2006 Honda Civic

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE TENSIONER BOLT WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TENSIONER BOLT WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000. UPDATED 01-29-14 *BF UPDATED 01/29/14..UPDATED 03/18/14 *BF *TR

WHEN MY BOYFRIEND TOOK THE CAR IN FOR 30,000 MILE SERVICE HE MENTIONED THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW. HONDA CLAIMED THERE WAS NO LEAKS. AT 46,980 MILES THEY DETERMINED POWER STEERING RACK HAD INTERNAL LEAK CAUSING LOW FLUID AND DAMAGE TO PUMP. HONDA WOULD NOT CONFESS TO THE POWER STEERING BEING FAULTY AND REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT OF RACK AND PINION AND PUMP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,127.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE ENGINE BEGAN TO OPERATE ROUGHLY. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT THEN HASTILY EXITED THE VEHICLE AND FAILED TO SECURE THE VEHICLE IN PARK. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL DOWNHILL AND CRASHED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE EMBANKMENT BY A TOW TRUCK AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

AS MANY OF 06-07 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS ARE AWARE OF, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THESE PARTICULAR VEHICLES. THERE IS EVEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OUT AGAINST HONDA AS PROFILED HERE: HTTP://SETTLEMENT-CLAIMS.COM/CONTROLARM/INDEX.HTML AT THIS WEBSITE. AFTER I CALLED TO SUBMIT A CLAIM I WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE OF MY CAR BEING A SALVAGE VEHICLE, THAT I WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE HONDA PAY FOR MY REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH IT LEGITIMATELY HAS THE PROBLEM. THE WOMAN FROM THE HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ORGANIZATION TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT A RECALL BUT AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" AND THAT'S WHY THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR A ONCE SALVAGE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY IS VOID. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE JUDGE IN THE CASE SAID THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE SO THEREFORE DID NOT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED A RECALL. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! TRY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DOWN A WET OR SNOW COVERED ROAD. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A SECTION OF ROAD THAT IS DRY THEN TRANSITIONING INTO A WET STRETCH OF ROAD, SUCH AS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN GOING DOWN A TREE LINED ROAD WHERE SOME TREES KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY DURING A RAINSTORM. OR DRIVING ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD THAT HAS OCCASIONAL SPOTS THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NO SNOW ON THEM. THE REAR END WILL ACTUALLY SHIFT, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ALMOST TO A POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN FOR A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT ON TWO OCCASIONS, NEITHER OF WHICH HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO NOW REALIZE THAT THESE SHORTENED UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! IT SHOULD STILL BE TURNED INTO ONE! IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

MY CAR WAS HAVING UNEVEN WEAR OF THE TIRES AND WENT TO GET THE TIRES REPLACED FROM FIRESTONE, SINCE THEY WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE ALIGNMENT ISSUE, SO PAID FOR ALIGNMENT AND NEW SET OF TIRES. NOT EVEN 6 MONTHS AND I STARTED GETTING HUMMING NOISE AGAIN FROM THE REAR SIDE. TURNED OUT THAT MY REAR TIRES WERE AGAIN EXPERIENCING THE UNEVEN WEAR. SINCE ON THE WAY BACK FROM A ROAD TRIP, IT WAS ONLY AFTER 1000 MILES THAT I WENT BACK TO THE MECHANIC. BY THIS TIME, THE NOISE WAS LIKE MACHINE GUN WITH CAR AT 70MPH. FIRESTONE AGAIN REFUSED AND I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC ( MIDAS) AND HE REPLACED THE SHOCKS, SEEMS LIKE THAT SLOWED DOWN THE WEAR OF THE TIRES BUT IT IS STILL LOOSE AND IS SLOWLY GETTING THE SAME PROBLEM. I TRIED TALKING TO HONDA, BUT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO TSB ON REAR SUSPENSION AND CONTROL ARMS AND THE COST THEY TOLD WAS LIKE MY ARM AND LEG. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH ON THIS PROBLEM NOW. I WENT ONLINE AND SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, SO JOINED THE COMMUNITY AND SIGNED THE PETITION BUT DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM EITHER. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM A TRIP, SHE HEARD A SLIGHT TICKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND IT GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE HER HUSBAND LIFTED AND TRIED TO CHECK THE OIL, BUT THERE WASN'T MUSH LEFT OF THE DIPSTICK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST REPAIR FACILITY. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A DEAD ENGINE. THE COST OF REPLACING THE ENGINE WAS NEAR THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. SO, SHE AND HER HUSBAND, DECIDED NOT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED.

SUN VISORS ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BROKE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RAISE AND LOWER. I CAN SEE THIS BEING DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SAYS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED A WHILE BACK, BUT IT NOW FALLS OUT OF THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY CANNOT REPLACE IT. SINCE THIS IS AN EARLIER DESIGN ISSUE, ALL CASES OF FAILED VISORS SHOULD BE ACCOMMODATED AND NOT DEPENDENT ON VIN. *TR