2006 Honda Civic

WHEN I TOOK MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX IN FOR A/C REPAIR TO THE HONDA DEALER, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS APPARENTLY HIT BY A ROCK THAT PUT A HOLE IN THE CONDENSER, CAUSING THE FREON TO LEAK OUT. THIS ISN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND WILL COST ME OVER $500. THEY TOLD ME TO FILE A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODELS OF HONDAS. HONDA SHOULD COME FORWARD AND DO A RECALL DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING OF THE A/C COMPRESSOR. IF THIS VERY SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO THAT MANY HONDA CUSTOMERS, THE PART IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

VEHICLE AC CEASED WORKING AFTER APPROXIMATELY 9,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WERE PURCHASED WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A ROCK HAS MADE A HOLE IN THE AC CONDENSER. BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGED THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BUT INSISTED THAT ?ROAD HAZARD? (EG: ROCKS ON THE ROAD) CAUSED THE COMPONENT TO FAIL. *JB

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC WHICH I HAD PURCHASE IN OCTOBER 20 06, WHICH I' HAD ONLY FOR 8 MONTHS. I GET IN MY VEHICLE TO TURN THE AIR CONDITION ON, AND ON JUNE 6, 2008 AND FOUND OUT THAT IT ONLY BLEW OUT HOT AIR. I AM VERY UPSET KNOWING THAT A VEHICLE WHICH WAS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD AND BECAUSE OF SOME SO CALL PEBBLE THAT GET UP IN THE CONDENSER WHICH MADE IT UNABLE TO FUNCTION AND ON TOP OF THAT FOR HONDA TO BE NUMBER ONE FOR GOOD VALUE WITH THERE CARS. WEREN'T HIS WAS AN ON GOING OCCURING PROBLEM WITH THESE CIVIC WHY AREN' THEY CONSIDERED AS A RECALL, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPL HAD THIIS PROBLEM AND HAD TO PAY OUT OF THERE POCKET WHICHWAS NOT THEIR FAULT. *AK

I OWNED A 2006 HONDA CIVIC, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHERE THE AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) CONDENSER WAS LOCATED. IT SEEMED THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. THE A/C IN THE CAR WAS NOT WORKING, BROUGHT TO HONDA, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE CONDENSER FROM ROAD DEBRIS. THIS WAS A DESIGN ISSUE AND SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY. THEREWAS NO PROTECTION ON THE GRILLE. THE GRILLE WAS WIDE OPEN.*AK

THE 2006 CIVIC AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) STOPPED WORKINGAT ONLY 16,000 MILES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE A/C CONDENSER WAS PUNCTURED BY ROAD DEBRIS AND THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILTY TO PAY THE $575 FOR THE REPAIR. HONDA AMERICA AVOIDED THE ISSUE, AND STATED THE SAME. AFTER REVIEWING INTERNET FORUMS IT APPEARED THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW THAT THE A/C CONDENSER UNIT WAS NOT PROTECTED AND WAS VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE EASILY. I WASVERY UPSET THAT HONDA HAD NOT ACTED WITH GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICES, AND WASTRYING TO AVOID THE MATTER. *AK

HONDA COMMON SENSE FAILURE. HONDA PLACES THEIR AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) CONDENSER AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WITH NO PROTECTION, IE A SCREEN TO DEFLECT PEBBLES, RESULTING IN AN EASY TARGET FOR PEBBLES TO PUNCTURE THE FRAGILE CONDENSER TUBE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT HONDA IS REFUSING TO DEAL WITH. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT IN HIS THREE YEARS WORKING FOR HONDA, HE PERSONALLY HAS DEALT WITH ABOUT 100 OF THESE FAILURES. HOWEVER. HE DID NOT SEE THIS AS A PROBLEM AND LIKENED THE FAILURE TO A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS AT A SINGLE DEALERSHIP, WITH A SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE AMONG SEVERAL. DURING COMMON, EVERYDAY, FREEWAY DRIVING, $657 DAMAGE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD IS A PROTECTIVE DEVICE, AND THEREFORE DEFLECTING PEBBLES AND OTHER ROAD HAZARDS IS EXPECTED. I DON'T THINK THE A/C CONDENSER SHOULD FALL UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY AS MY FORMER HONDA DEALER HAS IMPLIED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION EXCEPT TO BE RECOMMENDED TO MAKE IT AN INSURANCE CLAIM OR PAY THE $657 OUT OF POCKET. A $657 REPAIR MAY BE EXPECTED WHEN BUYING A USED VEHICLE, BUT WHEN THIS SORT OF DAMAGE IS SUSTAINED DURING EVERYDAY DRIVING WITHIN THE 1ST YEAR OF PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE AND IS NOT THE RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE BY THE DRIVER, IT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT BE TOLERATED. RECALL. *AK

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC AND LAST FALL MY AC STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD A PEBBLE HAD GONE THROUGH THE OPEN GRILL AND DAMAGED THE CONDENSER. THEY SHOWED ME THE DAMAGE WHICH IS ALMOST NOT NOTICEABLE. VERY LIGHT AND CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE AC TO STOP WORKING. THIS IS POOR DESIGN. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AND, IT SEEMS, IT IS NOT CONFINED TO JUST THE CIVIC BUT WITH SEVERAL HONDA VEHICLES. THE DEALER REFUSED TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD ME TO GO TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY. HOGWASH. I'M NOT GOING TO PAY A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE OR THE $700 REPAIR BILL. I AM GOING TO FIGHT HONDA ON THIS ONE, AND I HOPE OTHER HONDA OWNERS WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE. *NM

I WAS DRIVING MY BRAND NEW 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN DIES. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND THE CAR JUST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING. I TRIED TO START THE CAR BUT IT JUST WOULD NOT START. IF I WAS ON THE FREEWAY OR GOING INTO A TURN I BELIEVE THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR I COULD HAVE INJURED SOMEONE ELSE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE SAN FRANCISCO DEALERSHIP (GREAT DEALERSHIP) AND THEY SAID THAT THE BOLT TENSIONER BROKE, "HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO BREAK A BOLT, IT WAS VERY THICK?". THEY REPLACED THE BOLT AND WATER PUMPTHE ,CAR RUNS FINE, BUT I STILL WORY THAT THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME. *NM