2007 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

THE VISOR ON MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC BROKE AND IS NOW HANGING DOWN IN MY LINE OF SIGHT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND FORUMS WHERE MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THERE SHOULD REALLY BE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS! *TR

SUN VISOR ON 2007 HONDA CIVIC FAILS AGAIN IN THE HEAT. HAVE PURCHASED REPLACEMENT VISOR JUST TO HAVE THEM FAIL AGAIN IN A FEW MONTHS. WHEN THEY FAIL AT THE HINGES, IT CAUSES THE VISOR TO HANG DOWN IN THE LINE OF SITE, IF YOU REMOVE IT, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECT FROM THE SUN SHINING IN YOUR EYES. HONDA IS VERY AWARE OF THIS AS THERE ARE 1,000'S OF POSTING AND THE DEALERS ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS AN ISSUE. HONDA NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A RECALL AND A VISOR DESIGN THAT WORKS VERSES JUST DOING NOTHING...IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE!! *TR

OWN A 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. AFTER ABOUT ONE YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, THE CAR STARTED EXHIBITING TROUBLING CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE POWER MANAGEMENT AND AVAILABLE POWER. THE CAR RELIES ON A GAS ENGINE AND ELECTRIC ASSIST TO PROVIDE FULL POWER IN ALL DRIVING SITUATIONS. DURING THE SUMMER WHEN TEPERATURES RISE, THE CAR STARTS TO HAVE DIFFICULTY PROVIDING POWER FROM THE ELECTRIC MOTOR DUE TO THE BATTERY CRASHING TO 0. ONCE THE BATTERY "RECALIBRATES" THE CAR PROVIDES VERY LITTLE POWER USING ONLY THE GAS ENGINE. THIS BATTERY CRASH HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS AND MEANS IN THE REAL WORLD THAT WHEN I AM PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC I MAY HAVE VERY LITTLE POWER TO GET THE CAR UP TO SPEED AND RISK GETTING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TO SAY THE CAR BECOMES "SLUGGISH" IS AN OVERSTATEMENT. HONDA HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND IT APPEARS THAT THE AR HAS A MATERIAL DEFECT THAT PREVENTS THE BATTERIES FROM OPERATING AS INTENDED IN REAL WORLD SITUATIONS. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS IN OPERATION THE BATTERY WILL CRASH EACH TIME YOU DRIVE THE CAR. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND HONDA IS DOING NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE COMPLAINTS. *TR

HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2007 HAS WORSE MPG (28MPG ON AVERAGE) THAN ITS NON-HYBRID TWIN OR OTHER COMPARABLE MODELS, AFTER THE NEW SOFTWARE FOR INTEGRATED MOTOR ASSIST WAS INSTALLED BY HONDA DEALERSHIP. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR IT WAS MARKED WITH 45MPG AVERAGE. MY BATTERY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AS IT DOES NOT HOLD CHARGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM AN ON RAMP WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 10 MPH. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HYBRID BATTERY AND REPROGRAMMING OF THE BATTERY SOFTWARE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT REQUESTED THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE TO BE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER WOULD ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

2007 CIVIC HYBRID - NOW WITH DETERIORATING BATTERY, IT OCCASIONALLY HAS VERY POOR ACCELERATION AND HAS LEADED TO NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS TWICE. CAR WAS FINE UNTIL THE LAST FEW MONTHS WITH DETERIORATING BATTERY. HONDA WON'T REPLACE. *TR

AT ISSUE IS DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR FOR 2007 HONDA, PER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DEALERSHIP, THERE IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING THAT LEAD TO A SEPARATION OF THE VISOR ON THE SEAM SO THAT THE VISOR DOES NOT GO UP AND STAY UP CAUSING ISSUES WITH VISIBILITY. WHILE DRIVING, SEAM SEPARATED FURTHER WHILE TRYING TO HOLD UP THE VISOR TO SEE A ROAD SIGN WHICH LED TO THE VISOR HANGING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING ON AN EXPRESSWAY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OFF OF THE HINGE AND TOSS IT ON THE SEAT AVERTING AN ACCIDENT. PER SERVICE DESK PERSONNEL, NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE PART HAS BEEN MADE BY HONDA TO DATE. AS PER REVIEW OF BLOGS ON THE INTERNET, SOME OWNERS HAVE REPLACED THE VISORS MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC EX, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUN VISOR BREAKS AND FLOPS/HANGS DOWN OBSTRUCTING VISION. OCCURRED ON DRIVERS SIDE FIRST - REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, PASSENGER SIDE OCCURRED A YEAR LATER BUT NOT REPLACED BECAUSE NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. *TR

SUNVISOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE JUST HANGS DOWN AND BLOCKS DRIVERS VIEW OF THE ROAD. IT WILL NOT STAY UP OUT OF THE WAY. *TR

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC EX. FIRST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AT AROUND 50,000 MILES WHEN THE CAR WAS HESITANT TO ACCELERATE, AND THE CAR OVERHEATED ONCE. I TOOK INTO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, VERY INFORMAL, THEY GAVE ME NO PAPERWORK OR PROOF THAT THEY LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE, THEY CLAIMED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLACE UNDER UNUSUALLY HARSH CONDITIONS OR THE EXTREME OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE OVERHEATING. THE HONDA CERTIFIED MECHANIC DID NOT OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO BE OVERHEATING, AND COULD NOT REPLICATE ANY ISSUES ON THE VEHICLE. THINKING THAT THEY MADE A FULL DIAGNOSIS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE CAR STARTED TO SMELL LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING AND THE CAR WAS VERY HESITANT TO MOVE, I PLACED THE VEHICLE ON PARK AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, SMOKE WAS COMING OUT AND I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE ANTIFREEZE WAS DRIPPING UNDER THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED TO MAKE ANOTHER DIAGNOSIS, THIS TIME THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THAT MY VEHICLE HAD A CRACK ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP SAID THAT SINCE THE CAR IS OVER THE DESIGNATED WARRANTY MILES TO BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET, ABOUT 5,000 DOLLARS. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKING IS A COMMON ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE AND THAT IT COULD BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, BUT THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT COVERING THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT ITS OVER THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. I PROTESTED CLAIMING THAT I TOOK IN INTO THE HONDA SERVICE SHOP A FEW MONTH EARLIER, HAD THEY EXAMINED THE VEHICLE PROPERLY THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED UNDER WARRANTY, EITHER WAY THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AT 50,000 MILES. CAR IS NOW SITTING IN MY GARAGE, SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND THE CAR CAN'T BE DRIVEN. *TR