1998 Honda Civic problems

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 HONDA CIVIC COUPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO A TRUCK. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED COLLARBONE, LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT SHOULDER WAS BRUISED. THE CONTACT DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR HER COLLARBONE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE TOWING COMPANY DEEMED THE VEHICLE WAS LOSS. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V026000 (AIR BAGS) AND RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE BACK IN OCTOBER. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.”

“THERE IS A RECALL ON 1998 HONDA CIVICS FOR THE IGNITION. I AM BEING TOLD MY CAR IS NOT IN THE RECALL . MY CAR SHOULD BE PART OF THE RECALL IT IS STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC DUE TO THE IGNITION LOSING IT'S CONNECTION . IT HAS ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE A FEW TIMES . THE CAR HAS BECOME UNUSABLE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HI WAY DOING 67 MILES A HOUR THE CAR JUST STOPPED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE BEFORE I WAS HIT . IT HAS DONE THIS NOW EVERY TIME I TRY TO DRIVE . THE MECHANIC TOLD ME WHAT WAS WRONG AND TOLD ME TO CHECK ABOUT THE RECALL . I WAS TOLD MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED . IT SHOULD BE.”

“I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS PART HAS CRACKED. I HAD IT REPLACED TWICE ALREADY AT THE DEALERSHIP- THEY DID NOT COVER THE PART UNDER WARRANTY AND I PAID $1000 EACH TIME TO HAVE IT REPLACED. I TRIED TO CONTACT AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY REFUSED TO COMPENSATE ME FOR IT. *TR”

“BOUGHT USED JUNE 2011 WITH ABOUT 169,000ISH, WAS ASSURED THAT EVERYTHING WAS CHECKED OUT. DROVE BACK HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS, AND THEN THE PROBLEMS BEGAN. WITHIN TWO MONTHS THE BATTERY DIED, HAD TO REPLACE. IN JAN OF 2012 CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND I NOTICED A 2" CRACK ON THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR, REPLACED. NOW TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND RPMS GO WAY UP WHEN SHIFTING INTO FOURTH GEAR. I DRAINED AND CHANGED THE FLUID WITH THE RECOMMENDED HONDA FLUID, AND NOW THE HIGH RPMS AND SLIPPING ARE OCCURRING IN ALL FORWARD GEARS. I FEEL LIKE A VOICE IN A FREAKING TORNADO WHEN IT COME TO ANY REASONABLE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR BLOW TO HONDA'S REPUTATION FOR ME. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY RECALL NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT. *TR”

“WHILE DRIVING ON AND APPROACHING ONE OF IF NOT THE LARGEST SOCAL FREEWAY INTERCHANGES, DRIVING AT ABOUT 70MPH OR SO, BACK TO LA FROM SAN DIEGO; OUR 1998 CIVIC LX TOOK CONTROL OF ITSELF AND THE SPEED INCREASED TO OVER 105MPH, SHAKING AND THUMPING. AFTER WEAVING AROUND POCKETS OF TRAFFIC, INCLUDING USING THE SMALL SHOULDERS, AND ALL 5 OR SO LANES, AS WE APPROACHED THE MASSIVE MERGING OF FREEWAYS, PANICKED, WE STOMPED AND BANGED THE FLOOR, DASH, EVERYTHING. AS SHOCK WORE OFF WE THOUGHT WE WERE DEAD, SOMEHOW PUT CAR (AUTO TRANS) INTO NEUTRAL, I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE TURNED OFF THE CAR AT SOME POINT, THE BRAKES FINALLY STARTED TO WORK. GAS PEDAL WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT STUCK (THIS MODEL WAS ALREADY REPAIRED DUE TO A FLOOR MATT RECALL), FEET WERE NOT EVEN ON THE GAS AS IT STARTED TO HAPPEN (NOT IN CRUISE, JUST SHOCK). THE CAR SIMPLY TOOK OFF. WE ARE FOREVER TRAUMATIZED BY THIS EXPERIENCE AND NEVER THOUGHT TO REPORT UNTIL RECENT NEWS REPORTS. APPROX DATE IS REALLY UNKNOWN BUT THE YEAR WAS 2002 AS I SOON AFTER BOUGHT ANOTHER CAR.*CW”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD ON THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL WAS CRACKED. AS A RESULT, THE AIR BAGS WERE EXPOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,000.”