Cruise Control problems of the 2013 Honda Civic

For any speed above 25mph this issue occurs at any speed the curise control is active. I noticed this issue alomost around August 2014. Issue occurs with setting speed control. In this model, the customer can choose either choose res +, res ¿. I found out if I choose res -, the vehicle sets the speed correctly most of the time with +/-1 mile which is ok. During this mode, each time the customer press ¿-¿, the vehicle speed decreases by one mile which is as designed. Sometimes, the vehicle does not hold the speed at the requested set speed and the vehicle speed continue decrease without limit I found out if I choose res +, the vehicle sets the speed correctly most of the time with +/-1 mile which is ok. During this mode, each time the customer press ¿+¿, the vehicle speed increases by one mile which is as designed. Sometimes, the vehicle does not hold the speed at the requested set speed and the vehicle speed continue decrease without limit the main and the most serious issue is, if the customer choose res -, then apply/press the brake the cruise control will be cancelled which is ok then if the customer choose res + after that, the vehicle speed continue rising without limit. This could cause accident if the driver did not pay attentions especially because it is not the normal operation.

On numerous occassions my manual transmission 2013 Honda Civic has accelerated on its own in 2nd and 3rd gears. It occurs much more often in 3rd gear and happened twice just today; it has never done this in 1st, 4th, or 5th gears. I don't use cruise control so, unless the cruise control is kicking in on its own somehow, that is not the cause. When the car starts accelerating on its own, I am unable to easily move the gear shift from 2nd or 3rd into neutral and have to either apply alot of pressure to move it into neutral or use the clutch. Breaking will sometimes stop the acceleration but not always and sometimes even when I use the brake, when I take my foot off the brake the car will continue accelerating on its own. This has occurred most often at speeds between 25 and 35. The car was purchased new from the dealer.

All of these issues have presented themselves while the car was on and in motion. Dear Honda: recall the airbags ASAP!! #1 sign of issue @ 45 miles: passenger airbag light/sensor would blink on-off intermittently (all the time) only while driving. Back driver window works intermittently. #2 @ 15000 miles: steering wheel controls intermittently worked backwards (volume up would turn down & vice versa. ) it wasn't frequently and always eventually started working correctly. #3 @ 40000 miles: airbag warning light came on stating "check airbags" it goes off every once in a while but is on 90% of the time. (not under warranty, the dealer wants $150 just to look. Having the car less 2yrs. And the airbag having issues since 45 miles and never being in an accident, I feel this should be something I should not have to pay for and can't afford anyway. Huge safety concern. #3 @ 60000 miles: my cruise control does not work. It won't even turn on. #4 @ 64000 miles: the horn does not work most of the time. All these issues and I've only had the car 2. 5 yrs. The cruise and volume controls not working is annoying but the horn and airbag is a huge risky issues. I'm not the first to complain. Honda is aware there is issues with the airbags in these models and still has not issued a recall? shame on you Honda! why wait? people are going to die because of the faulty airbags! how many before you make it right??!!.

I set the speed, using the cruise control, at 65 mph or 70 mph. Upon encountering a hill the car will slow down to as much as 60 or 65. Eventually the cruise control will kick in and the auto-throttle will accelerate the car quickly to 5 mph beyond the set speed. If it were set at 65, the car might accelerate to 70; set at 70 it might go to 75. Additionally, when I hit the brake to disengage the cruise control, it may take a couple of seconds for the throttle to disengage. Several times cars have passed me when the car automatically slowed going up a hill. After passing me, other vehicles thought it was safe to pull back into my lane, in front of me. If the cruise control kicked in at some point immediately after they passed, and my car started racing forward, putting little or no distance between myself and the car that just passed me, then I had to swerve to avoid an accident with the car that just passed because my car was lunging forward. Unknown to the car that passed, it was no longer safe for them to pull back into the right lane (two lanes going same direction). Upon complaining to two dealerships, they stated that what I was saying just wasn't true, but they were unwilling to take a test drive with me to confirm my experience. They noted that they had received several complaints, but stated that the gain and loss variance in speed was no more than 2 or 3 miles per hour due to the defective cruise control. I believe Honda is well aware of this dangerous feature, and that they are doing their best to sweep it under the rug. As far as I'm concerned, they can fix it, or take the car back. At this point, I really don't care. I do not like having a car with a feature I can not use because using the feature creates too much of a road hazard.