2006 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM GRANDDAUGHTER ON HER WAY HOME TO PICK ME UP. SHE STATED SHE WAS NOT SPEEDING AND 2 OR 3 MINUTES LATER HER HONDA CIVIC WAS INVOLVED IN A HIGH SPEED SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH WHICH KILLED BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *TR

REAR SUSPENSION, PREMATURE TIRE WEAR: 2006 CIVIC SI, TURNED DOWN AT DEALER EVEN WITH WARRANTY IN HAND AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF REAR CONTROL ARM/PARTS WITHOUT PAYING OUT OF POCKET. STATES NOT COVERED. HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE AND 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT IS NOT THE REMEDY. NOTICE BAD CUPPING TO INNER REAR TIRES AND HARSH VIBRATIONS AND NOISE. *TR

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS HAVE BROKEN ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR BROKE ONCE BEFORE IN 2008 AND I HAD IT FIXED. IT BROKE AGAIN IN 2009 AND IN MAY 2010 THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR BROKE. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO MOVE IT TO THE SIDE IT CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC EX 2 DOOR. HONDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR A BAD REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM. OVER TIME DUE TO THIS DEFECT INNER TIRE WEAR IS EXCESSIVE. THIS CAN LEAD TO TIRE BLOW OUT. HONDA IS ONLY REPLACING THE PART WHEN ASKED. DUE TO THIS DEFECT I HAVE GONE THROUGH TWO SETS OF TIRES, A BRAKE JOB, AND NOW NEED A NEW WHEEL BEARING. HONDA IS ONLY WILLING TO REPLACE THE CONTROL ARM. THEY ARE CHARGING FOR ALIGNMENT, WHEEL BEARING, AND TIRES. THIS REALLY SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL. TIRES ONLY LASTING 10,000 MILES BEFORE BECOMING DANGEROUS IS NOT GOOD. *TR

LTR ON BEHALF OF (CA) RE REQUEST FWD TO NHTSA IN 2006 RE HONDA CIVIC DEFECTIVE REAR SUSPENSION, WANTS VERIFICATION THAT INFO SENT VIA MAIL WAS REC'D BY NHTSA, (REPLY TO CAMPBELL, CA OFC (REPLY ATTN DANIELLE DUONG ON ENVELOPE ONLY) *TGW THE CAMBER STRUT WAS REPLACED. *JB

THE 2006 HONDA WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WITH THE OWNER DRIVING AND THE OWNERS SON IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THERE WAS A CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF THEM. THE OWNERS CAR WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED INTO THE FRONT CAR. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO IMPACT THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE PASSENGER TO IMPACT THE DASHBOARD. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND WERE DIAGNOSED WITH CHEST CONTUSIONS. THE SEAT BELTS REMAINED PULLED OUT (THEY DIDN'T RETRACT AFTER THE ACCIDENT). THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AND THE OWNER HAS REQUESTED THAT ALL SEAT BELT PARTS BE TURNED OVER TO THE OWNER. *TR

MY CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD AND APPROACHING 50,000 MILES. YESTERDAY AFTER WORK I HAD MADE A STOP ON THE WAY HOME AND WHEN I CAME OUT AND STARTED MY CAR IT WAS MAKING A HORRIBLE RACKET. IT WAS A LOUD RATTLING SOUND. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND SAW THE PULLEY ON THE WATER PUMP WOBBLING AROUND LIKE CRAZY. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT AT. TODAY THEY INFORMED ME THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP COMPLETELY AND CHARGED ME $500 FOR IT. WHEN LOOKING ONLINE ABOUT THE ISSUE I FOUND THERE HAD BEEN A LIMITED RECALL FOR THE SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR BUT MY VIN DIDN'T FALL WITHIN THE AFFECTED RECALL RANGE. IS IT JUST COINCIDENCE THAT I HAD THE EXACT SAME ISSUE AS OTHERS WITH THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR OR SHOULD MY CAR HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL? *TR

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. WILL BE GOING ON 4TH SET OF TIRES. STARTED INVESTIGATING ON INTERNET AND FOUND THAT ALOT OF HONDA CIVIC'S ARE EXPERIENCING SAME THING WE ARE.

HONDA 2006 DEFECTIVE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS THAT CAUSES REAR TIRES TO WEAR ON THE INSIDE. HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001

I HAVE AROUND 95K MILES ON MY HONDA, THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS TO DATE. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN, GOING UPHILL, WHEN MY ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WE GOT A TOW TO THE HONDA DEALER ON SATURDAY 3/27/10, TODAY 3/29/10 THEY CALLED TO INFORM ME IT WAS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK THAT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $5000 TO REPAIR (NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY). I BEGAN RESEARCHING ONLINE AND NOTICED I WAS NOT ALONE, I SAW HUNDREDS OF THREADS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND REFERENCING SERVICE BULLETIN 08-044. THE FACT THAT IT IS A WELL KNOWN, DOCUMENTED ISSUE AND NOT RECALLED IS OUTRAGEOUS! *CN