2006 Honda Civic

2006 HONDA CIVIC SEDAN WITH 68,000 MILES HAD TWO CRACKS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING THE COOLANT TO LEAK AND CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. ALSO, THE REAR TIRES ONLY LAST ABOUT 15,000 MILES BEFORE THEY DEVELOP A FLAT SPOT. THERE ARE TWO SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED BY HONDA ON THESE MALFUNCTIONS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT ADMITTED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR UNTIL AFTER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY RUNS OUT. HONDA DEALERSHIPS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THESE ARE DEFECTS IN THE CAR AND ARE WIDELY KNOWN BUT HONDA REFUSES TO COVER REPAIRS OR WILL ONLY PAY FOR PARTIAL REPAIRS. THE ENGINE BLOCK IS A CASTING PROBLEM PER THE DEALERSHIP AND THE REAR WHEELS ARE A CONTROL ARM PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES PREMATURE UNEVEN WEAR AND POSSIBLE BLOWOUT. HONDA REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE CONTROL ARMS AT ALL. THANKFULLY WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CRASHES OR INJURIES DUE TO CATCHING THE PROBLEM BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRST DEALERSHIP I WENT TO TRIED TO HIDE THE PROBLEMS AND WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS WIDESPREAD IN 2006 AND 2007 CIVIC MODELS. I AM BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR A PORTION OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AND ALL OF THE CONTROL ARMS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. *TR

ACCORDING TO SEARCHES DONE VIA THE INTERNET AND WITH ISSUES WITH MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN MODEL I HAVE NOTICED A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS TO THE 2006 AND NEWER MODEL CIVICS WITH VIBRATIONS ISSUES AND CONSTANT REPLACEMENT OF TIRES FOR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY TIRES ABOUT 5 TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD MY CAR AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE REAR TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND 2 TIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS DUE TO UN-EVEN TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES CAUSED BY THE REAR CHAMBER ARM. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT HAVE NOTICED QUITE A NUMBER PF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE US WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THE VEHICLE. THE OUTCOME OF THIS ISSUE COULD CAUSE A TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING GREAT HARM TO THE PASSENGERS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. IF YOU NEED TO THE WEB LINKS WITH ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME . *TR

MY HONDA CIVIC DIED ON THE FREEWAY AND THE RESULT WAS A CRACKED BLOCK. I HAVE FOUND OUT SINCE THAT HONDA ISSUES A TSB 08-044 ON THESE ENGINES FOR THERE REPAIR SHOP. I HAVE DOCUMENTS THAT I CAN EMAIL TO YOU. THE ENGINES ARE KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE, BUT HONDA WAITS UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES TO AVOID FIXING THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL ON THESE ENGINES. SEE CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND CRACKEDENGINES.COM FOR MORE CASES OTHER THAN MINE. LUCKY FOR ME, THAT WHEN THE ENGINE DIED AT 65 MPH IN THE FAST LANE, A QUICK THINKING CHP OFFICER PUSHED MY VEHICLE OUT OF THE 70MPH FAST LAST AND ONTO THE SHOULDER. IF THIS 'RECALL' IS ISSUED AND SAVES ONE LIVE, IT IS WORTH IT. *TR

06' HONDA CIVIC EX 2 DR, A/C STOPPED WORKING, BROUGHT IT TO HONDA AND WITHOUT HESITATION STATED IT WAS A SMALL ROCK OR PEBBLE THAT KNOCKED A HOLE IN MY CONDENSER, $700 PLUS TO FIX. WHY IN THE HECK WAS THIS NOT RECALLED AND SOMETHING PLACED OVER THE GAPING HOLE THAT ALLOWS A SMALL ROCK OR PEBBLE TO CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE? I HAVE READ UP AND SEEMS THIS IS HAPPENING WITH ALL MAKES AND MODELS OF HONDA BUT ESPECIALLY PREVALENT ON THE CR-V'S. THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AND HONDA NEEDS TO MAKE A STATEMENT. *TR

IN OCTOBER OF 2007, ONE OF MY TIRES HAD A BLOW OUT ON THE FREEWAY, I HAVE MY VEHICLE SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT MY TIRES WERE WORN ON THE INSIDE TREAD, THEY WERE ROTATED AT EVERY OIL CHANGE, UNEVEN WEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN EVIDENT PRIOR TO NEEDLESS REPLACEMENT. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME DUNLOP TIRES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ON THE CAR ALONG WITH A FRONT-END ALIGNMENT. ALL PAST VEHICLES THAT I HAVE OWNED HAVE EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE ON THE TIRES BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENT AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE, THEREFORE I HAD NO REASON TO EXPECT LESS FROM MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. FROM OCTOBER OF 2007 (NEW TIRES) THROUGH APRIL 2008 (SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001) I CONTINUED THE CONSISTENT AND REGULAR SERVICING OF MY HYBRID. THIS WOULD HAVE PUT MY NEW TIRES AT APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS OF USE. ON APRIL 22, 2009 I HAD MY 2006 CIVIC HYBRID SERVICED, INCLUDED IN THE SERVICE WAS THE OIL CHANGE, AND TIRE ROTATION. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP, MY CAR EXHIBITED EXTREME VIBRATION. I ASSUMED THAT ONE OF THE TIRES WAS OUT OF BALANCE. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON APRIL 24, 2009 AND EXPLAINED THE ISSUE, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY TIRES WERE EXCESSIVELY WORN, NOT ON THE WHOLE TIRE, ON THE SIDES OF THE TIRES AND THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION BY A TECHNICIAN, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED IN APRIL OF 2008, BUT NO RECALL ON THE CONTROL ARMS FOR 2006-07 CIVIC HYBRIDS. SERVICE BULLETIN VERSUS A RECALL, THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWINGLY DRIVEN MY VEHICLE WITH UNSAFE TIRES, YET BECAUSE I WAS NOT INFORMED AT THE TIME I HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT IN OCTOBER OF 2007; I TOOK MY 4 GRANDCHILDREN TO DISNEYLAND IN THAT VEHICLE ON APRIL 7 THROUGH APRIL 9, 2009 AND I SHUDDER TO THINK OF WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THOSE TIRES. I AM THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED AND CANNOT POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND HOW I WAS NOT INFORMED. *TR

I HAVE OWNED A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX FOR A LITTLE OVER 2 AND A 1/2 YEARS NOW. LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AGO, I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ENGINE COOLANT. I SPOKE WITH A TECHNICIAN AT MY DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. WHEN I DID, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A "HAIR-LINE FRACTURE" IN THE ENGINE BLOCK THAT WAS CAUSING ENGINE COOLANT TO LEAK AND ALSO TO MIX WITH THE OIL IN THE ENGINE. MY VEHICLE AT THE TIME HAD ONLY 26,731 MILES ON IT, SO THE DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE AT NO CHARGE. ON TOP OF THE ENGINE TROUBLE, I HAVE ALSO HAD TO GET THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID PUMP REPLACED AND ALSO TWO SUN VISORS INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAT FELL APART REPLACED AS WELL. ALL REPLACEMENTS, LUCKILY, WERE PROVIDED AT NO COST BY THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC COUPE, 36,900 MILES. 4/24/09 DISCOVER AIR CONDITIONER BLOWING HOT AIR, DRIVEN TO DEALER. DEALER TEST AC SYSTEM DISCOVERS "FREON LEAK IN AC CONDENSER WHERE STRUCK BY A ROCK OR SOME SORT OF ROAD DEBRIS". AC CONDENSER REPLACED. TOTAL COST OF $828. RESEARCH ON HONDA CIVIC AC CONDENSER THROUGH GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/HONDA/TQ02NF40877B57GF6/P6#LASTPOST MULTIPLE POST FROM HONDA OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND "DIAGNOSIS" FROM HONDA. OBVIOUSLY, THESE COSTLY REPAIRS ARE DUE TO A POOR DESIGN FLAW IN LATER MODEL HONDA VEHICLES (I.E. ODYSSEY, ACCORD, CIVIC) AS CONSUMERS REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. HONDA TAKES NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS REGARDLESS OF THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NOTHING THE CONSUMER CAN DO TO PROTECT THE AC CONDENSER FROM BEING DAMAGED AGAIN BY "ROAD DEBRIS". *TR