2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

ANOTHER STARTER MOTOR PROBLEM. CAR WON'T START. NOT THE BATTERY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS GENERATION OF HONDA CIVICS HAVING CARS NOT ABLE TO START UP THAT'S NOT A BATTERY PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING OVER A CURB, THE SEAT BELT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THE DEALER STATED THAT ALL THE AIR BAGS WERE DISABLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND FOUND OUT THERE HAS BEEN A SETTLED CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT BECAUSE THE REAR CONTROL ARM CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE REAR TIRES. I GUESS I AM STUCK HAVING TO MAKE THIS REPAIR ON MY OWN. *TR

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX HAS BEEN ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. IT STARTED BY ILLUMINATING PERHAPS 5% OF THE TIMES I WAS DRIVING, BUT NOW IT ILLUMINATES PERHAPS 50% OF THE TIME. I HAVE BEEN IN NO ACCIDENTS. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR TO HONDA ON 9-24 THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. I BROUGHT IT BACK AGAIN ON 9-26 AND THEY AT FIRST SUSPECTED A SHORT IN THE WIRES,AND SAID NO HARD CODES WERE STORED. AFTER A MORE WORK HONDA REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AIRBAG NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A PASSIVE ELEMENT LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT FAIL AFTER ONLY 8 TO 9 YEARS. ISN'T THIS A DEFECT?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 15 MPH, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE FILLED WITH SMOKE. AS A RESULT, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I WAS ON HWY 18 JUST BEFORE LAKE ARROWHEAD, CA WHEN I LOST THE POWER STEERING AND ALMOST WENT OFF THE CLIFF. UPON INSPECTION, I FOUND THAT THE BELT TENSIONER BRACKET'S PIVOT BOLT HAD SHEERED OFF THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING THE BELT TENSIONER TO COME LOOSE. THIS, IN TURN CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THERE WAS A TSB (09-007) ISSUED BY HONDA FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF VIN NUMBERS. THIS TSB CALLED FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE PIVOT BOLT AND THE DRIVE BELT. THE TSB EXPIRED ON JANUARY 30, 2012, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND HONDA SHOULD RECALL ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. I ALSO CONTACTED A SMALL LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND INQUIRED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF THIS PIVOT BOLTS THEY HAVE SOLD IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. THIS DEALERSHIP ALONE SOLD OVER TEN BOLTS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION BEFORE INJURIES OCCUR OR WORSE, LIVES ARE LOST. *TR

TRUNK LATCH SUDDENLY FAILED. THERE IS NO KEYHOLE ON THE EXTERIOR TRUNK, AND THE FOB AND INTERIOR SWITCH CAN'T OPEN IT. THE SEAT RELEASES ARE ALSO IN THE TRUNK, SO THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITHOUT GOING TO THE DEALER, AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE FOR THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MULTIPLE PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB ABOUT THE PROBLEM THAT DATE BACK TO 2008. I CAN'T GET TO MY SPARE TIRE OR ANY OF MY OTHER EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. *TR

SUN VISORS ON BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE GLUE GIVES OUT CAUSING THE CLAMP TO LOSE TENSION AND THE VISOR TO FALL DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS CAN STARTLE THE DRIVER CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT HAS YET TO FIX THE PART. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE VISORS REPLACED THREE TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2006. THIS ISSUE AFFECTS CIVICS BOTH TWO AND FOUR DOOR MODELS IN THE 2006 THRU 2010 YEAR MODELS. I CURRENTLY HAVE 111,000 MILES ON MY CAR WITH A PASSENGER SIDE VISOR WHICH HAS GONE OUT FOR THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN. WHEN ADDED TO THE VISORS WHICH CAME WITH THE CAR, I CURRENTLY HAVE HAD FOUR GO BAD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND FIVE GO BAD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. HONDA MAKES VISORS THAT WILL NOT GO BAD IN THIS WAY IN THEIR OTHER MODELS. THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO FIX THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, SUN VISOR DESIGN. *TR

THE TENSIONER BOLT BROKE IN HALF BECAUSE IT WAS THE WRONG BOLT PUT IN BY HONDA.. NEEDS NEW ENGINE AND HONDA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT... ONLY HAVE 42000 MILES ON IT... *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE PIVOT BOLT BROKE ON OUR 2006 HONDA CIVIC... TOOK IT TO A REPUTABLE AUTO MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN ON FOR MY HONDA CIVIC VIN NUMBER BUT WHEN I HAD IT TOWED UP TO HONDA THEY CLAIMED IT WASN'T FOR MY HONDA AT ALL BUT FOR THE 2007... WELL MY HONDA WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES MADE IN 2006 AND I THINK IT HAD A 2007 MOTOR PUT IN... MY CAR ONLY HAS 42000 MILES ON IT AND IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE?????? WHICH HONDA REFUSES TO FIX... THIS WASN'T ANYTHING I HAD DONE IT IS A MANUFACTURING MISTAKE AND I THINK HONDA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT... I WAS FIGHTING THEM BUT NO ATTORNEY WILL TAKE THE CASE AGAINST HONDA... I AM A POOR WORKING MAN WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX A CAR I PAID 20000 DOLLARS FOR A MISTAKE THAT IS HONDA'S FAULT.... PLEASE HELP! *TR