There are 37 owner-reported fuel system complaints for the 2001 Honda Civicin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
The fuel pump stops intermittently causing the potential for crash due to the car shutting off and loss of power steering
MY CAR SMELLS STRONGLY OF GAS. HUNTING FOR THE CAUSE I NOTICED GAS COMING FROM A HOLE UNDER THE CAR ABOUT RIGHT WHERE THE FUEL PUMP IS LOCATED IN THE BACK SEAT. AFTER REMOVING THE BACK SEAT I NOTICED THE FUEL PUMP IS PRETTY MUCH SITTING IN A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE. YOU CAN SEE A SLOW MOVEMENT OF GASOLINE COMING OFF THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY BEING THAT WE ARE SMOKERS.
UPON STARTING OUT AT A RED LIGHT ON A MAJOR STREET, ENGINE WENT TO FULL-THROTTLE, CAUSING A COLLISION TO THE CAR IN FRONT. OPERATOR THEN TRIED TO PUT CAR IN PARK, BUT INSTEAD WENT INTO TO REVERSE, CAR STARTED RAPID BACKING UP, THEN WENT BACK TO DRIVE AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT A SECOND TIME. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, IGNITION WAS SWITCHED OFF. VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK WITH THE IGNITION KEY ON, SO WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC. RESTARTED CAR REMAINED IN FULL THROTTLE CONDITION. AUTO MECHANIC VERIFIED FAILED THROTTLE, $700 TO REPLACE THROTTLE, MINOR BODY DAMAGE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,400.
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR YOU COULD SMELL STRONG GASOLINE ON THE OUTSIDE BEHIND THE AREA OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE AFTER REACHING A NORMAL ENGINE RUNNING TEMP.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED BY A DEALER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FUEL LEAKED ON TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP AND LOCKING CAP, WHICH SPILLED ON TO THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP LOCKING CAP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,006.
I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF AN CIVIC 2001 LX WITH 159,000 MILES. IT STARTED SMELLING OBNOXIOUS GAS SMELL INSIDE THE CAR. THE DEALER FINDINGS WERE, THE FUEL FILTER CRACKED. ESTIMATED REPAIR OF $541.00, THEY ADVISED ME TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT IS FIXED ALSO, THE CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED BY THEM SINCE DAY ONE. THE SERVICE DISORDER SUGGESTED TO ME TO CONTACT HONDA HEADQUARTERS AND EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM TO THEM SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DID CONTACT HONDA THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THANKS SO MUCH, *TR
8/19/14-GAS SMELL BAD MILEAGE-REPAIR SHOP REPLACED GAS CAP. STILL SMELLED GAS. BROUGHT TO HONDA DEALER FOR SERVICES AND STATED SMELL OF GAS, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND SAID WE MAY HAVE OVERFILLED TANK, MUST HAVE SPILLED GAS DOWN SIDE, OR THE POOR GAS MILEAGE COULD BE THE WAY WE DRIVE THE CAR. 5/11/2015-127,148 MILES- CHECK ENGINE LIGHT-HAD CHARCOAL CANISTER & VENT SOLENOID REPLACED. 5/13/2015-CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BACK ON. APPARENTLY KNOW PROBLEM WITH LEAKING GAS/FUMES HONDA HAS NOT RECALLED MODELS AFFECTED WITH EXCEPTION OF HONDA ODYSSEY. MUCH OF MY RESEARCH EFFECTING 98-2002 MODELS. TSB'S ( TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN'S ) 01-011 ( EVAP CONTROL CANISTER VENT SHUT VALVE 98-99 MODELS ) AND 03-001 ( EVAP BYPASS SOLENOID VALVE 98-02 SINCE CODE AND DIAGNOSING PROBLEM IS DIFFICULT AND BASICALLY HONDA IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE THEY SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE VEHICLES AS LEAKING GAS/FUMES IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
HONDA CIVIC GX CNG FUEL TANK VALVE FAILURE, CAUSING THE CAR TO LEAVE YOU STRANDED FOR HOURS. CAR WOULD NOT START OR RUN, ONLY AFTER TRYING IT 10+ TIMES. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING FUEL. THE LEAK IS COMING FROM THE FILLER CAP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND STATED THE CLAMPS ON THE FUEL LINES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, SHE NOTICED A SMELL OF FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED A LEAK. THE MECHANIC ADVISED HIM THAT THIS WAS NOT A COMMON ISSUE AND THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THE CORD TO THE FUEL DOOR FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CABLE. IN 2006, WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL DOOR CHORD BROKE A SECOND TIME IN 2010. THE DEALER ADVISED THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,050 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000. UPDATED 08/10/10. *LJ UPDATED 8/25/10 *CN UPDATED 08/27/10*JB UPDATED 08/30/10
THE CAR IS HONDA CIVIC 2001. THE FAILURE. A CRACK ON TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP/FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT MODULE . THE PUMP IS THE ORIGINAL PART OF THE CAR. CONSEQUENCES. POSSIBLE THE CAR CAN GET ON FIRE. PROBLEM I CAN SEE IS: BY THE TIME I NOTED THE GASOLINE ODOR ,THE CAR WAS ALL READY ALL SOAKED WITH GASOLINE. *TR
I DO NOT HAVE A GARAGE. A FRIEND KEPT MY CAR WHILE I WAS ON VACATION AND PUT IT IN HIS GARAGE. THEN HE SMELLED GASOLINE. HE TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND THE FUEL PUMP TOP HAD CRACKED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GASOLINE SITTING ON TOP OF IT. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. HONDA SAID THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM, I BELIEVE IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND A SAFETY ISSUE. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. FIRE POTENTIAL IN AN ACCIDENT IS HUGE. *TR
2001 HONDA CIVIC WITH A RECALL FOR FUEL PUMP CONNECTOR. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE WAS INFORMED THE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE AND THERE WAS NO OTHER DEFECT. UPON SERVICE SHE WAS INFORMED THE DEFECT WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. *KB ***NAR***
2001 HONDA CIVIC EX 5SP WITH 39,289 MILES STALLED WHEN ENGINE IS WARM. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND WHEN SHIFTED RPM'S IMMEDIATELY DROPPED AND ENGINE STALLED. THIS CREATED AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS NO POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AND AS LONG I KEPT GAS PEDDLE DEPRESSED THE ENGINE WOULDN'T STALL. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COLD THE ENGINE WOULDN'T STALL BUT DIDN'T IDLE PROPERLY. THIS HAPPENED UNEXPECTEDLY. CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE PURCHASED AND THEY VERIFIED PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER BUT COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. DESCRIPTION OF WORK THEY PERFORMED WAS "UPDATED VEHICLE PCM WITH HIM". SINCE THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING GOOD. HOWEVER, I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *NM
FUEL PRESSURE CUT OFF SWITCH LEAKING FUEL AFTER VEHICLE SHUT OFF. *JB
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, ENGINE WILL STALL WITHOUT NOTICE. WHILE PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR, IS SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO FUEL BEING SUPPLIED TO THE ENGINE.
RECALL CAMPAIGN O1V183000 CONCERNING FUEL PUMP. OWNER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER, AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS. ACCORDING TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RECALL THE FUEL FILTER WAS TO BE INSPECTED OR REPLACED IF CORROSION WAS FOUND. DEALER INSPECTED THE FUEL FILTER CONNECTOR AND MOISTURE WAS FOUND. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE FUEL FILTER CONNECTOR. *AK
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL WOULD OVERFLOW WHILE PUMPING GAS. WHEN REFUELING, THE FUEL TANK WOULD NOT SHUT OFF THE GAS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 UPDATED 3/19/09 *CN GAS CONTINUED TO OVERFLOW. UPDATED 03/26/09.*JB
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