NHTSA Complaint #10361077 — 2006 HONDA CIVIC

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE THEN SAW SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE. HE PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THE VEHICLE SAT FOR ONE DAY AND WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, IT STALLED. THE CONTACT POURED WATER INTO THE COOLANT SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 51,793.