2006 Honda Civic

THE CIVIC WOULD START FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN SHUT DOWN. THE ANTI-THEFT IMMOBILIZER INDICATOR LIGHT CAME. ALL THREE OEM KEYS DID NOT WORK. THIS RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR A LONG DISTANCE TOW TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, AS WELL AS $209 IN REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE IMMOBILIZER MODULE WAS BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH SUGGESTING A NEW BATTERY. KEYS FAILING TO WORK??? COME ON HONDA! OF ALL THINGS TO GO WRONG WITH A CAR, THIS JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. ON TOP OF THAT YOU STICK YOUR CUSTOMER'S WITH A COSTLY TOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, STRANDED, SIMPLY DUE TO MY KEYS FAILING TO WORK? IT WOULD APPEAR YOUR VAUNTED QUALITY CONTROL IS SLIPPING THE LAST FEW YEARS. I NOTICED THERE WAS A "SERVICE BULLETIN" LISTED FOR THIS ITEM, BUT NO COMPENSATION FORTHCOMING FROM HONDA. *TR

HISTORY FROM ODI # 10572660: 6-18-09 HONDA DEALERSHIP DID FEB 2009 RECALL (REPLACED AUTO-TENSIONER PIVOT BOLT & REROUTE BELT) AT 28,324 MI. 9-15-12 ENGINE FAILED (48144 MI.) APPROACHING STOP INTERSECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY WOULD NOT CRANK TO START. TOWED CAR TO SERVICE STATION. 9-18-12 VEHICLE REPAIRED -- DUE TO BROKEN PIVOT BOLT, A NEW HONDA RECALL BELT KIT, INCLUDING NEW BOLT, BELT, BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY & WATER PUMP PULLEY HAD TO BE INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MI. AFTER RECALL KIT & NEW BOLT WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE PIVOT BOLT FROM BREAKING, THE BOLT BROKE AND STOPPED THE CAR FROM FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD I BEEN IN HIGHER SPEED TRAFFIC THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. ----------------------------------------------------------- 12-20-13 CAR DIED APPROACHING INTERSECTION -- TOWED FOR SERVICE. AGAIN PIVOT BOLT HAD BROKEN, CAUSING CASCADE OF EVENTS PREVENTING CAR FROM FUNCTIONING -- THIS TIME WITHIN ONLY 7000 MI. AFTER NEW BELT TENSIONER RECALL KIT & NEW PIVOT BOLT WAS INSTALLED. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE CAR IS INOPERATIVE. THIS BOLT HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND BROKEN TWICE. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR FOR FEAR OF IT CEASING TO RUN AT ANY TIME. HONDA INTERNET FORUMS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 2006 CIVIC MENTION MANY SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. *TR

6-18-09 HONDA DEALERSHIP DID FEB 2009 RECALL (REPLACED AUTO-TENSIONER PIVOT BOLT & REROUTE BELT) AT 28,324 MI. 9-15-12 ENGINE FAILED (48144 MI.) APPROACHING STOP INTERSECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY WOULD NOT CRANK TO START.TOWED CAR TO SERVICE STATION. 9-18-12 VEHICLE REPAIRED -- DUE TO BROKEN PIVOT BOLT, A NEW HONDA RECALL BELT KIT, INCLUDING NEW BOLT, BELT, BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY & WATER PUMP PULLEY HAD TO BE INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MI. AFTER RECALL KIT & NEW BOLT WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE PIVOT BOLT FROM BREAKING, THE BOLT BROKE AND STOPPED THE CAR FROM FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD I BEEN IN HIGHER SPEED TRAFFIC THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. *TR

2/21/2014 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, A VERY REAL SAFETY CONCERN! I WAS JUST GOING TO PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED AND THEN LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD AND DOES HAVE THIS. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2004 - 2011 EVEN ON LEXUS'S ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET. THE WIPER WILL STOP ON THE WINDSHIELD AND WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO STOP COMPLETELY, IT WILL STOP AND GO AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT IS SUPPOSE TO STOP IT WILL NOT AND WHEN IT IS SUPPOSE TO GO IT WILL STOP AND WHEN IT IS RAINING AND WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO WIPE THE WINDOW IT WILL NOT AND WHEN CARS ARE COMING AT US AT NIGHT AND WHEN THE WINDOW IS NOT WIPED, THE HEADLIGHT OF THE OTHER CAR WILL GLARE ON THE RAIN DROPS ON THE UNWIPED WINDOW AND MAKE IT SO WE ARE UNABLE TO SEE THROUGH THAT GLARE BECAUSE WE WERE EXPECTING THE WIPER TO DO THE JOB WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSE TO. PLEASE WILL SOMEONE DO SOMETHING FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN WE TRUST A REPUTABLE COMPANY LIKE HONDA TO FIX THERE PROBLEM AND THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR THE JOB WHEN IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN OF OUR AND EVERYONE ELSE. I HAD TALKED TO HONDA AND THEY VERY WELL KNEW THE WIPER MOTOR WAS A PROBLEM FOR THESE YEARS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY REPLACE THE COVER PLATE OR THE ENTIRE MOTOR. HE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD ONLY COST ABOUT 250 DOLLARS, I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT KIND OF MONEY MY WIFE AND I ARE RETIRED AND ON A FIXED INCOME AND I FEEL THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE UNFAIR FOR US TO HAVE TO PAY THIS. IT IS SAID ON THE INTERNET THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE GREASE IN THE COVER PLATE AREA GETS ON THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS AND CAUSES THE WIPER MOTOR TO ACT SPORADICALLY MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WAS DRIVING CAR UP TO STATES AND VEHICLE STARTED TO CUT OUT. TOOK TO SHOP AND CAR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BLOWN HEAD GASKET. COULD NOT GET CAR TO STATES (WAS IN ROSARITO MEXICO) SO HAD HEAD TAKEN OUT AND TOOK IT TO STATES FOR VALVE AND HEAD JOB. MECHANIC DOWN HERE REPLACED AND THEN SAID CAR HAS CRACKED BLOCK. DROVE CAR UP TO STATES WHERE INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED SHOP SAID CRACKED BLOCK. TOWED TO PACIFIC HONDA AND THEY DIAGNOSED CAR WITH BAD RADIATOR AND TIMING CHAIN OFF BY 4 TEETH PUTTING BLAME ON WORK DONE IN MEXICO. MY MECHANIC IN MEXICO WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC IN STATES BEFORE RETIRING. NO INDEPENDENT SHOP WILL TOUCH THE CAR NOW BECAUSE OF CRACKED BLOCK BUT HONDA WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TURN TO NOW AND I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR A YEAR AGO. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR ONE MONTH. HONDA DOES HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR COOLANT SEEPAGE BUT STATE THIS IS NOT MY CASE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND NOTICED A WEIRD SOUND COMING OUT OF ENGINE AND THEN SMOKE FOR THE EXHAUST WITHOUT AND WARNING LIGHT ON DASH,I PULL OVER AND CHECK THERE WAS NO COOLANT,CALL THE TOW GUY AND TOW THE VEHICLE TO DEALER SHIP WHERE THE DIAGNOSE IT AS BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND REPAIR BILL OF 1186,00 BUT NEXT DAY CALLED ME AND GAVE ME THE NEWS THAT IT IS A CRACK IN HEAD AND THE ESTIMATE WOULD BE MORE THAN 4000.00. CONTACT HONDA AMERICA AND THEY SAID WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CRACK IN BLOCK AS IT IS ON RECALL BUT NOT CRACK IN A HEAD. I AM A MIDDLE CLASS MAN AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS SORT OF EXPENSE AND NEITHER HONDA COMPANY NOT NORTHWEST HONDA DEALERSHIP STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND ESTIMATES AND IF DON'T AUTHORIZE THIS REPAIR STILL I OWE THE DEALERSHIP $ 460 TO TEAR DOWN THE VEHICLE. *TR