Four problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 1999 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 1999 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 1999 Civic.
While driving on the highway car engine shut off and completely lost power. After getting on to the shoulder car would not start, electric windows would not operate. Approximately 30 minutes later car started and made it home on city streets. Have not driven it since. Checked and did not find any recalls on this.
Air condition unit stop working the smell of smoke.
While I was driving the vehicle, the engine just quits. There is no stuttering. It suddenly just quits. The radio, heater fan, brake lights were still working. When the key is turned to 'start', the engine starts but as soon as you released the key to spring back to the 'run' position, the engine would quit. I just go this vehicle from my friend and I am the 3rd owner. She told me the car was not in a good condition but didn't give me a detail. The symptom has been there and I changed several parts but never been solved.
On 7/27/13, my son was driving and stopped at a traffic light. Prior to driving everything seemed fine. When he pulled off from the traffic light and the car got to about 25 mph the engine line flashed and the car suddenly stopped. He was able to pull off to the side into a parking lot, popped the hood and take a quick look to see if anything was wrong. He couldn't see anything and of course he's not a mechanic. He tried starting the car and it started right up. The car worked fine for a week and then on 8/5/13 he left work to quickly get lunch and while waiting at a traffic light the car died after the engine light flashed on and off. He waited a few seconds and tried restarting the car and it started without any problems. He took the car to 2 different mechanics and autozone and they couldn't find any issues with the car because the computer didn't identify a problem/error. Then he took it to firestone and they told he and my husband it was an ignition switch problem ($350. 00). He found out that this was a recall issue. I'm the 2nd owner of the car and I'm uncertain if this problem was ever fixed. How can I find out if this is reimbursable if it wasn't fixed in the recall. I notice a number of the more recent complaints on your site are cars with the same issue that were not included in the recall but clearly have this problem. What can be done about this???.