I leased my honda civic from herb chambers honda of boston in nov. 2016. In march 2017 my check engine light came on. When I took my car to the dealership for servicing, they told me that rodents had chewed on the wires under my vehicle. After I did some research on my own, I found out that many other people were having this same issue and my car received damage to the wiring (under my car) due to the soybean coating that honda is using on the wire covers. I was told that this is not covered by the dealership or warranty. Remind you "this is a lease." my brand- new leased car was completed dead and wouldn't even turn on. I am lucky it didn't die on me while I was driving it. I have read online complaints that this has had to other people with this damage to their vehicles. I was quoted $2,600 in repairs. I ended up paying a $500 deductible to my insurance company. There are class action law suits in place in ca and other states regarding the "soy-based wire covering." this is a serious safety issue and a recall needs to be made by honda.
2017 Honda Civic electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2017 honda civic. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and noticed warning indicators illuminated and the rpms decreased to zero. The contact was able to turn the vehicle off and restart it after a few minutes, but the engine shook. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000. Updated 08/23/17
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 honda civic. The contact stated that the vehicle's navigation system failed. Although they were on the freeway, the navigation system re-routed them as though they were on the street. The contact also stated that the vehicle's radio failed. The failures occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the system needed a software update. The vehicle was repaired; however, the radio still failed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the tuner and antenna needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the rearview and passenger side cameras failed. The vehicle was again returned to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electrical console needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 4,900.
Just picked up brand new car from dealership (sunset honda I. San luis obispo ca) transferred by them from another dealership. Car is an ex and has previously test driven a 2017 civic hatchback sport the day before . Drove off with my mew car that was given to me with 450miles. Right after I left dealership with my brand new car and was driving home for first time got about 6 miles from dealership and dashboard lights with digital speedometer displayed flashed and went dead (completely blank a.k.a. Black screen of earth). I was driving approx. 30-35 MPH . Drove another's another mile (approx) with no digital speed display at all- completely black instrument cluster (main display which normally shows digital miles per hour, temp gauge, etc) and turned on right hand signal to make right turn and about five seconds later right side camera turned on media display to right and eventually digital dashboard speedometer behind the steering wheel turned back on. Everything on the car is computer controlled. This is really dangerous. Not sure how f car has a bad cpu or ecu. Called dealership immediately as I has just driven away 15 minutes before and they didn't think it was a big deal. I am very concerned.
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