CarComplaints.com Notes: Haven't we all owned one of these things at some point? Despite being a popular first car for teenage drivers and, as a result, being beat up like no other, the late 90's Civic is a true endurance car. And it still gets better gas mileage than more modern cars.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
32 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
31 / 0
Average Mileage:
9,033 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I had an accident yesterday on 31st, Jan,2010.it was a Sunday.. my got hit by a truck and the crash was so bad that my car is total loss from the front and we all got sudden shock right away.. first the driver banged his car at front then he made a left turn to escape. My concern is that the air bags didn't open.the truck could have banged us all and it was almost very close to me and my husband sitting at the very front.I was in there with my two kids and husband. We all could have been died by now. I would like to file a claim against Honda. I have Honda Civic 1999 silver. I chose Honda and it didn't help me when I needed.
The contact owns a 1999 Honda Civic. While driving 55-60 mph, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the side of a mountain. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The frontal air bags on both the driver and passenger sides failed to deploy. Two passengers were injured. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 25,000.
99 Honda Prelude was in volved in an accident going head on into a tree at approximately 20 TO25 mph. Driver was not wearing seat belt. Driver was thrown into windshield. Air bag failed to activate.
While traveling on the highway vehicle struck an object sitting in the road that appeared to be a cargo carrier top, and the air bags did not deploy. Consumer struck his head on the vehicle roof and sustained spinal injury. Consumer did not go to the emergency room. However, the family physician made this diagnosis.
While making a left hand turn, another vehicle traveling at 45 mph hit the front end of the consumer's car. The vehicle knocked the entire front end off the consumer's car. None of the airbags deployed. Please provide any additional information.
Have been in 3 accidents with my 99 Honda Civic. Airbags have never deployed. Last accident car was totaled, front passenger side pushed in, axle bent, transmission pushed back, driver airbag released 1 inch from steering wheel, passenger side sunk in!!! (implode)
Consumer states that when hit at 30mph in the front center of the vehicle the air bag did not deploy causing minor injuries to the consumer. Dealer notified.
The vehicle was involved in an accident while the consumer was riding as a passenger. During the accident the air bag deployed and released violently. As a result, the passenger suffered serious injuries.
I was traveling about 25 mph and was hit head-on by a driver in a Ford taurs traveling about 40 mph in the wrong lane. Both air bags in the tarus deployed and mine, in the 1999 Honda Civic did not deploy. The impact of the crash has caused injuries to my chest from the seatbelt which probably could be expected, and saved my life; and injuries to my neck and back from the forward thrust caused by the head -on impact. But, the air bags should have deployed in the Honda. It is unreasonable to think they would not deploy based on the degree of the impact. The Honda body shop manager said the other car hit the Honda above the frame rails, which is why they did not deploy. If that is the case, the air bags will not deploy in most crashes that this vehicle is involved in. This is a vehicle design defect. I have digital pictures of the damaged Honda. Sincerely, [xxx], csp. Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Was traveling 50mph and had rearended a Cougar. Upon impact with other vehicle, both air bags failed to deploy. Driver suffered some injuries, and received emergency room treatment.
Consumer was traveling approximately 45 mph on I-75, there was construction on the side and traffic was stopped over a hill, consumer did not see stopped traffic and rearended a vehicle, upon impact the driver and passenger airbags did not deploy, the seatbelts failed causing the driver and passenger to hit the windshield.
Consumer was traveling 60mph on highway and fell asleep at wheel. Vehicle hit a guardrail, and dual airbags didn't go off. Dealership was aware of problem.
Consumer was traveling about 35mph on a side street, while turning there wasn't a curb, but vehicle hit a tree and it flipped over once an its top. Then, slid down the road. Upon impact, dual airbags didn't deploy.
Was traveling only 25mph when another vehicle had a head on collision. Front end was pushed back, and windshield was shattered. Also upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Passenger was injured. Had emergency room treatment. Suffered a concussion. Vehicle totaled. Consumer states front driver's air bag as well as passenger air bag did not deploy.
Consumer was driving at 55 mph applied brakes suddenly to avoid accident, but still vehicle did not stop in time, and ended up hitting vehicle that pulled out in front unexpectedly. Upon impact, dual airbags did not deploy, vehicle was totaled.
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