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Ikes · 24th August 2007, 22:56

Amazing!! It sounds strange but im so glad to know others have the same problem as me. Im in South Africa, and the Civic 5dr Type S is fully imported from Europe. I bought one 3 months ago and have experienced the handbrake problem a few times in the last couple of months. It usually slips all the way down a few seconds after enganging it. After re-enganging, it usually stays on firm...However, today I was in for a surprise. I parked my car on a gentle incline at a carwash and about 30 seconds after climbing out of my car, I heard a hard thud and the car started to roll back. In a panic, I jumped into the passenger side to re-engage the handbrake. The passenger door was wide open and made contact with a solid steel pole...the door was crushed flat against my fender!! I immediately took it to my nearest Honda Dealership to have the handbake checked out - not surprisingly, they found nothing wrong. I then took it to a second dealer and they too could not find anything wrong. Im now left pay the excess on a significant claim to my insurance.

I feel this was purely a mechanical fault with the car which Honda should take responsibility for. I often visit my sister and her 2 kids who frequently play around my car...I hate to think what would happen if my handbrake had to fail around them!!
Obviously there is a fault with Honda Civic handbrakes...3 month old Civics should not be having handbrake problems!! It may be intermittent and so hard to demonstrate at a Honda Dealership but the sheer number of complaints on this forum alone should be enough for Honda to do something about this. Please lets do something before something tragic happens. Any suggestions??

From my side in South Africa, I am thinking of approaching our National Motoring Ombudsman and the posts on this forum will provide valuable evidence against Honda that its not an isolated complaint.

I want a recall!!!!!

24th August 2007, 22:56	#75 (permalink)
Ikes Valve Cap Join Date: 17th July 2007 Location: Johannesburg South Africa Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Amazing!! It sounds strange but im so glad to know others have the same problem as me. Im in South Africa, and the Civic 5dr Type S is fully imported from Europe. I bought one 3 months ago and have experienced the handbrake problem a few times in the last couple of months. It usually slips all the way down a few seconds after enganging it. After re-enganging, it usually stays on firm...However, today I was in for a surprise. I parked my car on a gentle incline at a carwash and about 30 seconds after climbing out of my car, I heard a hard thud and the car started to roll back. In a panic, I jumped into the passenger side to re-engage the handbrake. The passenger door was wide open and made contact with a solid steel pole...the door was crushed flat against my fender!! I immediately took it to my nearest Honda Dealership to have the handbake checked out - not surprisingly, they found nothing wrong. I then took it to a second dealer and they too could not find anything wrong. Im now left pay the excess on a significant claim to my insurance. I feel this was purely a mechanical fault with the car which Honda should take responsibility for. I often visit my sister and her 2 kids who frequently play around my car...I hate to think what would happen if my handbrake had to fail around them!! Obviously there is a fault with Honda Civic handbrakes...3 month old Civics should not be having handbrake problems!! It may be intermittent and so hard to demonstrate at a Honda Dealership but the sheer number of complaints on this forum alone should be enough for Honda to do something about this. Please lets do something before something tragic happens. Any suggestions?? From my side in South Africa, I am thinking of approaching our National Motoring Ombudsman and the posts on this forum will provide valuable evidence against Honda that its not an isolated complaint. I want a recall!!!!!