2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE CAR OVERHEATED. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THE HONDA DEALER SAID THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKING WAS A KNOWN DEFECT BUT SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY COULDN'T FIX IT.

ON 3/3/18, AT 92000 MILES, THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR MANY 2006 TO 2009 HONDA CIVICS, AS HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS TO 10 YEARS (UNLIMITED MILES) FROM THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE DATE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS THAT THIS ISSUE TYPICALLY DOESN'T OCCUR UNTIL AFTER 90,000+ MILES, AND I DON'T DRIVE THE CAR THAT MANY MILES EACH YEAR TO REACH THE "DANGER ZONE" FOR THIS ISSUE WITHIN THE 10 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD.

HONDA CIVIC CRACKED ENGINE WE PURCHASED THE HONDA CIVIC FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE NEVER APPRISED OF ANY WARRANTY EXTENSION IN 2010. IF WE HAD, WE WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. HONDA NOTIFIED US OF TWO OTHER RECALLS (AIRBAG, VISOR) BUT NEVER NOTIFIED US OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. THE HONDA HAS BEEN SEEN AT THREE DIFFERENT HONDA DEALERSHIPS AND ALL REPAIRS/MAINTENANCE DONE AT THEM, BUT NEVER DID ANY OF THE THREE TELL US ABOUT THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED IT FROM WON'T PAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE AWARE THAT THEY WERE SELLING US A DEFECTIVE CAR. SINCE THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT, IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURE AND NOT THE OWNER. THE WARRANTY EXTENSION WAS FOR 10 YEARS. THIS CAR HAS 141,000 MILES OF WHICH WE ONLY PUT 37,000 ON IN THE LAST 7 YEARS THAT WE OWNED IT THIS CAR IS STILL IN GREAT CONDITION, BUT NOT WORTH MORE THAN $3,000 ON KELLY BLUE BOOK THE QUOTE FOR A NEW ENGINE WAS $5,766. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND HONDA NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FACULTY AND UNSAFE VEHICLES. THE ENGINE CRACKED DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AND NOT DUE TO THE OWNER.

VISOR UNCLIPPED NEAR THE HINGE AND DOESN'T STAY UP. THE VISOR SLOWLY DROPS DOWN OBSCURES MY VISION. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY, I WAS PARKED AND GETTING READY TO PULL AWAY FROM THE CURB.

MY SON PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL AT A DEALERSHIP. DROVE THE CAR HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE SELLER DID TELL HIM THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE IMA BATTERY, BUT THAT IT DIDN'T KEEP FROM DRIVING IT. DIDN'T CRANK THE CAR FOR 2 DAYS. WHEN WE PUT THE 10 DAY TAG TO GET INSPECTION DONE IT WOULDN'T START. TOOK THE 12 V BATTERY OUT GOT IT TESTED AND SHOWED BAD BATTERY. REPLACED THE BATTERY, DROVE AROUND AND IT DIED THE STEERING STOPPED, THE LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING AND IT WOULDN'T RESTART. WE TOOK THE NEW BATTERY OUT GOT IT RECHARGED BUT ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE IT MORE THAN 10 MILES WITHOUT IT FLOODING POWER AND FINALLY LEAVING STRANDED. IF IT WAS A STANDARD VEHICLE I WOULD SAY IT WAS THE ALTERNATE BUT THIS CAR DOESN'T HAVE THAT. THE IMA BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND WITHOUT IT THE CAR IS TRASH. WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS CAR? I CAN'T SELL IT, THAT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT. THE MAN WHO SOLD THIS CAR TO MY SON WAS WRONG IN DOING SO.

ENGINE MOUNT IS BROKEN COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT MAKES A UNCOMFORTABLE RAMBLING NOISE AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO OTHER ISSUES IN THE ENGINE BAY. THIS HAPPENS IN LOW SPEEDS AND AT HIGH SOEED

CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK OUTSIDE OF 10 YEAR RECALL BECOMES FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, IT SHOULD BE FULLY COVERED, REGARDLESS IF THE CAR IS OUTSIDE THE 10 YEAR PERIOD. HONDA IS USING THE COVERAGE PERIOD AS A COPOUT, ESPECIALLY AS I WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED A RECALL.

MY CAR HIT 164,000 MILES AND I WAS ON MY WAY BACK HOME FROM WORK AND TOOK THE STREETS INSTEAD OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE THE TEMPERATURE ELECTRONIC GAUGE ALMOST REACH THE MAX WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED SINCE I'VE OWNED THE CAR AND IT WAS MAINTAINED PROPERLY. I THEN PULLED OVER THE SIDE AND SMELLED ANTI FREEZE AND THOUGHT IMEDIATELY THAT IT WAS MY WATER PUMP SINCE I THOUGHT THAT IT COULDN'T BE THE MOTOR SINCE IT WAS NEVER ABUSED OR MAINTAINED INCORRECTLY BUT THEN I POPPED THE HOOD OPEN AND SAW A HAIRLINE CRACK ON THE ENGINE BLOCK AND KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO AT LEAST STOP A FEW TIMES AND WAIT FOR THE ENGINE TO COOL DOWN AND DRIVE AGAIN TO MAKE IT HOME AND THAT MY CAR WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE BLOCK OR NEW ENGINE. I THEN RESEARCHED ONLINE TO SEE IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM OR IF IT WAS JUST MY CAR THAT HAD THIS PROBLEM AND SAW THAT IT WASN'T JUST MY CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR HONDA CIVIC AND I'M OUT OF LUCK SINCE MY CAR IS AN 06 AND THE 10 YEAR WARRANTY WON'T COVER IT ANYMORE AND NOW I WILL HAVE TO BE PAYING THIS DEFECTIVE ENGINE BLOCK REPAIR OUT OF MY OWN POCKET WHICH WON'T BE A CHEAP REPAIR THAT HONDA SHOULD HAVE AN UNLIMITED TIMEFRAME FOR THIS REPAIR SINCE THEY KNOW THAT IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART. I GOT LUCKY I WASN'T DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN DRIVING OTHERWISE IT MIGHT OF CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THIS WILL BE MY LAST HONDA I WILL BE BUYING EVER AGAIN DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THERE WILL BE A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL AS I'M SURE WITHIN A FEW YEARS OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MODEL WILL END UP HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE AND THIS ISN'T A A FEW HUNDRED DOLLAR REPAIR BUT A FEW THOUSAND DOLLAR REPAIR. PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL SO THAT HONDA CAN FIX THIS COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, I GOT LUCKY NOTHING HAPPENED TO ME BUT I'M NOT SURE IF OTHERS WILL HAVE THE SAME LUCK I HAD OF NOT BEING IN ONE.

VEHICLE IS LEAKING COOLANT. A RECALL AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS DONE BECAUSE HONDA KNEW OF AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKING. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 2012, NO NOTICE WAS SENT TO ME ABOUT THE RECALL, HOWEVER, I AM A REGISTERED OWNER AS I RECEIVED THE RECALL FOR THE AIR BAGS. I BELIEVE HONDA SHOULD REPAIR MY VEHICLE AS I HAVE JUST BECOME AWARE OF THE RECALL AND THE CAR NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. I'VE WAS DRIVING WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR OVERHEATED. THERE WAS NO COOLANT IN THE RADIATOR. PLEASE FORCE HONDA TO MAKE GOOD ON REPAIRING THEIR PRODUCT. RECALLS SHOULD NEVER EXPIRE PER YOUR SITE.

ENGINE BLOCK DEVELOPED CRACKS RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK AND OVERHEATING. 130000 ORIGINAL MILES, I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. HONDA IS AWARE OF THE DESIGN PROBLEM BUT IS NOT WILLING TO DO A RECALL.