general problems of the 2003 Honda Civic

On halloween night 10/31/2015, after getting home from taking kids trick-or-treating I was leaving to go to store. While I was backing out of the drive-way I realized I forgot my wallet inside. So I opened the door & went to step out, then noticed I was sticking out in the street a little bit. So I left my left leg out & door open because I was only going to pull forward a couple feet. When I put the car in drive & barely pushed the gas pedal, the gas pedal forced itself to the floor & the car accelerated very quickly. I had no control of the car & tried everything I could to stop it! but it was too late. . . . The car shot us through the garage door where my leg & foot hit the rock siding entrance going into garage. It also twisted my leg all around & was pinned in between car and garage wall. The car came to a stop when it took my brand new motorcycle I had only owned for 3 weeks & smashed it into the wall!!! it completely totaled my motorcycle. But I was so badly messed up & hurt I couldn't even hardly walk or put any weight on my left leg. After months of physical therapy & lots of doctor bills I am healed, for the most part. I contacted Honda & they did an inspection of the vehicle but didn't find anything wrong with it & released it as a safe driveable vehicle. So I was left with about $15,000 worth of damage including my brand new motorcycle. My full coverage insurance only paid about 3/4 of what I paid for the bike. This was one of the most traumatic crazy things to ever happen to us! im just so lucky & glad that one of the kids wasn't in the garage playing or anyone else got hurt! this could've been sooo much worse than it already was!!!.

I just pulled out of parking lot onto road knowing that within the next 200 ft I was approaching stop light I was doing about 15-20 mph. I saw the car stopped for light and stepped on my brakes my car never attempted to slow down or stop until it impacted with rear of vehicle stopped at light. 2nd accident: as crossing intresection a car pulled over into my lane I applied brakes and car did not attempt to slow down or brakes work my car did not stop until it impacted with rear of vehicle in front of me. 3rd accident: as pulling off from green light approaching traffic at next stop light cars started braking at which time I applied my brakes I was well within stopping distance if my brakes had worked. They went all the way to the floor and the car started sliding and it was as if the car picked up speed after hitting my brakes with both feet. My seat bealt did not work (I hit stearing wheel) nor did the air bag my car did not slow down or attempt to until impact with other vehicle rear bumper. Upon impact I hit the sterring wheel and my knee hit the dash. I have major damage to my vehicle the front bumper is tottally gone , the radiator blew up my car was smoking and the hood is bowed up. The car was not drivable . When the tow truck arrrived and actually saw the impact. He quickly stated " the breaks did not work in your car did they? " I was very surprised but he could actually tell my car did not stop or attempt to stop until impact with rear of other vehicle. And he stated he thought Honda had a recall on these for the brakes and air bags. This car has many recalls and complaints. I'm scared to get in the vehicle again! I need help and advise on what to do next. I do not want another person to go through what I have been through and could greatly lead to fatality. Very concerned about safety of 2003 Honda Civic! I need to know what to do with this vehicle!.

Whenever we are going up a the hill the car loss speed and a lot of potency.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic lx. The contact was driving 55 mph when the vehicle accelerated abnormally. The contact was trying to slow the vehicle down when the rpms increased to 2000. The contact applied the brakes and repeatedly shifting between d3 to d1 gears until the vehicle began to decrease in speed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 140,000.

I have a 2003 Honda Civic. I had pulled out of my small road onto a rural highway heading into town to take my 14 year-old son to school. I had accelerated to about 45 mph and needed to slow for a car in front of me. I took my foot off of the pedal and the car continued to accelerate. It didn't just stay stuck at the speed I was going it took off like I had it floored. I had my son look down and check the mat and he even pulled on the pedal but it made no difference. I controlled the speed somewhat by pushing on the brakes with both feet very hard and was able to keep from overtaking other cars. Luckily, the intersection I crossed did not require me to stop and I was able to push on the brakes hard enough to be able to pull over and turn the car off in the parking lot of a local mechanic. The brakes were smoking badly. The mechanic saw how frightened I was and came out and started the car and it was still revving at full throttle. He shut it off and said they would push it in later. When they did look at it later, it wasn't doing it anymore. They drove it and it didn't do it again. I called the local dealership(ike's Honda in marion IL) and they brushed me off. I then called the Honda company. They called me the next day and offered to do diagnostics for free if I brought it to the dealer. They wouldn't commit to fixing it. I had it towed there(on my insurance because they rep. Never called me back even though I left 2 messages) because I was afraid to drive it. That was fri. , February 26,2010 and I have not heard from them yet. What happens if they don't find anything? I am afraid to drive the car again. I was very lucky the first time. What happens if they say the found something? are they really going to let me drive off in it if I can't afford to fix it?.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic hybrid. While parking the rpm's began to increase rapidly and the vehicle lunged forward. The contact was forced to shift gears into park to avoid crashing into another vehicle. The contact confirmed that the pedal was not stuck when the vehicle accelerated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle and stated that there were no failures. The dealer concluded that the floor mat pushed the accelerator pedal down causing the rpm's to increase; however they trimmed the floor mats around the pedal. The failure mileage was 47,531.

: the contact stated while parking the vehicle, with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The vehicle was initially traveling less than 3 mph. The vehicle went over the concrete barrier and hit a wall. There was a police report taken at the scene. Although the seat belt was worn, the contact sustained minor injuries. The vehicle was towed to the dealership, but has not yet been inspected.

While driving, 2003 Honda Civic began to accelerate on its own. Consumer pulled over and vehicle rev to 6k rpm. *** nar received 10-18-** when the consumer placed the gear into neutral that was when the vehicle revved.

Frequently, braking will actually cause an acceleration. If I'm going down a hill and am pressing slowly on the brake to slow down, and then hit a bump in the road, the car accelerates and there's a bump, bump, bump until finally the brakes engage. I have taken it in for service and was told this is just the way abs works. However, I have driven other cars with abs (including Hondas) and have never had this problem. This has happened over 30 times since I bought the car several months ago. One time I nearly collided with the car in front of me.

When coming to a stop pressure was applied to the brake pedal and vehicle accelerated. Driver did not touch the accelerator pedal at all. Driver was able to avoid a collision. Vehicle has been taken to the dealer several times but the problem could not be resolved.

I was struck on my front bumper by a driver directly in front of me. He was making a 3-point turn and didn't know that I was behind him. He accelerated into me and even though my car sustained minimal damage, my neck received all of the crash energy. I have hard-copy evidence of my neck from mris and cat scans taken 1 year before the accident; I had a healthy neck. I now have 3 disintergrating discs and constant pain. The treatments will be open-ended, I am told. Through my research, I found that Honda changed their head-restraint design on the Civic hybrid 2003 (my car). Before that year, the regular Civic had excellent ratings. This model had a 'minimal passing' rating. I feel that the lack of neck support was the reason that my body sustained such injuries.