Both door handles need to be replaced at 800.00 a piece. Key fob to door handles causing parasitic draw to the battery and car goes dead. Risk - have to lift that 47 lb hood to jumpstart while putting my back out. Steroid injects on 12/2/2025. My Honda advisor and pain doctor are aware. Problem has been reproduced by my Honda advisor and mechanic at Crown Honda Florida. No warning lamps in this Honda Civic 2018 shows no low battery capability. Google search door handles causing parasitic draw. 1600.00 is a lot of money to pay so I hope there will be a recall.
2018 Honda Civic: key fob or push-button start problems
10 of the 750 complaints about the 2018 Honda Civic describe key fob or push-button start problems.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 34 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Key fob or push-button start problems by model year
What owners say
Honda Civic 2018 EX keyless with BCM failure. Alarm won’t deactivate, engine won’t shut off. Only solution is battery disconnection. Issue reported in 2016+ models, Honda charges $1,000+. Full Complaint: My 2018 Honda Civic EX keyless has a serious electrical problem. The alarm activates and cannot be turned off with the key fob. I have to use the physical key to silence the horn, but the vehicle stays in accessory mode. If I start the car, I cannot turn off the engine. The only way is by disconnecting the battery cables, which is very dangerous since the ignition stays hot and could cause an electrical short. Honda knows about this defect but has not issued a recall. They are charging customers $1,000+ to replace the BCM. This problem has been reported in multiple Honda models from 2016 and newer, including the Honda Civic. In my opinion, this is a clear safety issue because if the vehicle cannot be turned off in an emergency, it could cause a serious accident or tragedy. I ask the federal safety agency to investigate and hold Honda accountable.
The standard OEM key fobs for Honda Civics, for several model years, and possibly for other Honda models, have a "feature" that seriously affects driver and passenger safety, and that cannot be disabled. If two buttons are depressed simultaneously on the key fob for a period of time, all of the windows go down and the doors unlock. I have encountered dozens and dozens, perhaps hundreds, of owner complaints about this "feature" on various Internet bulletin boards. Typically, the stories go, "I parked downtown in an unsafe area and I came back to my car and found that it was unlocked with all of the windows open and someone stole everything from my car," or "I parked outside just before a rain storm and I returned to my car to find all of the windows open without my knowledge and the interior of my car was soaked." Single women could encounter this problem and be attacked by people hiding in the back seat. Apparently, if anything in one's pocket depresses the keys on the fob, without one's knowledge, this occurs. It has happened to me, where I'll bend down to tie my shoe and walk away and I'll return hours later to find all the windows open during a rain storm or in a bad part of town. I've asked American Honda numerous times for a way to disable this unwanted "feature" and they've said that they've not interested in addressing it unless they're forced to do so by the government. This is a serious safety issue, not only implicating potential crime, but a wet soaked car interior could affect electrical and navigation systems in a life-threatening way. If you respond, I can upload several Internet pages with owner comments and complaints about this problem.
1) Caused by faulty Body Control Module (BCM). 2) Can't enter car, key fob won't unlock car. Dashboard is illuminated when car is off, I can see it through my window. 3) Alarm horn went on when car is off. 4) Turn on my car, multiple errors, go to drive the car thinking I need to reset it from battery change. Shut off my car, but go to turn it back on. Car cranks but won't turn on, shows multiple errors on dash. 5) Dash shows "keyless start system problem" and car won't turn off. When pushing button to turn off car, head lights and a/c turn off but the engine still runs, push/start button flashes. Disconnected battery, still runs. Had to pull fuel or ECU fuse to stop the car running. 6) Can't reliably get my car to start. Issue is intermittent.
Last week my body control module (bcm) malfunctioned in my car. I was first alerted to this from a car alarm going off. I tried my key fob and nothing happened. Despite nothing happening I walk outside to find it is actually coming from my car and none of the key fob buttons are working.(I have 2 I tried) I was completely locked out of my car and even the physical key was not opening the door. Yet for some reason the trunk was unlocked.(not able to enter car through here.) Looking inside the care to my amazement it was turned on in accessory mode despite me having absolutely no contact with the key except hours prior but the vehicle was properly shut off at that time. The safety concerns posed by this is that this could happen at any point potentially locking a pet, a child, or myself into my car with no means of escape. The car was only in accessory mode, but that means it’s fully capable of turning itself on by itself. Had I parked my car in the garage and it turned over, I’d probably be laying in my house dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Upon looking online, there were countless occurrences of this happening in Honda’s newer vehicles 2016+. Even to the point where Honda recalled the same body control module issue in their accord and insight models. But why not the civic in their line which suffers from the same issue as their flagship vehicles? I am still unable to get into my car at the moment so I have the part but I’m looking to get it fixed asap as it’s my only vehicle.
Unknown. I arrived to the grocery store and went inside to shop. About 45 minutes later I approached my vehicle and attempted to remote start it. As I approached my vehicle I saw it was on (assuming it was from my remote start). My car wouldn’t unlock. The trunk also wouldn’t unlock. My key fob was not dead as I went back into the grocery store and bought a new battery and replaced it. After that still did not work, I attempted to open my car door with the manual key included in my key fob. The manual key also wouldn’t work. At this point I realized my car was not on due to remote start. My car was actually running the entire time. I was stranded for 5 hours while I had to wait for my fiancé to leave work and travel to the part of town I was on. He was also unsuccessful with using the key. We had to resort to unlocking the door with a wire hanger by sticking it through the door. After we successfully unlocked the door, the car alarm went off and the key was working like nothing ever happened. I also want to mention we went home yo get my spare and the spare wasn’t working. How were all doors locked while the car was completely running. It burned a quarter tank of gas. I just wanted to make this report to note what happened.
Without warning or when I come out to my call, all the windows are rolled down, and the sunroof is open. I have been repeatedly told by the dealership that this is an operator error and that the function on my key fob must have been accidently pressed. However, this issue has happened when the key fob is nowhere near the vehicle. This issue has occurred three times at home where I keep the key fob at least 30 yards away from the vehicle. In addition, the issue has occurred twice at work where the vehicle is over 50 yards away and must pass through 1.5 feet of concrete to send a signal to the car. In addition, the numerous times (I have lost count) the trunk will open without activating the key fob of depressing the knob in the car. Again, I have been told by dealers that it is operator error. However, each time this occurs, the key fob is in my hand on the way to the car or in the console area where it is not being touched by me or by anything else. It has occurred in my driveway and once while the car was in motion'causing me to quickly pull over so the contents of the trunk do not fly out and hit someone. Besides the obvious safety and security issue, this problem has caused a great deal of water damage to the interior of the vehicle and may have gotten into the electrical system via the hands-free system in the console and the USB port in the center compartment'both of which were covered in water during this past incident when it was heavily raining. I have been told by the dealership that these are flukes, and honda has not and will not make it possible to disable this feature. The 200+ complaints/reports on the federal safety agency website indicates to me that it is not a fluke. As the owner, I should be able to be disable this feature so further damages, safety, and security are not an issue. The honda civic in question is less than two years old.
Keyfob range reduced drastically used to be able to remote start my car from over 200ft. Now I can't even do it over 30ft. Even one of the sale men said it was a problem because he was able to start his own civic from over a 100ft. The service manage told me the last time I came in to check if there was any new (because they never call or returned my call) said that corporate honda didn't have a fix and that multiple people have been having the same issue. He then gave me a bunch of ridiculous reasons (so much electrical system that it can drain the battery even with the car off and that the car is protecting itself from draining completely by "shutting down some system" when the car is off. Other excuses they told me was that my windows were tinted (they are ceramic tinted which does not interfere with signal loss) it could be my dashcam, or my subwoofer. I would have considered it if it happened after I just had them installed. But I had everything installed 3 months after I bought the car which was over a year ago and the problem just showed up a couple months ago. Goes to show you that not just honda but car dealerships will do all they can to not fix your car. I even sent corporate honda a message and all they said was go to a different dealership... Seriously? You'd think they'd train techs to be adequate enough to deal with an issue like this. I am not going to drive 45min (closest location) to be told the same thing. After I asked the dealership to see is the receiver in the car could be the problem they told me they would have to charge me a labor fee to do that. Was a honda family but will not be purchasing another honda in the future.
Electrical fire within the driver door. A fire started while vehicle was parked outside and off at mall in toledo, ohio. Weather had been rainy. Came out to vehicle and the inside was filled with smoke. After fire department and towing agency managed to get the passenger door open to get inside, it was revealed that the drive door had been on fire and melted. The fire had also destroyed the headliner, drive seat and left the smoke damaged interior covered in soot. There was also a hole in the driver floor, revealing possible frame damage. Honda says that they are investigating to see which component caused the fire. During a previous oil change in february, I had mentioned to the mechanics that the car had been beeping rapidly while it was off and the key fob was outside the vehicle. It is only supposed to do this if the vehicle is still running. I was told that this was normal when the weather was cold, but it also happened when it was warm outside, and becoming more frequently as time went on. This concern was brushed off by brown honda, who also refused to provide a loaner vehicle while honda was investigating the issue. Honda corporate said that the beeping should not be happening if the car is off. I am currently waiting on honda for additional information.
(4 complaints, all possibly electrical) 1) key not detected in veh error, while driving vehicle, I have the key not connected to anything and no longer in a pouch, my car beeps and says "key not detected in the vehicle) this has happened while driving on the street and freeway. It is a random occurrence but happens on a daily basis. 2) bluetooth is not clear on the person speaking to me's side. Other person states as well as honda tech line states it is unclear, muffled, and loud interference with my voice happens while using blutooth. 3) car play: due to bluetooth issue I started only taking calls while using car play. Once I started using I started having the issue of it stating randomly after being successfully connected"car play not supported" while in the middle of a call it will disconnect and I will have to pull over to attempt to reconnect. Right after car play will connect again and work until it randomly disconnects again saying car play not supported. Note: with car play and bluetooth issue I have taken car into dlr multiple times starting with the day after the veh was purchased in 1/29/2018 no resolution so far to date. Dlr has replaced microphone, and still no resolution as of yet 4) driver window makes weird sound like it is coming off the track, took into dlr and they replaced the motor for the window, the window still has issue. ** I have more photos of records from taking veh into dlrship. But this form only allows me to upload 5
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Questions about the 2018 Honda Civic key fob
Is key fob or push-button start problems a common problem on the 2018 Honda Civic?
10 of 750 owner complaints about the 2018 Honda Civic (1%) mention key fob or push-button start problems. The model year with the most reports is 2017.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2018 Honda Civic?
There are 0 recalls and 34 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2018 Honda Civic
Jerking 74Fuel pump 45Stalling 41Check engine light 21Fuel smell 17Power steering loss 17Hesitation 16Loss of power 13Misfire 12Pulling 10Steering noise 9Won't start 9Backup camera 7Battery drain 7Door locks 7Engine failure 7Steering lock-up 7Sunroof shattered 6Airbag light 5No deployment 5Collision warning 5Fire or smoke 5Lane assist 5Warning lights 5
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