2009 HONDA CIVIC — Complaint #1426577
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT filed November 20, 2017
NHTSA complaint #1426577 (ODI reference 11047431) concerns a 2009 HONDA CIVIC and was filed on November 20, 2017. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 18, 2017. The vehicle had 146,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA CIVIC cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2009 HONDA CIVIC shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE SUMMER TIRES WITH WINTER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE JACK FAILED. THE CONTACT'S ARM BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE WHEEL WELL, THE BRAKE ROTOR, AND THE WHEEL ITSELF. THE CONTACT'S FATHER, WHO WAS ALSO IN THE GARAGE AT THE TIME, WAS ABLE TO LIFT THE VEHICLE ENOUGH FOR HIM TO REMOVE HIS ARM. THE CONTACT MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT TO JACK UP THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGES TO THE FRONT END, THE SUSPENSION, AND THE BRAKE ROTORS. AAA WAS CONTACTED AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY LIFT THE VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE WHEELS. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO BOTH ARMS THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE RESULTS FROM THE X-RAY WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. PETERS HONDA OF NASHUA (300 AMHERST ST, NASHUA, NH 03063, (603) 718-3781) WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO USE THE SUPPLIED JACK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE JACK WAS ORIGI
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1426577 |
| ODI Number | 11047431 |
| Date Filed | November 20, 2017 |
| Failure Date | November 18, 2017 |
| VIN | 2HGFA16529H |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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