NHTSA Complaint #10376644 — 2006 HONDA CIVIC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL GRINDING NOISE AND BECAME INCREASINGLY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WITHOUT WARNING. WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SMOKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE TENSIONER PIVOT BOLT HAD FRACTURED AND ENTERED THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE AND THE STEERING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,500. UPDATED 12/14/11 *CN