2006 Honda Civic

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC SUBURU BLUE IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. TWO WEEKS AFTER MY WARRANTY WAS OVER, PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WENT OFF, BRUISING MY 250 LB MALE FRIEND. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED, I WAS JUST DRIVING INTO A DRIVEWAY. BOTH SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK. CALLED MY CASE MANAGER AND HE SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. I AM DISABLED FEMALE AND DRIVING WITHOUT SEAT BELTS THAT COULD RESULT IN A HEFTY FINE. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU. *TR

THE SIDE AND SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE ON THE NIGHT OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009 WHEN MY FIANCEE SHUT THE DOOR. I WAS STILL INSIDE, ABOUT TO GET OUT. IT SOUNDED LIKE AN M18 GOING OFF. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. MY CAR WAS TURNED OFF, NONETHELESS! I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM ON MONDAY MORNING (AS THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED ON THE WEEKEND), AND THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME A $95 DIAGNOSTIC FEE EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS STILL UNDER 36,000 BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. I BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER HONDA DEALERSHIP, WHERE IS STILL SITTING, BECAUSE I AM IN A CATCH 22. HONDA CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRBAG SENSORS; THEY ARE NOT DEFECTIVE. I FILED AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT WITH HONDA AMERICA AND THEY TOLD ME TO CONSULT MY INSURANCE. MY INSURANCE DOESN'T SEE HOW THEY CAN COVER IT. EVEN WITH AN ATTORNEY, A HONDA REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT HONDA WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. APPARENTLY, THEY ASSUME I AM LYING WHEN THERE IS CLEARLY NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF AN IMPACT, AND IT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE FOR AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY WHEN CAR DOORS ARE TUGGED OR SLAMMED, EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS NOT RUNNING AND KEYS ARE NOT IN THE IGNITION. IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY! THE TECHNICIANS AT THE DEALERSHIP CONTRIVED AN ABSURD IDEA THAT MY FIANCE AND I MUST HAVE BEEN PLAYING TUG - OF - WAR WITH THE CAR DOOR (ME ON THE INSIDE AND HE ON THE OUTSIDE OR VISE VERSA). IF THAT WERE THE CASE, ONE OF US WOULD BE BATTERED AND BRUISED. I ARRIVE AT MY POINT. EVEN IF THE DOOR HAD BEEN SLAMMED, OR BEEN THE OBSTACLE IN A GAME OF TUG OF WAR, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY SPONTANEOUSLY! IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. WHAT IF MY FUTURE STEPSON OR STEPDAUGHTER WERE IN THE SEAT? I AM APPALLED AND FRUSTRATED (TO SAY THE LEAST) WITH HONDA'S LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA AGAIN (AND I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED ONE). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED, NONE OF THE SEAT BELTS FUNCTIONED. AN INVESTIGATOR FROM HER INSURANCE COMPANY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE TO WARRANT THE DEPLOYMENT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AND NO REMEDY HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,888 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD AT ABOUT 55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF WITHOUT PROVOCATION. IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN HAD GONE OFF BESIDE MY LEFT EAR. I WAS STUNNED AND MY EAR FELT LIKE IT WAS FULL OF COTTON. THERE WERE NO CARS IN SIGHT AT THE TIME AND NO CURBS. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AFTER REALIZING WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS FULL OF DUST AND MY SEATBELT WAS SO TIGHT THAT I FELT LIKE IT WAS CRUSHING ME. THE SIDE SEAT AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED AS WELL. I TOOK MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD BEEN SET OFF BY DAMAGE DONE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR BY MERELY DRIVING OVER A CURB, WHICH HAPPENED ABOUT 9 MONTHS AGO. HONDA REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAS NOT THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE AIRBAG AND REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF FIXING IT, ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. MY INSURANCE COMPANY REFUSED TO PAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED. HONDA'S ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR WAS $2787 AND THEY CHARGED ME $51.29 TO GIVE ME THAT ESTIMATE. MY CAR IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS STILL UNDEVELOPED. THE PASSENGER SIDE IMPACT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHEN I HIT A RAISED SEWER DRAIN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I WOULD ESTIMATE APPROX. SPEED OF 10MPH. THE SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND HIT MY WIFE IN HER HEAD AND ARM. SHE INCURRED A HEADACHE AND BRUISE ON HER RIGHT ARM. THE INCIDENT FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH THE AIRBAG DUST AND I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AS MY WIFE WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING IN PAIN. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AT SUCH A LOW RATE OF SPEED AND WITH IMPACT ONLY TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR PILLARS AND INJURY TO MY WIFE. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC COUP DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE INITIAL INSPECTION FROM THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE PURCHASED ,(HONDA OF LISE) OR THE EVENTUAL REPAIR SHOP WHO WAS RECOMMENDED BY HARTFORD INSURANCE COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THE DEPLOYMENT. THE ONLY COMMENT FROM HONDA OF AMERICA WAS THAT IT WAS NOT A "DEFECT", NO CAUSE WAS GIVEN BY ANY HONDA ASSOCIATE AT ANY TIME. THE REPAIR SHOP (TERRY'S IN FRANKFORT IL), WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE RELOADING THE AIR BAGS WAS NOT AN ISSUE, BUT KNOWING WHETHER THE CAUSE WAS RESOLVED WAS AN ISSUE WITH THEM. THEY ARE A CERTIFIED SHOP WITH HARTFORD INSURANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 27,300 MILES AND WAS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. LUCKILY THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT A VERY LOW RATE OF SPEED (5 - 10 MPH), AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN. SEVERAL WEEK EARLIER WE HAD DRIVEN FROM FLORIDA TO CHICAGO WITH NO INCIDENTS. HAD THIS HAPPENED IN A 70 MILE PER HOUR ZONE, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CONSEQUENCES? I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE SEEN THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL. I HAVE TO ASK IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT 60 OR 70 MILES AN HOUR - WHO WOULD KNOW WHAT HAPPENED FIRST - THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT OR THE ACCIDENT? I HAVE TO ADMIT, AT THAT HIGH OF A SPEED - I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I WOULD KNOW FOR SURE. WHEN THOSE AIR BAGS DEPLOY, THE NOISE IS DEAFENING, THE CAR FILLS WITH GAS AND IN MY CASE - BECAUSE MY ARM WAS ON THE ARM REST, THE BACK OF THE SEAT GIVES YOUR ARM A VERY PAINFUL WHACK. NOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GOES OFF ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AT HIGH SPEED??? I FURTHER QUESTION WHETHER THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES? WHO WOULD BE THE WISER? A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, PEOPLE WERE KILLED, BUT NOT IN THE SUSPECTED OR ASSUMED SEQUENCE. WHO WOULD BE LEFT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS? I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT HAD THIS HAPPENED AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS THAT I MAY NOT KNOW WHICH HAPPENED FIRST - THE ACCIDENT OR THE AIR BAGS. THANKS. *TR

APPROX IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2006 MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO INSPECT THE DEFECT. WAS NOTIFIED EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND WHEN I LEFT THE DEALER THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON. ON JULY 21, 2007 THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE CLOSING THE PASSENGER DOOR, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING. THE CURTAIN AND SEAT BOTH DEPLOYED. FOLLOWED UP WITH AN APPOINTMENT AT POMPANO HONDA. SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY AMERICAN HONDA DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES. THE REP CAME INTO THE DEALER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND DENIED THE CLAIM. HE SAID THAT THE DEPLOYMENT WAS DUE TO IMPACT IN ON MY BUMPER WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED A YEAR PRIOR TO THE DEPLOYMENT. I SINCE THEN HAVE HAD TO PAY $1500.00 TO COVER THE REPAIR. I FEEL AS IF THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED THROUGH AMERICAN HONDA AS A SAFETY ISSUE DEFECT. I AM REFERRING TO YOU FOR POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN REVIEWING THIS ISSUE ON MY BEHALF. HONDA WOULD NOT ALLOW ME ACCESS TO MY SERVICE FILE AND PHOTOGRAPHS THE REP TOOK OF MY VEHICLE, WHICH DENIED MY CLAIM. POMPANO HONDA TOLD ME THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE PROPERTY OF HONDA. I HAVE TAKEN PICTURES ON THE ALLEGED BUMPER DAMAGE WHICH THEY CONTEND CREATED THE DEPLOYMENT. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. *TR

I HAVE A HONDA CIVIC 2006 (LEASE) THIS CAR HAS 2 RECALL ONE ON 8/30/07 AND ON 11/07 BUT THE DEALER NEVER SENT ME ANY WARNING, NOTE, LETTER OR CALL TO NOTIFY THIS SITUATION, I READ THAT BY FED LAW THEY SHOULD CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW THE RICKS THAT THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE ME. I CALLED BECAUSE I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR KEYS CODE AND THEY TOLD ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID SORRY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY I WAS NOT NOTIFY ABOUT THIS I VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I DO NOT GET NOTIFY AT ALL, I HAD 3 CARS WITH THE HONDA ALL 3 ARE LEASE CARS SO IT IS NOT EXCUSE THAT THEY CANNOT CONTACT ME ALSO I AM LIVING T THE SAME PLACE FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR AND I GOT MY HONDA BILL EVERY MONTH. *TR