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I think every civic I have been in do this. When backing or pulling out after parking I hear a click from the suspersion (front). This has to be a common problem because I hear alot of others do this as I am walking through a parking lot. I know its not a cv shaft, I was told it may be the sway bar, anyone else heard this before?

 
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Is it when you first engage it in reverse, then move?

 
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It's probably your brake pads shifting in its slot when going forward after backing up or when backing up after going forward. This is perfectly normal in the Civic.

 
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Forward and reverse, I can put on my breaks hard, then back up, hit the breaks and it clicks, and vise versa, I have noticed other civics in mall parking lots do the same thing so I know its common to a certain degree, I was just wondering if any one knows how to fix it. It sounds like a piece of junk with the car making a pop sound every time I park, ya know!

 
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For what is worth, I had replaced my oem pads with EBC Greenstuff pads from the TireRack. The clicking noise is completely gone. I think the oem pad has too much play when seated in the caliper bracket. I was told by the dealer technician that all the civics makes the clicking noise.

 
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I believe that, any complaint you say to a Honda dealer they will tell you that all civics do that, lol

 
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The sway bar area is where I have a clicking from. It happens on most turns, usualy from the middle or right or left of the car. Not the struts, not springs, they are all new. I have no freakin clue, but I agree, I hate having a nice car, and people hear a loud click when you turn. So yours happens when hitting the breaks?

 
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In this case they were right. I only took it back to them the first time was because I just bought the car from them for less than a week. They changed the pad clips. The clicking noise went away for a few weeks but came back. When I finally replaced it with the EBC pads myself, I was able to confirm what they said to me. The oem pads is a bit under sized. Maybe Honda was trying to compensate for thermal expansion. Who knows...? But I'm very satisfied with aftermarket pads. I don't think I'll be using oem pads on my Civic again - not to say it is bad. But just my preference.

 
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I had a problem similar to this after my car was lowered and it turned out to be something with the strut. I took it back to the plae that lowered it and it took them 3 tries to figure out the problem and they call the Honda dealership, got the part and fixed it at no charge to me.

 
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I have 40000 on the original pads so I guess when its time to replace them I will try a different brand of pads. Thanks!