2003 HONDA CIVIC Air Bagsfrontalsensorcontrol Module Problems

5 NHTSA complaints on file

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Air Bagsfrontalsensorcontrol Module Issues in the 2003 HONDA CIVIC

5 air bagsfrontalsensorcontrol module complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2003 HONDA CIVIC. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 2 resulted in injury.

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All Air Bagsfrontalsensorcontrol Module Complaints

#10192344 | June 3, 2007

OWN 2003 HONDA CIVIC EX BOUGHT NEW IN NOVEMBER 2002 FROM DCH HONDA OF OXNARD, CA. THREE WEEKS AGO TOOK CAR THERE FOR SRS INDICATOR BEING LIT CONSTANTLY WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. AT TIME OF SERVICE, LIGHT HAD BEEN LIT CONSTANTLY FOR ONE WEEK- NEVER CLEARED. AT SUBJECT DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD AFTER VEHICLE BROUGHT INTO SERVICE AREA, LIGHT NOT LIT. FOUND "NO CODES STORED AT THIS TIME." DON'T KNOW SRS CIRCUITRY DESIGN-UNSURE IF SRS INDICATOR LATCHES UPON FAILURE AND CAN ONLY BE CLEARED BY SOME PROCESS. IF LATCHES, FEEL IT REASONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN CLEARED BY SERVICE TECH'S. PRESUME NO DETAILED DIAGNOSTICS PERFORMED, AS WAS NOT CHARGED TYPICAL $95 FOR THAT SERVICE, PER OTHER DEALERSHIP INQUIRY. WILL NOT RETURN TO DCH HONDA AS RECEIVED SUBSTANDARD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DCH AUTO GROUP NOT ANSWERED INQUIRIES CONCERNING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE05043 (OR OTHER ACTION) APPLICABILITY FOR NO-COST FIX....

#10146211 | December 28, 2005

SRS (AIR BAG) LIGHT CAME ONE. HONDA SERVICE DEPT COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM AND RESET LIGHT. LIGHT CAME BACK ON 1/2 HOUR AFTER LEAVING SHOP. SERVICE DEPT SAID CONTROL UNIT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. PLEASE SEE FOLLOWING LINK FOR DOZENS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS: HTTP://WWW.AUTOFAN.COM/FORUM_REPLY.ASP?MESSAGE=7364&REPLYID=34100&LEVEL=13&ALL=. *NM

#10144028 | November 30, 2005

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE ENTIRE SRS NEEDED TO BE TO BE REPLACED. *AK UPDATED 2/13/2006 - *NM

#10121538 | May 18, 2005

2003 HONDA CIVIC EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATING ON THE DASHBOARD.*MR THE SRS LIGHT WENT ON, INDICATING THE DISENGAGEMENT OF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD CONSUMER TO PUT NOTHING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT BECAUSE , FOR A SEAT SENSOR THAT TURNS OFF. THE AIR BAG BECAUSE THE CAR THINKS A CHILD SAT DOWN. THE LIGHT CANNOT BE RESET BY CONSUMER, BUT REQUIRES A SERVICE TECHNICIAN TO DO SO. *BF *NM

#10067767 | April 25, 2004 Crash

MY 2003 CIVIC HYBRID WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BY A NISSAN ALTIMA TRAVELING 30-35MPH. THE MAJORITY OF THE IMPACT WAS ON THE LEFT REAR DOOR AND MIDPOST BETWEEN THE LEFT FRONT AND LEFT REAR DOOR. THE LEFT FRONT DOOR WAS CRINKLED LEAVING WINDOW AND DOOR UNABLE TO FUNCTION. LEFT REAR DOOR COMPLETELY SMASHED AND LEFT REAR WINDOW BROKEN OUT. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I INQUIRED WITH HONDA (LOCAL AND NATIONAL) INQUIRING IF THE SIDE AIR BAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL HONDA SAID THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE SIDE AIR BAG DEPENDS ON THE ANGLE OF IMPACT, ETC. I TOLD THEM I WAS CONCERNED IF THE AIRBAGS WOULD FUNCTION IF I HAD ANOTHER WRECK. THEY SAID IF SIDE AIR BAGS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING, A WARNING LIGHT WOULD BE ACTIVE ON THE DASH. NO PARTS WERE REPLACED, ETC. WHEN THE CAR WAS BEING REPAIRD AND...

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