NHTSA Complaint #10153450 — 2006 HONDA CIVIC

CREAKING AND RATTLING FROM INTERIOR OF CAR IN SEVERAL AREAS--MOST NOTABLE THE REAR. GENERAL FEELING OF PARTS FALLING APART OR COMING LOOSE WHILE DRIVING. THE LOUDEST AND MOST TROUBLESOME NOISE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS COMING FROM WHERE THE REAR INTERIOR SHELF AND REAR WINDOW MEET. THE NOISE IS LOUDEST WHEN THE CAR IS COLD AND HAPPENS MOSTLY WHILE DRIVING OVER ROUGH PATCHES OF HIGHWAY, CROSSING ROAD REFLECTORS, OR WHEN THE STEREO IS ON. THERE IS ALSO A "CREAKING" NOISE COMING FROM ALL AREAS OF THE FRONT DASH AND CONSOLE AROUND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DURING ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE CREAKING AND RATTLING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THE FIRST WEEK I BOUGHT THE CAR. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CARS AND THESE NOISES ARE NOT THE TYPICAL INTERIOR NOISES YOU HEAR IN A CAR. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALER 6 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. WHILE THE TECH'S AGREE THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. SO FAR, THE REAR DECK HAS BEEN INSULATED WITH FOAM TAPE AND THE CENTER CONSOLE HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. ON MARCH 10, THE HONDA AREA REP ALSO LOOKED AT MY CAR AND AGREED THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I ALSO CALLED HONDA CUST SERVICE TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND WHILE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP ADMITTED HE HAS HEARD OF THIS COMPLAINT, HE ALSO WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. *NM