Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. 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. 9 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
WHILE COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE'S MOTOR STARTED TO SOUND FUNNY, AND THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOLT IN THE CRANK SHAFT HAD LOOSENED AND WALLOWED. *LA THE REFURBISHED CRANKSHAFT ONLY LASTED 3 WEEKS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB
WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WAS HESITATING IN SPEED, AND THER WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT. *AK
VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE ALL OF A SUDDEN BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND THEN STALL, CONSUMER LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON, AND THEN THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE WENT ALLTHE WAY UP TO HOT, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN.*YH
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 50-55 MPH ALL OF SUDDEN ENGINE BLEWOUT. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF TAILPIPE AND UNDER THE HOOD. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT ONE OF THE ENGINE PISTON BROKE ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE BASE OF THE ENGINE. HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED. *AK
THE VEHICLE ENGINE IS SMOKING. YH
VEHICLE DIES, NO SOUND, ALL LIGHTS GO OUT, NEW BATTERY INSTALLED, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ENGINE DO NOT OPERATE. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NO WARRANTY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CAR WAS OVERHEATING DURING A TRIP OF A LENGTH OF OVER TEN MILES. HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AND FIXED. A SERVICE BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REMEDY THIS POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD.
ABS BRAKE FAILURE, REAR CABLE STICKING, CAUSING VIBRATION, ALSO PEDAL FADED FOR 4 TIMES. 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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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