general problems of the 2012 Honda Civic

I have experienced acceleration problems for over a period of 3 months, similar to those listed by other Honda owners online. Most recent incident occurred on 11/27/2017 ,10/6/2017,10/9/17 and in other several occasions when operating the vehicle and its inability to perform in a safe matter has greatly troubled me concerning my safety and the safety public. The following occurred on that day, while I was making a left hand turn crossing lanes of traffic and car would not accelerate when the gas pedal was being pushed all the way to the floor, nearly causing an accident. The car also launches forward while in the drive gear or on reverse after it has been parked for several hours. On other occasions , when pulling into or out of the garage/driveway the car clunked and lurched ahead. On other occasions the car has unattended gas control issue, the car also reaches top speeds of over 37 mph without even touching the gas pedal once. This now happens daily, I have taken it to the dealership and they tell me this is a normal function of the car when I know that this is not true. I have owned several cars and I know this is not normal. I no longer feel comfortable driving this car because it is unsafe. I have reached out to the manufacturer and I feel they keep giving me the run �around. I have also taken the car to the dealership where I purchased it, but they say there is nothing wrong with it. I have also contacted the manufacturer (american Honda) requesting a field engineer have not been able to get any resolution and I'm getting nowhere with them. This car is dangerous to drive I fear for my safety and my families as well as the public safety. I have no other means of transportation and renting a car is not within my budget. I hope that with your help I can get this matter resolved. Thank you, genrry acosta 818-314-6340.

The contact owns a 2012 Honda Civic. While driving approximately 2-3 mph and making a u-turn, the contact's vehicle accelerated independently and crashed into a parked vehicle. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 7,000.

For manual transmissions rpms remain high even after foot is off the gas pedal consequently making it impossible to match rpms and causing premature failure to friction disks (clutch). Un necessary wear causing 1200+ in repairs. Brakes locked up on highway. . Lost control spun 5 times and even after new alternator. . The rpm never reduces properly. . Had in shop 3 x's set at your spec is wrong to make brake elease jerk, car shake at lights and causes me to rear end another car. 2/6/16.

I have problem with my 2012 Civic rpm , especially while clamping hill, it will suddenly lose power before picking up . The rpm will go up to 4000. While going down the hill it just accelerate even if I step on brake. When I start the car in the morning , it accelerate itself. I consider this model of Honda as dangerous.

Climbing up hill the car lost speed and did not shift gears. Then it stalled. I believe this vehicle was recalled and not fixed by the dealership or it should have been recalled by Honda and was not. It exhibits the same drive shaft problems as recalled Honda Civics. While driving you only need to tap the shift by mistake with your elbow and the car goes into neutral. It is a dangerous car to drive.

The contact owns a 2012 Honda Civic. While the vehicle was in the park position, the rpms suddenly increased to approximately 4,000. After turning the vehicle off and restarting the engine, the vehicle continued to idle at approximately 4,000 rpms. After turning the engine off and back on a second time, the vehicle operated normally. The failure occurred on multiple occasions and was intermittent. While driving at highway speeds, the rpms would also erroneously increase. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,500.

The car loses power when going up hills and has stalled twice. If I lightly bump the shift while driving it goes into neutral. I must use the emergency brake when parked even on a flat surface or the car will roll.

When exiting a speed ramp off of the highway the rpm's speed up causing a horrible sound in the engine and the feeling that you may not be able to slow down in time to exit the ramp. Additionally, more than a numerous times the car is very unsteady going over 55mph if it encounters any type of "bump" in the highway upon merging into another lane it is unsteady and the whole car "jerks",(feels like it could rollover easily)you need to have a firm hold on the steering wheel or you could lose control. Glare on windshield at night presents a safety concern with night driving. The headrests are a hinder to being able to effectively see your blind spot and the car with its horrbile steering control presents another area of concern, you will be in the other lane trying to look over your shoulder more than once!.

The contact owns a 2012 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to respond to acceleration attempts. The contact also mentioned that the failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was not available.

When I am about to go downhill and take an exit at 40 mph after driving at constant speed of 65 mph for some time I see this problem. Rpm is suddenly spiking up from 1500 to 2500 and stays there for at least 5 seconds. Hit brakes or gas does not bring it down. Good thing is the speed of the vehicle is not going up. That's the good sign but who knows what happens. I thought this was the problem with econ drive but I turned it off about 3 months now and still having the same issue.

Hello good morning, yesterday I was getting home and I was pressing the brake pedal and when I release the pedal my car was getting into my parking slot at a speed of 5 mph, suddenly lights started blinking and the card accelerated it self hitting a rock or something in front of my house. I have a little injured in my hand but nothing I think serious.

Rev. Suddenly goes about 3500prm and stay there for a while when I drive downhill. At that moment when you step on the gas pedal the car will not accelerate like normal. Sometime there are car behind you and this is very dangerous because your car can not go as far as the car behind you. Please test the 2012 Honda Civic, this car have problem.

When the car is parked in a downward slope facing down, and you engage the reverse gear, the car rolls forward. This is especially difficult to control if you are parked in a tight spot and you will roll and hit the car in front of you. We reported this to Honda corporation and they said that this is normal behavior. I do not agree, since my other car (different make/model) does not perform the same.

At approximately 7:45 a. M. I arrived at work and turned left into parking space to park. I was driving a 2012 Honda Civic, which was less than one month old. The car lunged forward when I took my foot off of the accelerator, jumped the parking bumper and struck a concrete wall. The driver's air bag deployed and the front bumper was scraped and knocked out of place. American Honda has inspected the car and claims that nothing is wrong with it but refuses to release its report to me.

While trying to slow on a highway curve by pushing the brake, I was unable to do so. The car continued to speed up as I pushed the brake. I pulled my foot back and reapplied the brake with no affect, the car was continuing to speed up. I do not know if I removed my foot from the brake or just slammed the brake. The brake took hold the car jerked. I removed my foot from the brake and continued to drive. For a brief period I did not have control of the car. . This was not my first unexplained acceleration incident. The other 2 times I was slowing into a redlight by just removing my foot from the gas. The car slowed as I expected it to do then it just began to slowly speed up. I was not going down hill. The brakes worked and I was able to stop. The dealership was unable to duplicated those incidents.

I was trying to back into a parking space with my 8 month old, 2012 Honda Civic. As I took my foot off the gas pedal to put the car into reverse and before I could step on the brake, the car surged forward at a tremendous rate of speed, jumped a curb and went straight into a brick building. The car bounced backwards onto the parking lot and I was able to step on the brake and regain control. This happened in a matter of a split second with no time to jam the brake on as the car lurched forward. Even though the car jolted tremendously, the air bag did not go off, but a service light came on the dash board indicating "check airbag system. ".

Sudden high rpm when exciting highway ramp,engines rpm,s go up to 4 or 5,when applying brake.

I've had my 2012 Civic for a little over a year now and have been experiencing the following issue right away: while maintaining speed at 1500 rpms, they suddenly jump to 2500 rpms, pause at the higher rpm for a few seconds and then come back down. I cannot recreate it at will, it happens while driving on flat and straight roads (as this is my usual drive to work and home), applying the break does not bring the rpms back down either. I have driven a decent amount of cars in my lifetime including a 2003 Civic in the same trim as my current Civic and none have acted this way. I realize a lot has changed since that '03 covic model, but no car should act like it has a mind of its own, which is exactly how it feels every time this occurs and leaves me with a very unsettling feeling while driving it.

While driving on the highway at 50mph at 2500rpm all of a sudden my rpm went to 4000 without me accelerating more I got scared and tried to slowly slow down the vehicle but rpm remained at 4000. And it remained like that till I stopped the vehicle and restarted it.

I am a fuel efficient driver, drive with the econ button on mos of the time. I drive 150 miles 5 times a week. Every time I am going downhill and I push the brakes to slow down, the rpm's go up. I also tried driving without the econ to see if it would change and the same thing happened. You would think by hitting the brakes a little harder would do the trick to decrease speed, but it doesn't. As you start holding the breaks for a long time, then the rps would decrease. I have looked online and many people are saying the same thing. . Read more...

While I was diving on 1st October night, my dash light was suddenly turned off. In Honda Civic speedometer is digital, so it was turned off too. So I was driving without checking the speed. Later I took my car to a nearest Honda dealer to diagnose the problem but they refused to diagnose. I reported this problem, many times to Honda customer service but they didn't take any action so that the dealer can diagnose or fix the problem. Regarding this problem,I also wrote a mail to american Honda's ceo but got no reply till now. As a result I am driving this car with this problem and my life is at risk.

The contact owns a 2012 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while reversing into a residential garage, the vehicle accelerated forward as the brake was disengaged. On a different occasion, while driving uphill and releasing the brakes, the vehicle surged backward. In order to stop the vehicle from rolling backward, the contact had to continuously depress the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who stated that the failure was normal. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 600 and the current mileage was 1,200. Updated 09/21/lj the consumer stated she parked the vehicle on a downhill slope. As she started the vehicle, shifted into reverse, released the foot brake, and before she pressed the accelerator pedal to back out of the driveway, the vehicle rolled forward almost hitting a door. Update 09/30/11.