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2003 Honda Civic cruise control problems

34 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2003 Honda Civic, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
34 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
52,000 miles 31 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Civic Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 52,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 52,000 miles
Based on 31 complaints that include mileage. 52% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles9
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 31 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 52,000 miles, and 52% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

After being stopped for a few minutes at a stop lightthe car suddenly lurched forward. Whereas, I might believe my foot lifted off the brake a little that should have caused the vehicle to roll forward and not suddenly accelerate. As a result, I did rear end the car in front of me.

Reported at 12,000 miles, May 2003 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda civic. The contact stated that while attempting to decelerate, the engine continued to rev and suddenly accelerated. The contact indicated that the failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,000.

Reported at 36,000 miles, April 2014

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