2006 Honda Civic

ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED AND IS LEAKING COOLANT, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE WHOLE ENGINE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE COVERED IN HONDA TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 10-048, BUT THAT ONLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS. MY CAR WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD IN JULY 2006, SO THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 7 MONTHS PAST THAT 10-YEAR CUTOFF. I'VE BEEN QUOTED $5800 FOR A NEW ENGINE, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE CAR'S VALUE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER OWNERS OF 2006 MODELS IN THE SAME SITUATION ALREADY, AND THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE AS EACH SUBSEQUENT MODEL YEAR UP TO 2009 HITS THE 10-YEAR MARK. LUCKILY I CAUGHT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT BECAME A MAJOR HAZARD. FIRST THE CAR'S HEATER QUIT BLOWING WARM AIR, THEN A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED COOLANT LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH ANY TIME I PARKED. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO FOUND THE CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. IF I HADN'T NOTICED THE LEAK AND THE COOLANT HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DEPLETED, THE ENGINE COULD HAVE OVERHEATED AND POSSIBLY FAILED ALTOGETHER WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE NO ISSUES WERE FOUND. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V346000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TAKATA RECALL AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. (HONDA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006-2011 HONDA CIVIC VEHICLES. ACCORDING TO THE EQUIPMENT DEFECT NOTIFICATIONS (16E-042 AND 16E-043) FILED BY TAKATA, THE PROPELLANT WAFERS IN SOME OF THE SUBJECT INFLATORS MAY DEGRADE OVER TIME, WHICH COULD LEAD TO OVER-AGGRESSIVE COMBUSTION IN THE EVENT THE AIRBAG IS ACTIVATED. OVERLY AGGRESSIVE COMBUSTION CREATES EXCESSIVE INTERNAL PRESSURE WHEN THE INFLATOR IS ACTIVATED, WHICH MAY CAUSE THE INFLATOR BODY TO RUPTURE. HONDA SUGGESTS THAT YOU AVOID HAVING A PASSENGER SIT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT UNTIL THE RECALL REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ACCIDENT OR CRASH, BUT I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY ASKING ME TO LOOK TO SEE IF THIS CAR WAS AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. SHOULD I BE REPLACING THE AIRBAGS IN THIS CAR? *TR

THE NOTICE I RECEIVED FROM HONDA IN JULY 2016 ABOUT THE PASSENGER FRONTAL AIRBAG, SAID THE REMEDY PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE IN LATE SUMMER/FALL 2016. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP (IKE HONDA) ON OCTOBER 19, 2016 AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN THE PART CAME IN..."ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS". I HAVE HEARD NOTHING. MY NOTICE FROM HONDA DIRECTED ME TO CONTACT YOU IF I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM AMERICAN HONDA OR THE DEALER WITHIN 60 DAYS. IN THE MEANTIME HONDA'S ADVICE IS NOT TO LET ANYONE RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT...USUALLY NOT AN OPTION.

MY ABS SYSTEM CAUSED ME TO CRASH. I WAS GOING 20 MPH IN SNOWY CONDITIONS (I HAVE SNOW TIRES). WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED BUT AFTER 20 FEET OR SO MY CAR HAD NOT SLOWED AT ALL. FINALLY I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE AND I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I'VE SLIDE THROUGH SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS IN THE PAST BECAUSE WHEN THE ABS COMES ON IN THE SNOW THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO BRAKING AT ALL. I KNOW IT'S THE ABS SYSTEM THAT IS THE PROBLEM BECUASE IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES I CAN ACCELERATE WITH NO PROBLEM, BUT WHEN I TRY TO BRAKE THE CAR WONT STOP. I FINALLY TOOK THE FUSE OUT OF THE ABS AND DROVE THROUGH THE SAME INTERSECTIONS AND MY CAR STOPS IMMEDIATELY WITH NO PROBLEM. I EVEN TRIED SLAMMING ON MY BRAKES ON THE SNOW COVERED ROAD WITH MY ABS FUSE REMOVED AND THE CAR STOPS IN LIKE 5 FEET, BUT WITH THE ABS FUSE INSTALLED IT TAKES ABOUT 30 FEET. WHY IS ABS REQUIRED IF IT'S SO DANGEROUS IN THE SNOW/ICE? WHY IS THERE NO BUTTON TO TURN IT OFF.

TAKATA RECALL - I RECEIVED A LETTER DURING THE SUMMER (2016) SAYING THAT MY AUTOMOBILE WAS NOW ON A RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND THAT I SHOULD NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO SIT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE LETTER STATED THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A SECOND LETTER GIVING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, BUT NO LETTER WAS EVER RECEIVED. IT IS VERY INCONVENIENT AS WELL AS A LITTLE FRIGHTENING HAVING NO RECOURSE AT THIS POINT. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME FEEDBACK AS TO A TIME THAT A REMEDY WILL BE BEING PUT IN PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TAKATA RECALL ON AUGUST 19, 2016, WE TOOK OUR HONDA TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE AIRBAG INFLATOR REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL. OUR DEALER RAN INTO A PROBLEM WITH A MOUNTING BOLT (APPARENTLY A BOLT WAS CROSS-THREADED AND TWISTED OFF). A CALL TO HONDA AMERICA CONFIRMED THE ENTIRE AIR BAG WOULD THEN HAVE TO BE REPLACED. OUR DEALER ORDERED THE PART THAT DAY. AND HAS OF THIS WRITING NOT YET RECEIVED THE AIR BAG FROM HONDA AMERICA. OUR DEALER GAVE US A LOANER CAR FOR TWO MONTHS, BUT THEN TOOK IT BACK AND GAVE US OUR CAR BACK, WITHOUT A FRONT PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG, ON OCTOBER 31, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO NOT PUT A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. (IN ORDER TO GET MY CAR BACK, I HAD TO SIGN A STATEMENT ON THE WORK ORDER SAYING I HAD REFUSED A REPAIR, BUT I WAS NOT OFFERED A REPAIR TO REFUSE. I HAD TO SIGN THE WORK ORDER OR NOT GET MY CAR BACK.) JUST PRIOR TO THE DEALER CALLING AND TAKING THE LOANER BACK, I WROTE A LETTER TO HONDA AMERICA ABOUT THE DELAY IN DELIVERING THE REPLACEMENT AIRBAG. I HAVE RECEIVED NO REPLY. SO IT HAS BEEN FOUR AND ONE-HALF MONTHS MY CAR HAS BEEN WAITING ON A REPLACEMENT AIR BAG. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH HONDA AMERICA; I BELIEVE MY DEALER HAS ACTED IN GOOD FAITH. ATTACHMENTS: - ORIGINAL RECALL NOTICE - WORK ORDER FROM MY DEALER - MY LETTER TO HONDA AMERICA