Ownership Cost for 1998 Honda Civic EX Coupe
Estimated: $31874 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1238 | $1275 | $1320 | $1373 | $1434 | $6640 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1914 | $836 | $269 | $2291 | $8073 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $233 | $233 | $233 | $233 | $233 | $345 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $7646 | $6328 | $5455 | $5063 | $7382 | $31874 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2001 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | I WAS DRIVING ON 101 NB WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. THE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND THERE WAS JAM AS I APPROACHED INTERSECTION OF 101 AND 85, SO I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN BEHIND OTHER CAR. WHILE SLOWING DOWN, I NOTICED THAT THE RADIO WAS GONE AND THEN CAME BACK ON AFTER FEW SECONDS. THEN ABS AND RSR LIGHTS STARTED TO BLINK, THE CAR SEEMED TO LOOSE THE POWER, ALL NEEDLES (TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER) CAME DOWN TO 0 AND FINALLY THE CAR JUST STOPPED MOVING. I PRESSED EMERGENCY LIGHT BUT IT WASN'T WORKING. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR BUT NOTHING HAPPEN. THIS WAS VERY FRIGHTENING WITH THE CAR STOPPED IN SECOND LANE FROM LEFT AND EMERGENCY LIGHT NOT WORKING. THERE WAS NOT WARNING SIGN THAT THE CAR WOULD STOP RUNNING, I COULDN'T PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I CALLED 911, WHILE WAITING TO GET THROUGH, SUDDENLY THE ALL LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I THEN STARTED THE CAR, IT STARTED LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. SO I HAD THE EMERGENCY LIGHT ON, TOOK EXIT AND DROVE BACK HOME. AND WHILE DRIVING BACK HOME, THE CAR AGAIN SEEMED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T STOP AND I REACHED HOME SAFELY. I AM SO SCARY TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR WORSE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC HIGHWAY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. HAD I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEED AND THERE WAS NO HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND SUDDENLY MY CAR STOP RUNNING, I COULD GET INTO FATAL ACCIDENT AS WELL AS OTHER WHO MIGHT HAVE INVOLVED. MY CAR HAS ONLY 68,000 MILES AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. I HOPE THIS ISSUE CAN BE ADDRESSED SOON ENOUGH, OTHERWISE SOME LIVES WILL BE LOST. *TR |
| 1998 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | WHEN ACCELERATING, PEDAL LEFT DRIVERS' FOOT AND WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR INTO A FULL OPEN POSITION. VEHICLE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE, EVEN AFTER BRAKES WERE APPLIED. AFTER VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK, THE ACCELERATOR WENT TO A CLOSE POSITION. |
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