Are You Affected by the Honda Civic Electric Parking Brake Defect?

More and more consumers who either own or have leased a Honda Civic manufactured in the last few years are coming forward with reports of a major Civic electric parking brake problem that leads to a rollaway defect.

Hundreds of thousands of these vehicles were recalled in 2016, but many more may still be affected, according to some consumers. If your Honda Civic has a defective Civic electric parking brake and your car rolled away, you may be able to join a class action lawsuit investigation.

Civic Electric Parking Brake Recall

After being linked with this rollaway defect, a number of Honda Civics were recalled. The Civic electric parking brake recall affected 2016 Civics specifically.

The recall was announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in October 2016. It affected more than 350,000 2016 Honda Civics because of the rollaway defect. The recall came after the NHTSA reviewed at least 342 warranty claims indicating the Civic electric parking brake may not properly engage if applied immediately after the ignition is turned off.

No injuries have been reported so far, but the recall was issued due to the potential for crash hazards and rollaway problems.

According to the recall notice, in some of these vehicles, the Civic electric parking brake may not successfully engage if it is turned on too soon after the vehicle is turned off. Failure of the brake can then lead to the vehicle rolling away even after the driver believed it to be stable.

After the 2016 recall, Honda updated the software, which was supposed to ensure that the Civic electric parking brake properly engages before the driver gets out of the car. However, some Civics owners claim that the rollaway defect hasn’t yet been fully fixed, and affects some 2017 and 2018 Civics as well.

Filing a Rollaway Defect Lawsuit

So far, on top of the massive recall itself, Honda has faced class action lawsuits and hundreds of customer complaints over the Civic electric parking brake problem. A class action lawsuit filed against Honda in late 2017 alleged that the rollaway defect affected not just 2016 vehicles but 2017 vehicles and some 2018 models as well.

According to the plaintiff in that lawsuit, her 2017 Honda Civic EX hatchback rolled away even when she had engaged the parking brake, colliding with a neighbor’s tree. The plaintiff claims that, despite the 2016 recall, Honda had then “manufactured, marketed, and sold its substantially similar—virtually identical—2017 [Honda Civic], and is or will be selling its 2018 [model year] Civic Class Vehicles in the same defective condition with the same Rollaway Defect.”

Another lawsuit was filed in November 2018 by two lessees of Honda Civic vehicles, who claim that their vehicles rolled away after they engaged the Civic electric parking brake.

The parking brake lawsuits add to the litigation burden Honda is already facing. Since September, the company has faced allegations that it failed to properly address an engine defect in Civics and CR-Vs.

If your 2016–2018 Honda Civic vehicle rolled away after you put it in “park,” you may be able to join this class action lawsuit investigation. This investigation is looking for consumers who either owned or leased one of these vehicles. Filing a lawsuit can help compensate for the financial expenses incurred by these issues as well as any injuries that may have resulted.

Join a Free Honda Civic Parking Brake Lawsuit Investigation

You may qualify to file a Honda Civic class action lawsuit under the following circumstances:

• You owned or leased a 2016, 2017 or 2018 Honda Civic.
• The vehicle rolled away after it was put in “park.”

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