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Honda Civic Air Bags Safety Report | Mar 22, 2014
Reported on Mar 22, 2014
| I PURCHASED MY 2012 HONDA CIVIC ON MAY 14, 2011 FROM A DEALERSHIP. IT ONLY HAD 18 MILES ON IT, SO NATURALLY I THOUGHT THIS CAR WOULD LAST ME SOME YEARS BEFORE IT NEEDED ANY KIND OF REPAIRS. I WISH THAT WAS TRUE. WELL, ON MARCH 22, 2014 I WAS TAKING A FRIEND HOME AND NOTICED THAT MY HORN/AIRBAG AREA FELT WEIRD. I PULLED OVER TO LOOK AT IT AND SURE ENOUGH THERE WAS A CRACK/SLIT RIGHT WHERE THE SRS AIRBAG WRITING IS LOCATED. SO I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID SINCE I HAVE MORE THAN 36,000 MILES ON IT AND DON'T HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $683.00 FOR THE PART AND ANOTHER $280.00 SOMETHING FOR LABOR. I SAID HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY ASKING ME TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT? WHY WOULD IT CRACK OR SPLIT AND I WAS NOT IN ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT? I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD PAY FOR IT. I ONLY HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS AND THIS HAPPENED... SAY I FIX IT FOR ROUGHLY $1000.00, IN ANOTHER 3 YEARS I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO FIX IT AGAIN. THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. WELL, THE TECHNICIAN SUGGEST YOU FIX IT BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS. WOW, REALLY??? I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS CAR WAS A BAD BUY SINCE DAY ONE AND I TRULY BELIEVE THE HORN/AIRBAG IS A DEFECT. I HOPE THAT YOU LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND HELP ME AND OTHERS OUT, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THE DEALERSHIPS FOR SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER! THANK YOU | |
| Make: | Honda |
| Model: | Civic |
| Manufactured by: | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | HAYWARD CA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 2HGFB2F50CH |
| Mileage: | 78750 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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