2006 HONDA CIVIC Engine Problems

I HAVE 2006 HONDA CIVIC THAT I BOUGHT BACK IN 2012 WITH 93K MILES ON IT AND NOW IN 2016 I HAD MY ENGINE BLOCK LEAK AND SO I TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALER SO THEY CAN CHECK IT AND TOLD ME I HAD A CRACK ON MY ENGINE AND THEY SAID THAT HANDA SENT A LETTER WITCH I NEVER GOT AND THAT MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRE AND THEY CAN'T DO ANY THING ABOUT I'VE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR I ALWAYS KEEP CLEAN AND MAKE SURE I DO MY MAINTENANCE ON IT I HAVE NO ACCIDENTS ALSO WAY I KNOW I HAD A PROBLEM IS BY THE CAR OVER HEATING AND THE SMOKE COMING OUT WHILE I WAS IN HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY YET HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO ANYTHING WHAT ABOUT IF WE GOT HURT WHILE WAITING FOR SOME TO COME AND TOW MY CAR AWAY AND FOR...

RECALL HONDA WON'T HONOR WARRANTY 10-048 ONLY BECAUSE ON MY TITTLE IT STATES THAT THE MILLEGE IS NOT ACTUAL. WHICH WAS A MISTAKE BY THE DMV. NOT ACTUAL MILEAGE MY ENGINE IS SEIZED DUE TO THE CAR OVER HEATING.

CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. LEAKIGING COOLENT.

ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED AT 10-YEARS, 4-MONTHS. HONDA WARRANTED THE ENGINES ORIGINALLY FOR 5-YEARS THEN EXTENDED BLOCK WARRANTY TO 8-YEARS AND FINALLY TO 10-YEARS. THE BLOCKS HAVE A MAJOR DEFECT WHERE THE BLOCK CRACKS BECAUSE THE BLOCK WALL IS TOO THIN ON THESE ALUMINUM BLOCKS AND MINE WAS NO DIFFERENT. MY BLOCK FAILURE CAME 4-MONTHS OUT OF SECOND EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD. HONDA SAYS THEY WILL NOT HONOR WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CAR IS 4-MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. CALLED THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS NUMBERS TO NO AVAIL. THIS PROBLEM IS A DEFECT AND HONDA HAS ADMITTED TO IT THAT'S WHY THEY PROVIDED WARRANTIES FOR THIS PROBLEM. SINCE MY CAR IS 10-YEARS OLD AND IS 4-MONTHS OUT OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS COVERED REPAIR, I AM STUCK PAYING TO GET MY CAR ON THE ROAD AGAIN AT THE TUNE OF $5000 - $6000 AT LEAST. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK FRACTURED DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL, WHICH CAUSED WATER TO PENETRATE THE ENGINE CYLINDERS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 270,000. UPDATED 12/13/16*LJ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT SYSTEM WAS LEAKING AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,234.

I WAS DRIVING ON I-40 TRAVELING TOWARDS WILMINTON, NC WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THE TEMPERATURE LIGHT WAS REGISTERING HOT AND WAS IN THE RED ZONE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO WILMINTON, NC. THE SHOP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. THEY CALLED HONDA TO SEE IF THE CAR WAS COVERED UNDER TSB 10-048 AND THEY WERE TOLD THE 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON MY CAR EXPIRED IN JULY. THE CAR HAS ONLY 66,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO STOP RUNNING ANYWHERE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN RALEIGH ON I-40 THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

I WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER MIDNIGHT AND NOTICED A SMELL. I LOOKED FOR SMOKE AND SAW NONE. I GOT STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND CHECKED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND SAW IT WAS AT 3/4 RATHER THAN 1/2 AND JUMPED TO FULL WHILE WAITING AT THE RED LIGHT. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR INDICATORS EVER LIT UP. I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION AND HAD IT TOWED HOME AND THEN AGAIN TO THE HONDA DEALER I GO TO FOR MY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IN THE MORNING. THEY CALLED LATER THAT AFTERNOON TO SAY IT WAS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AND WOULD BE $5000 + TAX FOR A NEW BLOCK. THEY TRIED TO GET HONDA TO HONOR THE TSB-08-044 WARRANTY BUT IT WAS JUST OUTSIDE THE TIME FRAME FOR THE WARRANTY SO HONDA REFUSED. THE CAR HAS AROUND 148K MILES ON IT AND HAS ALWAYS...

ON THE DATE OF AUGUST 12, 2016 (FRIDAY) AT OR AROUND 5:40 PM EST. THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN IN MOTION AND WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE DUE TO SOMETHING INVOLVING THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS ON A CITY STREET. IT HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE ROADWAY. NOTICED COOLANT LEAKING ON THE GROUND FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY AAA TO OUR LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. ON MONDAY MORNING AUGUST 15, 2016 THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. AT THIS POINT I HAD INFORMATION ON HONDA'S ENGINE BLOCK PROBLEMS. 2006 HONDA CIVIC 'ENGINE BLOCK CRACK' TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 10-048: THE PROBLEM: THE ENGINE BLOCK MAY LEAK COOLANT, RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERHEATING. CORRECTIVE ACTION: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ENGINE BLOCK FREE OF CHARGE. WARRANTY INFO: REPAIRS WILL BE DONE UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY (10 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE, NO MILEAGE LIMITS). MY 2006 HONDA...

TAKATA RECALL - I USE THIS VEHICLE AS A FAMILY CAR, IT IS NOW CONSIDERED UNSAFE TO HAVE PASSENGERS IN MY FRONT SEAT. AS OF NOW THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO MAKE MY CAR SAFE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AS THE ONLY OPTION I HAVE IS TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE, OR RENT A VEHICLE, IN ORDER TO SAFELY TRANSPORT MY FAMILY. ALSO, MY VEHICLE HAS AN ENGINE RECALL THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY COMMUNICATED TO ME (THE SECOND OWNER), WHICH HAS NOW LED TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.

NOTICED CAR TEMP RISING AND GETTING HOTTER, NO INDICATORS OR WARNINGS LIGHTS. LET CAR COOL OFF AND NOTICED THE COOLANT WAS EXTREMELY LOW, CAR HAD ALL FLUIDS TOPPED OFF DURING A RECENT CHECK UP. ADDED COOLANT. ALL SEEMED FINE TILL THE NEXT WEEKEND WHEN CAR STARTED HEAT UP AGAIN, BROUGHT CAR INTO SHOP. FOUND ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED AND WAS LEAKING COOLANT. UPON FUTURE INVESTIGATION CRACK IS SAME LOCATION AS REFERENCE TSB NO. 10-048. SINCE THIS HAPPENED 20 DAYS AFTER THE 10 YEAR DATE HONDA IS REFUSING TO REPLACE. WE PURCHASED THE CAR A YEAR AGO FROM A DEALER AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS ISSUE.

CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING WHILE DRIVING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION A HAIRLINE CRACK WAS VISIBLY LEAKING COOLANT ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT IT IS THE CRACK FROM TSB 10-048 BUT WILL NOT COVER SAID ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY TIME LIMIT . AS A SIDE NOTE, BEING THE THIRD OWNER OF THE VEHICLE I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY/ ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 48 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD AND OVERHEATED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT SMELLED ANTIFREEZE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. BY THE TIME I PULLED OFF THE FREEWAY THE OIL LIGHT WAS ON. MY CAR THEN DIED AND SOON FOUND THE CAR HAD OVERHEATED. I TOOK IT TO HONDA AND THEY SAID IT IS PROBABLY A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK BUT WERE UNABLE TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN MORE THAN 8 YEARS SINCE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS OFFERED FOR THIS PROBLEM.

HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. AS I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY I HAD WHITE SMOKE COME OUT OF MY ENGINE BAY. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE TOWING. HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER JUST TO FIND OUT THAT ITS GOT CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. AND THE SAID I AM OUT SIDE OF TIME PERIOD FOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BY JUST OVER A MONTH. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE... IF THEY KNOW THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK IS FAULTY THEN HOW CAN THEY PUT A TIME LIMIT ON THE WARRANTY. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR NOT TOO LONG AGO AND NOW I HAVE TO SPEND THOUSANDS TO GET IT TO RUN AGAIN. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL PERIOD....

HELLO! A VERY WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 06-09 HONDA CIVIC IS A TENDENCY FOR THE ENGINE BLOCKS TO CRACK. FREQUENTING ONLINE FORUMS AND WEBSITES, IT SEEMS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED FROM LESS THAN 1,000 MILES TO UP TO 200,000 MILES. THAT BEING SAID, IT SEEMS THIS CAR IS A LITERAL TIME BOMB. THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS OF PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ONLY TO RAPIDLY LOSE POWER TO ALL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS A PROFOUND SAFETY HAZARD, NOT ONLY TO THE DRIVER, BUT OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL! THAT BEING SAID, HONDA ADMITTED THAT THE TENDENCY FOR BLOCKS TO CRACK WAS DUE A FAULTY CASTING PROCESS. THEY HAD ISSUES AN INITIAL 8 YEAR WARRANTY AND INCREASED THAT TO 10 YEARS. AS OF LATE, MANY CURRENT OWNERS HAVE STILL HAD THEIR BLOCKS CRACKED. ONLY THIS TIME, HONDA IS REFUSING TO FIX...

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED AND ENGINE OVERHEATED, MAKING MY CAR A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD, UNSAFE AND UNDRIVABLE. I TOOK MY HONDA INTO THE DEALERSHIP & THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AND OFFERED TO RELPLACE WITH USED ENGINE FOR $4333.00. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ONLINE I FOUND PLENTY OF OTHER HONDA OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE CRACK WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT FROM HONDA.

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX WITH ONLY 53,000 MILES ON IT LATELY IT HAS BENN ONE REPAIR AFTER OTHET I HAD THE TRANMISSION DONE IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR NET IT STARTED TO LEAK OIL FOR THE ENGINE THE SEAL WAS REPLACED NEXT IT LEAKED FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE ENGINE I HAVE A BILL REPAIRS IN WRITING ALSO THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS CRACKED, AND ANOTHER SEAL HAD TO BE REPLACED I HAVE INVOICE OF PAYMENT FOR ALL THIS WORK STARTING FROM NOV OF 2015 TO PRESENT JUST PICKED MY CAR UP TODAY FOR THE LEAKS AND A STARTER HAD TO BE PUT ON CAR WAS DRAGGING AND NOT STARTING 5/7/2016 I ALSO TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER SHIP FOR OVER HEATING AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T FINE ANYTHING I WAS NOT PLEASED MY CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY DID NOTHING...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

HELLO! A VERY WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 06-09 HONDA CIVIC IS A TENDENCY FOR THE ENGINE BLOCKS TO CRACK. FREQUENTING ONLINE FORUMS AND WEBSITES, IT SEEMS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED FROM LESS THAN 1,000 MILES TO UP TO 200,000 MILES. THAT BEING SAID, IT SEEMS THIS CAR IS A LITERAL TIME BOMB. THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS OF PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ONLY TO RAPIDLY LOSE POWER TO ALL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS A PROFOUND SAFETY HAZARD, NOT ONLY TO THE DRIVER, BUT OTHER DRIVERS AS WELL! THAT BEING SAID, HONDA ADMITTED THAT THE TENDENCY FOR BLOCKS TO CRACK WAS DUE A FAULTY CASTING PROCESS. THEY HAD ISSUES AN INITIAL 8 YEAR WARRANTY AND INCREASED THAT TO 10 YEARS. AS OF LATE, MANY CURRENT OWNERS HAVE STILL HAD THEIR BLOCKS CRACKED. ONLY THIS TIME, HONDA IS REFUSING TO FIX...

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC VIN# [XXX] THAT HAS A ENGINE BLOCK HAIR LINE CRACK. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY TOLD ME BASED ON THE VIN THAT I PROVIDED THIS VEHICLE DOESN'T QUALIFY UNDER THE RECALL. SO WAS THIS JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT MY VEHICLE HAD A CRACK ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. THEY VEHICLE IS A DAILY DRIVEN CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN MY WIFE NOTICED A COOLANT SMELL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ENGINE BLOCK AND HEAD CRACK.

HAVING SAME ISSUE IT SEEMS IS WIDELY COMMON FROM MY RESEARCH WHERE THE RIGHT MOTOR MOUNT FAILS AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE KNOCKING OF THE MOTOR. WE'VE NOTICED IT FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AT LOW IDLE TO LOW SPEED, BUT ONCE RPM IS OVER 1K IT IS FINE AND STRAIGHTENS OUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. AFTER WAITING SOME TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE HAD A CRACK AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

BARELY 20 DAYS AFTER THE WARRANTY MY CAR STOPPED ON A HIGHWAY WITH WHITE FUMES UNDER THE HOOD. WITH BRAKES, TRANSMISSION, ACCELERATOR NOT WORKING, I HAD LITERALLY RELY ON MY LUCK TO GET IT OUT OF THE LAST LANE ONTO A SHOULDER. IT WAS SCARY. I TOWED THE CAR TO A NEAREST DEALER. HE DIAGNOSED CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO OVER HEATING, COOLANT LEAKAGE. I HAD REPLACE THE ENGINE FOR 3494.90$.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE AND THE IMA LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VOLTAGE CONVERTER MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V106000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

VEHICLE TURNED OFF SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE IN MOTION. MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP. PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER AND VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE, BUT HONDA WOULD NOT PROVIDE A LOANER VEHICLE.

VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AT LOW SPEED. CEL CAME ON AND STARTED BLINKING AND VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE". VEHICLE COULD NOT GO OVER 10MPH. CAR RETURNED HOME AND CODE INDICATED MISFIRE IN 3RD CYLINDER. COOLANT WAS EXTREMELY LOW AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE/STEAM COULD BE SEEN COMING FROM TAILPIPE. PRESSURE TEST OF COOLANT SYSTEM REVEALED LEAKS IN ALL CYLINDERS (PRIMARILY C3). COMPRESSION TEST INDICATED CRACK IN HEAD (NEAR INTAKE). POSSIBILITY DUE TO OVERHEATING AND WARPING OF HEAD. CALLED HONDA AMERICA TO VERIFY THAT ISSUES IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY (SPECIFICALLY TSB 10-048). HONDA AMERICA DENIED WARRANTY BECAUSE THE TSB ONLY COVERS SPECIFIC EXTERNAL CRACKS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE CRACKS ON THIS VEHICLE WERE LIKELY INSIDE THE HEAD, POSSIBLY INSIDE OF CYLINDER. CAUSE OF INITIAL OVERHEATING REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED. HONDA AMERICA MAINTAINS THAT THIS WARRANTY IS SPECIFIC TO EXTERNAL CRACKS.

AS THE SINGLE OWNER AND DRIVER OF AN 06 HONDA CIVIC THAT I PURCHASED NEW AND PAID FOR IN FULL, I HAVE FULL SERVICE FOR THE VEHICLE AS RECOMMENDED AT THE DEALER SITE WHERE IT IS PURCHASED. I HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED FOR LUBE/OIL/& OIL FILTER CHANGE ON 7/27/2015 AND THEY ALSO PERFORM THE MULTIPOINT INSPECTION. IN JUST 12 DAYS, ENGINE OVERHEATING OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON I-95. UPON MY RETURN HOME FROM WORK, I HEARD A HUMMING I HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE. AS I SLOWED DOWN TO LISTEN CLOSER TO DETERMINE ORIGIN, I SEE THAT NO ENGINE LIGHTS. AFTER FEW MINUTES, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED SEVER OVERHEATING, THEN THE CAR SPUTTERS, RAPIDLY LOSING POWER -I BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC ON I-95 WHEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND SMOKE. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OR EVEN A HINT OF A...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE WINDOWS FAILED TO OPERATE, EXCLUDING THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DEFROST STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

WHILE MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WEST TO CALIFORNIA, AT 65MPH, THE ENGINE POWER WAS COMPLETELY LOST. UPON PULLING OVER I OPENED THE HOOD AFTER ABOUT 3-5 MINUTES TO FIND COOLANT FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. I ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE BUT IT ONLY TURNED OVER WITHOUT STARTING. WE TOWED IT TO SERVICE CENTER AT COLFAX, CA TO FIND OUT THE NEXT DAY THAT THE ENGINE HAS SEVERE INTERNAL DAMAGE FROM LEAKING COOLANT FLUID. THE SOURCE WAS NOT LOCATED YET WITH NO SIGNS OF RADIATOR DAMAGE. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOWED 90 MILES TO RENO, NV HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. AFTER RESEARCHING POSSIBLE CAUSES, I DISCOVERED A SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB 10-048) THAT ADDRESSES AN ENGINE CRACK LEAKING COOLANT AND CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT MY HONDA IS NOT COVERED ACCORDING TO VIN INQUIRY AND AWAITING AN APPOINTMENT TO LOOK INTO CAUSE. THE ENGINE DASHBOARD...

THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER BOLT SNAPPED CAUSING THE BELT TO SLIP ONTO THE WATER PUMP PULLEY. THE BOLT HAD TO BE DRILLED OUT AND THE WATER PUMP PULLEY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A TSB OUT ON THIS BOLT BUT I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM. IT COST ME $1,100.91 TO HAVE IT FIXED. *TR

BOLT THAT CONNECTED TENSIONER, TO BELT SHEARED OFF. CAUSING VEHICLE TO MALFUNCTION. CAR BECAME NOT DRIVABLE. MIGHT HAVE CAUSED INJURY AT HIGH SPEED, OR LOSS OF CONTROL. A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 HONDA CIVIC, ACCORDING TO INTERNET COMPLAINTS! DESIGN PROBLEM? ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT PROBLEMS REPORTED. *TR

ANOTHER STARTER MOTOR PROBLEM. CAR WON'T START. NOT THE BATTERY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS GENERATION OF HONDA CIVICS HAVING CARS NOT ABLE TO START UP THAT'S NOT A BATTERY PROBLEM. *TR

THE TENSIONER BOLT BROKE IN HALF BECAUSE IT WAS THE WRONG BOLT PUT IN BY HONDA.. NEEDS NEW ENGINE AND HONDA REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT... ONLY HAVE 42000 MILES ON IT... *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE PIVOT BOLT BROKE ON OUR 2006 HONDA CIVIC... TOOK IT TO A REPUTABLE AUTO MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN ON FOR MY HONDA CIVIC VIN NUMBER BUT WHEN I HAD IT TOWED UP TO HONDA THEY CLAIMED IT WASN'T FOR MY HONDA AT ALL BUT FOR THE 2007... WELL MY HONDA WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES MADE IN 2006 AND I THINK IT HAD A 2007 MOTOR PUT IN... MY CAR ONLY HAS 42000 MILES ON IT AND IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE?????? WHICH HONDA REFUSES TO FIX... THIS WASN'T ANYTHING I HAD DONE IT IS A MANUFACTURING MISTAKE AND I THINK HONDA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT... I WAS FIGHTING THEM BUT NO ATTORNEY WILL TAKE THE CASE AGAINST HONDA... I AM A POOR WORKING MAN WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX A CAR I PAID 20000 DOLLARS...

CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK WAS DISCOVERED AFTER COOLENT ESCAPED AND CAR OVERHEATED AND STALLED. *TR

KNOW PROBLEM WITH 2006 HONDA CIVICS THAT HONDA FAILED TO RECALL-- CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK CAUSED 2006 CIVIC EX COUPE TO OVERHEAT AND BREAK DOWN IN RALEIGH NC. WAS STRANDED FOR 4 HOURS IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PART OF TOWN AND HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE BLOCK RATHER THAN RECALL IT. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE HONDA DEALER AND SAYS THAT THE HEAD IS WARPED DUE TO THE OVERHEATING. I CALLED HONDA OF AMERICA BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS EXPENSIVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF THE WARPED HEAD BECAUSE THEY ONLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE BLOCK EVEN THOUGH THE FAULTY BLOCK CAUSED THE HEAD DAMAGE. HONDA REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PHONE IMPLIED THAT I HAD BEEN NEGLIGENT IN SOME WAY, PERHAPS BY IGNORING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAUSING THE DAMAGE. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 2006 AND NEVER HAD A CHECK ENGINE...

I ON A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX. YESTERDAY I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND AS I DID SO THE CAR STOPPED AND THEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE AND ROAR. I APPLIED THE BRAKES HARDER AS THE CAR BEGAN TO TRY TO JUMP FORWARD INTO THE INTERSECTION THE ENGINE RACED EVEN MORE AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING THE CAR BACK SO I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE CARE ENGINE WAS NORMAL THIS TIME AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RACE SO I DROVE HOME. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, BUT WHEN THEY DID A VISUAL CHECK OF THE GAS PEDAL, THEY...

CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT RAPIDLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL WAS COMING FROM ENGINE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND HAVE CAR TOWED TO HONDA DEALERSHIP. FOUND ALL ENGINE COOLANT HAD LEAKED OUT THROUGH CRACK IN ENGINE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED SLOWING. NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULDN'T DRIVE OVER 30 MPH. IT THEN STARTED SMOKING, SO I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID I HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AND THAT THE OIL PROBABLY LEAKED COMPLETELY OUT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. *TR

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6-18-09 HONDA DEALERSHIP DID FEB 2009 RECALL (REPLACED AUTO-TENSIONER PIVOT BOLT & REROUTE BELT) AT 28,324 MI. 9-15-12 ENGINE FAILED (48144 MI.) APPROACHING STOP INTERSECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY WOULD NOT CRANK TO START.TOWED CAR TO SERVICE STATION. 9-18-12 VEHICLE REPAIRED -- DUE TO BROKEN PIVOT BOLT, A NEW HONDA RECALL BELT KIT, INCLUDING NEW BOLT, BELT, BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY & WATER PUMP PULLEY HAD TO BE INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MI. AFTER RECALL KIT & NEW BOLT WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE PIVOT BOLT FROM BREAKING, THE BOLT BROKE AND STOPPED THE CAR FROM FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD I BEEN IN HIGHER SPEED TRAFFIC THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. *TR

HISTORY FROM ODI # 10572660: 6-18-09 HONDA DEALERSHIP DID FEB 2009 RECALL (REPLACED AUTO-TENSIONER PIVOT BOLT & REROUTE BELT) AT 28,324 MI. 9-15-12 ENGINE FAILED (48144 MI.) APPROACHING STOP INTERSECTION. SUBSEQUENTLY WOULD NOT CRANK TO START. TOWED CAR TO SERVICE STATION. 9-18-12 VEHICLE REPAIRED -- DUE TO BROKEN PIVOT BOLT, A NEW HONDA RECALL BELT KIT, INCLUDING NEW BOLT, BELT, BELT TENSIONER ASSEMBLY & WATER PUMP PULLEY HAD TO BE INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MI. AFTER RECALL KIT & NEW BOLT WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT THE PIVOT BOLT FROM BREAKING, THE BOLT BROKE AND STOPPED THE CAR FROM FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. HAD I BEEN IN HIGHER SPEED TRAFFIC THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. ----------------------------------------------------------- 12-20-13 CAR DIED APPROACHING INTERSECTION -- TOWED FOR SERVICE. AGAIN PIVOT BOLT HAD BROKEN, CAUSING CASCADE OF EVENTS PREVENTING CAR FROM FUNCTIONING -- THIS TIME WITHIN ONLY 7000 MI. AFTER NEW BELT TENSIONER RECALL KIT & NEW...

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...

WAS DRIVING CAR UP TO STATES AND VEHICLE STARTED TO CUT OUT. TOOK TO SHOP AND CAR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BLOWN HEAD GASKET. COULD NOT GET CAR TO STATES (WAS IN ROSARITO MEXICO) SO HAD HEAD TAKEN OUT AND TOOK IT TO STATES FOR VALVE AND HEAD JOB. MECHANIC DOWN HERE REPLACED AND THEN SAID CAR HAS CRACKED BLOCK. DROVE CAR UP TO STATES WHERE INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED SHOP SAID CRACKED BLOCK. TOWED TO PACIFIC HONDA AND THEY DIAGNOSED CAR WITH BAD RADIATOR AND TIMING CHAIN OFF BY 4 TEETH PUTTING BLAME ON WORK DONE IN MEXICO. MY MECHANIC IN MEXICO WAS A CERTIFIED MECHANIC IN STATES BEFORE RETIRING. NO INDEPENDENT SHOP WILL TOUCH THE CAR NOW BECAUSE OF CRACKED BLOCK BUT HONDA WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TURN TO NOW AND I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR A YEAR AGO. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR...

LOT OF VIBRATIONS. HOWLING NOISE WHEN IN REVERSE. I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR MOUNT LEAKED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. I HEARD THERE'S A LOT OF THIS KIND OF PROBLEM IN THE INTERNET. I GUESS YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THIS PROBLEM TO PROTECT US CONSUMERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE TENSIONER BOLT WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TENSIONER BOLT WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000. UPDATED 01-29-14 *BF UPDATED 01/29/14..UPDATED 03/18/14 *BF *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,127.