2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX. UNDER WARRANTY IN 2007 THE PASSENGER SUN VISOR BROKE WHEN I PUT IT DOWN. AT THIS POINT IT WOULD NOT STAY UP WHEN YOU PUSH IT UP, IT WOULD JUST HANG STRAIGHT DOWN AND BLOCK MY VISION TO MY RIGHT, NOT SAFE. THE DEALER REPLACE IT UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE. IN 2008 THE SAME THING APPEND TO MY DRIVER SIDE. I HAD THE SAME RESULTS AS THE RIGHT SIDE VISOR. 2009 PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AGAIN IT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. JUNE 2010 PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AGAIN BUT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL COST ME $60 TO FIX. THIS IS UNSAFE, OBSCURES MY VISION. JULY 6 2010 THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE AGAIN, THE WILL NOT FIX IT, IT WILL COST ME $60. THERE IS A DEFINITE PRODUCTION PROBLEM HERE AND HONDA NO'S IT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE REAR TIRES ARE CUPPING (OTHERS CALL IT SEE-SAW PATTERN ). THERE IS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, DATED FEBRUARY, 2008 THAT EXACTLY DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD THREE SETS OF NEW TIRES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A TIRE PROBLEM AND I KEPT CHANGING THE TIRES, ONLY TO DISCOVER AFTER THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND I SPOKE TO CRYSTAL FROM AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WHO REFUSED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE, STATING THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT " I DID NOT GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE CAR" . THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO ME, I FOUND OUT THROUGH MY RESEARCH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUN VISOR EXHIBITS CRACKS DUE TO THE HEAT AND SEPARATES FROM THE HOOK. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS REPLACED THE SUN VISOR EACH TIME IT DETERIORATES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62172.

FAILURE OF SUN VISORS IN 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THEY MECHANISM THAT HOLDS THEM UP BREAKS AND THEN THE VISOR HANGS DOWN IN YOUR FACE WHILE DRIVING. I'VE REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR ALREADY AND NOW THE DRIVERS SIDE IS BROKEN. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM BUT HONDA HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN 2006. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR, I HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THREE DRIVER AND THREE PASSENGER SUN VISORS. I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE FOURTH VISOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 55,460 MILES ON IT USED MAINLY TO GO TO AND FROM WORK 27 MILES AWAY FROM HOME. OVER TIME, THE GLUE WHICH HOLDS THE VISORS TOGETHER IS LOSING ITS ADHESION ALLOWING THE VISOR TO COME APART. AS A RESULT, THE VISOR IS FALLING DOWN INTO THE DRIVERS FIELD OF VIEW UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH CAN CAUSE A FATAL CRASH. I HAVE THREE FRIENDS WHO HAVE NEWER VERSIONS OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THEIR NAMES ARE GARRY BURKETT, KEN CRAMPTON AND JOHN MINNICK. IN DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, WALSH HONDA IN MACON GA, THEY STATED THAT HONDA KNOWS THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM DUE TO THE SHEAR NUMBER OF VISORS BEING REPLACED BUT IS DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OUR FAMILY HAS OTHER HONDA VEHICLES, A 1999 ACURA TL AND A 2003 HONDA CIVIC NEITHER OF WHICH HAS EVER HAD A VISOR REPLACED. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM ONCE BEFORE TOT HIS OFFICE. I WISH SOMEONE WOULD LOOK INTO THIS AND FORCE THE MANUFACTURE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE THERE ARE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IF THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ALREADY. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC EX 4 DOOR SEDAN. PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS: I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, AND NOTICED SUDDENLY THAT THE TIRES START MAKING HORRIBLE NOISES, ALMOST SOUNDING AS IF I HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE EFFECT ON DRIVING WAS VERY BAD- CONTROL AND STEERING WERE EFFECTED. I CHECKED THE TIRES, BUT DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING SPECIFIC EXCEPT FOR WEAR ISSUES. TAKING IT IN TO HONDA, THEY SAID THAT "NO ONE COULD FIX THE PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR HONDA". THEY SAID THAT A "NEW, UPDATED PART" HAD BEEN RELEASED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO (WHEN MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY). THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED, SO THE PROBLEM WAS WELL KNOWN. THEY STILL HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS DANGER TO DRIVER SAFETY. *TR

SUN VISORS, DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS, FAIL TO STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THE VISORS IN THE DOWN POSITION BLOCK THE DRIVERS VISION WHICH IMPAIR THE VISIBILITY OF SIGHT. THIS IMPAIRMENT HAS ALMOST LEAD TO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2006- 2007 CIVICS BASED ON INTERNET RESEARCH. AMERICAN HONDA AND THE LOCAL DEALER REFUSES TO CORRECT THIS DESIGN DEFECT. THE VISORS ARE PLASTIC. THE TWO HALVES, UPPER AND LOWER, ARE GLUED TOGETHER. THE INTERIOR MECHANISM THAT RETAINS THE VISOR IN THE UP POSITION IS METAL. THE METAL HAS A HIGHER YIELD STRENGTH THAN THE PLASTIC AND BREAKS THE PLASTIC AT THE POINT WHERE IT IS GLUED TOGETHER. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE REAR TIRES ARE CUPPING (OTHERS CALL IT SEE-SAW PATTERN ). THERE IS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, DATED FEBRUARY, 2008 THAT EXACTLY DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD THREE SETS OF NEW TIRES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A TIRE PROBLEM AND I KEPT CHANGING THE TIRES, ONLY TO DISCOVER AFTER THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND I SPOKE TO MATT CALDARELLA FROM AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WHO REFUSED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE, STATING THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT " I DID NOT GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE CAR" . THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO ME, I FOUND OUT THROUGH MY RESEARCH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED A RUBBING SOUND COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33000.

LIGHT USE FLIP VISOR IN HONDA CIVIC 2006 CRACKED AND NOW BLOCKING THE SIGHT VERY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT DRIVING. REPORTED TO HONDA DEALER AND THEY ADMITTED IS FLAW DESIGN BUT NO RECALL. *TR