One problem related to loud engine noise has been reported for the 2013 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2013 Civic.
This letter is to inform you about a severe malfunction that caused an accident. I was traumatized by a sudden unintended acceleration with my 2013 Honda Civic. Luckily no one got hurt in this event, but I’m hoping that this fact will not reduce the attention from this severe malfunction. Following is a brief summary of the event that happened on may 10, 2014 at 6:30pm: I was driving slowly, under 5 miles per hour, approaching a parking near the sideways. There was one car already parked, and I was going to park behind it. I was about to complete my parking, and my leg was gently applying the brakes (I was almost at a complete halt). Suddenly, the car made a very loud noise as if someone pressed on the gas all the way (it was an awful noise), and then it shot itself forward at a crazy speed. As the car drove itself into the parked car in front, I pulled the handbrake and pressed harder on the breaks in the split second that I had to realize something is wrong. Since I was at a very low speed, the impact didn’t deploy the airbags. The parked car in front of me stopped the car from going forward uncontrollably. All of this happened in a matter of seconds. At this point the car’s engine decreased the rpm back to normal, and the car stopped pushing itself forward, though at that point I already deployed the hand break.