general problems of the 2004 Honda Civic - part 2

Letter from congressman dent on behalf of constituent re Honda airbag recall (attn: alicia hain) 2004 Honda Civic. The consumer wants to know, if the recall has been expanded, to included his vehicle.

My complaint is about a dealership handling my airbag recall for my 2004 Honda Civic. I took my car into the dealership willett Honda south in morrow, GA. , to be "inspected," they claimed they did not have the airbags in stock even though my Honda case manager said they did. The dealership went out of their way to find other things wrong with my car to get me to spend money there, they were also extremely flippant about my concern about continuing to drive this car even though nothing had been fixed on the car at all. The person handling my checkout experience basically said "well you have been driving this car for 10 1/2 years, what are the chances something will happen. " I can't believe someone at the Honda dealership would be this way about airbags that have killed people.

I took my vehicle to change the air bags per notification from Honda. I took the car to val strough Honda dealership in sand city, CA. They changed the passenger air bag per recall, and said they would call me later to schedule the driver's since they did not have parts available. A notification in the mail said that if after 60 days I have no been notified to change the second airbag to file a complaint. So here I am. Thanks, jose emilio villarreal.

Informed by dealership on routine maintenance that our car is under a recall this was in early September of 2014 and of todays date(10/26/14) have not received any information and when contacting dealership they reply that they are waiting on Honda. Can I drive my car safely. Who is criminally responesible.

On July 12, 2014 my husband (driver) and myself (passenger) were involved in a head on crash with my 2004 Honda Civic. Traveling at approx. 35 mph we hit a parked Dodge ram truck head on. My husband suffered 6 fractured ribs. I had a black left eye, a severe concussion, a subarachnoid hemorage (bleed on the top of my brain), my top front teeth were inbedded in my top lip and had a complicated verticle top lip laceration requiring stitches. Due to damage of my top lip I no longer have feeling at the location of the laceration or where my teeth were inbedded in my top lip and was told I will not get it back. Due to the laceration I have a verticle scar from above center of my lip that goes to the inside of my lip. A couple months after our accident the airbag recall came out. We looked at photos of the inside of my Honda. Up until this time we could not figure out where my head/facial injuries came from. Looking at the photos you can see the airbag exploded. Thus it cut my face and caused me to go into the dashboard after exploding causing the severe concussion and subarachnoid hemorage. Had the airbag stay inflated as it should I would of not suffered the head/facial injuries. Some of which will now have the rest of my life.

I checked the site using my VIN number and it keeps saying recall incomplete. I called the place I bought the car to see about a recall for the airbags and they never got back to me. I would like to know if my car is safe to drive and I don't understand what incomplete recall means. Another site said my car has 2 recalls, but I never received information on this. What do I have to do next to make sure my car is safe to drive?.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Civic. The contact stated that NHTSA campaign numbers: 14v351000 (air bags) and 14v353000 (air bags) exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer stated that the parts were not available for the recall repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact had not experienced a failure.

Had the local Honda dealership replace the takata product. Was targeted by sales to puchase other "needs" they found and recommended for repair. The airbag was replaced. Had to take an appointment and time from work.

I noticed my airbag or seatbelt light came on so I took it to a Honda facility to have it fixed. They did repair work but a week later the light came back on and will not go off. I've also had my driver side window electric replaced but am still having issues with the window rolling up when it rains. That is the only time I have issues with the driver side window.

My son was driving my car new years eve he was parked at a local donut shop and decided to move the vehicle to another spot . As he was backing out the rear window was not fully defrosted and he hit another parked car. He was doing less then 10 miles an hour and my air bags deployed. Causing my car to be totaled due to the cost. I'm having it repaired as I do love my car but it should not have deployed at this low a speed. 3000 for air bags that I should have gotten a recall on and fixed it just wrong. I am the original owner of this vehicle.

Srs light came on dashboard. Brought to dealership and after diagnostic test informed part of recall. No charge. It has been one week waiting for replacement part to arrive and no communication from them yet. Since getting the automobile back, the light has not appeared. More concerned with the inconsistent experience as the light should still be on and its not.

Srs light came on. Vehicle taken to dealer as advised in manual. Appointment offered for 2/21/12. Diagnosis: driver's seatbelt buckle faulty. Part "on national backorder"--unknown when it will be available. Meanwhile, since this is the only car I have, I am forced to drive a vehicle with a useless/potentially useless seatbelt and no air bags!.

I was in an accident going 45mph. The entire front end was destroyed and none of the airbags deployed. Without my seatbelt I more than likely would've gone thru the windshield. There were no lights indicating any kind of problems prior to the accident. And in my opinion they just failed to deploy. As I stated earlier, the front of the car is all but gone. Based on the amount of airbags complaints there is a problem that needs to be addressed here.

My srs light had been coming on and off for months. I received a "recall letter" from Honda 1/3/12, for an airbag issue. I called dealership service dept, was told that my car was not part of that recall. I was part of a mass dumping from Honda for cars from 2000-2004. I then told them that my srs light was coming on and off, was advised to bring into service dept. I did. While being serviced, technicians scanned vehicle & checked for codes (which was $95) - no codes were found. They then ran a diagnostic troubleshoot, which indicated that srs control unit needed replaced and then recheck. Was told that would be $495, they did not have the part and would have to order it. Was also told, they were not even sure if that would be my solution. When I asked them what would have caused this control unit (for airbag safety feature), to need replaced. I was told that they "were unsure and maybe a short caused it. It is an electrical unit and many things could go wrong. " when I asked what could cause a short, was told, “not sure, could be wetness or an electrical malfunction. " (wet inside my car, I know for a fact that is not the case. ) I then stated, that this sounded like a manufactures defect to the unit. I was told otherwise. I asked about what happens when the srs light is on, told that the airbags will not be active and not deploy if in accident. Why is there no lifetime warranty on the airbag safety feature & system, (which is on all cars today), like there is for the seat belt mechanism & system? upon review of NHTSA, I see that there are numerous other complaints of this issue, of the srs light coming on and the control panel malfunctioning with suggested replacement.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Civic. The supplemental restraint system light remained illuminated. The manufacturer stated that the VIN wasn't included in the Honda voluntary service warranty extension 06-009 for the supplemental restrain system trigger;therefore, they would not assist with the repair. The vehicle wasn't repaired. The failure and current mileages were 91,500.

Srs light in my Honda Civic came on and stayed on. Dealer said it's the seatbelt tensioner which seems to be common in many Hondas. Why no recall?.

Drivers air bag not working.

Air bag deploy with out impact.

My daughter was in our 2004 Honda Civic lx. She had a virtually head on collision with much front end damage. None of the airbags deployed.