2006 Honda Civic

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN. I HAVE EXPERIENCED RAPID AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR ON BOTH REAR TIRES. I ROTATED THE TIRES IN MARCH 2010 AND AT THAT TIME, THE WEAR WAS FAIRLY EVEN ON ALL FOUR TIRES WITH ABOUT 50% OF THE TREAD LEFT. I PURCHASED THE TIRES IN AUGUST OF 08. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS I USE SNOW TIRES. THE TIRES HAVE ABOUT 25,000 TO 30,000 MILES ON THEM. SINCE MARCH 2010, I'VE DRIVEN THE CAR ABOUT 10,000 MILES. NOW THE REAR LEFT TIRE IS SHOWING EXTREME WEAR ON THE INSIDE WITH UNEVEN WAVE PATTERNS AND THE REAR RIGHT TIRE IS WARN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS. I FOUND OUT BECAUSE MY CAR FAILED INSPECTION. I'VE ALSO NOTICED A LOUD ROAR COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I BEGAN TO NOTICE THE ROAR IN JULY AND TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION AND I JUST DON'T ROTATE MY TIRES ENOUGH, EVEN AFTER I EXPLAINED THAT I ROTATE MY TIRES TWICE A YEAR AND JUST ROTATED THEM THAT PREVIOUS MARCH! THE MECHANIC THAT DID THE INSPECTION (WHO ALSO SOLD ME THE TIRES) SAID THAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT SUCH A SEVER WEAR PATTERN COULD DEVELOP UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION. I CALLED THE HONDA DEALER AGAIN WHILE AT THE STATE INSPECTION STATION AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND TRIED TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE REAR SUSPENSION LOOKED AT. THEY AGAIN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION AND THAT THE WEAR WAS MY FAULT BECAUSE I DIDN'T ROTATE THE TIRES ENOUGH. THEN THE DEALER TRIED TO SELL ME A SET OF TIRES OVER THE PHONE! MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE REAR TIRE WEAR PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THAT THE RIGHT TIRE ESPECIALLY, COULD BLOW AT ANY TIME. IT APPEARS THAT HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS DESCRIBED IN THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET THEM TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC SUN VISOR BROKEN (AGAIN). THIS IS THE THIRD TIME MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC SUN VISOR HAS BROKEN. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THE CAR. THE SECOND TIME THE CAR WAS 2K MILES OUT OF WARRANTY BUT THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE IT THAT ONE LAST TIME. NOW IT IS BROKEN AGAIN! IF YOU GOOGLE "HONDA CIVIC SUN VISOR" YOU WILL FIND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SUN VISOR SPLITS IN HALF AND CAN NO LONGER BE PUT UP (STORED POSITION). WHEN THE PLASTIC FRAME OF THE VISOR SPLITS, THE VISOR HANGS STRAIGHT DOWN BLOCKING YOUR VISION WHEN DRIVING. BECAUSE OF THIS, MY VISION IS CONSTANTLY BLOCKED AND I FIND MYSELF BENDING DOWN WHILE DRIVING TO SEE IF TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE GREEN OR RED. IT CAN ALSO BLOCK MY VIEW OF A PEDESTRIAN STEPPING OFF OF THE CURB INTO THE CROSSWALK. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO REPLACE THESE AFTER THE WARRANTY IS UP ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A TSB ON IT. IN ADDITION TO MY VIEW OF THE ROAD BEING BLOCKED BY THIS PLASTIC FRAMED SUN VISOR, I'M ALSO AFRAID IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, MY FACE OR A PASSENGERS COULD HIT THE SUN VISOR AND THE VISOR COULD CAUSE MAJOR TRAUMA TO A HUMAN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE THEN SAW SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE. HE PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE SAT FOR ONE DAY AND WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, IT STALLED. THE CONTACT POURED WATER INTO THE COOLANT SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 51,793.

I HAVE A HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2006, LAST DAYS I HAVE MY IMA LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME UP, I WENT O THE DEALER O'HARE HONDA AND THEY REFUSED ME TO DO THE A RECALL UPDATE TO THE SOFTWARE AND FIX MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND IMA LIGHT THAT IS RELATED TO THE ELECTRIC ENGINE WITH BATTERY. I WILL MENTION THAT THE WARRANTY BOOK SAYS THAT THEY NEED TO FIX THESE ISSUES UNDER A FEDERAL LAW 8/80K BUT THEY TREAT ME BAD AND NOT EVEN OPEN TO DISCUSS. WHEN I ASKED TO TALK WITH SOMEBODY ELSE THEY OLD THAT NO MANAGER WAS FRIDAY AT 12 PM. I MENTION THAT MY WARRANTY WAS CANCELED AND CAR MILEAGE IS 78.000, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TO DRIVE THIS CAR IS LOSSES POWER AND IS DANGEROUS WHEN YOU TRY TO PASS ANOTHER CAR OR AN INTERSECTION WITH THESE ISSUES. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID, BATTERY SOFTWARE UPDATE. I TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR THIS UPDATE AND IT WAS INSTALLED. AFTER THE UPDATE I'VE SEEN AN ERRATIC CHANGE IN THE BATTERY ASSIST AND THIS IS A DRIVING SAFETY HAZARD. THE BATTERY ASSIST DISAPPEARS AND THERE IS NO ACCELERATION. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATE AND THEY INSIST THEIR COMPUTER SAYS ALL IS OK. THIS VEHICLE WAS SOLD AS A HYBRID AND THERE WAS A INCOME TAX CREDIT BUT THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE JUST ABOUT MAKES IT A NON HYBRID IN ADDITION TO THE SAFETY HAZARD BY LOSING THE BATTERY ASSIST THEREBY LOSING ACCELERATION. FOR INSTANCE WAITING FOR A BREAK IN TRAFFIC TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, IF WHAT THEY CALL THE IMA BATTERY ASSIST IS NOT WORKING THEN YOU DON'T GET THE ACCELERATION YOU EXPECT AND LEAVE YOU VULNERABLE TO BEING IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE MAKING THE TURN. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC. DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR HAS CRACKED. WON'T STAY CLOSED (RETRACTED AGAINST THE CEILING). FALLS DOWN IN FRONT OF VIEW FREQUENTLY. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS SINCE 2006 WHEN THE SUN VISOR DESIGN WAS MODIFIED TO ITS CURRENT DESIGN. SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE. SOLUTIONS INCLUDE: 1) REMOVING THE SUN VISOR; NOT SAFE. 2) IGNORING THE PROBLEM; WHEN SUN VISOR FALLS DOWN IN FRONT OF EYES IT'S NOT SAFE. 3) REPLACING THE SUN VISOR; HONDA REFUSES TO PROVIDE A FREE REPLACEMENT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS GOOD DOCUMENTATION ON THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM AND DURATION OF THE PROBLEM. SEE ALSO: HTTP://ACTIONALLEN.BLOGSPOT.COM/2010/06/HONDA-CIVIC-SUN-VISORS-NOT-SO-GOOD.HTML. *TR

THE SUN VISORS ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX HAVE BEEN BREAKING ROUTINELY ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEY SIMPLY REPLACE THE BROKEN VISOR. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT REDESIGNED THE FAULTY VISOR DESIGN AND THEY WILL CONTINUE BREAKING. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, AS THE VISORS BREAK AND HANG OFF BLOCKING THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO CLEARLY SEE THE ROAD. *TR

HONDA HYBRID RECALL (SUMMER 2010) TO UPDATE SOFTWARE TO ADDRESS BATTERY PROBLEMS HAS RESULTED IN MAJOR DEGRADATION IN WHAT LITTLE POWER EXISTED IN GETTING UP HILLS. CAR 'FREEZES' AND STRUGGLES TO GET UP HILLS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING IN STREET OF SAN FRANCISCO. RECENTLY STRUGGLED TO GO UP A HIGHWAY ONRAMP AT 25-30MPH - NO LOAD IN CAR OTHER THAN ME. NOT UNTIL 15+SECONDS ON THE FLATS COULD I SLOWLY MANAGE TO GET TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IN THE FEW MONTHS SINCE THE NOTICE, THERE ARE MANY ACCOUNTS ON THE WEB OF OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCING SAME POWER PROBLEMS. I KNOW I BOUGHT A CAR WITH HARDLY ANY POWER BUT THIS IS DANGEROUS. HONDA TECHNICIAN DROVE IT WITH ME AND SAW THE PROBLEM. ATTEMPTED TO DIAGNOSE AND I GOT A CALL BACK THAT THIS IS 'NORMAL' AS A RESULT OF THE SOFTWARE RECALL UPDATE. *TR

THE PLASTIC PIECES INSIDE THE SUNVISORS HAVE SNAPPED AND ARE NOW HANGING DOWN. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS IN MY FACE. I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC SI AND HAVE READ A PLETHORA OF COMPLAINTS FROM MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM; SOME HAVE REPLACED THEIR VISORS SEVERAL TIMES (OUT OF POCKET). THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A DESIGN FLAW, WHICH IS WIDE-SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I LIVE IN OHIO AND THE SUMMERS ARE QUITE WARM, BUT NOT AS HOT AS ARIZONA; MANY COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ARE FELT TO BE HEAT-RELATED. HOWEVER, NO MATTER WHERE IN THE COUNTRY ONE LIVES, IT CAN EASILY BE OVER 110 DEGREES IN A CLOSED CAR, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED WHEN DESIGNING THESE VISORS. *TR

SINCE MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID RECEIVED THE BATTERY SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE IN LATE 2010, THE CAR HAS HAD GREATLY REDUCED AVAILABLE POWER AND ACCELERATION. THE FUEL EFFICIENCY HAS REDUCED BY ~10 MPG, WHICH IS INFURIATING, BUT THERE IS A LARGER SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED BATTERY POWER AVAILABLE FOR ACCELERATION. INTERMITTENTLY, BUT REPEATEDLY, WHEN ACCELERATING, ESPECIALLY FROM A STOP TO TURN LEFT THROUGH A GAP IN TRAFFIC OR TO MERGE ON A FREEWAY FROM THE ENTRANCE RAMP, A DANGEROUS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE ENGINE-BATTERY COMBINATION DOES NOT SUPPLY ADEQUATE POWER AND ACCELERATION. I WAS NEARLY SIDE-SWIPED THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE BATTERY UPDATE WHEN I WAS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AT THE UTTER LACK OF POWER AS I TRIED TO TURN INTO TRAFFIC. MY HONDA DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE MY COMPLAINTS AND REQUESTS TO REVERT THE SOFTWARE TO THE OLD VERSION, WITH WHICH MY CAR WORKED FINE. *TR