general problems of the 2010 Honda Civic

1. Power stearing failure. The car is available for inspection upon request. 2. When the failure occurs, the power stearing became very rigid in such way I'm unable to turn the stearing wheel. This has occured when I'm in the middle of a curve but also has occur when I'm in a straight line. This failure is intermitent, to 2-3 consecutive times for a couple of days (3-5days max) to then not appear for months. 3. And 4. The problem hasn't been reproduced or inspected by the dealer or independent service center. 5. A light with a stearing wheel and exclamation mark appears. No symptoms prior to failure. The first time to show this failure was over a year ago.

The car spun out of control while proceeding to drive after stopping at the stop sign. The car flipped over and landed upside down with the driver inside. The tamara airbags did not deploy.

Took my car in for oil change. Was told it also needed compliance bushings at a cost of $495. I went on the internet and found this a very common problem due to wrong size and wondered why it was not recalled. I am 83 and car only has 22973 miles on it and kept in garage. Why is everyone having to pay this amount for a serious problem that they knew about bushing cracking due to wrong size put in?.

Brought my Honda Civic in for routine maintenance on 9/27/14. Was told I had a power steering leak and my entire power steering rack had to be replaced at a cost of $1200. 00. I was told the leak is very slow and not an immediate concern but that it will get worse. This seems to be an ongoing problem with this particular make, model and year for the Civic. There should be a recall!.

On the 7/28/2013 I was driving normal highway speeds of app 70mph in my 2010 Honda Civic hybred when suddenly every dash light came on and the engine died causing the power steering to freeze up. The resulting chain of events nearly caused me to wreck the vehicle but I was able to perform a controlled stop and exit the freeway. Approximately 10 minutes later I was able to restart the vehicle and continue on. When I took it to the dealership a few days later and have the problem diagnosed it was determined that there was a bad cell in the battery which in turn was confusing the vehicle computer resulting in the shutdown of the vehicle engine. Had the freeway not been straight at this particular point undoubtedly this would have resulted in a fatal accident. This problem should be investigated and resolved before this results in a fatal accident. Once the battery was replaced I had no more issues in regards to the engine shutting down prematurely.

While coming around a curve on the highway at approximately 55-60 mph the car starting to drift and when I tried to turn back there was a ton of steering resistance and it sort of locked up. After brushing the wall I finally yanked the wheel enough for it to turn and crashed against the opposite side wall head on. The car was totaled and all of this was after less than 2 weeks after my purchase of the certified preowned Honda.

Took 2010 Honda Civic to the Honda dealership with complaints of clicking in front end. Was advised that vehicle cv joint had failed. Vehicle had approx 19,000 miles at replacement. Cv joint failure at high rate of speed could have been dangerous.

Driving down the road felt steering tighten up went to turn around corner and could not steer car the steering was locked up stopped immediately luckily no one was behind me. Turned steering wheel forcefully to right and left and it seemed fine started out steering tightened again. Stopped driving car for couple months called payas auto were I bought the car. They came and got it they indicated it was a blown fuse car worked steering was fine. Then winter in vermont hit again one cold morning I went out started the car let it run for about 10 minutes went to leave steering wheel was locked up left car running for an hour and steering was working got on the interstate it was 17 degrees going 70 mph steering locked up got off interstate slowed down to 45 mph steering was stiff yet not locked as it was when I was going 70. I have no idea what the true problem is with the steering however it is seriously dangerous. I believe the cold is freezing the electrical component since the good old fashioned power steering does not exist in this car it can not be power steering fluid problem. I am today, taking car to automaster my hope is they will get to the true problem it is not a fuse and it is seriously dangerous(after experiencing this steering problem every time the temperature drops below 30 degrees).

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Civic. The contact was driving 65 mph when the steering wheel began pulling to the left abnormally. The contact was unable to maneuver the vehicle through the failure and the vehicle was flipped and rolled several times before landing on a grassy field. The driver's side air bag did not deploy. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed and taken to a local mechanic who advised that the passenger side knuckle assembly was defective. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that they would further assess the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 59,004.

The weirdest accident I had January 8th, 2012, around 4:45 pm with my Honda Civic, I consider it a safety issue that was addressed to Honda dealer and american Honda. It is when I was turning to the right, out from the parking lot of a mega-store, one of the keys in my key chain accidentally got trapped in a hole at the back of the steering wheel, the whole is not covered. The trapped key caused the steering wheel to be locked in the right turn position, despite my efforts to turn it back to the left. I. . . Was not able to turn the car back, I did not understand for those moments "what is going on". That what happened to me, fortunate enough, I hit the brakes and my front bumper got scratched and indented hitting the sidewalk; fortunate enough, no one was on the sidewalk of the street and no car was behind me. Fortunate enough, I was not on the high way, driving 65 miles/hour. My losses that need to be fixed and replaced are the Civic key and the trapped key (it was my other odyssey key) both are damaged and need replacement, and fixing the front bumper. I wonder, what would be the situation if this happened to me or anyone else on the high way? I think if I was driving on the high way, someone else will be writing the concerns or filing damage report with perfection Honda and my life insurance. The Honda dealer feels that there is no issue to be addressed, the american Honda case analyst dose not have any opinion, and feels sympathy for me!!! what a wrong response, when it comes to a safety issue.

I filed a complaint with the arizona attorney general on may 17, 2010. I purchased a 2010 Honda Civic in chandler on November 7, 2009. My car was damaged. I bought it brand new. American Honda motor chose to categorize my car problems as 'normal'. The dealership where I purchased the vehicle performed work without my knowledge which caused a new problem to arise. Car pulls to the right, steering wheel shifts to the right while braking and more. I was involved in two separate traffic incidents that could have easily resulted in an accident. There is much, much more; this is not an everyday, average type of complaint. Please allow me to explain in detail, preferably over the phone or in person. My primary objective is that no other person buy this car at retail - it is extremely dangerous. I surrendered it on may 7, 2010.

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the vehicle would make a clicking and popping noise when started, when turning the steering wheel and sometimes when driving at a speed of 40 mph. The vehicle also pulled to the right when he depressed the brake pedal and the steering wheel would shift to the right suddenly at times. The steering wheel also would not position at 12 oclock. These failures occurred every time the vehicle was driven. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership three different times but the dealer could diagnose the cause of the failures. The current mileage was approximately 2,450. The failure mileage was 1,197.

Since delivery on 11/30/09 the car oversteers, most noticeable on highway while driving straight and on exit turns. Very tiring to continuously micro-adjust sensitive steering to keep car straight. Requires only 1/8 to 1/4-inch steering wheel turn to 'wander' into adjacent lane! on turns, results in 'angular' pattern instead of smooth curve. Problem is most noticeable when cruise control is used. Dangerous. A glance at the radio and you're in another lane. On straight highway stretch, problem results in a "snaking" driving pattern instead of straight line. Dealer dismissed issue as "normal, sport-style steering, takes getting used to". Car now has 3,600 miles on it. Seems like temperature may play a role: on very cold days, may take 15 minutes of highway driving to become very apparent. Only 1 time at dealer so far and reported to Honda America (national) with their response: "we rely on dealers as our eyes and ears, take back to dealer". Decided to avoid that for now. I would like to know if others have complained. Additional detail: the automobile doesnt track the road well, most noticeably on the highway, where it is unusually difficult to keep driving the car in a straight line and to drive along curves in a uniform manner. The steering requires almost continuous micro-correction. ¿ on the highway, at 50 to 60 mph, the car begins to drift to either side. Turning the steering wheel a tiny amount - say, 1/8 to ⼠of an inch - causes the car to drift in the direction of the turn more than expected and to the extent that a rapid re-correction (tiny turn of the wheel in the opposite direction) is required to prevent it from entering the adjacent lane. And this, of course, leads to a re-re recorrection, and a re-re-re-correction, etc. On the off-ramp, at reduced speed, trying to drive along the smooth curve requires micro-correction, however the resulting driving pattern is a series of near-straight lines and sharp angles. Thank you for your help.