1. Honda Civic
  2. Problems
  3. 2012
  4. Service Brakes

2012 Honda Civic Service Brakes Problems

27
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 27 stored complaint records:

  • 10 indicate a crash
  • 4 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

  • emergency brake · 5 records
  • went floor · 5 records
  • brake pads · 5 records
  • rear brake · 4 records
  • rear brakes · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi17
30–60k mi4
60–100k mi2
100–150k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • June 27, 2012 · 17,500 miles

    Power Train · Service Brakes

    My wife came to a stop at our security gate, used the remote for the gate but it wouldn't open. She backed up about 15 feet to turn around. When she put the car in drive, it lurched forward back towards the gate and wouldn't stop when she applied the brakes. It didn't speed up and it wouldn't stop. The car was making a grinding noise as it moved along. She was jamming on the brakes and it still went right through…

    Crash reported

    ODI 10467881

  • December 22, 2011 · 300 miles

    Fuel/Propulsion System · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control

    I am a fuel efficient driver, drive with the econ button on mos of the time. I drive 150 miles 5 times a week. Every time i am going downhill and i push the brakes to slow down, the rpm's go up. I also tried driving without the econ to see if it would change and the same thing happened. You would think by hitting the brakes a little harder would do the trick to decrease speed, but it doesn't. As you start holding…

    ODI 10503287

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2012 Honda Civic.

Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.