2007 Honda Civic Air Bags

I TOOK MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC TO THE DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOUT MY SRS LIGHT, I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAUSE WAS DTC 32-10, INTERMITTENT CONNECTION IN FLOOR HARNESS. AND THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND SEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT SEEMS THERE IS DESIGN FLAW IN THE SRS SYSTEM. I HAVE ALSO FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: SB-10-001 THIS SEEMS LIKE SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

THE DRIVER AIR-BAG DEPLOYED WHILE EXECUTING A LOW-SPEED "K-TURN" ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE DRIVER'S HANDS ARE BRUISED AND SWOLLEN, AND THERE IS SIGNIFICANT RESIDUAL RINGING IN THE EARS. NO BONES WERE BROKEN AND THE EARDRUM DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PERFORATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CURTAIN AIR BAG CIRCUIT WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT AND REAR AIR BAGS ERRONEOUSLY DEPLOYED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CURB. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

I AM HAVING A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH WATER LEAKING IN THROUGH MY SIDE CURTAIN DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WHEN IT RAINS. I SPOKE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THEY WANT TO TAKE APART MY WHOLE CAR AND BOTH ALSO SAID COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. IT APPARENTLY IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANT BECAUSE IT IS A WATER LEAK BUT THAT IS UNFAIR. IT IS MOST LIKELY DESTROYING MY AIR BAG AND THAT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. HONDA CORPORATE TOLD ME THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH AN ISSUE AND THAT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED. *TR

I WAS ADVISED BY HONDA NORTH IN CLOVIS, CA, TO REPLACE THE OPDS SENSOR AND THE OPDS CONTROL UNIT WHICH SHOULD HAVE REMOVED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT. IT DID NOT! I SPENT $697.87 FOR THIS REPAIR AT VISALIA HONDA ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY COULD NOT RESET THE AIR BAGS. I WAS THEN TOLD THE SRS CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO RESET THE AIR BAGS. THE QUOTED COST TO REPLACE THE SRS CONTROL UNIT WAS $450.00. ALSO, I WAS TOLD BY VISALIA HONDA'S SERVICE MANAGER, [XXX], THAT THEY HAD NO WAY OF DETERMINING WHY THE WARNING LIGHT WAS COMING SO REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE IN SOME KIND OF PECKING ORDER. THE SRS CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH AMERICAN HONDA PROVIDING THE PART WHILE I PAID $221.54 FOR THE LABOR. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN IN AUGUST 2014 AT WHICH TIME I WAS TOLD BY VISALIA HONDA THAT THE CABLE REEL HAD INTERMITTENT FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $413.00. THE CABLE REEL HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. I HAVE NOTICED MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THEIR 2007 CIVIC BUT YET AMERICAN HONDA REFUSES TO RECALL THE VEHICLES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE TURNING BACK OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT LATER CAME BACK ON AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91.000.

CODE 32-10 PER S/B # 10-001: SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAUSED BY A FAULTY HARNESS. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT COULD PREVENT AIR BAGS FROM DEPLOYING IN AN ACCIDENT. HARNESS WAS IMPROPERLY CRIMPED DURING ASSEMBLY. THIS DEFECT COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

HONDA CIVIC LX 2 DOOR COUPE. MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET LOOKING AT HOMES. GOING SLOW - ESTIMATE10-12 MPH - WE HAD JUST BEEN AT A COMPLETE STOP LOOKING AT A HOUSE. FOOT WAS ON BRAKE - GOING DOWN SLIGHT HILL. APPROACHED TWO METAL SEWER COVERS IN MIDDLE OF ROAD - ONE IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. MIDDLE OF CAR WENT OVER FIRST COVER AND I PRESSED BRAKE HARDER BECAUSE ROAD WAS MORE UNEVEN THEN APPEARED AND CAR SITS ALITTLE LOW TO GROUND. WAS ABOUT TO GO OVER SECOND COVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITH A LOAD EXPLOSION. WHEN I OPENED MY EYES, I SAW SMOKE AND THOUGHT CAR WAS ON FIRE. WIFE WAS HOLDING RIGHT ARM, SAID IT WAS BROKEN (IT WASN'T). IT TOOK A WHILE TO REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED. I INSPECTED BOTTOM OF CAR AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I SAW NO DAMAGE AND STARTED THE CAR - NOT SURE IF I SHUT IT OFF OR HAPPENED AUTOMATICALLY. DRIVER SEAT BELT WAS LOCKED IN POSITION. PASSENGER SEAT BELT WORKED. CAR RAN AND OPERATED NORMALLY. AIRBAGS CAUSED A LOT OF INTERIOR DAMAGE. I TOOK PICTURES OF ROAD AND SEWER COVERS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. WHILE THE CAR WAS BETWEEN THE TWO SEWER COVERS, I FELT A VIBRATION COME UP THE STEERING WHEEL. WIFE FELT AND HEARD NOTHING. I SUSPECT BOTTOM OF CAR HIT EDGE OF SECOND COVER BECAUSE IT'S SLIGHTLY ELEVATED. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO MARKS ON ASPHALT PAVEMENT OR METAL COVER. MY QUESTIONS ARE: * WHY DID AIRBAGS DEPLOY? WHY DID THEY DEPLOY AT THIS SPEED? WHY ONLY THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS? WHY DID SEAT BELTS LOCK ON DRIVER SIDE AND NOT PASSENGER SIDE? I'VE CALLED HONDA DEALERSHIP TWICE. NO REPLIES. INSURANCE INSPECTED. CAR IS IN HONDA SHOP FOR REPAIRS. I ASKED SHOP TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON THE COMPUTER AT TIME OF DEPLOYMENT. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON IF WE HIT A SMALL POTHOLE. IT WOULD STAY ON SOMETIMES UNTIL THE KEY WAS CYCLED AND SOMETIMES FOR MORE THAN A DAY. AFTER THIS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG HAD A OPEN CIRCUIT IN THE INFLATOR PART. HONDA ONLY COVERED HAVE THE REPAIRS BUT THE SHOULD HAVE COVERED ALL OF IT. THIS IS MANDATORY SAFETY EQUIPMENT, IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A LIFETIME WARRANTY LIKE THE SEAT BELTS. *TR

SRS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND USUALLY WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN TERRAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY RESET THE LIGHT FOR ERROR CODE 33-10 (RELATED TO AIRBAG INFLATOR). I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG IF THE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON, THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS DISABLED. IN THE EVENT I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, I WILL NOT BE PROTECTED. MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN TO AN ACCIDENT AND MY AIRBAGS HAVE NEVER DEPLOYED AND I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. I BELIEVE HONDA USES A FAULTY AIRBAG SYSTEM AND CREATES A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. IN FACT, I THINK HONDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS AND A NEW PART NUMBER TO REPLACE THE OLD ONE. *TR

TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC FOR SRS LIGHT ON .HE PUT IT ON HIS COMPUTER AND CODE 32-10 COMES UP FOR "OPEN OR INCREASED RESISTANCE IN RIGHT SIDE AIR BAG INFLATER". HE SAID TO TAKE IT TO A HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIR. HONDA SERVICE MAN TELLS ME WIRING HARNESS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED A $1,200.00 REPAIR!! HONDA HAS HAD MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HONDA EVEN HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM. SERVICE BULLETIN 10-001 DATED FEBRUARY12,2010 AND REVISED ON AUGUST13,2010. IT SAYS FLOOR WIRE HARNESS HAS A POOR CRIMP IN IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! HONDA NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS!! *TR

AIR BAG WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO CRIMP IN WIRE HARNESS ON PASSENGER SIDE. THERE WAS A HONDA BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM THAT EFFECTED SIMILAR MODELS. I PAID $1300 TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE AIR BAG WIRE HARNESS DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP. IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAD TO BE CORRECTED. I CONTACTED HONDA FOR REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH HONDA REFUSED, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE PROBLEM. *TR

SRS LIGHT ON. DEALER SAID FLOOR WIRE HARNESS IS CRIMPED AND AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SO I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND THEY SAID MY WIRING HARNESS WAS BAD BECAUSE OF HEAT UNDERNEATH MY CAR. I ASKED IF HONDA HAS RECALLED MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAID NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE QUITE OFTEN IN MY MODEL VEHICLE. THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS $600.00. WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR A SAFETY FEATURE THAT'S NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE? THEY ADMITTED THAT THE HARNESS IS BAD BECAUSE OF HEAT, SO THAT TELLS ME THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. *TR

TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC FOR SRS LIGHT ON. HE PUT IT ON HIS COMPUTER AND CODE 32-10 COMES UP FOR "OPEN OR INCREASED RESISTANCE IN RIGHT SIDE AIRBAG INFLATER". HE SAID TO TAKE IT TO HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIR. HONDA SERVICE MAN TELLS ME WIRING HARNESS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED A $1,200.00 REPAIR!! HONDA HAS HAD MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HONDA EVEN HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM. SAYS FLOOR WIRE HARNESS HAS A POOR CRIMP IN IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HONDA NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS!! *TR

DASHBOARD AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. TOOK IT TO BE SERVICED AND CODE 32-10 INDICATED THE SRS CONTROL MODULE WIRING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS FAULTY AND THE WIRE HARNESS HAD TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC CALLED HONDA, WHO STATED THEY KNEW ABOUT THE FAULTY WIRING PROBLEM BUT THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. UPON RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, THE PROBLEM IS VERY FREQUENT AND WIDESPREAD. THE WIRE HARNESS COST OVER $1000 TO BE REPLACED AND A WHOLE DAY OF LABOR. *TR

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC SLID INTO THE CONCRETE WALL ON INTERSTATE 20 IN ARLINGTON TEXAS 45 MPH CRASH AND CAR IS TOTALED BUT NO AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. I HAVE PICTURES. I BELIEVE THE AIRBAG FAILED IN THIS CRASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A POTHOLE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNDER THE WARRANTY DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THEY REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. UPDATED 07/21/11 *BF THE DEALER REPLACED THE SRS CONTROL UNIT. UPDATED 08/19/11*JB

AIR BAG FAILURE. *TR

BOTH THE PASSENGER CURTAIN AND SEAT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON. THIS AIRBAG FAILURE WAS NOT THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT, HITTING A POT HOLE OR ROAD IMPERFECTION OR ANY OTHER EXTERNAL IMPACT. THE CIVIC WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH 33K MILES. THE CIVIC WAS NEVER IN A PRIOR ACCIDENT. IT IS TROUBLING THAT THE CAR WAS SERVICED AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP ON 4/12/2011 FOR AN AIRBAG MALFUNCTION LIGHT. HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE (TEL # 800-999-1009) HAS NOT TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MALFUNCTION AND CLAIMED THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS WAS A DEPLORABLE RESPONSE BY HONDA TO AN INCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY TO MANY PEOPLE GIVEN THAT IT OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A HEAVVILY TRAVELED PARKWAY. IF THIS WAS NOT AN ANOMALY FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR (HONDA HAS HAD A RASH OF RECENT AIRBAG RECALLS), THEN OTHERS SHOULD BE WARNED OF THE POTENTIAL LETHAL NATURE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 HONDA CIVIC EX WITH 43K MILES ON IT. RECENTLY MY SRS LIGHT CAME ON. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE NEW CAR FROM AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AND SAID I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. I FIND THIS ABSURD SINCE THE CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD AND TO TOP IT OFF, I MISSED THE WARRANTY BY 6K MILES. I HAD THE REPAIR DONE BECAUSE I FAILED MY SAFETY INSPECTION AND THE COST WAS $595, NOT INCLUDING THE $89 FEE TO DIAGNOSE IT. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE NOTICED A SLEW OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS WITH VERY SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER EXPRESSES DISCONTENT REGARDING DEALERSHIP UNWILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE IN MAKING REPAIRS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALERSHIP WANTED TO CHARGE HER $800.00 FOR AIR BAG REPAIRS. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE SRS HARNESS AND FOUND THAT THE FLOOR HARNESS WAS BAD. *JB

I AM CURRENTLY STATIONED IN THE US AIR FORCE HERE IN GERMANY. WHILE TRAVELING DURING A HEAVY RAIN STORM HERE IN GERMANY, OUR 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYDROPLANED AND SLID OFF THE ROAD. IT ROLLED SIDEWAYS AT LEAST TWICE AND IMPACTED A MILE MARKER SIGN ON THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR AND LANDED UPRIGHT AFTER HITTING ITS ROOF TWICE. THE REAR WINDSHIELD AND THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED, THE FRONT BUMPER WAS RIPPED OFF AND THE REAR BUMPER WAS CRUSHED IN. THE DRIVERSIDE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED WHEN MY HEAD IMPACTED IT DURING THE ROLL OVER. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS (DRIVER, PASSENGER, OR SIDE CURTAIN) DEPLOYED. WE RECEIVED INJURIES TO OUR ARMS, LEGS, AND HEADS/FACES. MY WIFE DID RECEIVE 4 STITCHES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE JUST BEHIND HER EYE. ALSO SHE RECEIVED A LACERATION ON HER LEFT EAR WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY. SHE ALSO RECEIVED A MINOR CUT ON HER RIGHT POINTER FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SURGICAL GLUE TO SEAL IT. " *TR