2006 Honda Civic

I HAVE AROUND 95K MILES ON MY HONDA, THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS TO DATE. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN, GOING UPHILL, WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WE GOT A TOW TO THE HONDA DEALER ON SATURDAY 3/27/10, TODAY 3/29/10 THEY CALLED TO INFORM ME IT WAS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK THAT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $5000 TO REPAIR (NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY). I BEGAN RESEARCHING ONLINE AND NOTICED I WAS NOT ALONE, I SAW HUNDREDS OF THREADS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND REFERENCING SERVICE BULLETIN 08-044. THE FACT THAT IT IS A WELL KNOWN, DOCUMENTED ISSUE AND NOT RECALLED IS OUTRAGEOUS! *CN

I HAVE 89,000 MILES ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING IT TO WORK AND IT OVERHEATED. WHEN I POPPED THE HOOD, I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WASN'T ANY ANTIFREEZE IN IT. I HAVE NOT NOTICED ANY LEAKING, AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING OUT A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. WHILE MY CAR IS HIGH MILEAGE, IT IS ALSO ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE HAVING ISSUES THIS SERIOUS SO SOON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATED 60 MPH HE HEARD A NOISE AND SMELLED AN UNUSUAL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO MOVE SLOWLY AND LOST POWER BEFORE IT EXPLODED. HONDA OF NORTH AMERICA OPENED AND CLOSED A CASE REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS AT A LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID ENGINE BLEW UP A WEEK AGO - FEB. 11 2008. WITHOUT INDICATION, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. IT IS PASSED FACTORY WARRANTY WHICH IS 60K MILES OF 5 YEARS. THE CAR HAS 78K MILES ON IT AND IT WAS WELL MAINTAINED. THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS A RENTAL CO AND THEY MAINTAINED IT WELL. IT WAS BOUGHT BY A BROKER WHO PERFORMED NORMAL MAINTENANCE ON IT - OIL CHANGE, AIR FILTER, BRAKES, TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NEW BATTERY BEFORE SELLING IT TO ME. I PERFORMED REGULAR MAINTENANCE AS WELL. I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER AFTER IT BROKE AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT CONCLUDE WHAT CAUSED IT, BUT THE RESULT WAS 4 BROKEN SPARK PLUGS AND A CRACKED NO. 2 PISTON. HONDA OF AMERICA OPENED A CASE AND CLOSED IT BECAUSE 1. IT WAS USED, 2. EXPIRED WARRANTY AND 3. IT WAS NOT MAINTAINED AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP. *TR

I DRIVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC, WITHOUT WARNING, OTHER THAN A BURNING SMELL A SINGLE DAY BEFORE, THE REMAINING COOLANT SPRAYED OUT OF THE INTERNAL SIDE OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. RECOGNIZED AS A POROUS BLOCK, MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE ALUMINUM CASTING OF THE BLOCK. THIS WAS PLAYED OFF AS NOT COMMON BUT INVESTIGATIONS ONLINE PROOF THIS IS AN ISSUE NOT ADDRESSED BY HONDA. IF I WAS IN THE DESERT ON MY WAY TO LA WITH MY FAMILY, LIKE WE HAD PLANNED A WEEK AFTER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THE ENGINE AND DISABLED THE CAR. I HAD TO HAVE THE ENTIRE BLOCK AND RELATED PARTS REPLACED AT A SIGNIFICANT COST. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THE INITIAL MODEL YEAR FOR THE CIVIC IN 2005-2006. I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THE EXPENSE AND THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN MY ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND GOT MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED AND THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. MY CIVIC EX ONLY HAS 46,000 MILES ON IT! HOW CAN A CAR'S ENGINE CRACK WITH ONLY 46,000 MILES ON IT. HAD I NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, THE ENGINE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO OVERHEATING. LUCKILY, MY ENGINE IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT AFTER MUCH RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. ACCORDING TO TSB 08-044, A TECHNICAL BULLETIN RELEASED BY HONDA, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2006-2007 HONDA CIVICS AND YET THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON THE ENGINES. HONDA IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR ON MY BEHALF SO I AM NOW FORCED TO SPEND $450 ON A RENTAL CAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS! *JB

FIRST MY AC STOPPED WORKING AND THEN MY TEMPERATURE MAXED OUT. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK IS CRACKED! YES, I HAVE 132K. HOWEVER, THIS IS A KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING FLAW. THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THIS AND REPAIR AT NO OUT OF POCKET COST FOR THOSE THAT EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM! SPOKE TO VARIOUS PEOPLE AT AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. AND THE RESPONSE IS MILEAGE IS TOO HIGH SO DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING. IF THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, I WOULD JUST CONSIDER MYSELF UNLUCKY. HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HONDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONSIDERING THIS IS A FAST GROWING LIST OF PEOPLE, IT DESERVES INVESTIGATION. SOME CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING SOME WITH HIGH MILEAGE, SEEM TO HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY LONG TERM HONDA CUSTOMERS AND ONCE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO RETAIN AS CUSTOMERS. I GUESS HONDAS BEING THE ONLY TWO NEWS CARS I HAVE BOUGHT DOES NOT COUNT! *TR

MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX WITH ONLY 35,000 MILES STARTED OVERHEATING. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY RELIABLE MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. HE TOLD ME TO TOW THE CAR TO THE HONDA REPAIR SHOP AS THIS WAS A FAULT WITH THIS PARTICULAR YEAR. HONDA IS COVERING THE COST TO REPAIR. HOWEVER, I WILL BE WITHOUT A CAR FOR 2 WEEKS AND THY WILL NOT COVER FOR A RENTAL CAR. SHAME ON HONDA. I WILL RECONSIDER EVER PURCHASING A HONDA EVER AGAIN. *TR

MY CIVIC WAS A 2006 MODEL WITH 88,000 MILES. I WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO EXPERIENCE ANY MISHAPS WHILE DRIVING. MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR NORMAL MAINTENANCE AT ONE OF THE LOCAL FIRESTONE PLACES, AFTER THEY DID THE MAINTENANCE, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS COOLANT ALL OVER THE PARTS BENEATH THE ENGINE AND THEY WERE SURE THAT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT IMMEDIATELY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE BLOCK WITH NO OUT-OF-POCKET COST. I WAS FORTUNATE. HOWEVER, I'M STILL NOT HAPPY WITH THE CAR BECAUSE I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE STARTER AT 66,000 MILES AND THEN THE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AT 88,000 MILES. NOW, I'M EXPERIENCING SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH IT. IT HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD CAR FOR ME. *TR