2006 Honda Civic

2006 HONDA CIVIC TIRES ARE CUPPING AND WEARING PREMATURELY. A LOUD PULSING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR ALONG WITH A VIBRATION THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE NOISE. LOCAL DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001 DATED FEBRUARY 8, 2008. UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO PAY FOR THE NEW TIRES SINCE IT IS ONLY A SERVICE BULLETIN AND NOT A RECALL.

I LEASED A NEW 2006 HONDA CIVIC, 2-DOOR COUPE IN APRIL 2006. TWICE WHILE MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER THE MILEAGE WARRANTY, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR (PART #88380-SNA-A01ZA, H/C 8073496) FAILED. FAILURE IN THIS CASE MEANS THE UNIT SPLIT APART AT THE SEAM CONNECTED TO THE ARM THAT HOLDS IT TO THE HEADLINER. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS TO REPLACE THE VISOR. EACH TIME THE VISOR WAS REPLACED IT LASTED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR BEFORE FAILING AGAIN. EACH PART REPLACEMENT WAS IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE MOST RECENT FAILURE OCCURRED JUST AFTER THE CAR WENT OUT OF THE 3-YEAR WARRANTY, AND BEFORE THE 36,000 MILE EXPIRED. I HELD OFF REPLACING IT BECAUSE I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. RECENTLY, I NARROWLY AVERTED AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY MY DEFECTIVE VISOR. IT WOULD NOT STAY UP AGAINST THE ROOF, FLOPPING DOWN 100% OF THE TIME, WHICH CAUSED ME TO MISS SEEING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TO ENTER AN INTERSECTION AFTER A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TURNED RED. LUCKILY, THE DRIVER CROSSING FROM MY RIGHT WAS ABLE TO SEE ME AND TO COME TO A STOP IN TIME. BUT I KNEW I COULD NOT DELAY REPLACING THE VISOR. A NEW VISOR COST ME CLOSE TO $70. THERE WAS NO AFTERMARKET PRODUCT AVAILABLE AND I DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO INSTALL A NEW VISOR MYSELF. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND SEVERAL BLOGS: WWW.USRECALLNEWS.COM AND WWW.CIVICFORUMS.COM AND WWW.HONDA-TECH.COM, FILLED WITH COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER HONDA OWNERS HAVING IDENTICAL PROBLEMS. ALL REPORTED THE SAME THING: HONDA WILL NOT FIX THEM FREE OF CHARGE AFTER THE WARRANTY. AND THERE HAS BEEN NO REDESIGN OF THE PART. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE ITEM TO HAVE TO REPLACE ONCE A YEAR (ON AVERAGE), AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITH A DEFECTIVE VISOR. IT DROPS DOWN AND FULLY OBSTRUCTS VISION IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE WINDSHIELD. SURELY THIS FACT, BACKED UP BY MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND THAT OF OTHERS, CONSTITUTES REASON FOR A SAFETY RECALL. BY THE WAY, I NOW OWN THE CAR WHICH IS A GOOD VEHICLE IN OTHER RESPECTS. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX IN NOVEMBER 2005. IN AUGUST 2008 THE WEAR SENSOR ON THE FRONT BRAKES WERE SQUEALING AND I HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND THE ROTORS MACHINED AT 8976 MILES. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I LIVE IN A GEOGRAPHICALLY HILLY AREA THAT MY BRAKES WOULD WEAR SOONER THAN OTHER AREAS. I FIND THIS UNUSUAL, OTHER CARS THAT I HAVE DRIVEN IN THE SAME AREA DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE FRONT PADS REPLACED AND THE ROTORS MACHINED ON 8/13/07 AT 19,093 MILES, ON 6/2/08 AT 27,878 MILES AND ON 12/8/08 AT 33,831 MILES THE PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AND I NEEDED NEW ROTORS. I WENT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC THIS TIME AND THEY PUT ON DIFFERENT PADS WHICH ARE STILL DOING FINE. I WROTE TO HONDA AND SPOKE TO A MANAGER THERE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A WEAR ISSUE AND THERE WOULD BE NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I ALSO FEEL THAT HONDA IS NOT STANDING BY THE QUALITY THEY USED TO. MY SISTER HAS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC AND HAD HER BRAKE PADS CHANGED FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 2008. *TR

MY 2006 CIVIC LX COUPE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD VISORS. I PLACE A WINDSHIELD SHADE DAILY WHEN I PARK MY CAR AT WORK AND USE THE VISOR TO HOLD THE SHADE IN PLACE. I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VISOR NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY UP BECAUSE THE PLASTIC PART THAT SURROUNDS THE ROD SPLITS OPEN AND THE VISOR WILL NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION. A CO-WORKER HAS A 2007 CIVIC AND HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPLACED HIS VISORS AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE. MY CIVIC HAS 39000 MILES AND SO I'VE PASSED THE 36000 MILE WARRANTY LIMIT. THE DEALER SAID THAT MY WARRANTY PERIOD IS OVER SINCE I WAS OVER 36000 MILES. I HAVE READ THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VISOR PROBLEM AND I FEEL THAT THIS CAN CAUSE A VISIBILITY PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WARRANTY IS OVER, BUT THE VISOR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MILEAGE. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2006 HONDA CIVIC WITH 50K MILES ON IT ONE MONTH AGO. THE AIR CONDITIONING DID NOT BLOW COLD AIR FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME I TURNED IT ON. WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP (IT HAS A BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY FOR A YEAR), THEY SAID A PEBBLE HIT THE CONDENSER AND IT WOULD COST $700 TO REPLACE AND IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A ROAD HAZARD. AFTER READING THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/HONDA/TQ02NF40877B57GF6 AND TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PART. *TR

THE AIR CONDITIONER IN MY RECENTLY PURCHASED 2006 HONDA CIVIC WAS NOT COOLING PROPERLY. UPON TAKING IT IN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE CONDENSER HAD A HOLE WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A ROCK/ROAD DEBRIS. I AM FORCED TO PAY OVER $500 TO REPAIR BECAUSE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER SINCE IT WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS, BUT UPON DOING RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND LIKELY BAD DESIGN ON HONDA'S PART. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/HONDA/TQ02NF40877B57GF6. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY '06 HONDA CIVIC IN 3 TIMES FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER. THEY ARE SAYING THAT A PEBBLE HIT THE CONDENSER CAUSING A LEAK. THEY SAY THAT THIS IS CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS, SO THEY WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY CHARGE $600 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF THESE CASES WITH HONDA VEHICLES. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW SINCE THE CONDENSER IS NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED AGAINST DEBRIS LIKE IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNLESS HONDA HAS A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2007 I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK ALONE IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX ON A DIRT ROAD. I WAS NOT SPEEDING AND I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT. I CHOSE A DIFFERENT ROUTE FROM MY NORMAL ROUTE AND MISSED THE S CURVE IN THE ROAD. MY CAR WENT TO THE DITCH ROUGHLY 3 FEET DEEP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, HITTING THE DRIVERS FRONT, ROLLING THE CAR ONE TIME, LANDING ON THE WHEELS AND I PUT THE BRAKES ON, PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. I THEN GOT OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR BECAUSE THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SMASHED COMPLETELY DOWN NOT ALLOWING ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR OR THE WINDOW. I COULD NOT FIND MY CELL PHONE AND WENT AND LOOKED INTO THE FIELD AND FOUND WHERE MY CAR ROLLED AND FOUND THE PHONE WITH THE GLASS FROM MY WINDOW. I THEN CALLED 911 AND WAITED FOR ASSISTANCE. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO SIDNEY, NE WHERE AFTER A CATSCAN THEY FOUND THAT I HAD A BROKEN NECK IN 2 PLACES C6 AND C7. THEY THEN TRANSFERRED ME BY AMBULANCE TO FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHERE I HAD SURGERY TO FUSE THE BROKEN VERTEBRAE. I AM NOW OUT OF WORK AND OUT OF A VEHICLE FOR NOW UNTIL I AM HEALED. I CALLED HONDA WORRIED THAT NONE OF THE AIRBAGS WENT OFF, ONE OF THE REASONS I BOUGHT THIS CAR WAS BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY RATING BECAUSE I WANTED MY FAMILY TO BE SAFE IN ANY EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. HONDA AFTER I CALLED THEM BACK 2 TIMES FINALLY TOLD ME THAT (CASE# N012007-11-2900916) HONDA DOES NOT DESIGN THEIR AIRBAGS TO GO OFF IN THE EVENT OF A ROLLOVER. FUNNY HOW WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH 1 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN A ROLLOVER. WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE A SAFETY CONCERN?? SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE IS NOTHING DONE TO FIX THE SITUATION. *TR