2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

2006 HONDA CIVIC HAS FLIP VISOR ISSUES. I'VE REPLACED MINE MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT CONTINUES TO BREAK. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT CONSTANTLY DROPS AND GETS IN THE WAY OF MY VISIBILITY OF THE ROAD. *TR

SINCE I HAVE GOTTEN THE IMA BATTERY UPGRADE THE CAR BATTERY COMPLETELY DISCHARGES RANDOMLY SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. WHEN THE BATTERY DISCHARGES THE CAR LOOSES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ITS ACCELERATION. I HAVE HAD THREE INCIDENTS SINCE THIS UPGRADE WHERE I HAVE NEARLY HAD ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ONCE WHILE TURNING ONTO A BUSY STREET ON A HILL THE BATTERY DISCHARGED AND I LOST THE ACCELERATION AND THE ONCOMING CAR ALMOST HIT ME. I HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I PULLED INTO THE FAST LANE TO PASS A CAR AND I LOST PICK UP AND THE CAR FAR BEHIND QUICKLY CAUGHT UP AND HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BREAKS. THE THIRD EPISODE IS WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON A VERY STEEP HILL. WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE FORWARD AGAIN THE BATTERY DISCHARGED AND DESPITE BEING IN THE DRIVE GEAR AND DESPITE PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR I KEPT ROLLING BACKWARDS. I ENDED UP ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWNHILL AND TURNED INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY AND TURNED AROUND. I DROVE AROUND UNTIL THE BATTERY RECHARGED AND THEN WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO DRIVE UP THE HILL. WHEN I BROUGHT THESE CONCERNS UP WITH MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP THEY AGREED THIS DID NOT SOUND NORMAL. AFTER THEY TEST DROVE IT AND RAN TESTS THEY DID NOT FIND A PROBLEM SO THEY CALLED HONDA CENTRAL. THEY WERE TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE BATTERY TO DISCHARGE RANDOMLY THROUGH OUT THE DAY SINCE THE UPGRADE. WHEN I ASKED HOW DO I DRIVE SAFELY THEY SAID I SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE BATTERY DISCHARGING AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ACCELERATION. *TR

ENGINE STOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY WITH NO PRIOR SIGNS OF TROUBLE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. CAR TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. FOUND BOLT WHICH HOLDS ENGINE ACCESSORY BELT TENSIONER IN PLACE HAD FAILED. REPLACED TENSIONER AND BOLT WITH NEW HONDA PARTS. FIVE MONTHS LATER SAME BOLT AGAIN UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE RESULTING IN ENGINE STOPPAGE AGAIN FORTUNATELY AT 25 MPH IN LIGHT TRAFFIC. CAR WAS TOWED AND REPAIRED. BOTH REPAIRS USED HONDA REPLACEMENT PARTS. I HAVE BOTH BOLTS. BOLTS ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BREAK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. FORTUNATELY FAILURE DID NOT HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR HIGH SPEED BUT THEY COULD HAVE. *TR

WHEN MY CAR SITS IN THE SUN FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME, MY SUN VISORS WILL NOT STAY UP, FLAT AGAINST THE CEILING OF THE CAR. THE DROOP DOWN, SOMETIMES INTO MY VISION. I HAVE CALLED HONDA ABOUT A REPLACEMENT, BUT BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME APPROX $150 TO REPLACE BOTH SUN VISORS. THE VISORS ARE BEING USED NORMALLY, UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC STOP BUT THE VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THERE WAS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE. THE TECHNICIAN BURNISHED THE START CLUTCH AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

SUN VISORS ON 2006 CIVIC LX CRACK AT THE SEAM AND NO LONGER STAY UP AND OBSTRUCT VIEW. *LN

THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC CRACKED OPEN ON ITS TOP SEAM WHICH PREVENTED THE VISOR FROM STAYING IN THE "UP" POSITION. AT FIRST I DID NOT THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL BUT I SOON REALIZED THAT IT REALLY DID INTERFERE WITH MY LINE OF SIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY, I HAD THE VISOR REPLACED. 15 MONTHS AFTER HAVING THE VISOR REPLACED IT HAS NOW CRACKED AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN THE VISOR WILL NOT STAY IN ITS UPRIGHT POSITION AND IT INTERFERES WITH MY LINE OF SIGHT. *LN

2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID EXPERIENCES FREQUENT, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AT RANDOM TIMES DUE TO BATTERY RE-CALIBRATIONS WHICH A) PREVENT ELECTRIC MOTOR ASSIST AND B) USE ENGINE POWER FOR CHARGING RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER FOR ACCELERATING FROM STOP, ENTERING FREEWAYS OR CLIMBING HILLS. THE HONDA IMA SYSTEM (INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST) USES AN ELECTRIC MOTOR TO AUGMENT THE SMALL 1.3L ENGINE. BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC MOTOR IS LOCKED OUT DURING BATTERY RECALIBRATIONS, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE 20% LOSS OF POWER FOR ACCELERATION. WHEN THE GASOLINE ENGINE IS ALSO BEING TAXED WITH GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER FOR BATTERY RECALIBRATION, THE TOTAL LOSS OF POWER IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND RESULTS IN AN ALREADY SLOW CAR (0-60 IN 13.5 SECONDS) BECOMING DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO CROSS INTERSECTIONS OR MERGE INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC. MY RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THIS PROBLEM STEMS FROM PREMATURE DEGRADATION OF THE HYBRID BATTERY PACK. *TR

THE SUN VISORS IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC ARE DEFECTIVE. I HAVE HAD THE VISORS REPLACED ONCE ALREADY AND JUST ONE YEAR LATER, THE SUN VISOR CRACKED OPEN FROM HEAT EXPOSURE AGAIN. THE SUN VISORS ARE OBSTRUCTING BOTH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S VIEW AND POSE A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO KEEP THE VISORS CLOSED AND WHEN THERE IS TOO MUCH SUN LIGHT, THE VISORS ARE USELESS IN BLOCKING THE SUN. HONDA NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PART AND REPLACE THEM WITH A PART THAT IS NOT DEFECTIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT LEAST 35 MPH UPHILL, THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE SLUGGISH AND WITH LIMITED POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE BATTERY TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. UPDATED 2/23/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE AUTO STOP FEATURE AND MAIN BATTERY BEGAN ACTING ERRATIC AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING POWER. UPDATED 05/20/11