1995 Honda Civic Brakes Problems

“My car was parked on the right had side of the road, front wheels turned towards the curb. I turned on the ignition, put the car into drive and it accelerated out of control over the sidewalk and up into a front yard, slowing down over a bonsai tree. I shifted the gears into reverse and the car accelerated backwards, still out of control (brakes didn't work) until it crashed into a tree on the sidewalk and came to a halt. I had a passenger and 2 other witnesses but Honda say they can not duplicate the acceleration problem. Dt”

“On the 5th of march 2001, I drove my car with two children( 8 and 10 years old) on the freeway 57. I needed to take freeway 91 east so I tried to slow down from 65 MPH to 25 MPH on the freeway 67 southbound. But I could not slow down because of brake master cylinder malfunction. I barely stopped the car by using side brake. My family might be killed if I did not use side brake properly on time. My car wasi towed away and got fixed at weir cayon Honda dealer. There were two major problems I noticed. First, there was no sign of brake problem until it happed. …”

“Driving behind a van at approximately 40mph, vehicle in front swerved to avoid hitting garage. When consumer realized what was going on slammed on brakes and car skidded about 20 feet after brakes locked up, resulting in a crash. Upon impact, driver's side air bag did not deploy. Contacted dealer.”

“Consumer was driving at any speed, applied brakes, and vehicle began to shake hard until it made a complete stop. Vehicle was serviced approximately 5 times for the same problem in august, 97 and could not find problem. In september, 97 dealership turned the rotors, and in april, 98 all four rotors and four sets of brakes were replaced, and wheel alignment done. In april, 99 rotors turned again. Vehicle was taken to a Honda specialist, turned rotors, replaced brakes and vibration had stopped.”

“When normal pressure is applied to brakes on a lightly wet road, the ABS pulsed, and the car skidded about 30 feet and collided into the rear end of another vehicle.”