general problems of the 2016 Honda Civic - part 1

Warning display of the following on the dashboard: early lane departure mitigation problem collision mitigation system problem brake system mitigation adaptive cruise control problem lane keeping assist problem.

Honda did a software update on my vehicle tied to the recall below. The dealership stated to me that they need to replace the vsa modulator and they are claiming this is not covered since they did the software update a few years ago. I believe they are directly corollated as I don't drive the car much only have 27k miles on the car. They are asking me to the pay for replacing the modulator vsa and are stating that this is not covered under the recall. It's hard for me to beleive how they are unrelated if the software is causing the unit to malfunction and we know the unit needs replacement there is a direct connection. This is costing me $2500. Nhtsa recall number:16v-725 mfr campaign id:kc6 campaign description:vsa software update/epb recall date:10/06/2016 recall status:17 character VIN required.

The contact's parent owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while the parent was parking into a parking space, and straightening the steering wheel; the brake pedal depressed but the vehicle continued to drive. Several warning messages were displayed "vehicle stability assist problem", "power system steering problem", "hill start assist problem", "emissions systems problem", "brake hold system problem", and "brake system problem". The driver noticed that the brake pedal failed to respond and the vehicle rapidly accelerated, causing the vehicle to crash into two medians and crash into a parked and unoccupied Ford edge vehicle at unknown speeds. The stationary vehicle was pushed halfway out of the parking spot. No air bags deployed, and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was unknown if the vehicle was diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 48,000.

I have noticed for a while now. When the light turns green or I'm at a stop and I have enough time to take off the car does not move when I apply the gas. It stalls and that scares me. I have noticed my cruise control shut off the other day when driving on the freeway. And I could not turn it back on. Now when I try to apply the parking bake when I'm parked the parking brake does not turn on nor the brake hold. The lights keep flashing than turn odd my headlight in the front and back passenger don't work. I've switched out the bulbs and it's an electrical problem. I see recalls on some of these matters but Honda won't do nothing because it's not on their system when I bought this car in 2016.

Honda knew of an issue with their electronic parking brake system which required a software update per service bulletin 17-007 since January 17, 2017. Honda claims that the issue was not associated with my 2016 Civic coupe exl VIN however on oct 29, 2023 my Civic threw this error which then cost me $112 for the service center to diagnose and an additional $150 for the software update to be installed. Total cost of $262 for an item that Honda knew was an issue and never addressed on my vehicle. This issue creates a dangerous and possibly life threatening situation which Honda is fully aware and should be held liable. American Honda states that my vehicle was not effected however I disagree as the photos and failure occurred. I was expecting more fro Honda.

My car has an emergency parking brake malfunction where the brake delays once parked.

Both steering and brake system warning lights came on and steering wheel locked in to place with no prior warning indications of power steering rack failure.

Emergency brake failed and gives following code in the dash: red blinking light- brake yellow light: brake system there was a recall back in 2016 because of this same problem. More than 300,000 cars affected.

Abs malfunction. The malfunction problem showed up on the dash and the car would not drive properly causing several messages to come on. Once I stopped and turned off the car I started if back up and went a few yard and the car started to malfunction and the message appeared again. I immediately called a foreign car specialist and was told there is a recall. I looked up the recall and it stated the same exact issue for Honda Civics years 2016-2022. I have had the car towed to two auto shops and both stated that there is a recall for the problem I am having and that they are seeing more of this issue on the Civics. I am a dialysis patient and need reliable transportation. I have about 8 months left to pay the car note in full and would really appreciate it if this could be addressed. Sincerely I am, norma faison-chambliss.

I have contacted Honda about the ( epb) problem. They refuses to aknowedge the issue because my VIN number did not show up. The problem is there and I had it comfrim by a mechanic. There was no warning before hand till one day when day when engaging the parking brake the warning light came on and would not engaged. The only way was to cut the car off and restart it again. I am unable to park on a hill because of this problem and afraid of the system failing all together.

I was driving through an intersection, the car ahead of me was turning right and I was behind them with plenty of distance. They turned right and I followed straight. However my emergency braking system decided the car was very close, and better yet after it had already turned, decided I was about to have a collision with nobody in front of me and stopped my car in the middle of the intersection, while the light turned red. I desperately got my car to go, after abruptly stopping for no reason, but safe to say I was shaken up a bit and turned that off. Happened today of this complaint 8/5/2022. And it’s happened before on curvy roads, once where my car came to a abrupt stop and other times false alarms to “brake”.

Brakes they stop too slow and I need to push fes time to made it stop, that made me very insecure and unsafe. Ac stop working is only hot air what is coming out, since is to hot is impossible ti drive like that.

I'm the original and only owner of the vehicle, which has less than 36,000 miles. My Civic has only ever been serviced by Honda dealerships, and I can provide maintenance records upon request. A failure of this nature to the braking system can only be caused by a defective part. In fact, I had my brakes inspected by Honda at 33,000 miles, and Honda gave my brakes a clean bill of health. While driving my vehicle, the brake pedal suddenly was unable to be depressed except with extreme foot pressure; it felt like a brick had been placed under my brake pedal. The stopping power was substantially diminished. It took multiple, very strong brake pumps to slow and stop my vehicle, meaning I was unable to stop in the event of an emergency. I took the car immediately to a Honda dealership. Ultimately, Honda replaced by brake booster, which they noted was defective, but charged me for the repair because the time (but not mileage) had elapsed on my warranty.

Brake and brake system came on and I was unable to reverse.

Air conditioner in my 2016 Honda Civic has never worked. Condenser or compressor needs to be replaced continues to leak throughout system and is defective. Emergency brake malfunction does not work and poses as a safety issue. Left head lamp doesn’t work due to excessive heat exposure in nevada.

2016 Honda Civic ex-t after getting brakes and rotors replaced the �brake system� light stays on with alerts for: electric parking brake problem, brake system problem, & brake hold system problem. However, the electric parking brake engages and holds and disengages when I flip the switch fine, the car drives and brakes fine, the only thing that doesn't seem to work is the brake hold button. Car drives fine and brakes work fine, alerts won't go away and are only on the dash not in the notifications in the center console.

While doing normal city driving in early morning, I drove over metal plates on the street which had occasionally in the past caused my automatic braking system (cmbs) to warn me to brake as if it sensed a hazard, but never applied the brakes for me. Today when going over these plates, the cmbs applied full brakes to the car without my touching the brake pedal myself, bringing my car to an abrupt stop. The car behind me understandably rear-ended me. Luckily just very minor damage since the car behind me mostly stopped, but this is obviously a very serious problem. Will take to dealership in a couple days for inspection. I was under the impression this system could not be disabled, but after looking online I found it could be, so I disabled it today. Will likely not use it in the future as I see the harm from it to greatly outweigh the potential benefits. Here are the weather conditions at the time of the incident: it was about 6:00 am, before sunrise. There was slight sleet/snow, but it was very minimal. Road conditions were normal aside from the metal plates from construction on the street.

Upon starting vehicle, multiple warning lights appeared on dashboard. Lights indicated brake system issue, power steering issue, hill start assist issue, abs system issue. Power steering does not work. Car is not safe to drive.

Tl- the contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the vehicle was in park, the keys have been removed and the vehicle turned off and placed in park. A few minutes later, the contact notice a few moments later that their vehicle had began to roll backwards. The contact stated the vehicle ended up hitting a tree and guardrail. There were no injuries. No police report was filed. The contact had the vehicle towed to an autobody shop where the underneath of the vehicle was severly damaged causing the vehicle to be totaled. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 47,173. Gl.

My stationary car was parked on a flat surface in the garage. I went inside when my neighbor informed me that the car had backed out of my garage and rolled down the hill into my neighbors driveway, hitting their car. No one was in the car.

My eps system it doesn't register that my car is fine but it keeps making my battery die and I have to keep getting it jump I seen there was a recall for us Nov, 10, 2016 I haven't even had my car a year yet and this problem has been going on. Since I have gotten the car.

When driving the car in certain situations the car will momentarily apply the brakes automatically rather hard for a period of a second or less. This occurs when on a highway and driving with the adaptive cruise control engaged and when passing a tractor trailer truck. It appears to happen only under certain situations such as sunlight angle and the color or reflection from the truck are interfering with the cars sensing brakes can also be automatically applied rather hard when exiting a highway ramp without using a turn signal. This can happen without the adaptive cruise control applied so I suspect it is related to the collision avoidance feature. I have owned this car since new and these events have occurred more then a dozen times. On a trip driving from florida to pennsylvania on rt 95 it happened about 5 times. Very frightening to have the brakes applied spontaneously at 70 miles/hr when passing a truck. I have asked about this during service at a Honda dealer and they reported everything was working properly.

The vehicle experienced an intermittent but sudden and complete loss of braking power while driving on the highway moving at around 40mph. In part due to the low speed, the vehicle was safely maneuvered off the road once braking power was regained. The car dealership was able pin the issue to an electrical circuit failure in the brake control unit (Honda error codes v300-49 and v3003-68) and recommended changing the vsa modulator unit. Regular scheduled maintenance done on the vehicle just a month prior to the incident at the same dealership indicated no observed issues with braking. Attached is the invoice of the vsa unit replacement work performed as recommended.

Electronic brake assist is malfunctioning my VIN series is not covered yet u see the current recall. This car is a danger to me and my family and everyone on the road.

I purchased a brand new 2016 Honda Civic in March 2016. Within the first 6-8 months I began having electrical brake problem issues and getting notifications regarding faulty brakes. I had to call Honda roadside assistance at least twice within the first year of owning the vehicle due to the faulty brakes and being stranded. Then came the electrical issues. I would lock the car and all windows would be up when leaving the car but I'd return to all windows down and the sunroof open! this happened twice within the first two years of owning the car! last but certainly not least is the battery issue. The battery won't last 10 months without issues! if you try to charge your car in accessory mode, the car battery will die and you will need a jump. I had aaa and used up all but one of my calls up on the battery issues this car has. My car insurance has roadside assistance and I had so many calls to get jumped because of this battery that I was told in June that my roadside assistance was revoked for a year!.

Car did not start, and flashed warning signs for electronic break malfunction. Car was stationary in a parking lot after being dormant for approximately 8 hours. This is the second occurrence in 3 weeks, the first of which Honda failed to diagnose a problem after bringing the car in for service.

Parking does not start electric parking brake problem.

The parking brake activates randomly without my manually activating it. It doesn't happen everyday but when it does its annoying.

Electric parking brake on my 2016 Honda Civic sedan will not engage. I bought the car brand new from Honda. There was a recall for this problem for over 350,000 models already but my car was not included. My electric parking brake stopped workig in late 2017. I called Honda Civic already but they refused to fix it. I had one incident when I was in motion in the freeway; my car went from 65 mph to about 35-40 and skid and zig zagged; the car behnid me almost hit me but was able to evade hitting me. After that I stopped using the brake altogether. Unable to use electric parking brake anymore as I am afraid the car will roll down when parked on hills.

While driving my 2016 Honda ex-t dashboard lights started lighting up -emmision, eps, brake hold, etc the car immediately went into" limp mode" while traveling at 70 on the highway. I am told this caused a turbo problem and the turbo will have to be replaced. While researching on the internet this seems to be a common and reoccurring problem that is not being addressed. Since it is a common problem it seems with out Honda addressing the problem this will occur again with a new turbo. I am unsure if the multiple warning lights for problems that did not exist caused the turbo problems but it seems likely. Since when these lights come on the car is designed to go into limp mode. This needs to be addressed. Luckily I am an experienced driver and was able to handle the automatic drastic decline with out breaking while driving and coming to an almost complete stop. Had the highway been busy this certainly would of resulted in an accident.

When I pulled into my driveway last night after work, my car dash lit up with alerts, one after another. I tried turning the vehicle off and on, and the lights did not go away. They are still on today. They were emissions system problem, brake system problem, brake hold system problem, power steering system (eps) problem, vehicle stability assist (vsa) problem, and hill start assist problem. I took a video of the alerts. I will try to upload a picture.

The rear brakes are showing grooved rotors. Also the back brakes are wearing quicker that the fronts . 7mmf . 5mmr. The mileage is 32000. I have a second car exactly the same except color. It has 16000 miles and the same problem is starting on it also. I believe Honda is covering this up. They wouldn't investigate because I didn't have an ro number. I brought it back in to be checked and they wouldn't put "check rear brakes" on the ro. They said they always check the rear brakes and if there is no noise there is no problem. I was a licensed inspector years ago. I would never have passed a car with these rotors. See pics. Perhaps it is from the parking brake recall? the rotors must have lost their temper from the brakes being applied by the parking brake problem.

This is my second complaint in a week. I had parked at a location 30 minutes from home for about an hour. Went to start the car and it would not start. The brake seemed like it was already pushed down to the floor. A warning came across the screen that read brake system problem. I thought the battery was dead so I had it jumped and it started right away. This is ridiculous for a car that's 2 years old. I think I'll be getting rid of this car.

My car would not start and on the dashboard under the mph it said electronic parking brake problem. After playing around with the parking brake a bit, the car eventually started. Upon looking up my VIN it shows I do not have a recall on my car for the kc6 recall, but my car seems to be affected. Please help.

This is the second time in two years that my car doesn't start due to an electric brake problem. The first time it happened I was at home, and pressed the brake pedal to start the car, it immediately showed there was an electric brake problem on the dashboard. I had the car towed to the dealership, but unfortunately when we arrived the car started without any issues. They dismissed it and said it was probably a glitch in the system. Today I started the car, drove to a store and when I was ready to leave the car would not start. This time everything flickered, the brake pedal became very stiff making it impossible for me to press down on it, and the same message was displayed on the dashboard "electric parking brake problem. " I had the vehicle towed once again to the dealership. When they were inspecting it the car was functioning once again. No error message and the technician was able to start it without any problems. Now my concern is obviously safety since the error message displayed on the dashboard shows it is a brake problem. I did some research and apparently I am not the only one that has experience this issue.