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2012 Honda CIVIC Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1063829
Internal NHTSA #	10586883
Manufacurer	Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Brand	HONDA
Model	CIVIC
Model Year	2012
File date	09/02/14
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	First time driving this car in light snow. At the top of a hill, i turned left to traverse the hill to take a side street, following my co-workers. The civic slipped - just a bit- and the vsa light lit. I immediately lost all throttle control, brakes were wildly activating (seemingly 1 at a time), and the steering wheel was jerking. I was going very slow when the civic took all control away from me. I could not apply any throttle to pull out of a very minor slip and my car accelerated sideways down the slope into a curb which destroyed the right front wheel and suspension. I have spent $1125 so far to repair the damage and have not replaced the tire & wheel yet (another approx. $600). I told the 2 ford dealers who performed the repairs about this incident and neither gave it any thought. I requested they turn off the vsa system, both refused. I can not think of any reason, in the real world, any car should take complete control away from the driver like this, especially for such a minor occurrence as a slipping wheel. If a semi was behind me, there would have been no way for me to get out of it's way. It was just dumb luck i hit the curb where i did vs. Tobogganing into opposing traffic or picking up even more speed by continuing further down that hill before the car crashed. I have this incident on dash cam. It is at night, and not great, but it does plainly show what happened. Out of all the cars that drove that route, mine was the only one to crash and it was absolutely due to the vsa taking control away from me and not allowing me to drive my car.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	21280
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LAKEWOOD, WA
VIN pattern	2HGFB2F68CHXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	10
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Honda CIVIC Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Honda CIVIC Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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