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I've become very frustrated at the brand new Civic I bought back in April. Three weeks ago the SRS light came on, and about a month before that my gauge cluster went dead one day while driving to work. The gauge cluster going dead was a one-time incident, but the Honda service people said a bad gauge cluster was the reason the SRS light came on. So they replaced the gauge cluster and all was fine until last Sunday when the SRS light came on again. I took it back to the dealership, and they ran some tests on it to determine that it was a bad SRS controller unit. They had to order the part, and the next day the wrong part came in so it had to wait yet another day. Now today the correct part came in, they replaced it, and the SRS light still came on. Now my service advisor is saying they have to get into the harness to see if the problem is in there, then they'll have to redo something in the computer system. They won't have any news for me until Monday. What a mess! I feel my car will never be the same. I'll be paranoid about that SRS light coming on forever. And the best part of it is that my previous car was a Chevy Cavalier, I had it for 10 years, and it had only one small problem the whole time...a quick trip to the shop and it was fixed. I feel that buying a new Civic was a mistake.

 
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Well since its new if it does keep having problems you may be able to get it bought back as a lemon. Many people are very happy with their civics and have no problems so I wouldnt worry to much. They are typically a very reliable car.

 
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yea man, the civic is a good car man, just got voted car of the year in 05! Just hang in there, did those idiots hook the computer up to your car (honda computer diagnostics) I had the same problem..srs light, it was a bad seat belt, which was covered under the safety warranty...hope that helps..

 
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as long as the dealer is taking care of you you will be fine. Are they giving you a free rental car yet? If they can't fix it they HAVE to get you another car.

 
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try a new dealer. my srs light went on, not a big deal, as long as theres no mechanical problems then im fine witht he civic. i fear tranny problems since i have an auto.

 
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That was Motor Trend, and that was not the '05, that was the all new '06. Here is the article.