2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

AS MANY OF 06-07 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS ARE AWARE OF, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THESE PARTICULAR VEHICLES. THERE IS EVEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OUT AGAINST HONDA AS PROFILED HERE: HTTP://SETTLEMENT-CLAIMS.COM/CONTROLARM/INDEX.HTML AT THIS WEBSITE. AFTER I CALLED TO SUBMIT A CLAIM I WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE OF MY CAR BEING A SALVAGE VEHICLE, THAT I WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE HONDA PAY FOR MY REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH IT LEGITIMATELY HAS THE PROBLEM. THE WOMAN FROM THE HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ORGANIZATION TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT A RECALL BUT AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" AND THAT'S WHY THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR A ONCE SALVAGE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY IS VOID. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE JUDGE IN THE CASE SAID THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE SO THEREFORE DID NOT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED A RECALL. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! TRY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DOWN A WET OR SNOW COVERED ROAD. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A SECTION OF ROAD THAT IS DRY THEN TRANSITIONING INTO A WET STRETCH OF ROAD, SUCH AS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN GOING DOWN A TREE LINED ROAD WHERE SOME TREES KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY DURING A RAINSTORM. OR DRIVING ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD THAT HAS OCCASIONAL SPOTS THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NO SNOW ON THEM. THE REAR END WILL ACTUALLY SHIFT, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ALMOST TO A POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN FOR A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT ON TWO OCCASIONS, NEITHER OF WHICH HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO NOW REALIZE THAT THESE SHORTENED UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! IT SHOULD STILL BE TURNED INTO ONE! IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

MY CAR WAS HAVING UNEVEN WEAR OF THE TIRES AND WENT TO GET THE TIRES REPLACED FROM FIRESTONE, SINCE THEY WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE ALIGNMENT ISSUE, SO PAID FOR ALIGNMENT AND NEW SET OF TIRES. NOT EVEN 6 MONTHS AND I STARTED GETTING HUMMING NOISE AGAIN FROM THE REAR SIDE. TURNED OUT THAT MY REAR TIRES WERE AGAIN EXPERIENCING THE UNEVEN WEAR. SINCE ON THE WAY BACK FROM A ROAD TRIP, IT WAS ONLY AFTER 1000 MILES THAT I WENT BACK TO THE MECHANIC. BY THIS TIME, THE NOISE WAS LIKE MACHINE GUN WITH CAR AT 70MPH. FIRESTONE AGAIN REFUSED AND I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC ( MIDAS) AND HE REPLACED THE SHOCKS, SEEMS LIKE THAT SLOWED DOWN THE WEAR OF THE TIRES BUT IT IS STILL LOOSE AND IS SLOWLY GETTING THE SAME PROBLEM. I TRIED TALKING TO HONDA, BUT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO TSB ON REAR SUSPENSION AND CONTROL ARMS AND THE COST THEY TOLD WAS LIKE MY ARM AND LEG. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH ON THIS PROBLEM NOW. I WENT ONLINE AND SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, SO JOINED THE COMMUNITY AND SIGNED THE PETITION BUT DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM EITHER. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM A TRIP, SHE HEARD A SLIGHT TICKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND IT GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE HER HUSBAND LIFTED AND TRIED TO CHECK THE OIL, BUT THERE WASN'T MUSH LEFT OF THE DIPSTICK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST REPAIR FACILITY. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A DEAD ENGINE. THE COST OF REPLACING THE ENGINE WAS NEAR THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. SO, SHE AND HER HUSBAND, DECIDED NOT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED.

SUN VISORS ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BROKE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RAISE AND LOWER. I CAN SEE THIS BEING DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SAYS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ISSUED A WHILE BACK, BUT IT NOW FALLS OUT OF THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY CANNOT REPLACE IT. SINCE THIS IS AN EARLIER DESIGN ISSUE, ALL CASES OF FAILED VISORS SHOULD BE ACCOMMODATED AND NOT DEPENDENT ON VIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000. UPDATED 11/13/13*LJ

THE ENGINE BLOCK LEAKS COOLANT, THE MOTOR OVERHEATS TO A DEGREE THAT IS AUDIBLE, YOU CAN HEAR THE STEAM ESCAPING FROM THE COOLANT CONTAINER, THE HEAT DAMAGES THE THERMOSTAT AND BURNS THE GASKETS AND IT BECOMES A SELF-DESTRUCTING CYCLE BECAUSE THE MOTOR IS INCAPABLE OF COOLING ITSELF WITHOUT THE THERMOSTAT AND, THE COOLANT. IN SOME CASES THE CRACK IN THE BLOCK THAT LEAKS IS APPARENT; IN MY CASE THE CRACK IS NOT VISIBLE OR EASY TO SEE AND THE DEALERS TECHNICIAN IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL THAT HONDA HAS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER, THAT EVEN THOUGH ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF THE VEHICLE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A COOLING FLUID EVAPORATING, THE MOTOR WAS OVERHEATING, THE HEAT WAS BURNING THE GASKETS AND THE THERMOSTAT, HE HAD TO RELY ON THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSIS TELLING HIM THAT HIS PARTICULAR MOTOR WAS NOT CRACKED EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. THE HOSE TO THE RADIATOR, GASKET WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER RESET THE LIGHT. UPDATED 10/31/13

THE SUN VISOR ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC SI TRIM FELL OFF WHILE PARKED. IT HAS NEARLY FALLEN OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT IS TOTALLY NONADJUSTABLE WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE IT WILL FALL OFF. HONDA DID NOT INFORM ME ABOUT A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT INVOLVING AN EXTENSION OF WARRANT TO 100K/7 YEARS. MY MILEAGE IS NOW OUTSIDE OF THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE WITH ALL HONDA CIVICS IN THIS GENERATION AND HONDA HAS REFUSED TO REDESIGN THE PART TO PREVENT FUTURE FAILURES. *TR

I HAVE HAD FIVE TIMES STARTING ABOUT FIVE YEARS WHEN MY CAR WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. IN ALL INSTANCES THE ENGINE WAS COLD (WITHIN ONE OR TWO MINUTE OF STARTING). IN THREE CASES I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE HARD TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM RUNNING AWAY. THE SURGE IN ACCELERATION LASTS FOR ONLY 2-3 SECONDS BUT ITS REALLY SCARY!. THE LAST OCCURRENCE WAS LAST MONTH WHEN I FINISHED BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. AS I RELEASED THE BRAKE, THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. AT 25 MPH OR SO I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE, THE ACCELERATION STOPPED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A COINCIDENCE THE ACCELERATION STOPPED WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM SO AT THE TIME. IN ALL INSTANCES I LOOKED FOR FOREIGN OBJECTS NEAR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT NONE WERE THERE. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. *JS

WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD SCREAMING NOISE. AND SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE; I TRIED TO EXIT OFF THE RAMP BUT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO TURN OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY; DUE TO THE VEHICEL STALLING I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A VEHICLE BEHIND ME WHICH WOULD HAD RESULTED IN A MAJOR CRASH . MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A REPAIR SHOP WHICH IT WAS REVEALED THAT MY ENGINE IS CRACKED AND THAT HONDA HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH CIVIC ENGINES. I FEEL THAT HONDA NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WITH MY SEVEN YEAR OLD CAR I HAVE GONE THROUGH NUMEROUS TIRES. ALWAYS REPLACING THEM DUE TO THE ALIGNMENT ON MY CAR WHICH I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE FIXED. THIS IS WAY BEYOND COSTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR HONDA'S MISTAKES. I WILL JUST BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THEN RANDOMLY MY TIRES WILL BLOW OUT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR