2008 Honda Civic

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD TURNED ON. CALLED 911 FOR ASSISTANCE SINCE COULDN'T EXIT THE VEHICLE. CAR WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP NEAR WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. SHOP DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO ENGINE OVERHEATING. AFTER I FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND SEIZED I TOOK MY CAR TO HONDA FOR DIAGNOSIS BECAUSE SOMETIME AFTER I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, I WAS NOTIFIED BY HONDA THAT THE ENGINE MAY EXPERIENCE COOLANT SEEPAGE THAT CAN RESULT IN ENGINE OVERHEATING, THUS AMERICAN HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OF THE ENGINE TO 10 YEARS FROM ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE WITH NO MILEAGE LIMIT. MY CAR WAS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 64,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. HONDA SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGED THE ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO COOLANT SEEPAGE BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY OFFERED ORIGINALLY. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH HONDA FOR NOT RECALLING THESE ENGINES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEIR CUSTOMERS IN DANGER OF VERY SERIOUS SITUATIONS SUCH AS THE ONE I DESCRIBED.

ENGINE SEEMS TO BE LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP / MATERIALS. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY CONCERN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHILE UNDER POWER. HONDA CURRENTLY HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS 10-048. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT COVER ALL VEHICLES. IN MY CASE, I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT HAS SALVAGED TITLE DUE TO DAMAGE IN REAR RIGHT QUARTER PANEL. NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ENGINE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO BE CHECKED, THE HONDA DEALER DID STATE THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT PROBLEM AS 10-048, BUT WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY DUE TO IT'S SALVAGE TITLE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM DUE TO THE HIGH RISK POTENTIAL OF A DEADLY ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY NHTSA AND ESCALATED AS A RECALL ITEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD POP OUT OF THIRD GEAR INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED AN ABNORMAL GRINDING SOUND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THIRD GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (LAMACCHIA HONDA, 932 W GENESEE ST., SYRACUSE, NY, 13204), BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WERE TIMES THAT THE CONTACT CALLED AND WENT TO THE DEALER FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. OVER TIME, THE POPPING NOISE WORSENED AND THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO MOVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 17.

MY 2008 HONDA CIVIC CURRENTLY HAS 107,460 +/- MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE BLOCK HAS CRACKED. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED BY MY MECHANIC. I THEN DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. NHTSA REF# 10030876, TSB REF#SB-08-044 AND SERVICE BULLETIN 10-048. HONDA PUT A 10 YR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ENGINES FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE. MY CAR WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED ON 09/27/2007. MY CAR BROKE DOWN ON 10/02/2017, 5 DAYS PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD. HONDA HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE MY ENGINE BLOCK, GIVING NO GRACE PERIOD ON THIS WARRANTY. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND MY CAR ONLY HAS 107,XXX MILES WHICH IS NOT A LOT BY TODAY'S STANDARDS.I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM AND FURTHERMORE HONDA SHOULD HAVE PUT A MILEAGE AMOUNT ON THE WARRANTY AS WELL.

CONTACTED SUSSMAN HONDA DEALER BY PHONE REGARDING REMEDYING PASSENGER FRONTAL AIRBAG RECALL. WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED TO EMAIL. SENT EMAIL ON 08/01/2016. NO REPLY. EMAILED AGAIN ON 09/23/16, NO REPLY. CALLED DEALER AND AFTER A BIT OF "PHONE TAG" AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STRUGGLING TO FIND MY VIN, INFO, ETC. I WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE ALREADY ON ORDER AND I WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN THEY WERE IN. IT IS NOW A FULL YEAR LATER, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER RECALL AND THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.