general problems of the 1997 Honda Civic - part 1

I got a recall letter saying they don't have my part and I have sixty days to reply but with this virus how and when will they have my part.

Good day: on 17 March 2020, Honda advised me that my 1997 Civic is included in NHTSA recall 20v-026, which affects the driver frontal airbag module. In the recall notice, Honda said the repair parts are unavailable, and promised to notify me when the defective components become available. More than six months later, I am still awaiting word from Honda about when my car can be repaired. My Honda dealer says they have no idea when the parts will be available. I therefore wish to issue a formal complaint that Honda has failed to remedy this defect within the 60-day reasonable time period specified in the recall notice. Thank you for your consideration.

Tl takata recall. The contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v026000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Norm reeves Honda superstore huntington beach (19131 beach blvd, huntington beach, CA 92648, (888) 405-0115) was contacted and confirmed that the part was not available. The manufacturer was contacted and provided the contact with a case number. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic. The contact received a notification for NHTSA campaign number: 20v026000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact then received a notice that the parts were available. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it remained in their possession for three months due to the part for the vehicle not being available. The contact then signed a waiver to take liability for any air bag failure that may occur while in his possession. The contact also declined a buyback offer made by the manufacturer. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Tl the contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v026000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. Gardena Honda located at 15541 s western Ave, gardena, CA 90249 was notified of the issue. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Tl the contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v026000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. Honda of greeley (4535 w. 29th st, greeley, CO 80634) was contacted and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

My Honda is over 15 years old. Are the airbags safe?.

Takata recall the vehicle was involved in a crash where it hit a guard rail, flipped and caught on fire, neither air bags deployed!! my daughter had to be transported to the hospital with injuries.

"takata recall" my airbags went off when I was turning and went over a a bump, and cracked my windshield really bad on the passenger side. The srs red light had been on for quite some time before this. When this occurred it blew a fuse and I had to have it towed. I did not file a police report because I only have liability insurance for the car so insurance did not need it. I have also had problems with the wiring and the cruise control would not work and would honk the horn when I tried to use it.

Tl-the contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic. The contact stated while the vehicle was in the park position, the air bags deployed independently without a crash. As a result the air bag caused the windshield to fracture. The driver of the vehicle sustained hand injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 166,000. Mf.

I got in an accident by myself when a deer jumped out and I swerved and hit a tree. The air bag blew up and I have burns on my face neck and arm and a gash on my head. I went to the hospital to seek medical attention and showed them my arm. They were shocked to sees third degree burn on my arm. Such a burn that it left a large hole through my sweatshirt. A charred hole like I was set on fire. The nurses and doctors said they had never seen that happen before from an airbag. My car never set fire once. I feel the airbags are defective.

The contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the srs light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 97v193000 (air bags). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000.

Srs light lit up to this date 11/20/2014.

Takata recall: on 11/21/2012 my son was seriously injured in a collision with another vehicle that pulled out in front of him on a hwy where the speed limit is 50 mph. My son was able to brake and steer to avoid the collision but still impacted the other car's left rear quarter-panel. As a result of the impact, his airbag deployed but with such force that it separated from the steering column and exited the vehicle. He received major facial lacerations and fractures in addition to an gaping wound in his wrist. He was told by several attorneys that since his car had just passed the statute of repose gate of 15 yr, he could not hope to bring suit against Honda/takata. To date, there does not appear to be any effort to extend the recall prior to 2002 for Honda vehicles. When the external car damage is compared to the damage inside his vehicle, his extensive injuries, and images of the air bag hardware are studied, there is sufficient reason to suspect the Honda air bag's detonation rather than deployment was the major contributor to my son's injuries. I understand the reasoning behind a statute of repose but in this case suspect a design deficiency existed prior to the car's age exceeding the arbitrary 15 yr gate.

I was driving 50mph when my air bags deployed for no reason. The explosion was horrendous. I put on my brakes which put my car in a sideways slide almost sending it over the cliff into the river. It was a horrifying experience. The windshield broke and my dash split. There was no impact at all. The air bag broke my new prescription glasses, bruised my face, and cut my lip. My son whom was with me is complaining of pain in his stomach where the air bag hit him. I see many other complains concerning faulty air bags but read Honda is not taking responsibility. These faulty bags are a life threatening issue and Honda should recall and fix this problem now.

1997 Honda Civic - srs light remaining on a lot of what could cause this light to come on is not covered under the safety warranty. Just resetting it can cost $100 and there is not a guarantee it will stay off to allow the airbag to function. Reading others problems with this there seem to be wide spread issues with the srs system. Some of these repairs have cost in excess of $1000. . Read more...

Takata recall? while driving straight through my neighborhood boulevard I fell asleep, causing me to quickly acceleratte and hit a tree head on approximately 40 mph, according to multiple witnesses and emergency responders. No airbags deployed in the car. My face and body hit the steering wheel, resulting in 4 teeth knocked out, 8 spine disc herniations and injuries, a heart contusion, whiplash, concussion, cracked collar bone, and much bruising, and broken eye glasses, retrieved by an attending neighbor witness. I was told by an attending emt that if the air bags deployed these injuries would not have occurred. When I asked my insurance agent how to retrieve my personal items from the car I was told he car was immediately deemed a total loss and, without my knowledge, my insurance CO. Transfered my Honda to the wrecking yard to be flattened. I spoke to the accident attending rescue responders and firemen. They said based on the way my car hit the tree head on and the impact speed, the airbags should have deployed and if the airbags were present in the car they must have been defective. I have kept all written paperwork resulting from this accident.

There was no accident, only failure of the srs control unit of my 1997 Honda Civic dx hatchback (3 door) with 46,000 miles. I'd say it's reasonable to demand that safety equipment be covered for the lifetime of the car. For my safety restraint system (srs control unit for the airbags), which I've *never* used, to cost me $760 to repair is outrageous! it's probably an $80 computer part.

The srs system in my Honda Civic ex 1997 went out when I had first purchased the used car in June 2004 with around 145,00 miles on it. I had a new srs electrical system put in . It has been two years and the system has gone out again. I now have to fix it again and my car specialist has told me that the price has doubled on the part, and that this is a common occurrence in Honda Civics.

My Honda automobile repair business mentioned mine was the 2nd secondary restraint system (srs) computer replacement on a 1997 Honda. They had done this year. The srs unit, model 77960-s04-n81 failed after 55,000 miles, disabling my air bags.

Srs light stays on. Airbags wont work.

Honda Civic ex - srs light came on for no reason.

The srs light keeps on! checked 1 time and got cleared off by Honda dealer. 10 ten days later, the light was back on. Check it again and light again? 70 bucks for checking every time. What is a juck! now I drove without the air bag working!.

Srs (airbag) light came on and stays on. His happened about 4 months ago during normal use. I need to get this fixed.

1- car has had problems with srs light for several years now 2- number of things done to fix and still not fixed - this is a completely stock vehicle from the factory- no moods! the dealer says with the srs light on the car absolutely has no airbags that will work. 3- changed the battery, took it into a dealer and he reset it, still not fixed. Dealer says they can't do anything about it.

Air bag indicatior kept on all the time.

Srs light came on 1/24/03 and stayed on. Took to dealer, manchester Honda, on 1/28/03 for service and was told srs unit failure code 7-2. I have a 1997 Honda civi with 71,464 miles on it. The part that needs replacement is #77960-s04-n81. The part costs $368. 70 and the installation charge quoted for me was $72. 00. It cost me 85. 86 to have the problem diagosed. The service repair man insisted this was not a defective part, I would have to pay for repairs. I've researched your web site and found numberous bulletins detailing failure of the srs system with the 1997 Honda Civic. I also found recent similar complaints regarding the srs system for 2003 Honda Civics and 2002 Honda accords. Clearly this is a safety defect that Honda and NHTSA has known about for some time and there has yet to be a recall. This poses a threat to my personal safety. I was explicity told that until I have this repair done, the control system for the srs would not deploy the airbags in my car should I get into an accident. I am forced to make an expensive repair to a defective Honda component that the dealer should be paying for and correcting. And yet they are obviously ignoring the problem and selling 2003 models that obviously have the same defective components. Honda needs to be ordered to begin a recall immediately, since they obviously are not interested in fixing the problem voluntarily.

The contact owns a 1997 Honda Civic. While driving at various speeds, the srs light would remain illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact did not notice any differences in the vehicle prior to the failure. The vehicle had previously been serviced for the srs issue, but it is still occurring. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current mileage was 127,583 and failure mileage was 75,000.

The srs light stay illuminated while driving. The dealership has inspected the vehicle. The dealer stated that the srs light staying illuminated was caused by internal srs unit failure.

Srs light has come on 3 times. The first two visits petersen motors reset the system, found nothing. The first time petersen motors suggested it was caused by low battery voltage. Nonsense, they didn't find the problem and the battery is new. They cleared the code and charged $72. After the 2nd visit, I was told if it happens again they would have to replace the driver's airbag. After the 2nd visit the light came back on within 2 weeks. After 3rd incident, petersen motors stated over the phone it is the control unit which would cost about $460 to replace. On each of the 3 occasions, I stopped the car briefly. When I restarted my car, the srs light came on and stayed on. At this time I haven't had this problem fixed. 2 of 4 original firestone tires failed. The 1st failure occurred as I drove the car off the lot - it had a radial pull, causing the car to turn upon acceleration. The 2nd firestone tire failure occurred at about 26,000 miles. After driving several hours at 75 mph on a 95 degree day, there was a bulge in the sidewall. At that time I replaced all 4 tires with a different brand. Nlm.

Paid for diagnostic on srs system-computer needs replacing.

Srs light stays on. Dealer says bad controller for airbag system and is not covered by any type of warranty, estimate to repair $350. This is a safety componenent of the vehicle. Like a seatbelt it should work as long as the car runs.

Srs control unit is the electrical / computer part that runs the air bag system and has failed twice in the past 14 months. The "srs" light remains lit at start-up. The replacement part is $360+ alone. I believe this is a problem with these parts in Hondas, as my parent's accord has a similar problem and I have found other owner's complaints posted across the internet. American Honda (as I am sure other manufacturers are the same) won't stand behind these computer/electrical parts for more than 12 months / 12,000 miles. I believe a vital safety component such as this should be designed and built with warrantee to last longer than the headlights and other non-essential electrical parts. I am sure other Honda owners have been victimized, as I have been twice now in 5 years, by this faulty component.

The srs came on and will not go off. I contacted Honda USA and they said that since it was out of warrenty it was at the dealers discreation if this would be covered. I then received a call from my local Honda dealer and they stated that I would have to pay for the labor to find the problem and then they would decided if they would cover the rest under warrenty. I feel that since it so close to the warrenty period and something that should never fail it should be covered under the warrenty just like the seat belts are.

Consumer had to have the srs module replaced & it wasa not covered under warranty. Light stayed on constantly. Srs module was a controller that allowed the airbag to deploy.