2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC VERY LOUD SQUEALING NOISE...PULLED OFF ROAD AND NOTICED THE PULLEY HOLDING THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS WOBBLING ...GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE BOLT HOLDING THE PULLEY WAS BROKEN....GOT IT FIX AND NOW 13 MONTHS LATER IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN IF THE PULLEY BREAKS OFF OR THE BELT COMES OFF IN TRAFFIC I COULD BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. *TR

HONDA DID A RECALL ON THE SOFTWARE, SUPPOSEDLY TO SAVE THE HYBRID BATTERIES FOR EARLY FAILURE. AFTER THE CHANGE THE CAR EXPERIENCED LES MILES PER GALLON GAS EFFICIENCY, AND WORSE, THE CAR'S ACCELERATION WAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED. NOW WHEN I TRY TO ENTER A FREEWAY I FEEL I AM TAKING MY LIFE IN MY OWN HAND. IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET UP TO SPEED QUICKLY ENOUGH TO MATCH TRAFFIC. ALSO WHEN I TRY TO CROSS TRAFFIC LANES FROM A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT I AM FEARFUL THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH TO GET ACROSS. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE, I FELT IT WAS SAFER! *TR

POWER STEERING FLUID PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING. STARTS WITH A NOISE WHILE TURNING. THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, EXTREME DIFFICULTY IN TURNING CAR LEFT OR RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL BECOMES VERY HARD TO TURN, AND SPEED OF CAR SLOWS GREATLY WHILE TURNING. TOOK CAR INTO HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR INITIAL NOISE PROBLEM ON A MONDAY--SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM/COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. TOOK CAR BACK ON FOLLOWING TUESDAY WHEN TURNING PROBLEM BECAME SEVERE. PROBLEM FINALLY DIAGNOSED AND FIXED AT DEALERSHIP. NEW POWER STEERING PUMP INSTALLED. CAR BOUGHT NEW--ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. ONLY ONE OWNER. ALL PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE (EXCEPT FOR TIRE REPLACEMENT) COMPLETED AT HONDA DEALERSHIP. *TR

BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW. I WON'T EVEN GO INTO THE RIDICULOUS 49/51 MPG WINDOW STICKER THAT IS A BLATANT LIE BUT THAT DOES PLAY INTO MY COMPLAINT AS YOU WILL SEE. HONDA, AFTER RECEIVING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BATTERY PACK AND HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT, HAS THIS BRAINSTORM TO REFLASH OR REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER/BATTERY PACK AS PART OF A RECALL THIS PAST YEAR. THIS WAS DONE AT MY LAST OIL CHANGE. PRIOR TO THAT TIME MY SOLE COMPLAINT WITH MY CAR WAS THAT THE MPG AVERAGED ABOUT 35MPG PERIOD. SINCE THIS LAST RECALL AND REPROGRAM NOT ONLY HAS MY FUEL ECONOMY GONE DOWN BUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR IS ESSENTIALLY UNSAFE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. LET'S FACE IT, THE CAR NEVER WAS A NASCAR BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IT WAS NOT A GOLF CAR EITHER. NOW WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A STOPPED POSITION, WHETHER AT A STOP LIGHT OR ANYWHERE AND WHETHER THE MOTOR HAS SHUT OFF OR NOT, THE HYBRID IS SO BOGGED DOWN THAT I HONESTLY BELIEVE MY GOLF CAR ACCELERATES BETTER AND MORE QUICKLY. LET'S SET THIS STRAIGHT TOO. I'M 41 AND NOT TRYING TO DRAG RACE I'M MERELY TRYING TO DRIVE THE CAR IN A NORMAL SAFE MANNER. AT TIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO LITERALLY DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN OR INTERSECTION WHICH CAN BE A BAD THING ONCE YOU COMMIT TO A TURN AND THERE'S A 53 FOOT 100,000LBS OF FUN COMING IN YOUR DIRECTION. HONDA HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH IGNORING MY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HYDROPLANING OF THIS VEHICLE, THE RIDICULOUSLY LOW FUEL ECONOMY, AND NOW THEY WILL LIKELY DO THE SAME WITH THEIR ATTEMPT AT MAKING THEIR BATTERY LAST LONGER WHICH HAS MADE THE VEHICLE LESS SAFE FOR ME AND MY WIFE AND KIDS. THIS "RECALL" WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A BATTERY LIFE EXTENDER TO PROTECT HONDA'S WALLET. HOW ABOUT REPLACING EVERYONE'S BATTERY ONCE FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR? THAT'D MAKE SENSE TO ME...YOU KNOW...THE GUY THAT SHELLED OUT 24,000.00 FOR YOUR CAR EXPECTING TO RECEIVE MID TO UPPER 40'S IN FUEL ECONOMY. FIX IT. *TR

MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX CLOCK LIGHT AND HEATER KEEPS GOING OUT THEN THE SPEEDOMETER LIGHTS GO OFF AND IT COMPLETELY DIES ON ME. I HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR CHECKED AT 4 DIFFERENT PLACES AND THEY ALL SAID IT POWERS UP GOOD. I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY IGNITION SWITCH. *TR

MY HONDA HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. I HAVE HAND WAXED IT TWICE A YEAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT NEW IN 2006. THIS PAST YEAR, THE PAINT ON THE ROOF AND TRUNK BEGAN TO PEEL OFF. THE CAR NOW LOOKS LIKE ITS 20 YEARS OLD AND HONDA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. BOTH VISORS ON THE CAR HAVE BROKEN 3 TIMES, THE TRUNK LATCH BROKE RUINING 100.00 WORTH OF GROCERIES AND THE TIRES CONTINUOUSLY WARP DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE YEAR MODEL. NOW, AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY I CANNOT GET THE ALARM SYSTEM TO STOP SOUNDING. THIS YEAR MODEL CIVIC IS SUCH A LEMON. *TR

THE INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST (IMA) HYBRID SYSTEM LOSES POWER WITH NO KNOWN PRECIPITATING FACTORS OR ADVANCE INDICATION OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WILL IMMEDIATELY REDUCE POWER TRAIN OUTPUT PRIOR TO THE DASH GAUGES INDICATING A NEAR-COMPLETE LOSS OF IMA BATTERY CHARGE AND FUNCTION MOMENTS LATER, WITH ONLY THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PROVIDING MOTIVE POWER. WITHIN 3-4 MILES OF DRIVING, THE IMA BATTERY CHARGE, AS INDICATED BY THE DASH METER, WILL THEN IMMEDIATELY JUMP TO A COMPLETELY FULL LEVEL IN A SIMILARLY UNEXPLAINED FASHION. INDEPENDENT OF THESE TRANSIENT BUT REGULAR FAILURES OF THE HIGH-VOLTAGE HYBRID SYSTEM, THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONS AS EXPECTED. CURRENTLY, I HAVE DOCUMENTED OVER 160 INSTANCES SINCE 4/22/11, OCCURRING AN AVERAGE OF ONCE EVERY DAY THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN, INCREASING TO 2-3 TIMES DAILY SINCE MID-NOVEMBER, 2011 (DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST). SYMPTOMS OCCUR INDEPENDENT OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, NATURE OF DRIVE (HIGH/LOW SPEED) AND DESPITE CHANGING THE 12 VOLT BATTERY AND DISCONNECTING OR TURNING OFF ALL POWER ACCESSORIES POSSIBLE. FOLLOWING A SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN BY HONDA IN LATE SUMMER/FALL, 2010 THAT INVOLVED A SOFTWARE UPDATE INSTALLED AT A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND REPLACEMENT OF THE DC-DC CONVERTER PORTION OF THE HYBRID SYSTEM UNDER RECALL SHORTLY AFTER, THE EPISODES OF LOSS OF POWER IMPAIRING VEHICLE OPERATION HAVE INCREASED IN FREQUENCY. AN ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE UPDATE BY HONDA COMPLETED ON 11/10/11 HAS FURTHER EXACERBATED THE RATE OF TRANSIENT FAILURES OF THE IMA SYSTEM AND IMPACTED VEHICLE DRIVEABILITY. MULTIPLE SOFTWARE UPDATES PERTAINING THE THE IMA HYBRID SYSTEM HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE BY HONDA DEALER TECHNICIANS OVER THE PREVIOUS 3 YEARS. *TR

TWO DAYS AGO I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT. I WAS SLOWING THE CAR DOWN USING THE BRAKES. AS I TURNED INTO THE PARKING SPACE I APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES BECAME SOFT AND SUDDENLY THE ENGINES RPMS INCREASED AND BEGAN JUMPING BETWEEN 3000 RPMS TO 4000 RPMS. THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE BRAKES FULLY DEPRESSED AND I WAS IN DANGER OF HITTING OTHER CARS OR PEOPLE. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE RPMS JUMPED EVEN HIGHER. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE ENGINE STOPPED. I RE-STARTED IT AND DROVE TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS AND CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM (OR SO THEY SAY). THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 8 WEEKS THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THIS CAR (SEE COMPLAINT NUMBER 10435619). THIS WAS NOT PEDAL ERROR. MY FOOT WAS ONLY ON THE BRAKE. AFTER DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH I SEE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. HONDA IS NOT ADMITTING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SOFTWARE IN THEIR CARS BUT THERE IS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE TOO MANY PEOPLE GET KILLED. I COULD HAVE EASILY RUN OVER THE 2-3 PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF ME IF I HADN'T BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE AND KNEW TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL RIGHT AWAY. BOTH TIMES WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE I FELT THE BRAKES SOFTEN AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THERE IS SOME GLITCH IN THEIR SOFTWARE THAT TELLS THE ENGINE TO DOWNSHIFT WHEN BRAKING. INSTEAD OF DOWNSHIFTING THE ENGINE ACCELERATES. SOMETHING IS CLEARLY WRONG WITH THIS CAR. UNFORTUNATELY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON SO HONDA CAN NOT FIND THE ERROR. CLEARLY IF YOU DO A GOOGLE SEARCH THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM OUT THERE WITH THESE HONDAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. ALSO, A LOUD TICKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. IN MARCH OF 2010, THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V399000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK: WHEEL SPEED SENSOR); HOWEVER THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETECT A MALFUNCTION. THE DEALER REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL BEARING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER ALLOWING IT TO COOL AND ADDING WATER TO THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.