My brakes stopped working, resulting in a car crash. My airbags never went off and I sustained injuries to my head, neck,and, back.
2017 Honda Civic: brake failure
5 of the 606 complaints about the 2017 Honda Civic describe brake failure.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 12 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Brake failure by model year
What owners say
After parking in my driveway, placing the parking brake on, turning the engine off and existing the vehicle, my parking brake gave out about 15 minutes later. My car rolled down my short driveway. Fortunately, I was close by, hopped in the moving car as it reached my street and manually pushed down the brake. As I restarted the vehicle, the parking brake signal showed the parking brake was still engaged. It appears the parking brake is defective. The parking brake should not (and cannot) release. Ever. If I were parked on a public street, I could have harmed another vehicle or pedestrian.
The vehicle would stall randomly and take up to a few hours to restart. The infotainment system in the center stack had to be fully replaced due to buttons being pushed by themselves. Lastly, emergency brake failure sign on dashboard but brake was working fine.
Electronic braking failure and miscellaneous electric glitches. Automatic parking brake system failure warning light and brakes are locked in park. I have had 3 different electric glitches. First less than 2 weeks of purchasing my 2017 civic turn signal was stuck on and would not turn off. Second 1 month after dash screen would not load. It was "buffering / thinking" took it to and dealer couldn't find the cause but fixed with a hard reset and it started working again and checked for software updates and it was current. Third problem a 2 weeks later, started the car and got brake failure warning light and check engine light. Car wouldn't move parking brakes locked up. Tried to push the brake hold and parking brake to manually disengage but wouldn't. Had it towed to the honda dealership. They did a second hard reset. I question if my civic was part of the 2016 / partial 2017 recall for electric glitch that included the parking brake issue.
I was left stranded three times today in my 2017 honda civic ex-t due to the electric parking brake failure. My vehicle was parked in a parking lot and I couldn't go anywhere. I wasn't close to home. I was in another state.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2017 Honda Civic brake failure
Is brake failure a common problem on the 2017 Honda Civic?
5 of 606 owner complaints about the 2017 Honda Civic (1%) mention brake failure. The model year with the most reports is 1996.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2017 Honda Civic?
There are 0 recalls and 12 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2017 Honda Civic
Jerking 39Stalling 17Check engine light 15Wipers 13Key fob 12Warning lights 10Won't start 9Adaptive cruise 8Battery drain 8Engine failure 8Lane assist 8Loss of power 8Power steering loss 8ABS 6Grinding brakes 6Collision warning 6Door locks 6Fire or smoke 6Fuel smell 6Misfire 6Steering lock-up 6Fuel pump 5Headlights 5Seat belt 5
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