2006 Honda Civic

GREAT CAR FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. STARTED LOSING HYBRID BATTERY POWER AND HYBRID ASSIST AROUND 8.09 POWER AND MILEAGE SUFFER MULTIPLE TRIP TO DEALER AND SEVERAL SOFTWARE PATCHES INSTALLED. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO LOSE BATTERY AT WORST POSSIBLE TIME AND SUDDENLY START AT STOPLIGHTS THIS IS MY WIFE'S PRIMARY VEHICLE TO DRIVE TO WORK AND SCHOOL BY HERSELF IN THE RIDESHARE LINE. SHE NO LONGER DRIVES THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I FEAR FOR HER SAFETY ON BUSY CALIFORNIA FREEWAYS. HYBRID BATTERY FINALLY REPLACED BY HONDA AFTER CONSULTING AN ATTORNEY AND MENTIONING ALL THE FOLKS ON THE NHTSA SITE HAVING THE SAME CONCERN. SUDDEN STARTS AT STOPS NO LONGER THERE BUT STILL HAS A TOTAL LACK OF POWER ON ACCELERATION DUE TO NEW SOFTWARE PACKAGE DESIGNED TO SAVE THE BATTERY RECEIVED NEW RECALL LETTER FOR HYBRID SYSTEM THAT STATES IT WILL FURTHER REDUCE HYBRID USAGE, THERE IS NO WAY I AM GOING TO HAVE THAT PATCH INSTALLED THIS CAR IS USELESS TO MY FAMILY NOW AND RECENTLY TRIED TO TRADE IT IN, DEALERSHIP DO NOT WANT IT DUE TO THE RISING CONCERN WITH CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, LOUSY MILEAGE, ETC I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND EVEN PROVIDE IT TO YOU TO DRIVE AND TEST. THIS PROBLEM IS AMPLIFIED IN WARM WEATHER AND WHEN THE A/C IS ON. THIS CAR DID NOT DO THIS IN THE FIRST TO YEARS OF SERVICE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST THE ACCELERATION IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE THE EXTRA BURST OF SPEED WHEN NEEDED, MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE IN TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS SITUATION HAPPENS AS I AM LEAVING MY SUBDIVISION I FEEL HELPLESS IN A SITUATION OF WHICH I HAVE LITTLE CONTROL. WHEN I NEED TO MAKE TURN FROM MY SUBDIVISION FROM A STOP, I NEED TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE TO 45 MPH UPHILL. MUCH OF THE TIME THERE IS TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM THE LEFT WHICH I AM UNABLE SEE TO UNTIL THEY ARE ON THE CREST OF THAT HILL, APPROX. 150' AWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, I DEPEND ON THE HYBRID SYSTEM WORKING PROPERLY FOR THAT EXTRA BURST OF SPEED. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I NOTICE THE IMA BATTERY CHARGE INDICATOR SHOWING THE BATTERY IS IN A DEPLETED STATE. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THIS OCCURS SO RAPIDLY WHEN 99% OF THE TIME IT IS JUST FINE. I WAS RELIEVED THAT HONDA MOTOR CO. WAS PROACTIVE IN NOTIFYING ME OF A SOFTWARE PATCH TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE IMA SYSTEM OF WHICH I HAD IMMEDIATELY INSTALLED. WHAT MY WIFE AND I HAVE NOTICED SINCE THE SOFTWARE PATCH WAS INSTALLED IS THE ENGINE REVS UP HIGHER DURING ACCELERATION THEN THERE IS A MOMENTARY HESITATION BEFORE THE IMA SYSTEM ASSISTED THE ENGINE TO GET UP TO SPEED. ALSO SINCE THE PATCH WAS INSTALLED, THE IMA BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR IS AT OR NEAR FULL CHARGE. I HAVE NOTICED AN APPARENT DECREASE IN FUEL EFFICIENCY, BUT I AM STILL COMPILING DATA TO MAKE AN EXACT DETERMINATION OF THE EXTENT OF THAT PROBLEM. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID DROPS BATTERY CHARGE AND ASSIST SUDDENLY, THEN SLOWLY RECHARGES, WITH NO WARNING, LEAVING CAR WITH LESS POWER AND ACCELERATION THAN EXPECTED. BECOMES A SAFETY HAZARD ON FREEWAY ONRAMPS, PASSING OR ANY TIME YOU NEED TO MOVE FAST TO AVOID SOMETHING. CAR NEEDS TO BE REVVED TO 5K TO GET OVER 35MPH, AFTER THAT GAS ENGINE ITSELF STARTS TO PICK UP SPEED. MILEAGE HAS DROPPED FROM 45+ TO MIDDLE 30'S SINCE IT STARTED HAPPENING 2 YEARS AGO. HAPPENING AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, SOME TIMES TWICE A DAY. TOOK TO HONDA DEALER AND THEY FORCED ME TO CHANGE THE 12V BATTERY PACK AT MY COST, WHICH MADE NO DIFFERENCE. I HAPPENS MORE IN SUMMER. I CANNOT REPRODUCE IT AT WILL NO ERROR CODES ARE STORED AND NO PROBLEM LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, SO HONDA SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. MANY OTHER OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC FORUMS: HTTP://WWW.GREENHYBRID.COM/DISCUSS/F51/WHO-HAS-DAILY-BATTERY-DUMPS-RECALLS-24632/#POST225828 HTTP://WWW.GREENHYBRID.COM/DISCUSS/F51/MY-07-HCH-II-OFFICIALLY-DECLARED-LEMON-24744/ THE CAR HAS PUT ME ON SEVERAL SITUATIONS WHERE I EXPECTED A CERTAIN ACCELERATION, AND THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE IMA ASSISTANCE DID NOT MEET THAT EXPECTATION, CREATING SITUATIONS THAT COULD HAVE ENDED ON TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, ENTERING THE FREEWAY ON A ONRAMP WITH A LIGHT. IF IT HAPPENS THEN, THE CAR MAY JUST BE AT BARELY 30MPH WHEN ENTERING THE FREEWAY, FULLY REVVED. OR MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, CAR MAY MOVE SLOWLY FROM THE STAND STILL INSTEAD OF PRODUCING THE SHARP ACCELERATION EXPECTED TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY FAST. OR WHEN PASSING ON THE FREEWAY. ON HIGHWAYS I JUST DON'T TRUST THE CAR ENOUGH TO DO IT, AS I MAY NOT GET FROM IT WHAT IS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE MANEUVER BEFORE I GET ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I'M AFRAID EVERY TIME I NEED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RECALIBRATING HAPPEN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK, SOME TIMES TWICE A DAY. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE PROBLEM IS INFREQUENT BUT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR LOSSES ALL POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUES RUNNING BUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT. THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES CONTINUE WORKING BUT THERE IS NO POWER. IT LASTS SECONDS. I HAVE ALWAYS STOPPED THE CAR BY BRAKING AND THEN STARTED IT UP. IT TAKES ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE THE POWER RETURNS. IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS WITH TRAFFIC AROUND. A FEW DAYS AGO WHILE DRIVING UP A 7 MILE DIRT ROAD GOING ABOUT 15 TO 25 MPH IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. IT WAS NEAR THE END OF THE ROAD. THE BATTERY INDICATOR ON THE HYBRID SHOWED IT TO BE ABOUT 60% CHARGED. NO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT ON. HONDA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE TRIED. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SINCE THERE ARE IDIOSYNCRASIES WITH THE SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BATTERY CHARGE LIGHT CAN SUDDENLY SHOWED THE BATTERY NEARLY UNCHARGED AND THEN SUDDENLY SHOW IT NORMALLY CHARGED. THIS SHOULD TAKE TIME SINCE THE BATTERY SHOULD CHARGE OVER TIME. THE STALLING HAS HAPPENED DURING THE TIMES WHERE THE BATTERY CHARGE LIGHT SHOWS A SUDDEN CHANGE ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONING. HOWEVER, WITH THE 3 MOST RECENT EPISODES NO AIR CONDITIONING WAS ON AND THE BATTERY CHARGE LIGHT SHOWED A NORMAL CHARGE. ALSO THE INDICATOR THAT SHOWS THE MPG I AM GETTING AT THAT MOMENT CAN GO TO ZERO WHEN COSTING DOWN A HILL. I SHOULD BE REGISTERING A MAXIMUM MPG READING IN THAT SETTING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE CONTACTS INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE CLUTCH. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT REPAIRS TO THE CLUTCH WOULD BE AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 69,200.

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC SI, WHICH I PURCHASED NEW FROM DUBLIN HONDA IN DUBILN, CA IN 2006. MY CAR HAS ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM SHIFTING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR, EVEN WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW. IT WOULD SOMETIMES "POP" OUT OF GEAR UNLESS I HELD THE SHIFTER FOR A MOMENT AFTER SHIFTING. THE CAR NOW HAS 67500 MILES ON IT, AND TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CLUTCH/TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING. I BROUGHT IT TO SUNNYVALE HONDA, WHO WANTED TO CHARGE ME NEARLY $1900 TO REPAIR THE CLUTCH. I DECLINED, INSTEAD I BROUGHT IT TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO CHARGED ME $1140. THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THAT THE PRESSURE PLATE IN THE CLUTCH HAD SIMPLY SNAPPED IN HALF, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. HOWEVER, AS SOON AS I GOT THE CAR BACK, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD ALSO BEEN BADLY DAMAGED AS A RESULT, AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION GRINDS EVERY TIME I TRY TO PUT THE CAR INTO 4TH GEAR. AS A RESULT, I HAD TO RETURN THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC, WHO ESTIMATES IT MAY COST $2000 OR MORE TO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. I FEEL THAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A CAR WITH 67,500 MILES ON IT, AND IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT THAT THE PRESSURE PLATE SNAPPED. THIS PARTICULAR CAR HAS A HISTORY OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION, WHICH HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE. PLEASE SEE THIS WEBSITE, WHERE YOU WILL SEE A VIDEO OF A FOX NEWS 6 SAN DIEGO REPORT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM: HTTP://WWW.THETRUTHABOUTCARS.COM/HONDA-TRANSMISSION-PROBLEM-SHIFTING-EXPECTATIONS/ THERE IS ALSO AN ONLINE PETITION: HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/CIVICSI/PETITION.HTML. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK UNLESS THE UNLOCK BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED ON THE SHIFT LEVER. ALSO, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT FUNCTION. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 07V402000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH) THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,500. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000.

THE RECENT RECALL OF HONDA ODYSSEY AND ELEMENT MODELS MADE ME REMEMBER TWO THINGS ABOUT THE 2006 HONDA CIVIC THAT I OWNED. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME BRAKING ISSUE ON IT- I WOULD HAVE TO HOLD THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN PRETTY FORCEFULLY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE IT WOULDN'T CREEP FORWARD WHILE STOPPED. IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND IF STOPPED ON AN INCLINE ON A HILL (AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN), WHEN THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED THE CAR WOULD MOVE BACKWARD SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON A STEEP HILL- I HAVE DRIVEN SEVERAL OTHER CARS ON THIS SAME HILL AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. IT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PREPARE MYSELF TO ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY AND WITH RELATIVE FORCE TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS. *TR