NHTSA Complaint #10572974 — 2006 HONDA CIVIC

THE CIVIC WOULD START FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN SHUT DOWN. THE ANTI-THEFT IMMOBILIZER INDICATOR LIGHT CAME. ALL THREE OEM KEYS DID NOT WORK. THIS RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR A LONG DISTANCE TOW TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, AS WELL AS $209 IN REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE IMMOBILIZER MODULE WAS BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH SUGGESTING A NEW BATTERY. KEYS FAILING TO WORK??? COME ON HONDA! OF ALL THINGS TO GO WRONG WITH A CAR, THIS JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. ON TOP OF THAT YOU STICK YOUR CUSTOMER'S WITH A COSTLY TOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD BEEN STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, STRANDED, SIMPLY DUE TO MY KEYS FAILING TO WORK? IT WOULD APPEAR YOUR VAUNTED QUALITY CONTROL IS SLIPPING THE LAST FEW YEARS. I NOTICED THERE WAS A "SERVICE BULLETIN" LISTED FOR THIS ITEM, BUT NO COMPENSATION FORTHCOMING FROM HONDA. *TR