general problems of the 2013 Honda Civic

I was driving 35 mph toward a busy intersection when I lost my brakes and power. A service message “ima check systems” light lit up on the dash. I lost brakes and power while entering an intersection putting myself and other drivers in danger of an accident narrowly missing a container truck. The car shut off with my front end in the intersection. I was able to restart the car and drive it to the nearest garage. They connected the code machine to the vehicle showing “p1437. ” I then had my car towed to the nearest Honda dealership. They told me my VIN was not listed under service bulletin 20-030 even though my car fit all of the parameters and showed the same code(s). After giving me a quote of $1900+ to fix the issue, they are claiming to have fixed the problem but I am questioning if the real issues were fixed and if I am responsible for any costs.

I stepped on brakes and airbags opened up on my steering wheels made me hit.

The abs module is defective. I was told by the auto repair shop that he has been getting a lot of Honda vehicles that have defective abs modules and that it should have a recall on this vehicle. This is dangerous for my vehicle to be on the road. The auto place is having a hard time finding a replacement part for my car. If this is happening to many other cars this should be a recall.

Purchased November 2023 not even 1 week warning lamps, messages / adaptive cruise control, road departure mitigation, brake systems, failure lights alarming at the same time. Took to dealer cleared sensors. A matter of days alarms going off again. Call dealer they want to keep vehicle for diagnostic. When they did diagnostic it was another problem. They repair guy also mentioned not to apply e-brake. He said their is a possibility that it may completely lock. I will be taking vehicle to another dealership for 2nd opinion.

Wheel bearing.

The vsa modulator is a known issue from Honda. Mine went out while going down the highway. So many have gone bad recently that the modular is hard to get due to backorder. Warning lamps: check brake system, check abs system, check vsa & check power steering. First three were one after another. Check power steering was about 10 seconds after the others.

There are four lights with a warning that shows up and stay on check brake, power steering, abs and vbs systems. These four lights occurs immediately or even occasionally delayed but they appear everytime my vehicle is running. It is the vsa system per service repair shop. This is a known problem for the Honda Civic 2013 and also Honda accord. My concern is when these lights are present there is a safety hazard issue. A recall should happen. My thorough research shows that it should’ve been a recall in the USA for vehicles in 2012-2013 regarding an expansion of vsa non-compliance recall: 2012-2013 Honda fit done free of charge. This article was July 23, 2013 and it was a little over 48,000 vehicles. They all qualified for a repair if indicated. The repairs happened in thailand but not USA. The repairs are very, very costly. I’m the only owner of my vehicle and purchased new.

Warning lights appeared on my dashboard one morning. I took it to a Honda dealer in frisco TX and they advised that my vsa module that controls my abs system has failed. They advised the part is on back order and could not provide any repairs due to that. Currently my abs system does not function due to the the failed part that Honda can not replace. They also would not provide repairs even I could source a used part.

The component that has failed is the abs modulator system. The problem with the abs modulator failing on me puts me and my family at great risk including death because the abs modulator works alongside with the brakes, power steering and the vsa system all of which are the main components to a cars safety. Yes I have take my Honda to a certified technician who informed me that the and modulator has gone bad and will need to be replaced immediately due my safety alongside everyone who is on the road. Lastly when I first purchased the car everything my worked fine and their were no problems whatsoever until one day I was driving down the road and suddenly the abs light, power steering light, vsa light, and brake light all turned on which led to my car having horrible performance alongside my brakes feeling sloppy as well as my steering literally moving even though I was going straight. Overall I hope that you will finally do something about this problem because it is very frustrating.

Traveling down interstate 49 in arkansas. Hit a patch of "chicken byproduct" that was spilled on the highway. My car fishtailed. Vsa module out of service. Did a vehicle diagnostic scan on it. Scanner said vsa module malfunctioning. No abs past 30 mph. Took vehicle to shop. They said vsa module needed to be replaced. Vsa is suppose to be a safety mechanism in the 2013 Honda Civic. I have read that I am not the only owner to have this problem. Should be a recall. They are expensive to replace.

Abs check light, vsa check light, power steering light comes on. They come on everytime the car is started. Sometimes it is immediately. Sometimes it is delayed. The lights come in that order. My car diagnostic scanning tool says abs will fail at 30 mph. I lack the funds to get car looked at.

Check brake system, check powertrain system, check vas system keeps making notifications to be checked.

My 2013 Honda Civic has just 80000 miles. 4 lights came on recently: abs, brakes, power steering and vsa lights. I took it to the Honda dealership to get it diagnosed. They said it's the vsa modulator that has gone bad and needs replacing. The part is $1500 not including labor. This part is a known problem for Civic and accord models and other Honda models. My car still drive normal but those lights indicate a huge risk. I would like to get it repaired but the dealer said they don't have that part, it's on back order with no eta. This means that it is a common problem where everyone is looking for it and supply ran out. Also I was told that thailand did a recall on this part and Honda agreed to the recall. This is a safety issue and many cars out there have same issues at even lower mileage than mine. And my car 80k miles is still very new. Would you please open an investigation and hopefully have Honda do a recall on this part ASAP. Thanks, jeremy.

The vsa modulator failed. The vehicle and part are currently with a dealership [for one month at time of message] and should be available for inspection. The vsa controls wheel spin and braking along with other functions while driving. The failure made it unsafe to drive on the road. Braking was not the same. The part was inspected by dealership mechanic who stated there was an internal failure, they could not work on. As a result the part must be replaced. When car started abs, power steering, and other warning lights came on and stayed on while driving. The lights would occasionally turn off and on while driving.

I was driving normal on a busy street (with gas in my tank) and suddenly my car airbag lights appeared on the screen and kept flashing. Then all of a sudden my abs emergency break lights showed up on the screen and everything in my car started flashing and automatically took over. The car wouldn't break even when I was pressing on the break, it kept moving even when the electrical system took over! my car shut down in the middle of the busy street by itself. The emergerncy break lights also didnt turned off! it was a very scary moment because, I was able to do anything with the car locked and shut off. Right now I had to get aaa to tow it to a mechanic because, nothing is turning on. Please let me know if this is an manufacturing issue or not?!.

I was making a left hand u-turn in the city on main street when in the middle of my turn my dash lights turned off my brakes wouldn't work and I lost power steering and acceleration. It felt like the car turned off. Lucky there was nobody coming the other way because I was stopped in the middle of the road and could not accelerate. Once I was at a complete stop in the middle of oncoming traffic the dash lights turned back on and I was able to accelerate. However when I was trying to park to check the car, any slight movement of the steering wheel would make my headlights almost turn off because it was like it was drawing a lot of extra power for some reason to turn the steering wheel. I then parked for about 20 minutes and turned the car back on with no problem. I went to a parking lot to see if I could re-create what happened but I could not. I went home and read a bunch of complaints with this same problem with nobody having a solution. So I have not taken my car to the dealership because I feel like I will get the same answer. Which is we don't see anything wrong and we cannot re-create the situation.

My entire dashboard lit up, I️ can't drive the car, because the emergency brake is locked a feel a small tug on the car.

For the second time in as many months, I have been driving my car when suddenly the vsa warming light has come on, followed by the transmission fluid warning light. The first time this occurred, I pulled into the parking lot of my apartment complex and checked the owners manual for my Civic for any information. It suggested that I wait several minutes and the restart the car. I waited for 10 minutes and restarted my car. Both lights had gone out and I was able to get to the local carmax dealer, where I'd purchased this car. The service center could not look at my car then, but the technician set an appointment for me for the next Monday and reassured me that I would "probably" be fine until then. When that day came I was told that the car would need to be looked at by an authorized Honda dealer, autonation Honda, but that carmax would cover the cost because the car was still under their limited warranty. Days later, I took the car to autonation and they updated the vehicle's software for the vsa. Today, October 22, 2017, I was driving to visit family when the vsa light came on again, immediately followed by the transmission fluid warning light. Once again, I pulled over as soon as possible and turned off the car for 10 minutes. During that time I called and left messages for both my carmax and autonation contacts and told them what had happened. When I started the car again, both lights were off. I have been looking to see if there have been others having the same problem and have found many people who share the same problem. Honda appears to have ignored this issue in later model cars and I feel this is severely dangerous!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2013 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while the key was in the ignition but the vehicle on but not started. The contact moved the gear to drive to realized that the car was not turned on, then when the vehicle was started it moved on its own and the braking ability seized. The steering wheel locked warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle went over the side walk and crashed with the building. The police was not informed of the accident. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 15,447. Bp.

No power. No acceleration. I am fortunate the car behind me was cautious enough to slow down. I had no power, no get-up, no nothing and I was flooring it to get out of a potential accident. The vehicle has made odd noises since the beginning. Brakes make an odd noise. There is a crackling, tinkling, very odd noise that comes from underneath the car since the beginning of ownership and I guess that's how the car is made (?). I do not know if a car is supposed to act like this, due to have owning manual transmissions the majority of my driving career. No umph on this brand-new car has led me to send in this complaint in case others are experiencing similarities. Odd noise with brakes, odd, very odd noise that tinkers under the car and no acceleration. I use the gasoline outlined/ preferred by the Honda Civic owner's manual.

Tl-the contact owns a 2013 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while reversingat approximately 5 mph, the brakes were applied and a loud abnormal noise was emitted from the vehicle. Additionally, when turning the steering wheel there was an abnormal noise. The failure became progressively worse. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,000. Djr . . Updated 08-25-bf.

I had tried parallel parking, but couldn't fit in spot. I pulled out of the spot and was stopped parallel to sidewalk on the road with the brake on. Suddenly the car started moving backward. I had not put it into reverse and I had not put the gas on. I was going to start going forward when this happened. I had my foot on the brake but it wouldn't depress and stop the car. I wasn't sure what to do. I know I should have put the emergency brake on, but I was panicking because I didn't know why the car was backing up without me doing anything and why the brake wasn't working. Then it stopped moving. I had no problems after that. Earlier in the week, however, when I was driving it, I tried to turn on the radio and the button for turning it on didn't work for about 5 minutes. Then it suddenly started working again. I will call dealer on Monday.

This is a complaint against Honda Civic 2013 I purchased on 12/27/2013. There is no accident occurs but if this issue occur on the road, it will lead/cause a big accident to me and to any other nearby vehicle. Today (01/07/2013) and with the cold weather I practiced two safety issues. 1-check the tire pressure. I checked the tire pressure and it is ok. However, the flag and the issues is continued 2-after I drove the vehicle for 7minutes and I stopped in the islamic center to pray for almost 10minutes. I tried to drive the vehicle. The power steering was frozen. It is very stiff and I cannot turn the vehicle left or right. The vehicle kept on rolling/moving forward. I cannot control on it. I have to use the brake. When the brake did not function I have to put the vehicle into park to avoid any accident or hitting any other vehicle. I am requesting the following 1- checking the Honda Civic product all across for similar issue 2- ensure Honda review the product my phone number is [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Purchased a 2013 Honda Civic on 08/31/13. On 09/02/13 car had to be towed back to culver city dealership. While pulling away from curb wheel felt heavy and the console lit up with red, organ and yellow lights, indicating that the power steering and breaks needed to be checked and low oil pressure. My son and I were going down hill and picking up speed with no power steering or breaks. He continued to pump the breaks but there was no response, he finally pulled the emergency break and turned the wheel extremely hard into the curb. Came three feet from hitting a parked BMW.