This deal is profitable. The price is 10.4 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $1779
Fair price: $2568
High price: $3356
MPG: 32 mpg city / 38 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Gray
Color: Black
Dealer: MJ Auto Broker
Mileage: 202,515
Year: 2003
Ownership Cost for 2003 Honda Civic DX
Estimated: $31645 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1040
$499
$437
$395
$354
$2725
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1114
$1148
$1188
$1235
$1291
$5976
Maintenance
$2763
$1806
$885
$462
$2291
$8207
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$337
$337
$337
$337
$337
$499
Total Ownership Costs
$7682
$6131
$5411
$5149
$7272
$31645
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 1671.480528
Displacement CI: 102
Displacement L: 1.671480528
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 115
Engine KW: 85.7555
Engine Model: D17A1
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1B: 3,001 - 4,000 lb (1,360 - 1,814 kg)
Make: HONDA
Manufacturer: HONDA OF CANADA MFG., INC.
Manufacturer Id: 990
Model: Civic
Model Year: 2003
Plant City: Alliston
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Trim: DX
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
SUSPENSION:REAR
IN 2008 I NOTED THAT THE TIRES OF OUR 2007 HONDA CIVIC WERE WEARING UNEVENLY. I DISCOVERED THIS WHEN I ROTATED THE REAR TIRES TO THE FRONT AFTER ABOUT 25,000 MILES AND IT JUST ROARED. WE TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE UPPER REAR CONTROL ARMS AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM AND PRORATE THE REAR TIRES. AT THAT TIME I ELECTED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES AND ASSUMED THAT HONDA HAD FIXED THE DEFECT. AFTER 25,000 MILES, THE ROAR IS BACK AND I AGAIN HAVE CUPPED TIRES ON THE REAR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AS EVENTUALLY THIS SUSPENSION DEFECT COULD LEAD TO EITHER TIRE FAILURE AND/OR LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. HONDA IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM (SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001) BUT TOLD US WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE DEALER THAT IT WAS AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE. WHILE POOR ALIGNMENT CAN LEAD TO CUPPED TIRES, I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING BULLETIN BOARDS ON THE INTERNET AND SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT OTHERS ARE STILL EXPERIENCING TIRE WEAR THAT RESULTS IN CUPPED TIRES AFTER THE 15,000 TO 25,000 MILES ON TIRES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST 60,000 TO 75,000 MILES. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR TO AND FROM COLLEGE AND HAS NOT HAD A MAJOR FAILURE YET. HOWEVER, IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT HAD I NOT RECENTLY RIDDEN IN THE CAR AND HEARD THE PROBLEM THAT SHE WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT, UNAWARE THAT SHE MAY BE HEADING FOR A CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE DUE TO THIS DESIGN FAILURE. SPECIFICALLY, IT APPEARS THAT 2007 HONDA CIVIC REAR ENDS WILL "DRAG" THE REAR TIRES DOWN THE ROAD IF THE THERE ARE REAR PASSENGERS OR CARGO. IN OTHER WORDS, THE SUSPENSION IS INCORRECTLY DESIGNED AND REAR TIRES DO NOT TRACK CORRECTLY WHEN THE CAR HAS LOAD IN THE REAR OR TRUNK. I BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE THERE IS A RASH OF TIRE FAILURES DUE TO THIS DESIGN FLAW. *TR
2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WITHIN THE 8 DAYS WE OWNED THIS CAR, IT HAD ACCELERATED TWICE WHILE MY TEENAGED DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING. THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS ACCELERATING AFTER HAVING STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. BEING AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER SHE DID NOT REALIZE THE PROBLEM, ONLY COMMENTED THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS DRIVING FUNNY. WHEN THE INCIDENT ON 08/08/03 HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING WITH MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. WE WERE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT AT A VERY SLOW RATE OF SPEED, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING US TO JUMP UP ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND RUN INTO A CEMENT PICNIC TABLE, DENTING THE FRONT BUMPER. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR FROM DRIVING THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW OF THE RESTAURANT AND POSSIBILY INJURING OR KILLING THE PEOPLE INSIDE. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WE WERE TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND TO COME AND PICK IT UP AS THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER THEY COULD DO FOR US. WE FOUND ON THIS NHTSA WEBSITE THAT THERE WERE SIX OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS OF THIS MODEL OF CAR HAVING SUDDEN ACCELERATION DURING SLOW SPEED OR STOPPING SITUATIONS. WE PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY ARE STILL UNWILLING TO HELP US.*AK
