1998 Honda Civic Brakes Problems

“I completely lost by brakes on my 98 Honda Civic with no warning. I lost my front brakes and rear brakes at the same time and my foot completely went to the floor without any resistance. I down shifted and used my hand brake to get to the Honda dealer. The Honda dealer cleaned and repaired the brakes (they did not replace the brakes). The mechanic told me that my car only has one master cylinder. When one of the pistons in my rear brake popped out, I lost all 4 brakes.”

“While driving, the vehicle needed to make a hard stop. On stopping the vehicle brakes failed and the brake pedal hit the floor. Very lucky that no vehicle or pedestrian were hit. Car was approximately two miles from home. Drove remaining distance at 5 MPH with parking brake only. On inspection discovered the two brake lines under the protective plastic were corroded. In addition, the three fuel lines are also severely rusted, and fuel is leaking from the return line. The corroded brake lines are lines 9 and 11 in the 1998 Honda Civic lx brake diagram. …”

“The contact owns a 1998 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while parked, the brake pedal abnormally traveled to the floorboard. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the brake line was leaking brake fluid from under the plastic housing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 200,015.”

“May 9, 1998 when the first occurence happened. I was driving at 25-30 MPH and when I needed to brake, it didn't work at the first time. I had to pump several times and still it didn't work at all, so I used the emergency hand brakes, and so it stopped. This happened when my mileage was prior to 1479. The next day, I contact paragon Honda to schedule the check-up. May 13, 1998 - I took the car to paragon Honda and relate them my complain. They test drive it and found all ok at that time (I have the invoice no. 85016 dtd. 5/14/98). …”

“Vehicle struck rear of another vehicle, brakes were locked at 40 MPH, seat belt did not lock,allowing drivers face to hit steering wheel, air bags did not deploy, Honda contacted, and has shown no interest in investigating or checking the car. Stated to take it to the dealer after it was repaired, and if anything was wrong, they would replace parts.”