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 1999 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL FRACTURED AT A WELDED CONNECTION. PRIOR TO THE PEDAL FRACTURING, THE PEDAL FELT LOOSE. THE CONTACT'S FOOT KEPT SLIPPING OFF THE PEDAL. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN REPLACED.
1. MY SON DROVE THE 99 HONDA CIVIC EX ON A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND MERGED INTO THE MAIN STREET. MY SON PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION BUT IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CROSSED THE INTERSECTION AND HIT THE TREE ACROSS THE STREET. 2. EVEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, CAR ACCELERATED IT SELF AND COULD NOT STOP THE CAR ON TIME TO AVOID HITTING THE TREE. LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURIES. 3. CAR HAD EXTENSIVE FRONTAL AND ENGINE DAMAGE AND CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. *JB
DT: WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN A HONDA PASSPORT THE WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK *TT *NM
I MARCIE BEEBE WAS TRAVELING DOWN LEE SUMMIT ROAD, NORTHBOUND, AT 35 MPH. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HILL AND APPROACHING A CORNER, WHEN I APPLIED MY BRAKES. AT THAT POINT, MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER THE CAR AFTER THAT POINT. I CROSS INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE STRIKING A CAR AND INTO A DITCH WHERE MY CAR WAS STOPPED BY A STREET SIGN. I NOTICED MY CAR WAS NOT RUNNING WERE THERE ANY LIGHTS ON INDICATING MY CAR WAS STILL HAD POWER. I DETECT MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND THIS IS WHY I LOST ABILITY TO STEER, CAUSING THIS MISFORTUNATE ACCIDENT. DT
O HAVE MY BRAKES ADJUSTED. I HAVE ASKED STEVE, THE MANAGER, FOR A LIST OF THE TSB, BUT HE INSISTED I HAVE TO RETRIEVE IT MYSELF ON-LINE. ACCORDING TO THE LEMON LAWS, DEALER ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TO THEIR CUSTOMER, CORRECT? PLEASE RESEARCH THIS MATTER.*AK
I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES ON MY 1999 HONDA CIVIC. UNDER HEAVEY BRAKING THE REAR WHEELS LOCK UP WHILE THE FRONT DOES NOT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. WHEN IT HAPPENS THE REAR END OF THE CAR FISHTAILS WILDLY AND DOES CAUSE THE CAR TO INTO AN UNCONTROLABLE SPIN. I HAD MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALER WHO HAD SAID IT IS NORMAL BECAUSE OF WEIGHT TRANSFER TO THE FRONT UNDER HEAVY BRAKING. ( THE PREPORTIONING VALVE IS THERE TO BALANCE THE BRAKE LINE PRESSURE BETWEEN THE BAKES SO THEY ARE EQUALIZE PRESSURE AS NEEDED?) THIS ALSO HAPPENS ON ICE COVER ROADS OR SLIPERY ROAD UNDER NORMAL BRAKING, THE BACK WHEELS LOCK UP BEFORE THE FRONT CAUSING THE BACKEN TO FISHTAIL. I HAVE NOT HAD A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT, BUT IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THIS CONTINUES.*AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON SHALLOW SLOPE (NEUTRAL GEAR), PARKING BRAKE DISENGAGED AND CAR ROLLED INTO TREE. ESTIMATED SPEED AT IMPACT AROUND 20MPH. NO OCCUPANTS IN VEHICLE DURING COLLISION. *AK
BRAKES WERE PULSATING AND LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE. CONSUMER WAS EXITING HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND MASTER CYLINDER BEING REPLACED.*AK *JB
I WAS TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR. THE TRAFFIC WAS COMING TO A STOP. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP, THEY DID NOT WORK. I BEGAN PUMPING THEM, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK RIGHT AWAY. AFTER A FEW TIMES, THE BRAKES FINALLY WORKED, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. I WAS ALREADY ABOUT TO REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAPPENED 2 WEEKS BEFORE WHEN A RELATIVE BORROWED THE CAR. HE ALMOST HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT THEY WORKED AFTER HE PUMPED THEM. HONDA DOES NOT CARE. THEY HAD THE BRAKES TESTED AND SAID THEY WERE FINE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT A HUGE LAW SUIT. I JUST DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. I WANT JUSTICE ANDTHE MONEY I HAVE LOST FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE, THE RENTAL CAR FEES, AND OTHER LOSSES. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH APPLIED BRAKES SUDDENLY TO AVOID ACCIDENT, BUT STILL VEHICLE DID NOT STOP IN TIME, AND ENDED UP HITTING VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT UNEXPECTEDLY. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
BRAKES & AIRBAGS DO NOT WORK ON 1999 HONDA CIVICS. *AK
HONDA AND AMERICAN FAMILY ACT LIKE THE ACCIDENT IS NO BIG DEAL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
HONDA CIVIC WAS PARKED IN CAR PORT WITH PARKING BRAKE UP AND IN FIRST GEAR. AFTER DRIVER WAS OUT OF CAR FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE CAR ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY INTO ANOTHER CAR. SECOND CAR WAS TOTALED. NEITHER THE PARKING BRAKE OR THE CAR BEING IN GEAR STOPPED THE CAR FROM ROLLING. *AK
WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE MAKES NOISE FROM FRONT BRAKE, LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL NOISE. ALSO, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS TRIED REPLACING PADS, CLEANING DUST AND MACHINING FRONT ROTORS, BUT THE NOISE STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING I A COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, VEHICLE IS POPPING OUT OF GEAR. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN LOW SPEED VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF GEAR, AND CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
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