2006 Honda Civic

I HAVE AROUND 95K MILES ON MY HONDA, THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS TO DATE. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN, GOING UPHILL, WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WE GOT A TOW TO THE HONDA DEALER ON SATURDAY 3/27/10, TODAY 3/29/10 THEY CALLED TO INFORM ME IT WAS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK THAT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $5000 TO REPAIR (NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY). I BEGAN RESEARCHING ONLINE AND NOTICED I WAS NOT ALONE, I SAW HUNDREDS OF THREADS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND REFERENCING SERVICE BULLETIN 08-044. THE FACT THAT IT IS A WELL KNOWN, DOCUMENTED ISSUE AND NOT RECALLED IS OUTRAGEOUS! *CN

2006 HONDA CIVIC TIRES ARE CUPPING AND WEARING PREMATURELY. A LOUD PULSING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR ALONG WITH A VIBRATION THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE NOISE. LOCAL DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001 DATED FEBRUARY 8, 2008. UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO PAY FOR THE NEW TIRES SINCE IT IS ONLY A SERVICE BULLETIN AND NOT A RECALL.

2006 HONDA CIVIC HANDLES TERRIBLE IN ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND HAVE JUST PURCHASED MY FOUTH SET OF TIRES. HONDA HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN TO FIX UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THE REAR END. WHICH WAS NEARLY IMPOSSABLE TO DISCOVER, AND MOST HONDA OWNERS PROBABLY ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS. HOWEVER EVEN AFTER I HAD THIS PART FIXED MY TIRES HAVE STILL WORN OUT AS QUICKLY AND UNEVENLY AS EVER. MOST AMERICANS CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE TIRES EVERY 20,000 MILES AND HONDA CONTINUES TO STATE THAT IT IS A TIRE ISSUE AND NOT THERE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.

THE RECENT RECALL OF HONDA ODYSSEY AND ELEMENT MODELS MADE ME REMEMBER TWO THINGS ABOUT THE 2006 HONDA CIVIC THAT I OWNED. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME BRAKING ISSUE ON IT- I WOULD HAVE TO HOLD THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN PRETTY FORCEFULLY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE IT WOULDN'T CREEP FORWARD WHILE STOPPED. IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND IF STOPPED ON AN INCLINE ON A HILL (AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN), WHEN THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED THE CAR WOULD MOVE BACKWARD SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON A STEEP HILL- I HAVE DRIVEN SEVERAL OTHER CARS ON THIS SAME HILL AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. IT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PREPARE MYSELF TO ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY AND WITH RELATIVE FORCE TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS. *TR

MY PREVIOUS 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX 2 DOOR COUPE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT AND REAR END CRASH AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP IN TRAFFIC AND WAS REAR ENDED . THE CAR IN FRONT AND THE CAR BEHIND ME BOTH HAD THEIR AIRBAGS DEPLOY. THE CAR BEHIND REAR ENDED ME AND THEN I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THAT CAR INTO ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF THAT AND ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF THAT 5 CARS INVOLVED. I CONTACTED HONDA MOTORS USA CONCERNING THIS AND THEY TOLD ME THE REACTION BY MY CAR WAS "NORMAL" UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. MY INSURANCE TOTALED THE VEHICLE. ONLY UP UNTIL NOW DID I KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT. I FEEL THIS WAS AN ERROR AND A FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS HURT IN THIS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID THAT NUMEROUS TIMES NOW (VIRTUALLY ALL THE TIME), THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT SLOW DOWN WHEN INSTRUCTED TO SLOW DOWN BY PRESSING THE DECREASE SPEED BUTTON ONE PRESS AT A TIME. USUALLY I WILL HAVE TO HOLD IT DOWN FOR SEVERAL SECONDS FOR IT TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THEY STATED THERE IS NOT FAILURE AND NOW THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THE MANUFACTURE ALSO WAS CALL AND THEY STATED THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. THE CONTACT REQUESTED THAT THE COMPLAINT BE WRITTEN VERBATIM WITH NO REVISIONS. UPDATED 04/22/10 *BF

I AM UNCERTAIN THIS IS THE PROPER FORUM FOR MY COMPLAINT BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I GO THROUGH FRONT BRAKE PADS IN LESS THAN 15K MILES AND MY REAR BRAKES HAVE HARDLY BEEN TOUCHED. SOON, AT JUST OVER 40K I WILL BE REPLACING PADS A 3RD TIME AND ROTORS TOO. ON MY PRIOR CAR, A 1991 HONDA ACCORD THAT I PUT 325K MILES ON, I REPLACED PADS ABOUT EVERY 40K MILES. THIS IS A BIGGER HEAVIER CAR YET THE BRAKES LASTED LONGER AND AS I GROW OLDER I THINK MY DRIVING HAS BECOME MORE PATIENT AND LESS AGGRESSIVE SO I WOULD EXPECT MY BRAKES TO LAST THE SAME OR LONGER ON A SMALLER LIGHTER CAR. I THINK MY CURRENT CIVIC BRAKING SYSTEM IS OVER ZEALOUS AND BURNING THROUGH BRAKE PADS TOO FAST. IF AS SUGGESTED BY THIS ARTICLE (HTTP://LOSANGELES.BIZJOURNALS.COM/LOSANGELES/STORIES/2010/03/15/DAILY7.HTML?ED=2010-03-16&ANA=E_DU_PAP) THE VSA MODULATOR IS 'UNDER PERFORMING' IN BRAKING SITUATIONS, ISN'T IT JUST AS LIKELY THE SAME DESIGN COULD BE 'OVER PERFORMING' AS WELL? MY MIDAS MECHANIC SURE THINKS SO BUT SAID I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO PROVE IT ON MY OWN. I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION. MY FRONT BRAKES OVER DO IT AND MY BACK BRAKES MIGHT AS WELL NOT BE THERE AT ALL. BETTER TO BRAKE TOO MUCH INSTEAD OF TOO LITTLE BUT I THINK THIS FLAW IS RELATED. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC - REAR CONTROL ARMS (CAMBER ARMS) CAUSE SEVERE INNER TIRE WEAR. 85000 MILE TIRES LAST APPROX. 30000 MILES BEFORE INSIDE OF TIRES WEAR AND CUP. HONDA ISSUED A TSB 08-001 WHICH ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM, BUT HONDA REFUSED TO FIX AS A WARRANTY CLAIM UNTIL RECENTLY 3/10/10 AND THEN ONLY COVERED 25% COST OF REPAIR. REAR CONTROL ARMS WERE REPLACED AND ALIGNMENT COMPLETED 3/13/10.*TR