2006 Honda Civic

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND THE HEAT IN MY CAR WENT COLD. I PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT TO CHECK MY ANTIFREEZE, THE TUBE RUNNING INTO THE RESERVOIR TANK WAS STILL WET FROM ANTI-FREEZE. I ADDED MORE ANTI-FREEZE AND BEGAN TO DRIVE, MY CAR ONCE AGAIN BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AFTER 30 SECONDS OF DRIVING. CAR WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHICH HE DETERMINED MY ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED IN 2 PLACES. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HONDA HAD RELEASED A TSB 08-044 STATING THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2006-2007 MODELS. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP IN WHICH THEY ALSO CONCLUDED THAT I HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. HONDA IS ONLY WILLING TO PAY 50% OF THE COSTS. THIS CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND WITH DOING RESEARCH, MANY LIKE ME ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE HONDA SHOULD TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP ON THIS DEFECT AND COVER THE COSTS 100%! *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC EX, 69000 MILES. DRIVING TO VISIT FAMILY ON CHRISTMAS DAY, MY ENGINE BEGAN SMOKING WITH NO WARNING. THE TEMP GAUGE NEVER MOVED. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT THE FREEWAY AND AFTER LETTING THE CAR COOL, ADDED OVER A GALLON OF COOLANT. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC, THINKING IT WAS JUST A HOSE OR SOMETHING, AND HE DIAGNOSED IT WITH A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. HE SHOWED ME TSB 08-044 AND SAID THE ONLY WAY THE ENGINE BLOCK COULD HAVE CRACKED IS FROM A DEFECT IN THE PART. HE SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND INFORM HONDA OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THE CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AND OFFERED ME A 75/25% SPLIT, LEAVING ME WITH A BILL OF $840. HONDA NEEDS TO COVER THIS REPAIR FOR ALL OWNERS AT 100%, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE. IN MY RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS KNOWN DEFECT IS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN 2006, 2007 AND NOW EVEN 2008 HONDA CIVICS, AS THESE NEWER CARS BEGIN TO REACH HIGHER MILEAGE. THE DEFECT IS A RESULT OF FAULTY CASTING RESULTING IN A POROUS ENGINE BLOCK PRONE TO CRACKING AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURES, WHICH HONDA IS TRYING TO COVER UP. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OR AT LEAST OWNER NOTIFICATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEIR CAR INSPECTED FOR THIS PROBLEM BEFORE THEIR WARRANTY IS UP. I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH A DEFECTIVE ENGINE... I WAS JUST UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT AFTER MY WARRANTY WAS UP. *TR

BEGAN SMELLING ANTI-FREEZE ONE WEEK AGO, TOOK CR TO SHOP 3 DAYS LATER, TOLD THEIR IS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. 2006 CIVIC, UNDER 4 YEARS OLD, BUT 68K MILES, SO DEALER SAYS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. AS THEY HAVE SEEN SIMILAR PROBLEMS, THEIR DISTRICT MANAGER APPROVED THEM COVERING 50 % OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF $3100 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE / BLOCK. WHILE I APPRECIATE THEIR GENEROSITY, I WOULD EXPECT THEM TO COVER IT 100 %, AS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THE R18 ENGINE USED IN THE 2006 CIVIC. THAT I WAS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE MADE IT PASSED 60K MILES BEFORE THE CRACK APPEARED SEEM IRONIC. I SUGGEST THAT HONDA MAKE GOOD ON A 90 / 10 REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, 90 % OF THE COST COVERED BY AMERICAN HONDA. IF THIS WAS SOME OTHER BRAND WITH A LESSER REPUTATION FOR QUALITY AND RELIABILITY, I WOULD NOT BE SO SURPRISED, BUT THE HONDA NAME LEADS ME TO EXPECT BETTER. *TR

THERE IS A BIG "ENGINE BLOCK CRACK" WITH ALOT OF 2006-2008 HONDA CIVICS, MANY OF THE OWNERS HAVE ALREADY POST THEIR PROBLEMS ON MANY FORUMS. MANY OWNERS TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND HONDA DID REPAIR IT FOR FREE. BUT !!! I STILL THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO AN INSPECTION ON IT AND TELL HONDA TO SETUP A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. HONDA WILL FIX THE PROBLEM ONLY IF ITS UNDER THE WARRANTY, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY? AND I STILL THINK HONDA SHOULD FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS A MANUFACTURES FAULT FOR USING BAD HEATING MATERIAL ON ENGINE BLOCKS. HERES A LINK TO A FORUM SITE ""HTTP://WWW.8THCIVIC.COM/FORUMS/MECHANICAL-PROBLEMS-TECHNICAL-CHAT/42339-MY-R18-BLOCK-CRACKED-CHECK-YOURS.HTML"" P.S. SOME PEOPLE ALREADY MENTION THAT HONDA ALREADY KNOWN THIS PROBLEM BUT NEVER MENTION IT TO ALL THE CIVIC OWNERS........ THIS IS VERY SAD TO HEAR. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC AND OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND I STARTED TO GET THE SWEET SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY ODD BECAUSE I AM ONLY AT 82,000 MILES. WHEN MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE CAR, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED AND THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE 2006 AND 2007 ENGINES USED IN THE CIVIC. I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE ENDED UP STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY DURING THIS FRIGID NEW ENGLAND WINTER. IF HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS FLAW THEY SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT AGREE TO FIX MY VEHICLE YET. THEY'VE ESTIMATED THE REPAIRS TO COST BETWEEN $3,000 AND $7,000. I AM HOPEFUL THEY WILL HELP ME. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER, MANY OTHER CIVIC OWNERS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OF ENGINE BLOCK CRACKS WITH LOW MILEAGE ON THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE TENSION BAR WAS REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A SECONDARY ROAD HE HEARD A PECULIAR NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE TENSION BAR BOLT AND THE SERPENTINE BELT AT AN EXPENSE OF $543.36. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT TECHNICIAN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000

2006 CIVIC CRACKED BLOCK ISSUE. ON NOV 10 I REALIZED I HAD A COOLANT LEAK AND TOOK IT INTO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SHOWED ME I HAD A COOLANT LEAK ON THE FRONT OF MY MOTOR. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FOUND THERE IS ACTUALLY A TSB REPORT ABOUT A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO CASTING POROSITY PROBLEM. SO I TOOK IT INTO MY HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS IN FACT THE PROBLEM AND PROCEEDED TO TRY AND CHARGE ME $5500.. OH WAIT THEY WERE GOING TO COVER 25% HOW NICE. BEFORE I LEFT I HAD GOT THEM FROM 25-40% BUT TO ME THAT IS STILL UNACCEPTABLE. ACCORDING TO THE ACTUAL HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN, WHICH WAS ISSUED IN MAY 2008, ACTUALLY CIRCLES THE EXACT SPOT WHERE MY LEAK IS AND STILL REFUSES TO COVER THE COST DUE TO MY MILEAGE. I THINK THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!! THE TSB VERIFIES THAT HONDA KNOWS THIS A PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THEY WILL NOT STEP UP AND FIX THEIR KNOWN DEFECT.. *TR