general problems of the 2004 Honda Civic

My key would come out of the ignition while not in park, the vehicle sometimes does not fully go into park unless forcefully pulled back into park so sometimes the vehicle wouldn't be in park all night or while in public parking lots. My Honda made key had to go into the ignition facing perfectly one way to start the car then the ignition completely refused the key and wouldn't turn once it accepted it. While I was trying to get my key to turn the ignition the car, in a public gas station parking lot, was not even in park even though I was completely able to turn the car off and take the key out of the ignition. My ignition no longer turns at all, I've already checked that the chip in my key is still functioning properly. Police officers tried to help me correct the issue without any success. The electrical system is now also acting up since this incident the radio flashes instead of staying on, I am now unable to change the time on the radio clock and my interior lights had to be removed because they refused to shut off.

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.

On this particular day, I twice had difficulty getting the key into the ignition. The first time it took about 30 seconds to succeed in inserting the key. The second time it took a full 5 minutes. I had never had this problem before. I am now leaving the key in the ignition until I can get it repaired. This sounds like a symptom of the problem covered by the 2003 Civic recall, but Honda America refuses to cover it. They did say I'm welcome to send them the diagnostics when I go to get it repaired to see if they'll consider covering it. The report I filed with them is #[xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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.

My wife was driving my Honda Civic lx, 2004 . We have been using this car since last 6 year without any problem. On Nov. 1st we were driving this car to go to work; car was running perfect smooth with no indication of any problem. During evening hours when she was driving back to home after work. Car started fine as usual but she drove about 5 miles and as soon as she reached on the walt whitman bridge (NJ) smoke started to come out from the engine compartment, she pulled over car in the shoulder lane and got out of the car. She called the police for help, as soon as police officer arrived on the scene, car busted in the flames. Police called the fire department for help and soon whole car engulfed in flames and started to burn with high flames. By the time fire truck showed up whole car was destroyed by the fire. It was very unusual that the running car with no problem for 6 years and fine running car all of sudden caught in fire. It seems to me that there is some faulty electrical problem and may be due to manufacture defect. I am very fortunate that there was no injury or death in this incidence. However my car was completely burn down and destroyed. I will appreciate if you can help me with this. Did anyone before reported this kind of problem in this model of car which may suggest manufacture defect?.

Speedometer fails by getting stuck at a speed at a speed and not decreasing once the car is slowed down, then that speed is the new starting speed and the speedometer increases with the cars speed. The speedometer eventually reaches past the maximum and is pegged at the bottom. Sometimes the needle will re-adjust towards 0, but only about 2mph when the car is turned off.

The contact owns a 2004 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle stalled with the illumination of the check engine and battery warning lights. The vehicle was restarted after the contact received a jump start. This failure recurred over twenty times within a year. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number 11v106000(electrical system), however, the contact's particular year was not included. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 168,878.

Driver side sear belt does not retract. It has been replaced before by the dealer. Front mud flaps are to low and are damages and need replacing. Electric plug socket does not work (lighter and cell phone).

The door lock actuators on both the passenger and driver door of my 04 Honda Civic coupe failed, on separate occasions and Honda replaced them. Honda claims it was an internal failure and failed to give me more details as I had requested. For the period when the actuators were inoperable I was unable to unlock the door with the power locks and had to open the doors manually by either the key or pulling the lock up from the interior. The failures both occurred on a day when the outside temp reached 90 degrees fahrenheit, and were resolved on cold nights, however, resumed during the hot daytime hours. *.