2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

CAR STOPPED AT STOP SIGN AT THE TOP OF A VERY STEEP HILL. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, BOTH TIMES WERE AFTER THE AUGUST 2010 IMA RECALL BY HONDA. HONDA DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS NO SOLUTION FROM HONDA EVER SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN URGE HONDA TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS MANY STEEP HILLS AND IMPATIENT DRIVERS.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR SPLIT AND BROKE, FALLING DOWN, AND BLOCKING VISION WHILE DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR, CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION

2006 HONDA CIVIC SUN VISORS BROKEN (AGAIN). THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC SUN VISORS HAVE BROKEN. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF OWNING THE CAR. THE THIRD TIME THE CAR WAS 500 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY BUT THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE IT THAT ONE LAST TIME. NOW IT IS BROKEN AGAIN! IF YOU GOOGLE "HONDA CIVIC SUN VISOR" YOU WILL FIND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SUN VISOR SPLITS IN HALF AND CAN NO LONGER BE PUT UP (STORED POSITION). WHEN THE PLASTIC FRAME OF THE VISOR SPLITS, THE VISOR HANGS STRAIGHT DOWN BLOCKING YOUR VISION WHEN DRIVING. BECAUSE OF THIS, MY VISION IS CONSTANTLY BLOCKED AND I FIND MYSELF BENDING DOWN WHILE DRIVING TO SEE IF TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE GREEN OR RED. IT CAN ALSO BLOCK MY VIEW OF A PEDESTRIAN STEPPING OFF OF THE CURB INTO THE CROSSWALK. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO REPLACE THESE AFTER THE WARRANTY IS UP ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A TSB ON IT. IN ADDITION TO MY VIEW OF THE ROAD BEING BLOCKED BY THIS PLASTIC FRAMED SUN VISOR, I'M ALSO AFRAID IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, MY FACE OR A PASSENGERS COULD HIT THE SUN VISOR AND THE VISOR COULD CAUSE MAJOR FACIAL TRAUMA.

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. I BROUGHT IT IN FOR A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO THE IMA SYSTEM AND SINCE THEN, THE GAS MILEAGE AND PERFORMANCE IS DOWN A GOOD BIT. THE ACCELERATION IS THE DANGEROUS THING - SOMETIMES THE ACCELERATION IS QUITE SLUGGISH AND THIS IS DUE TO THIS SOFTWARE UPGRADE DESIGNED TO MAKE THE BATTERY PACK LAST LONGER SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC, AND I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT... THE VISORS! THEY ARE NO GOOD! IN THE 5 YRS I'VE HAD THIS CAR, I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THEM ABOUT 4 TIMES ALREADY. LUCKILY 2 TIMES I DIDN'T PAY ANYTHING SINCE THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY. UNFORTUNATELY NOW I OWN THE CAR, AND IT'S BECOMING REALLY ANNOYING. THE DESIGN ON THESE VISORS IS RIDICULOUS! WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE, I HAVE TO REMEMBER NOT TO USE THEM OR ELSE ONCE I PULL THEM DOWN IT CRACKS OPEN AT THE HINGE AND BREAKS. THIS IS QUITE COSTLY ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS DESIGN. IT'S NOT ONLY EXPENSIVE FOR THE VEHICLE OWNERS, BUT ALSO A HAZARD TO DRIVERS. WHEN THE VISOR BREAKS AND CAN'T BE PULLED BACK UP, IT BLOCKS THE DRIVER'S VISION. YOU CAN'T SEE THE SIGNAL LIGHTS UNLESS YOU HOLD THE VISOR UP WITH ONE HAND WHILE YOU DRIVE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED A LONG TIME AGO. I MENTION IT TO THE DEALER EVERY TIME, BUT THEY DON'T TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY'RE PROBABLY HAPPY SINCE IS BRINGS IN A CONSTANT REVENUE FOR THEM FROM ALL THE CIVIC OWNERS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM EVERY YEAR. PLEASE HELP! *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR UNEXPECTEDLY FELL DOWN, BLOCKING THE VIEW OF THE ROAD. IT WILL NO LONGER GO BACK UP AND IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED, ONLY REPLACED. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WITH THE SAME MALFUNCTION. *TR

OUR 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX WOULD NOT START AFTER DRIVEN TO A PARK. WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR, THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND THE STARTER MADE CLICKING NOISE, BUT WOULD NOT START. WHILE CHECKING THE BATTERY, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE POSITIVE SIDE OF CABLE UNDER THE PLASTIC COVER WAS CORRODED OUT. POLICE CAME AND TRIED TO HELP US TO JUMP THE CAR WHICH WAS NOT WORKING. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER PIASSA HONDA IN DREXEL HILL, PA WHICH QUOTED US $1,300 FOR CHANGING THE ENTIRE BATTERY CABLE HARNESS. WE WERE IN A SHOCK AND REFUSED THE SERVICE, BUT HAD THEM REPLACED A NEW BATTERY THEN DRIVEN HOME. BY DOING THE RESEARCH, WE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2006 HONDA CIVIC. HONDA PURCHASED A BATCH OF DEFECTED BATTERIES WHICH LEAKING OUT ACID THAT CORRODED OUT THE CABLE. I'M A DIE HARD HONDA FAN. MY LAST 1996 HONDA ACCORD HAD NO ISSUE AND LET ME RIDE IT OVER 330,000 MILES WITH ONLY MINIMUM REGULAR MAINTENANCE. MY EXPECTATION OF HONDA CAR IS EXTREMELY HIGH. I HAD MY ENTIRE DIE HARD US CAR FAMILY CONVERTED TO HONDA. PLEASE DO NOT LET ME DOWN. SINCERELY YOURS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS WERE FRACTURED AND OBSTRUCTING HER VIEW OF THE ROADWAY. THE SUN VISOR WAS HANGING DOWN AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO HOLD IT UP AND DRIVE AT THE SAME TIME. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 38,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VISOR BY REPLACING IT SIX TO EIGHT TIMES, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONSUMER STATED HONDA ISSUED A CONTINUATION OF THE VISOR WARRANTY UP TO 8 YEARS. UPDATED 08/04/11

MY '06 HONDA CIVIC HAS HAD THE SAME AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM TWICE ALREADY. THE 1ST TIME THIS HAPPENED (SUMMER OF '09) THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT A PEBBLE HIT THE (APPARENTLY EXTREMELY FRAGILE) CONDENSER UNIT, CAUSING A LEAK. THEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS, SO THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $1300 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM (THE FIRST TIME). I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND TONS OF THESE CASES WITH HONDA VEHICLES. APPARENTLY THE CONDENSER IS NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED AGAINST DEBRIS LIKE IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNLESS HONDA HAS A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHEN I SPOKE TO HONDA AMERICA, THEY LIKENED THE FAILURE TO A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. DURING COMMON, EVERYDAY, FREEWAY DRIVING, THE DAMAGE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD IS A PROTECTIVE DEVICE, AND THEREFORE DEFLECTING PEBBLES AND OTHER ROAD HAZARDS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S DESIGNED FOR. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IMAGINE, PEBBLES ACTUALLY HITTING A MOVING VEHICLE A FEW INCHES OFF THE GROUND--AS IF THAT'S AVOIDABLE! MY QUESTION IS, DID HONDA FORGET THAT PEOPLE TEND TO USE THEIR CARS ON ROADS?? OR DID THEY SIMPLY FORGET WHAT ROADS ARE MADE OF? I COULD GO TO HONDA'S SERVICE DEPT TOMORROW AND HAVE THE [XXX] THING FIXED, DRIVE AWAY AND THE SAME PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. AS FOR MY CURRENT PROBLEM, I NOTICED SOMETIME IN LATE MARCH OF 2011 THAT MY A/C, YET AGAIN, NO LONGER WORKS FOR THE SAME REASON PREVIOUSLY STATED. I'VE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS ON MY OWN. I ALREADY PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR THE 1ST TIME. I CANNOT DO IT AGAIN. I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE TEMPERATURE IS ON THE RISE, AND WITH SUMMER AROUND THE CORNER IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. I CAN'T GO TO INTERVIEWS DRENCHED IN SWEAT. NO ONE IS GONNA HIRE THE SWEATY CHICK WITH WINDBLOWN HAIR! PLEASE HELP!! *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I PURCHASED IT NEW AND HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE VEHICLE WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE REAR TIRES WEAR UNEVENLY (FLAT SPOTS) CAUSING A ROARING SOUND THAT IS VERY ANNOYING. ALSO, DURING HIGH SPEED (45 - 70 MPH) THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AS IF THE WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALANCE. THIS COULD PRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD. WHEN I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM I THOUGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN MY FAULT FOR NOT ROTATING THE TIRES AS RECOMMENDED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. HOWEVER, I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT ROTATING THE TIRES AND HAVING THE WHEELS BALANCED DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DURING MY RESEARCH OF THE PROBLEM ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE I FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER CIVIC OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS I HAVE ASKED NUMEROUS CIVIC OWNERS IF THEY WERE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLE. NEARLY EVERY ONE THAT I ASKED DID IN FACT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE. *TR