2006 Honda Civic

2006 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM A TRIP, SHE HEARD A SLIGHT TICKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND IT GRADUALLY SLOWED DOWN. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE HER HUSBAND LIFTED AND TRIED TO CHECK THE OIL, BUT THERE WASN'T MUSH LEFT OF THE DIPSTICK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST REPAIR FACILITY. A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A DEAD ENGINE. THE COST OF REPLACING THE ENGINE WAS NEAR THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. SO, SHE AND HER HUSBAND, DECIDED NOT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED.

THE ENGINE BLOCK LEAKS COOLANT, THE MOTOR OVERHEATS TO A DEGREE THAT IS AUDIBLE, YOU CAN HEAR THE STEAM ESCAPING FROM THE COOLANT CONTAINER, THE HEAT DAMAGES THE THERMOSTAT AND BURNS THE GASKETS AND IT BECOMES A SELF-DESTRUCTING CYCLE BECAUSE THE MOTOR IS INCAPABLE OF COOLING ITSELF WITHOUT THE THERMOSTAT AND, THE COOLANT. IN SOME CASES THE CRACK IN THE BLOCK THAT LEAKS IS APPARENT; IN MY CASE THE CRACK IS NOT VISIBLE OR EASY TO SEE AND THE DEALERS TECHNICIAN IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL THAT HONDA HAS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER, THAT EVEN THOUGH ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF THE VEHICLE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A COOLING FLUID EVAPORATING, THE MOTOR WAS OVERHEATING, THE HEAT WAS BURNING THE GASKETS AND THE THERMOSTAT, HE HAD TO RELY ON THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSIS TELLING HIM THAT HIS PARTICULAR MOTOR WAS NOT CRACKED EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. THE HOSE TO THE RADIATOR, GASKET WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER RESET THE LIGHT. UPDATED 10/31/13

I HAVE HAD FIVE TIMES STARTING ABOUT FIVE YEARS WHEN MY CAR WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. IN ALL INSTANCES THE ENGINE WAS COLD (WITHIN ONE OR TWO MINUTE OF STARTING). IN THREE CASES I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE HARD TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM RUNNING AWAY. THE SURGE IN ACCELERATION LASTS FOR ONLY 2-3 SECONDS BUT ITS REALLY SCARY!. THE LAST OCCURRENCE WAS LAST MONTH WHEN I FINISHED BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. AS I RELEASED THE BRAKE, THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. AT 25 MPH OR SO I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN AND WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE, THE ACCELERATION STOPPED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A COINCIDENCE THE ACCELERATION STOPPED WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM SO AT THE TIME. IN ALL INSTANCES I LOOKED FOR FOREIGN OBJECTS NEAR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT NONE WERE THERE. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. *JS

WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD SCREAMING NOISE. AND SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE; I TRIED TO EXIT OFF THE RAMP BUT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO TURN OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY; DUE TO THE VEHICEL STALLING I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A VEHICLE BEHIND ME WHICH WOULD HAD RESULTED IN A MAJOR CRASH . MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT A REPAIR SHOP WHICH IT WAS REVEALED THAT MY ENGINE IS CRACKED AND THAT HONDA HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH CIVIC ENGINES. I FEEL THAT HONDA NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY DURING A TRAFFIC JAM WHICH WAS CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT, THE CAR BROKE DOWN WITH NO WARNING. THERE WAS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND NEARLY IMMEDIATELY THE CAR STOPPED WORKING ENTIRELY, SO STRANDED FOR 3 HOURS ON THE HIGHWAY WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED - ALL THE PLASTIC PIECES I.E. DIPSTICK WERE MELTED, ALONG WITH PARTS OF THE RADIATOR - THE FILLER CAP WAS CLEARLY MELTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THERE WAS ANY OVERHEATING OCCURRING DURING THE PROBLEM - AGAIN, A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THEN THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STOPPED RUNNING ON THE HIGHWAY. LATER IT WAS DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL/TSB FOR THIS MODEL HONDA FOR THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKING AND OVERHEATING. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF OVERHEATING AT ANY TIME AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT ALLOW EVEN FOR NURSING THE CAR TO THE NEARBY EXIT. IT IS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THE CAR WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC - JUST BARELY, STILL IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP "FIXED" THE ENGINE, PROVIDED HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND REFUSED TO FIX ANYTHING THE MELTED ENGINE DESTROYED (RADIATOR) THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP (DEALERSHIPS AND OTHERWISE) MULTIPLE TIMES FOR OTHER ITEMS "NOT COVERED" WITH THE MELTED ENGINE TSB SO I WILL BE REPORTING ANTICIPATED BREAK-DOWNS IN HORRIBLE TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING HERE AS NEEDED. *TR

MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC HAS STALLED ON ME 7 TIMES NOW. EVERY TIME IT STALLS, I AM AT A STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND AT A COMPLETE STOP. THE ENGINE GOES INTO IDLE MODE AND WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGES OR I CAN GO, I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND TRY OR START TO PRESS THE GAS. MOST OF THE TIME I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL BEFORE THE CAR STALLS. THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF. I HAVE NOTICED THE LAST TWO TIMES THAT THE CAR'S AC WAS ON DURING THE STALLS. BEFORE I RESTART THE CAR THERE ISN'T AN ERROR CODE OR ANYTHING DISPLAYED. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT TESTED AND EACH TIME THEY CONNECT IT TO A COMPUTER AND TELL ME THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WRONG OR THEY CAN'T PRODUCE THE PROBLEM. THERE ISN'T A FUEL PROBLEM BECAUSE I PUT SHELL GAS IN MY CAR EACH AND EVERY TIME AND I CHECKED THE AIR FILTER. I EVEN HAD A TECHNICIAN AT PEPBOYS CHECK THE BATTERY. PEPBOYS SAID THE BATTERY WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND OTHERS ON THE INTERNET SAY THAT IT COULD BE THE COMPUTER'S IDLE SPEED MAY NEED TO BE READJUSTED AND SOME SAY THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE IS FAULTY. I MENTIONED THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE TO THE HONDA TECHNICIAN AND THEY SAID THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM. THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE REPORTED IT AND THE CAR STALLS. *TR

GOT INTO VEHICLE TO START UP, IT WOULD NOT CRANK, ONCE IT DID CRANK SPEED WOULD NOT EXCEED 25-30 MPH, DROVE 2 MILE TO MECHANIC. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM THE MECHANIC FOUND 2 CRACKS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK ON THE BACK SIDE. HE STATES THAT IT HAD BEEN LEAKING WATER AND ANTIFREEZE FOR A WHILE. HE SAID HE HAD NOT SEEN THIS TYPE CRACK SINCE HE HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE CRACK WAS VERY ODD BECAUSE OF WHERE THE CRACKS WERE. HE COMMENTED THAT WAS A DEFECT FROM FACTORY. NOTHING WAS DONE BY HONDA EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE AWARE OF ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE IN THE 2006-2008 ENGINES IN THE HONDA CIVIC. JUST SOL WITH HONDA. THEY COMMENT THAT AROUND 80,000-95,000 MILES THIS WAS WHEN THIS MIGHT HAPPEN. CAR HAS 92,000 ON IT AND HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN HARD. *TR

MY DAUGHTER'S CAR WAS PARKED IN THE CAR AND WHEN SHE LEFT TO GO TO WORK NOTICED A HUGE POOL OF GREENISH FLUID ON THE FLOOR. HER FATHER ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE CAR IMMEDIATELY UP TO OUR MECHANIC (LESS THAN 3 MILES AWAY) WHERE HE ADVISED HER THAT SHE HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AND AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN (08-044) AND WARRANTY EXTENSION BULLETIN (10-048) FROM HONDA ADVISING OF THIS ISSUE FOR ALL 2006-2008 HONDA CIVICS. SHE HAD HER VEHICLE TOWED DOWN TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD BE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL REPAIRS. AMERICAN HONDA IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND ACKNOWLEDGES ALL OF THE SERVICE BULLETINS BUT STATES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE IT WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL. ALL OF THE TECHNICAL BULLETINS POINT TO THE FACT THAT THEY KNEW THAT ALL 2006-2008 HONDA CIVICS WERE POTENTIALLY AT RISK DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. JUST HOPING THAT SOMEONE CAN HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE HONDA CIVIC SUDDENLY OVERHEATED. AFTER LETTING THE ENGINE COOL AND ADDING COOLANT, THE CAR OVERHEATED AGAIN ABOUT TEN DAYS LATER. OUR MECHANIC DISCOVERED FOUR TINY CRACKS IN THE BLOCK. AN INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED HONDA CIVICS 2006-2008 HAVE A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE CRACKS. HONDA HAS ISSUED TSB 08-044 TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE UP TO EIGHT YEARS. HOWEVER, IF THE CAR HAS A REBUILT TITLE, HONDA WILL DO NOTHING TO REMEDY THE KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT. MY WIFE HAS BEEN LEFT STRANDED TWICE BY AN OVERHEATED VEHICLE. IF THE CAR OVERHEATS IN TRAFFIC, THERE COULD BE A FIRE OR COLLISION.WHILE HONDA ACKNOWLEDGES THE DEFECT, THEY HAVE REFUSED TO RECALL THE CAR. HAVING APPEALED THREE TIMES TO HONDA FOR HELP, I NOW APPEAL TO THE NHTSA FOR HELP. *TR