2017 Honda Civic: windshield wiper failure

Filed Aug 25, 2026 · Electrical, Lights · PA

The Body Control Module (BCM) on my 2017 Honda Civic suffered an internal failure, creating immediate safety hazards. The defect caused persistent parasitic battery drain, sudden vehicle power loss, and erratic electrical behavior. A faulty BCM can cause critical safety components—such as exterior lighting, turn signals, and windshield wipers—to fail without warning while driving. Honda has already recalled 2018–2020 Accords and 2019–2020 Insights for identical BCM programming and hardware failures (the federal safety agency Campaign 20V771000 / Honda Campaign X95). My 2017 Civic utilizes similar BCM architecture and exhibits the exact same dangerous failure symptoms. This component defect is widespread across multiple Honda platforms from this generation, and the safety recall must be expanded to include the Honda Civic before a catastrophic electrical failure results in a crash or injury. I had to replace the unit entirely out of pocket to ensure the vehicle was safe to operate.

Filed Mar 19, 2024 · Engine · WA

My Honda recently has had 10 warning lights pop up went in for oil change they couldn’t tell me the issue came back for another diagnosis and they are saying the engine has oil dilution. This is a known issue for this engine. But why does it affect abs, traction control, wiper sensor, auto high beam detection. , all of the lane assist , cruise control, early warning crash detection? This can be dangerous when you can’t quickly get the car into a dealership. And if it’s know issue they need a recall or free fix.

Filed Jun 7, 2023 · Electrical · TX

Car has a faulty board control module. Car randomly starts itself in accessory mode, even when key fob is not present or batteries are removed. Other times, car will click and not turn on, or show random error messages. Car will intermittently not start; shows “keyless start system problem.” Car alarm randomly goes off. Car will intermittently not turn off once started. Internet search reveals multiple other individuals with the same problem, sometimes covered under warranty and other times not. Honda of America is sometimes helpful and other times, not. Problems are intermittent and difficult to reproduce, necessitating additional diagnostics by dealers. Among other problems reported are problems with door locks, windshield wipers, and headlights. I have concerns that the electrical problems will lead to serious safety issues, such as: lights turning on or off while driving; inability to turn off ignition in an emergency; wipers not working during rain (wet conditions seem to correlate to more problems, for other drivers and for me, suggesting an issue with corrosion), or getting locked into/out of the vehicle in an emergency.

Filed Apr 26, 2023 · Electrical · 39,500 miles · NJ

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the rear door locks were making squeaking sounds and the alarm would inadvertently be engaged at night. The contact stated that the vehicle would fail turn off and would go into ACC mode. The contact was unable to lock the doors. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the BCM had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle could not be repaired under the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 20V771000 (Electrical System, Back Over Prevention, Visibility/Wiper, Visibility, Exterior Lighting) because the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 39,500.

Filed Jun 5, 2021 · Electrical · FL

happens with out the key near the car. 2017 Honda Civic, Car will trigger itself to start to accessory mode, turning on headlights, wipers (if switch is on), and sometimes triggering the alarm system when locked and armed. just the electronics turn on by itself. It occurs both when I am in the vehicle, and when no keys are in the vehicle sometimes every error message shows. Several times I will go to my car and the system will be on, or the car will be dead and have to be jumped from being on without me knowing. I'm currently disconnecting the battery. This is a video of another person with the exact problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdfkzsnXT0

Filed May 4, 2021 · Visibility · 600 miles · PR

Front windshield came defective from factory with air bubbles between the glass and the rubber affecting the integrity of it, that also makes the glass weak and it cracks too easy. My problem with the glass happened while the car was parked inside my garage with just letting the wiper fall on it while I was washing it. It represents a potential hazard and safety issue for me and my family.

Filed Dec 10, 2019 · Electrical, Visibility · 12,000 miles · OH

The back wiper remained in fast speed until shutting off vehicle. Twice. Second time length of approx 5 minutes. Then operated normally. 12/09/19 2nd. Radio has been changing stations on it's own. And the the phone has been asking me to set up with blue tooth when I am driving. I have shut off the radio and it seems to re-set itself. This has been going on for about month. 11/09/19

Filed Feb 18, 2019 · Visibility · 19,000 miles · CA

I had the wipers on and it was raining. The wipers stopped working before they reached the down position on the windshield. They would not work after that. I was driving the car on a city street going forward.

Filed Jul 29, 2018 · Electrical, Suspension · 25,000 miles · MD

I was driving in the highway on a pouring rain and suddenly my windshield wiper stopped. This almost cause me accident. Also, when I press my gas on a really fast highway, I tried to floor the gas but it wasn't accelerating, I had to switch gear for it to work.

Filed Jul 14, 2018 · Electrical · 17,500 miles · FL

Starting about 9 months ago I have had several occasions of electrical issues on my 2017 honda civic that is less than a year and a half old and only has 18k miles on it. It first started around the fall last year with my car repeatedly popping the trunk when I would not be near it and would come out to it in the parking lot at work and find my trunk wide open. Later on I found out the trunk popping open would force the car alarm to go off for several hours and occasionally would lead to a dead battery. When I took it in to have the issue investigated the technicians told me the couldn't diagnose the problem and that it shouldn't continue (it has continued and in fact is happening as I type this in my apartment). The next issue occurred about 2 months ago while I was driving down the interstate in the pouring rain and my windshield wipers stopped working completely. Upon having this problem inspected the technicians determined it was "faulty" windshield wiper motors and had both replaced. The latest issue that occurred was as I was driving to pensacola from washington and stopped off at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere oregon for some sleep. Upon waking up (3hrs after I shut the car off) I discovered my car was doing some glitchy thing with all the lights and dashboard where it was acting like I was turning it off and on. I had nothing turned on or plugged in when I went to sleep and when I woke up the car was completely dead and the electrical system had totally disabled the car.

Filed Apr 26, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 12,000 miles · FL

2016 new honda civic 2.0 engine oil leaking ! ! ! 2017 new honda civic 1.5t engine oil increased13 mm the same station 2017. New honda civic wipers broken , reversing radar broken increased oil 13mm is not a malfunction! Engine oil increased, repaired twice, not repaired, honda said no way

Filed Aug 31, 2017 · Visibility · 1,750 miles · GA

Wipers failed while vehicle was in motion during rainy conditions. When activated, wipers engage into upright position and stop. Wiper motor is running but wipers fail to return to resting position or to clear windshield. Outermost wiper is striking vehicle paint. Complete failure of wipers while vehicle moving in rainy conditions.