2006 Honda Civic

VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AT LOW SPEED. CEL CAME ON AND STARTED BLINKING AND VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE". VEHICLE COULD NOT GO OVER 10MPH. CAR RETURNED HOME AND CODE INDICATED MISFIRE IN 3RD CYLINDER. COOLANT WAS EXTREMELY LOW AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE/STEAM COULD BE SEEN COMING FROM TAILPIPE. PRESSURE TEST OF COOLANT SYSTEM REVEALED LEAKS IN ALL CYLINDERS (PRIMARILY C3). COMPRESSION TEST INDICATED CRACK IN HEAD (NEAR INTAKE). POSSIBILITY DUE TO OVERHEATING AND WARPING OF HEAD. CALLED HONDA AMERICA TO VERIFY THAT ISSUES IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY (SPECIFICALLY TSB 10-048). HONDA AMERICA DENIED WARRANTY BECAUSE THE TSB ONLY COVERS SPECIFIC EXTERNAL CRACKS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE CRACKS ON THIS VEHICLE WERE LIKELY INSIDE THE HEAD, POSSIBLY INSIDE OF CYLINDER. CAUSE OF INITIAL OVERHEATING REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED. HONDA AMERICA MAINTAINS THAT THIS WARRANTY IS SPECIFIC TO EXTERNAL CRACKS.

2006 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN. APPROXIMATELY 94,000 MILES AND HAVE WORN THROUGH 3 SETS OF TIRES. TIRES GET ROTATED AND BALANCED EVERY 7,500 MILES AND TIRES ARE ALWAYS GOODYEAR BRAND. ON 8/15/2015 NOTICED THAT 2006 HONDA CIVIC HAD A FLAT TIRE (REAR PASSENGER SIDE). AFTER REMOVING WHEEL AND INSPECTING TIRE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY WORN THROUGH ON INTERIOR TREAD (WIRE MESH WAS WORN THROUGH AND ACTUAL HOLE HAD DEVELOPED IN TIRE). IT WAS SHOCKING AN COMPLETE TIRE FAILURE AND BLOWOUT HAD NOT TAKEN PLACE WHILE DRIVING. INDEPENDENT GARAGE SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED/AMENDED (ESTIMATED COST OF $1100.00) AND AT MINIMUM A NEW TIRE WAS NEEDED AS WELL AS NEW ALIGNMENT. NEW TIRE PUT ON, BALANCING AND ALIGNMENT OF ALL TIRES/WHEELS - $210.00 AS OF 8/18/2015. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE FAULTY CONTROL ARM ISSUES ARE TO BLAME FOR THE PREMATURE WEAR ON PREVIOUS AND CURRENT SET OF TIRES.

AS THE SINGLE OWNER AND DRIVER OF AN 06 HONDA CIVIC THAT I PURCHASED NEW AND PAID FOR IN FULL, I HAVE FULL SERVICE FOR THE VEHICLE AS RECOMMENDED AT THE DEALER SITE WHERE IT IS PURCHASED. I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED FOR LUBE/OIL/& OIL FILTER CHANGE ON 7/27/2015 AND THEY ALSO PERFORM THE MULTIPOINT INSPECTION. IN JUST 12 DAYS, ENGINE OVERHEATING OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON I-95. UPON MY RETURN HOME FROM WORK, I HEARD A HUMMING I HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE. AS I SLOWED DOWN TO LISTEN CLOSER TO DETERMINE ORIGIN, I SEE THAT NO ENGINE LIGHTS. AFTER FEW MINUTES, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED SEVER OVERHEATING, THEN THE CAR SPUTTERS, RAPIDLY LOSING POWER -I BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC ON I-95 WHEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND SMOKE. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OR EVEN A HINT OF A PROBLEM; NO NOISES, NO DASH LIGHTS ON, NO ISSUES WITH IGNITION, GEARS, OR DRIVING PERFORMANCE. I HAD TO ARRANGE THE CAR TOW TO MY DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER THAT, THE DEALER REPORTS ENGINE IS COMPLETELY BURNED, NOT DRIVABLE AND NOT REPAIRABLE. THE OIL STRIP BURNS HALF WAY. THEY DONT KNOW WHAT CAUSES THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THIS OVERHEATING PROBLEM IS NOT DUE TO THE CRACKS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. THEY DON'T COVER THE REPLACEMENT COST. IF WE WANT TO REPLACE A ENGINE, A USED ENGINE BLOCK IS $5600. IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL NEED TO RENT A CAR FOR AT LEAST NEXT TWO WEEKS BECAUSE I AM STILL NEGOTIATING WITH MY DEALER ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IF IT IS COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY. THEY ARE UNABLE TO ANSWER ME WHAT CAUSE THE ISSUE WHEN THE CAR JUST FINISHED ITS SERVICE AND EVERYTHING INCLUDING ENGINE CONDITION IS GREAT. I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON WITH THE COSTS INVOLVED, TIME INVOLVED AND THE INCREDIBLE INCONVENIENCE OF THIS EVENT.. NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY!!!

TIRE WEAR HAS BEEN UNEVEN IN THE REAR TIRES, I HAD RECEIVED A REPAIR NOTICE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR A LONG TIME AND MISSED OUT ON THE REPAIR WINDOW FOR REPLACEMENT OF TIRES AND SUPER CONTROL ARM? I THINK THE RESULTING TIRE WEAR IS THE FAULT OF KNOWN DEFECTIVE PARTS AND HONDA IS ACTING VERY RESPONSIBLY IN NOT RECALING FOR THIS FAILURE/DEFECT

WHILE DRIVING MY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST AUTOZONE TO GET THE BATTERY CHECKED. THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY AND THE MANAGER OF AUTOZONE TOLD ME IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY BUT THE ALTERNATOR NOT GIVING THE CAR ENOUGH POWER. HE TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE IT TO LONG OR I COULD GET STRANDED. I WAS NEAR A RELATIVES HOUSE, WHILE DRIVING TO MY RELATIVES HOUSE MY A/C AND RADIO WHICH WERE ON AT THE TIME TURNED OFF, AND SEVERAL LIGHTS OF THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. I WAS PANICKED BUT MADE IT SAFELY TO MY RELATIVES HOUSE. A MECHANIC CAME TO MY RELATIVES HOUSE, AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT-CIRCUIT, THE WIRES WERE BURNT AND CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR TO CRACK. THE MECHANIC SAID TO ME IN SHOCK THAT MY VEHICLE COULD HAVE EXPLODED. THE WIRES WHICH ARE 'THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS' HAD CAUGHT FIRE AT THE TIP WHICH CONNECTS TO THE ALTERNATOR. THE CAR COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE.

I NEVER GOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT CLAIM HTTP://SETTLEMENT-CLAIMS.COM/CONTROLARM/NOTICE.HTML 2 YEARS AGO. HONDA SERVICE FIRST FOUND A PROBLEM ON REAR CONTROL ARMS AND TIRE WEAR ON MARCH 12TH. WHY DIDN'T THEY NOTICE PROBLEM BEFORE MARCH 12TH? HONDA SERVICE GAVE ME A PRICE OF PARTS AND LABOR. IT'S $255 ON PARTS (CONTROL ARMS) AND $150 LABOR. UPDATED 12/21/2015*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

WAS DRIVING DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET GETTING READY TO TURN, DRIVER AIR BAG, PASSENGER CURTAIN, AND SIDE SEAT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE SEAT BELT IS NO LONGER IN WORKING ORDER BECAUSE OF THIS...AND HERE WAS NO REASON FOR THESE TO DEPLOY, NO IMPACT TO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER. HONDA ASK ABOUT POT HOLES AND IF WE ENCOUNTERED ONE, NOTHING TO THE AT EFFECT EITHER. I WAS HIT IN MY CHEST AND STOMACH, PASSENGER WAS HIT IN ARM AND SIDE OF HEAD FROM THESE. I AM IN MY FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY. BOTH MYSELF,THE FIREBRAND PASSING WENT TO DR. HONDA CORP WAS CALLED AND NOTIFIED, REGIONAL MANAGER CAME TO LOCAL HONDA DEALER TO HAVE CAR LOOKED AT. HONDA REP INSISTED THIS WOULD NOT JUST HAPPEN, BUT IT DID, AS I WAS IN VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER. AFTER HAVING CAR INSPECTED, THEY INFORMED US THEY IT WAS IMPACT RELATED. THERE WERE NO DAMAGES, DENTS OR ANYTHING TO SUPPORT THIS "THEORY". THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO THE CAR EXCEPT WANT TO CHARGE ME A FEE FOR THIS SERVICE. THE ESTIMATE GIVEN TO TAKE CARE OF MY VEHICLE WAS $6,500.00. DID I FAIL TO MENTION THAT PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT WAS A SO CALLED "IMPACT". HONDA HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO MAKE RESTITUTION IN ANY WAY, CLOSED OUR FILE AND LEFT US TO TAKE CARE OF IT. REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FRO A HONDA PRODUCT. *TR