Table 1 shows one common unknown or other related problems of the 2008 Honda Civic.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Unknown Or Other problems |
On multiple occasions, while shifting the car into 3rd gear, the gears grind. The shift knob is lined up exactly where it should be to go into 3rd gear. The car will also pop out of 3rd gear at random without even stepping on the clutch to prompt it. This is a very dangerous problem to have in a standard car, and I have seen many people make complaints about this online. I called Honda customer service and they said that it was my responsibility to get the car fixed, not theirs, and that they base most of their claims for reimbursement on mileage as well as Honda customer loyalty. The gentleman then proceeded to ask me if I had owned a Honda before and insinuated that due to the fact that this is the first Honda that I owned that the likelihood of them reimbursing would be slim. This is not right. I did not choose for my transmission to be built with a faulty part, and I should not be responsible for fixing the problem when my safety is called into question.
Air conditioning/heater,defroster fan stops working. It sounds as if the fan motor is struggling and then it turns off and won?t turn back on for the remainder of the day.
I had to have all four tires replaced on my 2008 Honda Civic lx at 34,658 mi. July 2010. When I brought my Civic in for its routine check up, which I do whenever I'm at 15% oil life, I complained of a roaring noise from my tires. The Honda tech guy said my tires were badly worn and suggested I buy new tires immediately. Kuhmo tires, the brand I bought from Honda, have a 60000 mi. Warranty. That same roaring noise is back and I went in for my routine check up and was told that my tires need to be replaced at 61285 mi. December 31, 2011. One tech guy hinted that there have been problems with the rear-upper control arm causing possible problems with certain Civics. If this is the case, I want it corrected, and I want my tires replaced at no cost to me. Honda tells me they don't know what the problem is and will allow me to pay full price for new tires while they try to get me a 50% prorated reimbursement from kuhmo. I am not satisfied with this at all. This is a costly safety issue. There has been heavy rainfall in my area and my car hydroplanes. I told the Honda service department this, and they said that it is because of my worn tires. I get my tires aligned and rotated on their recommended schedule. If there is a defective part that is causing the premature wear of my tires and is putting my life and the lives of my family as well as others on the road at risk, Honda must take resposibility for this problem and correct it.
The front of hood and fender area . Paint is chipping away. It is called crow's feet. Lines and chips along with cracks are very visible to the naked eye. Honda has a TSB about it, since a lot of people have the same issue but they only claim to take responsebility of the vehicle that have protection plan. When I bought the vehicle they never offered me, nor speak of protection plan. So what can I do?.
Unintended acceleration while braking. I turned into the grocery store parking lot and had my foot pressing on the brake to slow down for some people. I was looking for a place to park. All of a sudden, the car accelerated forward rapidly while I was braking. I pressed the brake all the way down. The car kept accelerating rapidly. I grabbed the parking brake with my right hand and steered the wheel with my left hand. I kept my foot pressing on the brake. The car kept accelerating and hit metal railing. The car swerved to the right and hit the first concrete step. The car stopped and I was severely shaken. I tried to get the key out of the ignition, but it would not come out. A man, woman, and store manager kept asking me if I was alright. Several police cars came. One policeman inspected the floor mat in front of the driver's seat. He tried to wiggle it. It only wiggled a little bit to the left and remained far away from the gas pedal, not touching the gas pedal. He wiggled the key with some motion and pulled it out. The derry township police dept. Wrote up a crash information report - incident number dtr111023005. I am still upset and shaken from this accident. The sudden unintended acceleration was so frightening and so dangerous that I no longer trusted this car. The next day when I tried to drive this car to the dealership, the temperature was so hot that it was in the red area. I had this car towed to the dealership, ciocca Honda in harrisburg. I traded this 2008 Honda Civic for a 2012 Honda Civic. In June 2011, my 2008 Honda had a complete inspection at good's automobile service in hershey, PA. Everything checked out fine. I have had several episodes where I was driving and the car would accelerate on its own. Ciocca checked my car several times and said it was fine. The 7/14/2010 service form recorded "customer states vehicle accelerates when off gas. ".
After a hot day driving the car visor went down while about to make a rt hand turn I almost pulled out visor fell into my vision. Luck I stopped there was a car coming. It had split in half due to the heat.
Driver side sun visor has cracked and now continues to fall down into my line of sight while driving. Very dangerous as I continually have to push it up.
I had pulled off the freeway exit and proceeded to follow the cars ahead of me as the traffic signal light had turned green and did not necessitate me stopping, only slowing down to continue my left hand turn onto the surface street. Suddenly without warning the sun visor flipped down without being touched and hit me in the forehead. The hard plastic edge hit me relatively quickly and knocked my prescription glasses off. There was a moment when I had my vision obscured and did not see the vehicle in front of me come to a rather sudden stop. I narrowly escaped hitting the back bumper of the vehicle ahead of me. Fortunately I was traveling at a relatively low rate of speed, maybe 20 mph which probably would have caused minor damage, if any. However, people can be injured by whiplash even in low speed rear-end collisions. I have secured the visor with a bungee cord for the moment because the dealership wants to charge customers for this defective part plus labor and it is not cheap. I am afraid that the bungee cord might snap and cause a different sort of injury; however, there really is no way it will stay up against the interior cabin roof without it. I would like to add that I recall my 2002 Honda Civic had the exact same problem which occurred on both the driver's side and passenger's side at different times. Also, at certain times of the day the sun is so blinding in California where I live that it is extremely hazardous to not be able to see the road and highway signs and lights without the assistance of a visor to block the glaring, bright light of the sun. In my estimation it is only a matter of time before this obvious defect causes a major fatality accident.
My driver's side visor cracked and split at the top. This makes it impossible to return it to the upward position and it stays in my line of sight during driving. I have researched the problem and thousands of others have reported the same issue with the Honda Civic. This issue needs to be resolved and a recall needs to be made.
The clearcoat paint is peeling on the roof and trunk and other areas of the car are looking dull like they will peel soon too. This car has been well taken care of and there is no reason for this happening, other than defective paint. Although this is not safety related, this is a very expensive to fix problem that should be covered by the manufacturer.
Driving a 2008 Honda Civic lx on the freeway and all of a sudden the driver sun visor swings down partially blocking my view and scaring me into a swerve. The sunvisor broke unexpectedly and will not stay in place. Honda dealer indicates there are no recalls for driver sun visors at this time so I would need to replace it with a new one. This is definitely a safety issue that could potentially cause an accident.
As I was driving with the sun visor down, I did not need the use of the visor. I tried to push the visor up like many times before. I had to quickly realize that the visor was broken. This problem could have ended up worse if I had not been paying attention to the road and instead to problem that occurred to my sun visor. There was a crack in the edge that is closest to the windshield. To put the visor up requires two hands, and is not possible while driving.
Defecective sun visor obstructing vision.
Driver side sun visor split open and will not go up making it hard to see stop lights and the road. I have been told it will be around $100 to have this fixed even though it is a known issue with these Hondas.
Went into church one morning and when we got back into the car, the passenger side visor was boken and is hanging down. This is a concern as there have been numerous reports of the driver side visor suddenly breaking which could pose a hazaard when driving and cause an accident. This needs to be recalled and corrected. I am upset that I will be charged for something that is obviously a defective problem with the sun visor and could pose a serious hazaard for drivers.
The driver's side sun visor is defective and one day just swung down, partially blocking my vision. The plastic parts split open and the rod is partially exposed. This is a safety issue while driving because it will not stay up in its closed position -- until I get it fixed, the visor is either down in front of my face, or if I swing it out of the way, down, blocking my left vision. There is basically a sun visor in my face all the time while driving, even if it is night - the most dangerous time. I have to constantly swing it out of my face, or out of the way - even just to get in or out of the car.
I was driving my 2008 Honda Civic with my daughter, at a speed of about 50mph. I was attempting to make a stop for a traffic light. I realized that the car was not wanting to stop, I pressed harder on the brake. When it came to a stop, the engine was revving at high rpms, I let up on the brake slightly to see if the engine would shut down when it lunged forward. I slammed the brake down again and reached for the downshift, when at the same time the engine came down to an idle. The accelerator had obviously been stuck. I had stopped the vehicle over the white line with my nose out in the intersection. No one was in front of me & no one next to me, thankfully. I called a local Honda dealer, made an appt for that afternoon. My husband and I were waiting in the customer area for about 5 minutes when we were informed by the dealer employee that the two mechanics had called in & said that they had duplicated the action I reported & that the car was unsafe to be on the road, for us to leave it & they would take care of it. The mechanic who drove it, confirmed it to me personally. The cars computer didn't register the two events. The dealer told us they couldn't fix it if the computer wouldn't tell them what to fix. Honda's regional rep was called in on Jan 10 & deemed it as safe to drive. (Honda's rep deemed the car that the dealer employee had told us was "unsafe to be on the road" as being "safe"!). Jan 10, we requested to speak with Honda rep, Jan 11, no contact from Honda rep after service manager left 1 voice mail, 2 e-mails. (asked for reps #, refused) switched courtesy cars with dealer, requested the "description" of events on service ticket reflect the two mechanics statement about experiencing the "stuck accelerator". Jan 12, still waiting to speak with Honda rep and revised service ticket. Dealer still has our Honda. I am concerned for the safety of myself & others if I drive it without Honda repairing it. Please help us resolve this.
This car was purchased brand new by me. I am in love with all but the drivers (left) side sunvisor. It broke apart at the seams. The hinge is hanging out and it is unusable. I have tried various methods to make it usable. This product needs to be replaced before a serious accident occurs.
The fenders on this model of Honda are merely tacked on. My car was lightly bumped four times and the fenders had to be repaired. They only have a minimum of connectors holding onto them. The old fashion bumpers would prevent this. Updated 01/20/11.
I purchased my 2008 Honda Civic lx coupe on November 25th, 2009. When I purchased it, it had approximately 12k miles. In the summer of 2010, both of my sun visors broke. It appears that the swivel part of the visor wasn't lubed good enough and so it snapped the visors open. It broke the plastic part that help it all together. It has not been replaced. It costs about $50 each visor. Dealer refused to replace it because it is not covered under their warranty.
The drivers sun visor split during July 2010. I live in mass and it occured on a day that it was about 90 degrees. It is unusable and needs replacement.
Driver side visor will not stay up and impairs my vision while driving.
A/c blower air conditioning blower failure at 8 months of new ownership. Low to very little air blowing and works half the time. Replaced by Honda dealer under warranty.
Sun visors driver side visor detachment at 4 months of new ownership. Replaced by Honda dealer under warranty.
My 2008 Honda Civic lx drivers window shattered with no provocation. I was driving on i40 at 7:45 pm on 11/17 and I hit a bump in the road. Upon hitting it the drivers side window implode. There were no other vehicle around, nothing hit the glass, just blew in. I had a witness to the even in my car.
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. While driving approximately 40 mph in icy conditions, the contact noticed that the vehicle would constantly slide as if it were driving backwards. The dealer refused to inspect the vehicle. The manufacturer did not assist. The failure mileage was 900 and current mileage was 9,000. Updated 12/30/08 the consumer stated the vehicle would fish tail at times. Updated 12/30/08.