Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Honda Civic submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ABS LIGHT COMES ON. I HEAR A SOUND AS IF THERE'S SOMETHING LOOSE WHEN ABS LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL AS PULSATING WHILE IN MOTION. SHIFT LEVER ALSO GETS STUCK WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT OF PARKING LOT.
1994 HONDA CIVIC EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO TWO CARS.*MR THE OFFICER CALLED TO THE ACCIDENT FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES, BUT MANAGED TO GIVE THE CONSUMER A TICKET FOR $70.00. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEMS, WHILE THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. *BF *NM
WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS LOCKED UP, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT.*JB
WHEN SHIFT LOCK LOCKS UP, BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK.(VICE-VERSA) ALSO, AIR BAGS CHARGE THEMSELVES SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I'M DRIVING..??*AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE CAR STOPS IN A ROUGHLY MANNER. BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AS A REMEDY, BUT VIBRATIONS CONTINUES.*AK
WHILE DRIVING THE ACCELERATOR CABLE STUCK IN OPEN POSITION, RESULTING IN SUDDEN ACCLERATION. BRAKE WERE INOPERATIVE, AND COULDN'T STOP VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK THROTTLE CABLE CAME UNSCREWED.* YH
DEFECTIVE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER CAUSED BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO FLOOR WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ,CONSUMER HAD TO DOWNSHIFT IN ORDER TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK
THE VEHICLE ENGINE IS SMOKING. YH
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING/BRAKES, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A CRASH. *AK
REAR BRAKES WORN.
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED.
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN LIGHT SNOW, APPLIED THE BRAKE THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE, CONSUMER REAR ENDED CAR IN FRONT, HAVE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. *AK
FAILURE OF BRAKING SYSTEM, WHEN ON WET SURFACE, EXPERIENCE BRAKE LOCKUP, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION. TT
ABS BRAKES FAILS TO STOP VEHICLE EFFECTIVELY WHEN APPLIED CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES ON ICY ROAD AT STOP SIGN. TT
BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TT
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, REAR CABLE STICKING, CAUSING VIBRATION, ALSO PEDAL FADED FOR 4 TIMES. TT
THE BRAKES FAILED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
APPROXIMATE SPEED 40 MPH VERSES 20 MPH OTHER VEHICLE. UPON FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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