Six problems related to brake electric antilock have been reported for the 1997 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The left and right air bags went off inadvertently while driving. Driver applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. This caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crashed into a sewer drainage hole. Driver sustained minor injuries, and went to the hospital on her own. The vehicle was towed.
While driving 35 -40 mph consumer tried to apply the brakes and vehicle did not stop, causing the vehicle to rear end another vehicle. Dealer has yet to be contacted. Please provide any futher information.
Consumer's wife was driving vehicle on the highway when she applied the brakes and heard a thumping noise, and there were no brakes. She was able to use the hand brake to slow vehicle down and go over to the side. Vehicle was inspected / repaired and replaced brake booster.
The front rotors have now twice failed in 21,000 miles, due to excessive warping. The first failure occurred at 9,000 miles; the second began at approximately 20,000 miles and became increasingly more severe. Honda has provided no colorable explanation for why this would occur. With respect to driving, the local Honda dealer claims that this poses no safety issue. I respectfully disagree. The warping has resulted in severe shimmying in the car (and, at some speeds, a hard and sudden pull) upon application of the brakes, affecting both steering and stopping, and overall handling. Despite the car's relatively low mileage, the local Honda dealer (sf Honda) has deemed this to be a "regular" wear and tear item, and thus only machined down the rotors to resolve the most recent warping. I have never heard of (or experienced) such rotor warping in 15 years of driving. I am also confirming by letter (copied to the dealer and the manufacturer) the substance of this questionnaire. I further note that a technical service bulletin has previously been issued with respect to the 1997 Civic's brakes.
Brakes pulsate,. When applying brakes the steering wheel shakes, and consumer gets less than ideal braking. Dealer has done various things to the braking system, including total replacement of all hardware. There continues to be a problem every 4,000 miles. Please provide any further details.
Computer failed which caused total loss of brakes, pedal went to the floor within 24hours before failure, there was a ticking sound coming from the engine firewall. Please describe details.