general problems of the 2017 Honda Civic

Nine problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 2017 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2017 Civic.

1 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 08/12/2024

The abs speed sensor on Honda vehicles are placed in such a way that is breaks often. And when it breaks, it leads to multiple sensors going off which may cause the abs to lock up while braking normally, car accelerating unexpectedly. For me the speed sensor on the right wheel was broken. This lead the car to accelerate unexpectedly and then the sensors would go off. Car accelerating and braking in a weird way would definitely lead to some issues. And when you go to the dealership for this issue, first they won't be able to diagnose it. They will simple reset the codes and say uts an intermittent failure and charge you 100 dollars for nothing. Then you have to go again the other day with the same issue and then they tell you its speed sensor. I think that's a bad service and since Honda knows of this beong common issue with how they have placed the sensor it should be recalled.

2 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 06/27/2023

I am having a problem with my 2017 Honda Civic si, it has been to a Honda service center twice now and continues to have the same problem after having the transmission speed sensor replaced twice now, there was a recall that did not affect my specific VIN but I am having the same problems listed in the recall, the service bulletin number is 18-102, I also have videos showing how the eps (electronic power steering) light appears on the cluster along with the speed displaying as 0 even though the vehicle is in motion. When the problem occurs initially the steering goes “limp” and is extremely easy to turn as if the steering assist is working too hard then after a few seconds the vehicle proceeds to jerk extremely hard to the left followed up by the speedometer displaying 0 mph, this is extremely frustrating as the car only has around 84k miles and I have only been in ownership of the vehicle for 3-4 weeks as of now (almost 3,000 miles have been put on the car.

3 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 10/15/2022

Check engine lights display periodically. The main one involves the fuel injectors. It has been an on going problem for 6-8 months. When I contacted the dealership I was told the part is not available nationwide at this time and not sure when it will become available. While driving the car can go into "limp" mode where it doesn't let you go above 30 mph. This problem first started approximately October 2022 after having the vehicle just over 7 months. When I contact the dealership I was told there was nothing they could do but wait for the part to come in. Meanwhile I am paying for a vehicle that is not safe to drive , yet has no recalls on it. I was told by the dealership that they have several vehicles at the auto auction that have the same issue that are not selling. I don't understand why Honda has not had a recall on this part. I am stuck with a vehicle ,my only means of transportation, still making payments, and it sits in the garage. Please let me know if there's anything else you need from me.

4 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 05/22/2019

The issue I have been having is the brake assist program is breaking when there is no object around causing my car to break for no reason this cause quick use of the break one day its gonna cause someone to rear end me I took this to Honda they cant find the issue this happens about 4 times to and from work this is a huge safety concern as well my lane departure assist hasnt work since the day I bought the car to many issues took car to 3 different dealers all the dealers said they reset the system no issues found Honda doesnt care about safety at all. These issues happen in motion both on streets and highways.

5 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 03/22/2019

While vehicle was in motion on an interstate highway while entering a tunnel with no cars immediately in front of it, the collision mitigation braking system(part of Honda sensing suite of safety features) activated and significantly braked the car, nearly to a stop, with cars at highway speed behind me. There were pavement markings that appeared to be ground off as a result of recent construction that perhaps the car's sensing system mistook for an object that it thought it could hit, but there was nothing obstructing the car's path. No cars were in front of me. This is not the only time that this system has operated oddly, but it is the first time that it applied the brakes. It has mistook shadows and sun glare as being objects and warned me to brake (albeit momentarily) but the car did not automatically apply braking in those situations.

6 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 08/06/2018

I was leaving a parking lot, approaching a gate with an inductive-loop traffic detector, which can detect vehicles passing or arriving at a certain point, once a vehicle is detected the gate would open. I was approaching, maybe 50 feet from the gate, at approximately 5 mph, when the engine of my 2017 Honda Civic revved up and accelerated forward towards the gate. My foot was not on the accelerator, as I was approaching the gate which was still closed. There was no debris on the floor board or anything obstructing the pedals that would have caused it to depress the accelerator. I had to abruptly depress the brake pedal to avoid striking the gate. My Honda is equipped with Honda sensing and I have no idea how this could have occurred, may be an electrical issue with the throttle sensor because the "brake" warning was on, it observed the gate.

7 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 02/22/2018

Tl the contact owns a 2017 Honda Civic. While driving 10 mph and making a left turn, the brake pedal was applied, but failed to respond. The vehicle accelerated without warning. As a result, the vehicle drove over a curb, down an embankment, and crashed into a tree. There were no injuries. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed: p180531234. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 3,000.

8 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 09/14/2017

I was driving down I-30 merging on the highway. I put it in sport mode and try to get up to speed but all of a sudden car goes to limp mode. Then would not go over 40mph. I was able to safely pull off from the road turn the car off and back on. Cleared all issues. I took it to the dealer next day and no cel was stored.

9 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 11/26/2016

Just picked up brand new car from dealership (sunset Honda I. San luis obispo CA) transferred by them from another dealership. Car is an ex and has previously test driven a 2017 Civic hatchback sport the day before . Drove off with my mew car that was given to me with 450miles. Right after I left dealership with my brand new car and was driving home for first time got about 6 miles from dealership and dashboard lights with digital speedometer displayed flashed and went dead (completely blank a. K. A. Black screen of earth). I was driving approx. 30-35 mph . Drove another's another mile (approx) with no digital speed display at all- completely black instrument cluster (main display which normally shows digital miles per hour, temp gauge, etc) and turned on right hand signal to make right turn and about five seconds later right side camera turned on media display to right and eventually digital dashboard speedometer behind the steering wheel turned back on. Everything on the car is computer controlled. This is really dangerous. Not sure how f car has a bad cpu or ecu. Called dealership immediately as I has just driven away 15 minutes before and they didn't think it was a big deal. I am very concerned.


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