2008 Honda Civic

WAS THE PROUD OWNER OF A HONDA CIVIC(2008) UNTIL RECENTLY. IN JANUARY 2019, MY HONDA UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED OVERHEATING WHEN I WAS WAITING IN LINE IN MCDONALDS. THE OVERHEATING OCCURED VERY FAST AND I I QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO NEAREST HONDA DEALER (HONDA OF NANUET). I LEARNED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE CAR HAD SUFFERED A ENGINE COOLANT LEAK WHICH HAD THE MADE THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE ENGINE BLOCK (HTTPS://HONDA.OEMDTC.COM/340/WARRANTY-EXTENSION-ENGINE-BLOCK-2006-2009-HONDA-CIVIC) WHICH IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON 2006-2009 HONDA CIVICS. MY CARS SITUATION IS SAD BECAUSE IT IS OVER THE 10 YEAR WARRANTY BUT HAS VERY LOW MILES ON IT FOR A CAR OF ITS AGE. YOU CAN SEE MANY ENGINE BLOCK FAILURES LIKE THIS FOR 2006-2009 HONDA CARS AT HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/CIVIC/2006/ENGINE/CRACKED_ENGINE_BLOCK.SHTML CURRENTLY ANYBODY HAVING THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE THEIR ENGINE OVERHEAT, STALL VERY QUICKLY AND HONDA IS NOT REFUNDING OR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND REFUNDING OWNERS FOR THE COST OF THE CAR. I ASK THAT HONDA ISSUE A RECALL INSTEAD OF A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THIS SERIOUS ISSUE CONSIDERING THAT THIS WOULD MAKE THE ENGINE INOPERABLE AND OVERHEAT VERY QUICKLY WITH THIS ISSUE.

ENGINE BLOCK CRACK AT 107,980 MILE. 3 MONTHS OUT OF THE EXTENDED WARRENTY. HONDA TOOK 3 WEEKS TO GET BACK WITH US. THE GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ARGREED TO PAY 50% OF THE BLOCK REPAIR. COST FOR THE BLOCK ONLY WAS $2,200 WITHE THE DISCOUNT. THE REPAIR WOULD HAVE COST CLOSE TO $6000 FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX. JUST WANTED TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. WASN'T SURE WERE TO DO THIS.

DRIVING THE CAR ON THE ROAD IT OVERHEATED AND TURNED OFF, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALERSHIP TECH, TO FIND OUT THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LEAK THE COOLANT AND OVERHEATING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE PROBLEM DOES NOT GIVE ANY WARNING SIGNS! ALSO, IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. AMERICAN HONDA REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM...

MY ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, CAUSING BILLOWS OF STEAM TO ERUPT FROM UNDER MY HOOD, PARTIALLY BLOCKING MY VISION WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE NOW LEAKS COOLANT AND NEEDS TO BE CONSTANTLY REFILLED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE OPERABLE. ENGINE BLOCKS DON'T JUST CRACK. HONDA KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES, BUT THEY WANT ME TO PAY MORE THAN $7000 TO REPAIR THE ENGINE! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK DOES NOT FALL UNDER REGULAR MAINTENANCE OR WEAR AND TEAR, NOT AT ANY MILEAGE, AND ESPECIALLY NOT AT 130,000. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS THE INITIAL POINT OF FAILURE, AS CONFIRMED BY BOTH HONDA AND THE DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TO (HENDRICK HONDA, CHARLESTON SC) AND THAT THE ENGINE GOT SO HOT THAT IT BURNED AND MELTED THE DIPSTICK/TOP OF THE ENGINE

I HAVE A 2008 HONDA CIVIC WITH 50500 MILES. I BOUGHT USED A YEAR AND TWO MINS AGO. I BOUGHT IT OFF SOMEONE I KNEW THAT HAD FULL MAINTENCE RECORDS. ABOUT A MONTH AGO I STARTED HAVING TEMPERATURE ISSUES WITH IT SLOWLY LEAKING COOLOANT. I TOOK IT TO A TRUSTED MECHANIC AND HE SAID I HAD CRACK IN MY ENGINE BLOCK. I CALLED HONDA AND THAT I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE TEN YEAR WARRANTY EXTENSION. THEY HAVE A KNOWN DEFECTIVE ISSUE WITH THERE ENGINE BLOCK AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 4000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I FOUND THIS RIDICULOUS THAT A CAR WITH 50000 HAS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. I BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RELIABLE. NEVER AGAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO O'MALLEY HONDA (3405 STEWART AVE, WAUSAU, WI 54401 (715) 842-2131) BUT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS NOT COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 143,000. *TR

CATASTROPHIC MANUFACTURING ENGINE BLOCK FAILURE, AS SET FORTH IN HONDA TSB 10-048 & 08-044, WHICH RESULTED IN THE SUDDEN AND IMMEDIATE EXPULSION OF ALL COOLANT FROM THE VEHICLE RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ITS' TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS, HONDA DESCRIBES THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS "THE ENGINE (CYLINDER) BLOCK MAY LEAK COOLANT" . HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A SLOW LEAK, BECAUSE THE ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM IS UNDER PRESSURE, WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, WHEN THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKS ALL THE COOLANT IS SUDDEN EXPELLED FROM THE SYSTEM FORCING A MOTORIST TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER. BECAUSE YOU CANNOT KEEP DRIVING WITH NO COOLANT IN THE VEHICLE, IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT FORCES A DRIVER TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO SAFELY STOP THE CAR. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IF A CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL ITS' OIL OR ITS' BRAKES BECAUSE ALL THESE EVENTS FORCE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY STOP DRIVING, WHICH IS DANGEROUS TO YOU, YOUR PASSENGERS, AND TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.

I PURCHASED A 2008 HONDA CIVIC IN MAY OF 2018. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE TO GET ME FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO MONTANA AS I HAD JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE AND WAS MOVING FOR MY FIRST JOB. I WAS FOUR HOURS INTO MY TREK WHEN MY CAR BROKE DOWN LEAVING MY MOTHER AND I COMPLETELY STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN NEW YORK. WE HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED AND FOUND OUT 3 DAYS LATER IT WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK (A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE HONDA CIVICS). THE REASON THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED WAS BECAUSE HONDA USED A CHEAPER METAL. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT WOULD COST AROUND $6,000 BECAUSE THE 10 YEAR WARRANTY ENDED. MY MOTHER AND I WERE STRANDED FOR 4 DAYS WHILE WE WAITED THIS OUT. I AM THANKFUL EVERYDAY THIS DIDN'T OCCUR IN THE MID-WEST OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS NO CELL SERVICE AS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED WITH NO FOOD OR WATER AND NO WAY TO CONTACT ANYONE. HONDA PUT ALL OF US HONDA CIVIC OWNERS IN DANGER AND THEY NEED TO FIX THERE MISTAKE. HONDA IS PUTTING ANYONE WHO BUYS AN OLDER CAR IN DANGER.