NHTSA Complaint #10562679 — 2006 HONDA CIVIC

I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND NOTICED A WEIRD SOUND COMING OUT OF ENGINE AND THEN SMOKE FOR THE EXHAUST WITHOUT AND WARNING LIGHT ON DASH,I PULL OVER AND CHECK THERE WAS NO COOLANT,CALL THE TOW GUY AND TOW THE VEHICLE TO DEALER SHIP WHERE THE DIAGNOSE IT AS BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND REPAIR BILL OF 1186,00 BUT NEXT DAY CALLED ME AND GAVE ME THE NEWS THAT IT IS A CRACK IN HEAD AND THE ESTIMATE WOULD BE MORE THAN 4000.00. CONTACT HONDA AMERICA AND THEY SAID WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CRACK IN BLOCK AS IT IS ON RECALL BUT NOT CRACK IN A HEAD. I AM A MIDDLE CLASS MAN AND CANNOT AFFORD THIS SORT OF EXPENSE AND NEITHER HONDA COMPANY NOT NORTHWEST HONDA DEALERSHIP STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND ESTIMATES AND IF DON'T AUTHORIZE THIS REPAIR STILL I OWE THE DEALERSHIP $ 460 TO TEAR DOWN THE VEHICLE. *TR