brake booster, which they noted was defective, but charged me for the repair because the time (but not mileage) had elapsed on my warranty.
Brake and brake system came on and I was unable to reverse
2016 honda civic ex-t after getting brakes and rotors replaced the 'brake system' light stays on with alerts for: electric parking brake problem, brake system problem, & brake hold system problem. However, the electric parking brake engages and holds and disengages when I flip the switch fine, the car drives and brakes fine, the only thing that doesn't seem to work is the brake hold button. Car drives fine and brakes work fine, alerts won't go away and are only on the dash not in the notifications in the center console.
Transmission replaced twice within 2 months. Vehicle makes loud noises. Vehicle not safe to drive. Transmission is defective. Parking brake has technical issues.
I have been experiencing multiple electrical issues since about 6 months after purchase with brake light bulbs repeatedly burning out along with every system icon on the dash flashing off and on while driving the car it will not start always and at times it will not open with the key or the remote fob all being taken in to shops for repairs and within weeks I can be back to the shop with yet another so called fix this recurring problem is a big safety issue
While doing normal city driving in early morning, I drove over metal plates on the street which had occasionally in the past caused my automatic braking system (cmbs) to warn me to brake as if it sensed a hazard, but never applied the brakes for me. Today when going over these plates, the cmbs applied full brakes to the car without my touching the brake pedal myself, bringing my car to an abrupt stop. The car behind me understandably rear-ended me. Luckily just very minor damage since the car behind me mostly stopped, but this is obviously a very serious problem. Will take to dealership in a couple days for inspection. I was under the impression this system could not be disabled, but after looking online I found it could be, so I disabled it today. Will likely not use it in the future as I see the harm from it to greatly outweigh the potential benefits. Here are the weather conditions at the time of the incident: it was about 6:00 am, before sunrise. There was slight sleet/snow, but it was very minimal. Road conditions were normal aside from the metal plates from construction on the street.
Upon starting vehicle, multiple warning lights appeared on dashboard. Lights indicated brake system issue, power steering issue, hill start assist issue, ABS system issue. Power steering does not work. Car is not safe to drive.
The stability braking system suddenly fail. Parking brake does not work. The brake warning lights on the dash are on. The dealer claimed they had already fixed the recall but obviously not because the problem is still there.
Tl* the contact owned a 2016 honda civic. The contact stated that the vehicle was in park with the ignition off and keys removed, when the vehicle rolled backwards down a hill. The contact stated that he believed the vehicle was in parked and the parking brake was engaged. The contact stated the vehicle ended up hitting and running over a tree stump and guardrail. There were no injuries. No police report was filed. The contact had the vehicle towed to an auto body shop where the underneath of the vehicle was severely damaged causing the vehicle to be totaled. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact mentioned the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v725000 (parking brake) as the cause of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 47,173.
My eps system it doesn't register that my car is fine but it keeps making my battery die and I have to keep getting it jump I seen there was a recall for us nov, 10, 2016 I haven't even had my car a year yet and this problem has been going on. Since I have gotten the car
Electric parking brake on my 2016 honda civic sedan will not engage. I bought the car brand new from honda. There was a recall for this problem for over 350,000 models already but my car was not included. My electric parking brake stopped working in late 2017. I called honda civic already but they refused to fix it. I had one incident when I was in motion in the freeway; my car went from 65 MPH to about 35-40 and skid and zig zagged; the car behind me almost hit me but was able to evade hitting me. After that I stopped using the brake altogether. Unable to use electric parking brake anymore as I am afraid the car will roll down when parked on hills.
The electric brake system problem.searching for recalls and other issue. The brake system it is a defect from the honda malfunction issue that had affect many 2016 and 2017 vehicle.this issue can easily provoke a crash
My stationary car was parked on a flat surface in the garage. I went inside when my neighbor informed me that the car had backed out of my garage and rolled down the hill into my neighbors driveway, hitting their car. No one was in the car.
I purchase this car in june of 2019; I had the car for approx 5 months. I told the honda dealer mechanic that something was wrong with the brakes when I bought it. I brought it back in september. They claim they checked the brakes and everything was find. I had a maintenance check and an oil check. A month in half later I experience the problem with the brakes I was complaining about in september. On 11/14/19 I drove my car to a location no problems. I parked the car . When I went back to turn on the car that's when the brake lights came on saying electrical brake problem. I read they had a recall on the electrical brake system. I wonder did this car ever got fixed from the recall. Turned my car on and the brake system light begin flashing stating electric parking brake problem. The red light continued blinking. The car was in park when this happen. The car was stationary. I drove the car on with the warning lights still on.
When driving the car in certain situations the car will momentarily apply the brakes automatically rather hard for a period of a second or less. This occurs when on a highway and driving with the adaptive cruise control engaged and when passing a tractor trailer truck. It appears to happen only under certain situations such as sunlight angle and the color or reflection from the truck are interfering with the cars sensing brakes can also be automatically applied rather hard when exiting a highway ramp without using a turn signal. This can happen without the adaptive cruise control applied so I suspect it is related to the collision avoidance feature. I have owned this car since new and these events have occurred more then a dozen times. On a trip driving from florida to pennsylvania on rt 95 it happened about 5 times. Very frightening to have the brakes applied spontaneously at 70 miles/hr when passing a truck. I have asked about this during service at a honda dealer and they reported everything was working properly.
Electronic brake assist is malfunctioning my VIN series is not covered yet u see the current recall. This car is a danger to me and my family and everyone on the road.
The vehicle experienced an intermittent but sudden and complete loss of braking power while driving on the highway moving at around 40mph. In part due to the low speed, the vehicle was safely maneuvered off the road once braking power was regained. The car dealership was able pin the issue to an electrical circuit failure in the brake control unit (honda error codes v300-49 and v3003-68) and recommended changing the vsa modulator unit. Regular scheduled maintenance done on the vehicle just a month prior to the incident at the same dealership indicated no observed issues with braking. Attached is the invoice of the vsa unit replacement work performed as recommended.
My emergency brake would not engage properly resulting in several incidents of the car 'rolling' away after engaging the e-brake. This happened for some time until I could not engage the e-brake at all unless continuously engaging the button and waiting up to 10 minutes and 20+ 'pulls' of the brake button. If I was able to, it would not stay on for good at all times, resulting in the car rolling away quite often. This was extremely scary and unsafe. When honda said my VIN was not included in the 2016 civic safety recall regarding the same issue, I decided to fix it out of pocket. However, this recall should be extended to other vins because it is the same problem and may happen again regardless of my dealership fixing it on this occasion. I thought by law, recalls happened by year, make, and model, not necessarily by the specific VIN #s affected (in the past when I was contacted about a safety recall for a different car company, I was told VIN didn't matter, only year, make, and model). I am extremely disappointed in honda's handling of this situation as it can cause serious injury and death and I think it's only fair to reimburse those of us who have the same exact problem with the 2016 emergency breaks but have not been included in the recall. Honda did tell me that if enough people reported the problem, they might extend the VIN range for the recall. This indicates to me that honda knows it's problematic in most if not all the 2016 civics. Thank you for your time.
I purchased a brand new 2016 honda civic in march 2016. Within the first 6-8 months I began having electrical brake problem issues and getting notifications regarding faulty brakes. I had to call honda roadside assistance at least twice within the first year of owning the vehicle due to the faulty brakes and being stranded. Then came the electrical issues. I would lock the car and all windows would be up when leaving the car but I'd return to all windows down and the sunroof open! This happened twice within the first two years of owning the car! Last but certainly not least is the battery issue. The battery won't last 10 months without issues! If you try to charge your car in accessory mode, the car battery will die and you will need a jump. I had aaa and used up all but one of my calls up on the battery issues this car has. My car insurance has roadside assistance and I had so many calls to get jumped because of this battery that I was told in june that my roadside assistance was revoked for a year!
The parking brake activates randomly without my manually activating it. It doesn't happen everyday but when it does its annoying.
While driving my vehicle the brakes slide (vibrate a little) this doesn't always occur but when it does it is obviously felt while using the brake pedal during driving. There is also a noise when I initially start my vehicle, I noticed the only warning light is the brake light alert.
All systems warning lights pop up on starting the car. I came home parked the car and started it 10 minutes later and all systems warning lights came on. Power steering, parking brake, brake failure, collision mitigation system, TPMS, lane departure system, traction control system, hill assist system, ABS system . All these warnings show up on the dash.
Car did not start, and flashed warning signs for electronic break malfunction. Car was stationary in a parking lot after being dormant for approximately 8 hours. This is the second occurrence in 3 weeks, the first of which honda failed to diagnose a problem after bringing the car in for service.
Had brakes done car ran perfectly fine until I drove about 71 miles out parked car and got back into car turned it on again to head back home when anti brake system warning lights came on this is electric parking brake problem, brake system problem, brake hold system problem. The brake system light stays on and when accelerating the red brake light flashes until the car is either placed on cruise control or comes to a complete stop on on drive reverse it does not flash.
Parking does not start electric parking brake problem
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