NHTSA Complaint #10304102 — 2006 HONDA CIVIC

FIRST MY AC STOPPED WORKING AND THEN MY TEMPERATURE MAXED OUT. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK IS CRACKED! YES, I HAVE 132K. HOWEVER, THIS IS A KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING FLAW. THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THIS AND REPAIR AT NO OUT OF POCKET COST FOR THOSE THAT EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM! SPOKE TO VARIOUS PEOPLE AT AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. AND THE RESPONSE IS MILEAGE IS TOO HIGH SO DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING. IF THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, I WOULD JUST CONSIDER MYSELF UNLUCKY. HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HONDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONSIDERING THIS IS A FAST GROWING LIST OF PEOPLE, IT DESERVES INVESTIGATION. SOME CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING SOME WITH HIGH MILEAGE, SEEM TO HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY LONG TERM HONDA CUSTOMERS AND ONCE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO RETAIN AS CUSTOMERS. I GUESS HONDAS BEING THE ONLY TWO NEWS CARS I HAVE BOUGHT DOES NOT COUNT! *TR