2006 Honda Civic

PREMATURE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF WATER PUMP PULLEY CAUSED BY PULLEY BOLTS FALLING OUT OF PULLEY, PULLEY DETACHING AND THAN CAUSING FAILURE OF SERPENTINE ACCESSORY BELT. HONDA WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER TSB 08-039. THIS IS A SAEFTY ISSUE AS WELL - LOSS OF POWER STEERING, COOLING, ENGINE COULD BLOW. I HAVE TO BRING INTO DEALER CONTACTED HONDA ASKED THEM TO COVER 100% OF COST THEY ONLY COVER 40%. REPLACED WITH UPGRADED PARTS NOT SAME FLAWED DESIGN. HONDA MUST COVER 100% OF THIS. CASE NUMBER: NO12011-09-2700942 CAR ALWAYS DEALER SERVICED AND OIL CHANGES PURCHASED NEW. *KB

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN I SMELLED RUBBER BURNING AND THEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A TRUSTED FRIEND'S SHOP TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THEN TO FIX IT. WE FOUND THAT THE TENSIONER BOLT WAS BROKEN. OUR MECHANIC HAS DONE LOTS OF RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND THAT OTHER OWNERS OF 2006 HONDA CIVICS ARE ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO REPLACE THIS BOLT. I ONLY HAVE 75,000 MILES ON THIS HONDA AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS FAIRLY NEW CAR. I HOPE IT CAN BE FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHOM DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,445. UPDATED 09/21/11*LJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE SPRING TENSIONER WAS BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR, WATER PUMP AND SERPENTINE BELT TO FAIL. UPDATED 10/05/11. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. INITIALLY THE VEHICLE HAD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE, WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES; THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE CAUSING HIM TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SINCE THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AND THE ANTI FREEZE LEAKED OUT WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK MATERIAL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

CAR STOPPED AT STOP SIGN AT THE TOP OF A VERY STEEP HILL. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, BOTH TIMES WERE AFTER THE AUGUST 2010 IMA RECALL BY HONDA. HONDA DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS NO SOLUTION FROM HONDA EVER SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN URGE HONDA TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS MANY STEEP HILLS AND IMPATIENT DRIVERS.

MY '06 HONDA CIVIC HAS HAD THE SAME AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM TWICE ALREADY. THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED (SUMMER OF '09) THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT A PEBBLE HIT THE (APPARENTLY EXTREMELY FRAGILE) CONDENSER UNIT, CAUSING A LEAK. THEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS, SO THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $1300 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM (THE FIRST TIME). I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND TONS OF THESE CASES WITH HONDA VEHICLES. APPARENTLY THE CONDENSER IS NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED AGAINST DEBRIS LIKE IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNLESS HONDA HAS A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHEN I SPOKE TO HONDA AMERICA, THEY LIKENED THE FAILURE TO A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. DURING COMMON, EVERYDAY, FREEWAY DRIVING, THE DAMAGE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD IS A PROTECTIVE DEVICE, AND THEREFORE DEFLECTING PEBBLES AND OTHER ROAD HAZARDS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S DESIGNED FOR. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IMAGINE, PEBBLES ACTUALLY HITTING A MOVING VEHICLE A FEW INCHES OFF THE GROUND--AS IF THAT'S AVOIDABLE! MY QUESTION IS, DID HONDA FORGET THAT PEOPLE TEND TO USE THEIR CARS ON ROADS?? OR DID THEY SIMPLY FORGET WHAT ROADS ARE MADE OF? I COULD GO TO HONDA'S SERVICE DEPT TOMORROW AND HAVE THE [XXX] THING FIXED, DRIVE AWAY AND THE SAME PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. AS FOR MY CURRENT PROBLEM, I NOTICED SOMETIME IN LATE MARCH OF 2011 THAT MY A/C, YET AGAIN, NO LONGER WORKS FOR THE SAME REASON PREVIOUSLY STATED. I'VE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS ON MY OWN. I ALREADY PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR THE 1ST TIME. I CANNOT DO IT AGAIN. I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE TEMPERATURE IS ON THE RISE, AND WITH SUMMER AROUND THE CORNER IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. I CAN'T GO TO INTERVIEWS DRENCHED IN SWEAT. NO ONE IS GONNA HIRE THE SWEATY CHICK WITH WINDBLOWN HAIR! PLEASE HELP!! *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST BATTERY SOFTWARE WAS UPGRADED. AFTER THE UPGRADE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO REINSTALL THE OLD SOFTWARE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO TOOK A COMPLAINT BUT OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000

THE CAR LOSES POWER UPON ACCELERATION AND GOING UP A HILL FROM A COMPLETE STANDSTILL. THE CAR AT TIMES CAN NOT CLIMB UP A HILL. THIS CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS HONDA AND I WAS TOLD THAT "GIVEN THAT THERE WAS NOT A COMPUTER RECORD IN THE MEMORY THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE REVS UPON ACCELERATION WITHOUT ANY INCREASE IN SPEED. I THINK THE BATTERY ELECTRICAL ASSIST SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, HONDA ADDED A COMPUTER PATCH TO THE CAR THAT SLOWED DOWN THE ELECTRIC ENGINE ASSIST AND COMPRIMISED THE POWER AND ACCELERATION.