2007 Honda Civic

SLOW THROTTLE RESPONSE SINCE PURCHASE, DOOR GLASS RATTLE SINCE PURCHASE, THE THIRD GEAR WOULD GIVE RESISTANCE, WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE SIX SPEED TRANSMISSION. I PATCHED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND INSTALLING A SHORTER SHIFTER YET THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. HONDA HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WITH THE THIRD GEAR SYNCHRO AND AT ONE POINT STATED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY MY DRIVING, THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE GOING INTO THIRD GEAR IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT HONDA CORPORATE HAS RELEASED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM. THE HEADLINER RATTLES, DOOR GASKET SEAL HAS BEEN COMING OFF SINCE PURCHASE, SUSPENSION POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STRUT SINCE PURCHASE AND THE SOUND HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT, THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED, THE DRIVER DOOR HITS THE FENDER WHEN OPENING JUST STARTED HAPPENING SINCE HONDA WORKED ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING MY VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS (RECOMMENDED BY HONDA CORPORATE) AND NOTHING HAS BEEN PROPERLY REPAIRED. I FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RUN AROUND FOR THE PAST YEAR. HONDA HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO, THEY HAVE ONLY DAMAGED MY VEHICLE DURING THEIR ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR IT. THEY HAVE DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER THREE TIMES, THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE ONCE, THE DOOR AND FENDER ONCE. THEY OF COURSE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DAMAGE, THEN REPAIR IT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING A 2007 HONDA CIVIC, A COMPANY VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ONTO AN ON-RAMP, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT FLIPPED OVER. PRIOR TO LOSING CONTROL, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD STRUCK SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKING. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A FRACTURED WRIST. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V399000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR) WAS REFERENCED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THIS COMPLAINT IS RELATED TO ONE FILED PREVIOUSLY. THERE ARE 4 STATES THAT REQUIRED MANUFACTURES TO NOTIFY ALL OWNERS AND LEASEES OF TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS OR MOTOR VEHICLE WARRANTY ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS. THESES STATES INCLUDE: CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, VIRGINIA, AND WISCONSIN. SEE: HTTP://WWW.AUTOSAFETY.ORG/ARTICLE.PHP?DID=721. I AM A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT AND I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF TSB: 08-001 NOR ANY OF THE OTHER 8 TSBS. YOU CAN FIND THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE 1795.90, 1795.91, 1795.92, 1795.93 AT: HTTP://WWW.DMV.CA.GOV/PUBS/VCTOP/APPNDXA/TOCS/CCTC.HTM 1795.92. MANUFACTURERS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING DUTIES: (A) MANUFACTURER SHALL, WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE ADOPTION OF AN ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO PRIORITY FOR SAFETY OR EMISSION-RELATED RECALLS, NOTIFY BY FIRST-CLASS MAIL ALL OWNERS OR LEASEES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ELIGIBLE UNDER THE PROGRAM OF THE CONDITION GIVING RISE TO AND THE PRINCIPAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PROGRAM. (D) "ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM" MEANS ANY PROGRAM OR POLICY THAT EXPANDS OR EXTENDS THE CONSUMER'S WARRANTY BEYOND ITS STATED LIMIT OR UNDER WHICH A MANUFACTURER OFFERS TO PAY FOR ALL OR ANY PART OF THE COST OF REPAIRING, OR TO REIMBURSE CONSUMERS FOR ALL OR ANY PART OF THE COST OF REPAIRING, ANY CONDITION THAT MAY SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT VEHICLE DURABILITY, RELIABILITY, OR PERFORMANCE, OTHER THAN SERVICE PROVIDED UNDER A SAFETY OR EMISSION-RELATED RECALL CAMPAIGN. "ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM" DOES NOT INCLUDE AD HOC ADJUSTMENTS MADE BY A MANUFACTURER ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. *TR

ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008 I WAS DRIVING FROM MAR VISTA, CA TO SAN LEANDRO, CA WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD SON AND 20 YEAR OLD SISTER IN LAW. WE WERE ON THE 580 W DRIVING IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AT 65MPH AT 11:30 AM WHEN WE HEARD AN EXPLOSION IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE CAR BEGAN VEERING TOWARD THE RIGHT. I TRIED TO PULL OVER INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, BUT THE CAR KEEP VEERING TOWARD THE RIGHT AND WE HIT THE CENTER DIVIDE. THE CAR WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIVIDE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WE WERE PROBABLY TRAVELING AT 45MPH WHEN WE HIT THE CENTER DIVIDE. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY CAR IS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC COUPE EX AND IT HAD ABOUT 8300 MILES. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JULY 2007. THE CRASH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF MY CAR. THE CAR IS NOW AT A BODY SHOP AND IS BEING REPAIRED IN SAN LEANDRO, CA. *TR

ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008 I WAS DRIVING FROM MAR VISTA, CA TO SAN LEANDRO, CA WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD SON AND 20 YEAR OLD SISTER IN LAW. WE WERE ON THE 580 W DRIVING IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AT 65MPH AT 11:30 AM WHEN WE HEARD AN EXPLOSION IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. WHEN WE INSPECTED THE CAR, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS BLOWN THROUGH. THE SIDE WALLS WERE INTACT, BUT THE WHOLE TOP PART OF THE TIRE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE SIDE WALL. MY CAR IS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC COUPE EX AND IT HAD ABOUT 8300 MILES. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JULY 2007. THE CRASH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF MY CAR. THE CAR IS NOW AT A BODY SHOP AND IS BEING REPAIRED IN SAN LEANDRO, CA. WE HAVE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH I FOUND THAT HONDA HAD ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT UNEVEN OR RAPID TIRE WEAR. TSB 08-001 ON FEBRUARY 8, 2008. I DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF THIS SERIOUS DEFECT BECAUSE HONDA IS NOT REQUIRED TO NOTIFY CONSUMERS REGARDING TSBS. THIS DEFECT IS SERIOUS AND AFFECTS NEARLY ALL 2006-2007 HONDA CIVICS. THIS TSB NEEDS TO BECOME A RECALL. ALL OWNERS OF 2006-2007 HONDA CIVICS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS LIFE THREATENING DEFECT. I UNDERSTAND THAT TIRES SHOULD BE CHECKED REGULARLY, AND MANY CONSUMERS DO, HOWEVER, MY TIRES DID NOT GIVE ME ANY WARNING OF UNEVEN WEARING. ACTUALLY, IT WOULD BE HARD TO NOTICE SINCE MY 2007 CIVIC COUPE EX IS NOT QUITE ON THE ROAD AND YOU CAN FEEL ANY LITTLE BUMP IN THE ROAD. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE STIFF SUSPENSION. OVERALL, I SERIOUSLY HOPE THAT THIS IS ADDRESSED QUICKLY. MANY UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE DRIVEN HONDA'S IN THE PAST ARE NOT EXPECTING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WHICH CAN CAUSE TIRE BLOWOUTS AND POSSIBLE FATAL ACCIDENTS. IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE THAT A CLASS ACTION SUIT OR THE DEATH OF INNOCENT CONSUMERS PROMPT HONDA TO MAKE THIS TSB 08-001 NOTICE A RECALL NOTICE. *TR

ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2008 I WAS DRIVING FROM MAR VISTA, CA TO SAN LEANDRO, CA WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD SON AND 20 YEAR OLD SISTER IN LAW. WE WERE ON THE 580 W DRIVING IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AT 65MPH AT 11:30 AM WHEN WE HEARD AN EXPLOSION IN THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE CAR BEGAN VEERING TOWARD THE RIGHT. I TRIED TO PULL OVER INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, BUT THE CAR KEEP VEERING TOWARD THE RIGHT AND WE HIT THE CENTER DIVIDE. THE CAR WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIVIDE. WE WERE IN DUBLIN, CA NEAR THE TASSAJARA RD. EXIT. WHEN WE INSPECTED THE CAR, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS BLOWN THROUGH. THE SIDE WALLS WERE INTACT, BUT THE WHOLE TREAD OF THE TIRE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE SIDE WALL. THIS ALSO CAUSED THE RIGHT REAR SPLASH GUARD TO DETACH FROM THE CAR AND THE REAR BUMPER WAS SLIGHTLY DETACHED. MY CAR IS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC COUPE EX AND IT HAD ABOUT 8300 MILES. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JULY 2007. THE CRASH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF MY CAR. THE CAR IS NOW AT A BODY SHOP AND IS BEING REPAIRED IN SAN LEANDRO, CA. WE HAVE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE FROM THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP. WITHIN A WEEK I NOTICED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. MY CAR FELT AS THOUGH MY TIRES WERE NOT TURNING PROPERLY AND THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. ON TWO ADDITIONAL OCCASIONS, I TOOK MY CAR BACK AND WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE 3RD TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THAT I NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. THIS PAST WEEKEND, I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER PLACE FOR THE ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A SUSPENSION PROBLEM, THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AND INAPPROPRIATELY. RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I LOCATED NUMEROUS HONDA CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS. I FOUND THAT HONDA HAS KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2006 AND NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. NOR HAVE THEY NOTIFIED THEIR CUSTOMERS. HONDA RELEASED A TSB IN APRIL, 08 BUT STILL WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO MY CAR. THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THE SUSPENSION/CONTROL ARMS BUT WILL NOT REPLACE THE TIRES ON MY CAR. AT 24,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND A NEW CAR WARRANTY, I FEEL AS THOUGH I, THE CONSUMER, AM GETTING SCREWED IN THIS DEAL. THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

I TOOK MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF EXTREME VIBRATIONS FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION IS BAD, CAUSING MY REAR TIRES TO GO BAD. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER CARS AND WOULD PAY FOR HALF OF THE PRICE FOR A NEW SET OF TIRES BUT ONLY IF I BOUGHT THE TIRES FROM THEM. MY CAR IS 15 MONTHS OLD AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWICE FOR PROBLEMS. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER HONDA. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 HONDA CIVIC SI COUPE. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST MANUAL VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO 3RD BUT DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT. JUST FOUR DAYS AGO MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CLUTCH IN A YEAR OLD CAR WAS BURNED OUT. THEY CLAIM THAT IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS MY FAULT. UPON DOING RESEARCH I SEE THAT MANY OTHERS ARE OR HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THIS PAST APRIL HONDA ISSUED A RECALL ON VEHICLES HAVING 3RD GEAR PROBLEMS BUT HAVE NOT NOTIFIED ALL OWNERS OF THE MAKES AND MODELS COVERED IN THE RECALL. THE 3RD GEAR PROBLEM IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CLUTCH BURNING OUT. I AM RECEIVING NO SATISFACTION FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA IS NOT OWNING UP TO ADMIT THAT INDEED THERE IS A DEFECT. *TR