2006 Honda Civic

WHILE DRIVING MY BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST AUTOZONE TO GET THE BATTERY CHECKED. THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY AND THE MANAGER OF AUTOZONE TOLD ME IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY BUT THE ALTERNATOR NOT GIVING THE CAR ENOUGH POWER. HE TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE IT TO LONG OR I COULD GET STRANDED. I WAS NEAR A RELATIVES HOUSE, WHILE DRIVING TO MY RELATIVES HOUSE MY A/C AND RADIO WHICH WERE ON AT THE TIME TURNED OFF, AND SEVERAL LIGHTS OF THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. I WAS PANICKED BUT MADE IT SAFELY TO MY RELATIVES HOUSE. A MECHANIC CAME TO MY RELATIVES HOUSE, AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT-CIRCUIT, THE WIRES WERE BURNT AND CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR TO CRACK. THE MECHANIC SAID TO ME IN SHOCK THAT MY VEHICLE COULD HAVE EXPLODED. THE WIRES WHICH ARE 'THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS' HAD CAUGHT FIRE AT THE TIP WHICH CONNECTS TO THE ALTERNATOR. THE CAR COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE WINDOWS FAILED TO OPERATE, EXCLUDING THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DEFROST STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

HONDA PART#: 77900-SNA-A01 (METHODE) -OR- 77900-SNA-A02 (FURUKAWA) REEL ASSY, CABLE. WITH THE FAILURE OF THIS PART, VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL, RADIO CONTROLS AND SRS AIR BAGS FAILED. THE CABLE REEL ASSEMBLY IS THE COMPONENT THAT MAKES THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FUNCTION BUTTONS AND AIR BAG ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE NON-ROTATING STEERING COLUMN. THE RIBBON CABLE INSIDE THIS MECHANISM WAS COMPLETELY SEVERED ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

6/2013 CAR ACCIDENT I HIT A PARKED CAR TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MILES PER HOUR. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE COMPANY CHOSEN TO DO THE WORK (CUSTOM INNOVATIONS IN EUGENE, OREGON) DID NOT REPAIR THE MOTOR MOUNTS. WHICH IM VERY UPSET ABOUT AND TRYING TO DEAL WITH. AFTER HAVING THE WORK DONE THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO HONDA (KENDALL HONDA ALSO IN EUGENE, OREGON) TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF MY CAR DIAGNOSED. THE WAS THE MOTOR MOUNT ISSUE AND OTHER ITEMS OIL CHANGE, TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND THE SRS LIGHT WAS ON. HONDA SERVICE DEPT. COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE SRS AND SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME. THEY NEVER DID. APPROX 1MO. DIAGNOSIS AT HONDA, I WAS SITTING IN A PARK PARKING LOT CHARGING MY PHONE IN THE CAR WITH IT IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION. I HAD BEEN THERE ABOUT 10 MINUTES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG IN THE SEAT AND THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG DEPLOYED. SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME AND MY DOG. I SUFFERED MINOR CUTS, ABRASIONS AND SEVERE BRUISING TO MY LEFT ELBOW AND TRICEP. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO HONDA. IT WAS A SUNDAY SO ONLY THE SALES TEAM WAS THERE. I WENT AGAIN ON MONDAY ONLY TO BE SENT AWAY, WITH A WE WILL CALL YOU.....VERY DISMISSIVE AND VAGUE. THEN AFTER CALLING 5-6 TIMES THEY FINALLY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO LOOK INTO IT. AFTERWARDS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO TELL ME EXCEPT THAT IT WOULD COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR AND NO THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR WHY THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF. ESSENTIALLY I FEEL THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE IN ADDITION TO THE SRS SENSORS ALL BEING REPLACED BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THIS WAS ALL DUE TO THE RECALL ON THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM.....WHICH I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT NOR HAVE IT CHECKED PRIOR TO ANY OF THE MENTIONS EVENTS. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THE OTHER AIRBAGS MAY DEPLOY AT RANDOM. I ALSO WOULD LIKE MY CAR TO HAVE ALL THE RECALLS COMPLETED. *TR

THE CIVIC WOULD START FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN SHUT DOWN. THE ANTI-THEFT IMMOBILIZER INDICATOR LIGHT CAME. ALL THREE OEM KEYS DID NOT WORK. THIS RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR A LONG DISTANCE TOW TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, AS WELL AS $209 IN REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE IMMOBILIZER MODULE WAS BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH SUGGESTING A NEW BATTERY. KEYS FAILING TO WORK??? COME ON HONDA! OF ALL THINGS TO GO WRONG WITH A CAR, THIS JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. ON TOP OF THAT YOU STICK YOUR CUSTOMER'S WITH A COSTLY TOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, STRANDED, SIMPLY DUE TO MY KEYS FAILING TO WORK? IT WOULD APPEAR YOUR VAUNTED QUALITY CONTROL IS SLIPPING THE LAST FEW YEARS. I NOTICED THERE WAS A "SERVICE BULLETIN" LISTED FOR THIS ITEM, BUT NO COMPENSATION FORTHCOMING FROM HONDA. *TR

HISTORY FROM ODI # 10572660: 6-18-09 HONDA DEALERSHIP DID FEB 2009 RECALL (REPLACED AUTO-TENSIONER PIVOT BOLT & REROUTE BELT) AT 28,324 MI. 9-15-12 ENGINE FAILED (48144 MI.) APPROACHING STOP INTERSECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY WOULD NOT CRANK TO START. TOWED CAR TO SERVICE STATION. 9-18-12 VEHICLE REPAIRED -- DUE TO BROKEN PIVOT BOLT, A NEW HONDA RECALL BELT KIT, INCLUDING NEW BOLT, BELT, BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY & WATER PUMP PULLEY HAD TO BE INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MI. AFTER RECALL KIT & NEW BOLT WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE PIVOT BOLT FROM BREAKING, THE BOLT BROKE AND STOPPED THE CAR FROM FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD I BEEN IN HIGHER SPEED TRAFFIC THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. ----------------------------------------------------------- 12-20-13 CAR DIED APPROACHING INTERSECTION -- TOWED FOR SERVICE. AGAIN PIVOT BOLT HAD BROKEN, CAUSING CASCADE OF EVENTS PREVENTING CAR FROM FUNCTIONING -- THIS TIME WITHIN ONLY 7000 MI. AFTER NEW BELT TENSIONER RECALL KIT & NEW PIVOT BOLT WAS INSTALLED. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE CAR IS INOPERATIVE. THIS BOLT HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES AND BROKEN TWICE. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE CAR FOR FEAR OF IT CEASING TO RUN AT ANY TIME. HONDA INTERNET FORUMS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 2006 CIVIC MENTION MANY SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. *TR

6-18-09 HONDA DEALERSHIP DID FEB 2009 RECALL (REPLACED AUTO-TENSIONER PIVOT BOLT & REROUTE BELT) AT 28,324 MI. 9-15-12 ENGINE FAILED (48144 MI.) APPROACHING STOP INTERSECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY WOULD NOT CRANK TO START.TOWED CAR TO SERVICE STATION. 9-18-12 VEHICLE REPAIRED -- DUE TO BROKEN PIVOT BOLT, A NEW HONDA RECALL BELT KIT, INCLUDING NEW BOLT, BELT, BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY & WATER PUMP PULLEY HAD TO BE INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MI. AFTER RECALL KIT & NEW BOLT WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE PIVOT BOLT FROM BREAKING, THE BOLT BROKE AND STOPPED THE CAR FROM FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD I BEEN IN HIGHER SPEED TRAFFIC THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. *TR