2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES ARE CAUSING ROAD NOISE DUE TO A FAULTY REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM. THE FAILURE WEARS THE TIRES DOWN AND COULD CAUSE A BLOWOUT. A TSB WAS ISSUED, BUT NOT A RECALL. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS COMPONENT SINCE THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,105 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 20 MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, APPLIED THE BRAKE. BRAKE FADED, CAR SUDDENLY WAS ACCELERATED. PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, IT ACCELERATED FOR APPROX. 2 SECONDS AND THEN WENT INTO IDLE. *TR

SUN VISOR ON M,Y 2006 HONDA CIVIC BROKE ALONG ATTACH POINT. VISOR WILL NO LONGER STAY UP AND OUT OF VISION, CANNOT SEE TO DRIVE OR ITS POINTING RIGHT AT MY FACE-IF IN A COLLISION, WOULD PROBABLY DECAPITATE ME. *TR

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE. SINCE THE PURCHASED, I HAVE NOTICED A CONSTANT CLICKING COMING FROM THE SUN VISOR. JUST RECENTLY, THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR CRACKED AND IS NOW PERMANENTLY HANGING DOWN IN MY FIELD OF VISION. IT DOES NOT FOLD BACK UP AND IS BECOMING A DISTRACTION WHILE I AM DRIVING. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE PLASTIC PARTICLES FROM THE CRACK FLY INTO MY EYES WHEN I HAD THE WINDOW DOWN. I'VE READ OVER 200 COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. UNLIKE MANY OWNERS WHO HAD TO HAVE THEIR VISORS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, I AM FORTUNATE TO SAY THAT THIS WILL BE MY FIRST. I FINALLY BROUGHT MY CAR IN TODAY TO HAVE IT REPLACED BUT ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST $70 TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THIS HAS CERTAINLY BECOME A SAFETY PROBLEM GIVEN THAT THE BROKEN VISOR IS HANGING DOWN AND BLOCKING HALF OF MY WINDSHIELD WHEN THERE IS NO SUN AND WHEN THERE IS SUN, IT IS NOT PROPERLY BLOCKING IT. *TR

BROKEN SUN VISOR (DRIVERS SIDE). PULLED VISOR DOWN TO BLOCK SHADE AND THE VISOR SPLIT APART FROM THE CENTER AND FELL APART. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC SEDAN WITH 68,000 MILES HAD TWO CRACKS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING THE COOLANT TO LEAK AND CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. ALSO, THE REAR TIRES ONLY LAST ABOUT 15,000 MILES BEFORE THEY DEVELOP A FLAT SPOT. THERE ARE TWO SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED BY HONDA ON THESE MALFUNCTIONS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT ADMITTED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR UNTIL AFTER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY RUNS OUT. HONDA DEALERSHIPS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THESE ARE DEFECTS IN THE CAR AND ARE WIDELY KNOWN BUT HONDA REFUSES TO COVER REPAIRS OR WILL ONLY PAY FOR PARTIAL REPAIRS. THE ENGINE BLOCK IS A CASTING PROBLEM PER THE DEALERSHIP AND THE REAR WHEELS ARE A CONTROL ARM PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES PREMATURE UNEVEN WEAR AND POSSIBLE BLOWOUT. HONDA REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE CONTROL ARMS AT ALL. THANKFULLY WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CRASHES OR INJURIES DUE TO CATCHING THE PROBLEM BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRST DEALERSHIP I WENT TO TRIED TO HIDE THE PROBLEMS AND WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS WIDESPREAD IN 2006 AND 2007 CIVIC MODELS. I AM BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR A PORTION OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AND ALL OF THE CONTROL ARMS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. *TR

ACCORDING TO SEARCHES DONE VIA THE INTERNET AND WITH ISSUES WITH MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN MODEL I HAVE NOTICED A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS TO THE 2006 AND NEWER MODEL CIVICS WITH VIBRATIONS ISSUES AND CONSTANT REPLACEMENT OF TIRES FOR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY TIRES ABOUT 5 TIMES SINCE I HAVE HAD MY CAR AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE REAR TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND 2 TIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS DUE TO UN-EVEN TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES CAUSED BY THE REAR CHAMBER ARM. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT HAVE NOTICED QUITE A NUMBER PF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE US WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THE VEHICLE. THE OUTCOME OF THIS ISSUE COULD CAUSE A TIRE TO BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING GREAT HARM TO THE PASSENGERS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. IF YOU NEED TO THE WEB LINKS WITH ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME . *TR

MY HONDA CIVIC DIED ON THE FREEWAY AND THE RESULT WAS A CRACKED BLOCK. I HAVE FOUND OUT SINCE THAT HONDA ISSUES A TSB 08-044 ON THESE ENGINES FOR THERE REPAIR SHOP. I HAVE DOCUMENTS THAT I CAN EMAIL TO YOU. THE ENGINES ARE KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE, BUT HONDA WAITS UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES TO AVOID FIXING THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL ON THESE ENGINES. SEE CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND CRACKEDENGINES.COM FOR MORE CASES OTHER THAN MINE. LUCKY FOR ME, THAT WHEN THE ENGINE DIED AT 65 MPH IN THE FAST LANE, A QUICK THINKING CHP OFFICER PUSHED MY VEHICLE OUT OF THE 70MPH FAST LAST AND ONTO THE SHOULDER. IF THIS 'RECALL' IS ISSUED AND SAVES ONE LIVE, IT IS WORTH IT. *TR

SUN VISOR ON THE 2006 HONDA CIVIC FAILS. THE FAILURE WILL KEEP THE VISOR IN THE DOWN POSITION THUS LIMITING PROPER OUTBOUND VISION. THE FAILED PART(S) WERE REPLACED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT NOT THEREAFTER. *TR

06' HONDA CIVIC EX 2 DR, A/C STOPPED WORKING, BROUGHT IT TO HONDA AND WITHOUT HESITATION STATED IT WAS A SMALL ROCK OR PEBBLE THAT KNOCKED A HOLE IN MY CONDENSER, $700 PLUS TO FIX. WHY IN THE HECK WAS THIS NOT RECALLED AND SOMETHING PLACED OVER THE GAPING HOLE THAT ALLOWS A SMALL ROCK OR PEBBLE TO CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE? I HAVE READ UP AND SEEMS THIS IS HAPPENING WITH ALL MAKES AND MODELS OF HONDA BUT ESPECIALLY PREVALENT ON THE CR-V'S. THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AND HONDA NEEDS TO MAKE A STATEMENT. *TR