The brake line of our 2006 civic developed a major leak as a result of corrosion or abrasion, leading to a loss of brake fluid and severely diminished braking.
2006 Honda Civic brakes complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact received a notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 07v399000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The contact stated that the dealer declined to repair the vehicle under the recall due to the wheel bearing being painted. The vehicle was not repaired. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle would excessively wear down tires. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 99,838.
A faulty designed upper rear control arm causes uneven tire wear and alignment & braking issues.
My brake lights failed except for the middle brake light above the trunk. Both bulbs have been replaced as well as the fuse. All other lights including hazard, backup, and blinkers work. An independent mechanic has examined the vehicle and confirmed the problem lies with the brake position switch and is related honda defect code 5ey00 related to vins that begin jhmfa1 and supplied with me with a honda service bulletins referring to this. 2 honda service associates have insisted this is not under a recall. This is dangerous, please help.
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 found that the gas pedal had come loose from the floor mounting. They tighten this part and charged me for labor and the time on the computer (which came to $104.). They said there was a recall on this part for some of the 2006 honda civics, but that mine was not the right VIN number for this recall. When I look on you website it type in my VIN number and make and model, it says it is on recall and that they have a modification kit for the gas pedal that they send to the dealership to repair the car for free that is supposed to prevent this from happening again. I feel that they should have order the repair kit for my gas pedal and told me that they would service my car for free. My life or someone else's could have been at risk with this incident and possibly without this modification kit, it can happen again in the future. I would like to know how to get my car included in this recall and free installation of the modification kit as it should not be excluded since I obviously suffer the same risk as those other 2006 honda civics with the approved VIN numbers. I would also like a refund on the $104.
I had a car accident on the huntingdon side of pine groves mountain on pa 26 south. I drove a honda civic 06 lx. When I was going down the mountain, I applied the brake normally to slow down before a curve when the speed was at 60 MPH, but my car was drifting, not like hydroplaning at all. There was no water to cause that but it rained five to six hours before the accident. During the whole course of incident, the steering wheel was not responsive. When it started to drift, it skidded towards the incoming lane. I tried to correct the steering wheel slightly, it took much more force to operate the steering wheel and the direction was not corrected, so I adjusted it more. Then the head suddenly turned 60 to 80 degrees and hit the guardrail and then the car turned more than 180 degrees clockwise; then the tail hit a stop-sign pole and the car stopped in the mud. Since the car was still drivable, I did not call the police to check the scene. I think it was caused by honda's design defects since I had goodyear four-season tires with more than enough grids, so I want to hire an investigator to investigate my case and ask honda to buy the car back. But none of the law firms I contacted could help me. During the whole course, there was no car coming in both directions. Two cars passed me by when I was pulling my car out of mud but none of them stopped, so I guess there was no witness. The first time when I applied the brake again after the incident, I felt the brake was flimsy, so I drove much slower later, at around 40 MPH. I am not sure if the brake could handle that wet road again, but most of time at most places the brake does not fail, so I assume I experienced a case, on wet road with downhill gravity, that the car is incapable of handling.
I was stopped at a stop light that had just turned red (no one was in front of me). When I noticed that the light was turning yellow for the cross traffic, I let up on the brakes a little bit & maybe rolled a few inches. Suddenly I felt a forward thrust & immediately depressed the brake harder & looked in my rearview mirror as it felt like a car was pushing mine, there was no car behind me. I could hear the engine revving & I had to put more pressure on the brakes but then the light had turned green so I began to accelerate. (this all happened in just a few seconds) I immediately looked at the carpet which was completely in place. I continued to drive & when I had to stop I left a lot of space from the car in front of me but I was not able to recreate the incident. It was not full throttle but enough to really scare me. Yesterday I made a report to honda of america & they were going to forward the report to the larry hopkins honda dealer in burlingame where I have an appointment this friday, april 4th. I did find reports on the internet where other people have had that same thing happen & their garage could never duplicate the incident or find a cause for it so I expect my visit to be fruitless & a waste of money, but I realize that I have to do it. I will always worry as long as I drive this car that could happen again & I may not be as lucky with the outcome. I was not planning to buy another new car until 2016.
I took my car into a shop to get it checked out and they said I have uneven tire wear he showed me it looked like zebra stripes in my tires. He said he thinks this was a recall. But he also said I needed front brakes. He said the rear brakes were not being used at all and that's why my front brakes went so quick. I was very upset. They should not have sold me a car that didn't have brakes in the rear. I have 2 children 1 is 3 and the other is 9. I really need to have brakes in my car.
Both rear brake lights stop working at the same time. Checked the fuse and bulb, both which are good. It appears the brake lights stop working after I pressed on brakes hard enough to engage ABS in an emergency situation. The high brake light mounted on the backlite is working.
Two days ago I was pulling into a parking space in a grocery store parking lot. I was slowing the car down using the brakes. As I turned into the parking space I applied pressure on the brakes, the brakes became soft and suddenly the engines rpms increased and began jumping between 3000 rpms to 4000 rpms. The car began to move forward even though I had the brakes fully depressed and I was in danger of hitting other cars or people. I immediately put the car in neutral and the rpms jumped even higher. I turned the engine off and after a few seconds the engine stopped. I re-started it and drove to the honda dealership. They have had the car for two days and can not find the problem (or so they say). This is the second time in 8 weeks this has happened in this car (see complaint number 10435619). This was not pedal error. My foot was only on the brake. After doing a google search I see hundreds of similar complaints. Honda is not admitting that there is a problem with the software in their cars but there is. Please look into this before too many people get killed. I could have easily run over the 2-3 people walking in front of me if I hadn't been through this before and knew to put the car in neutral right away. Both times when I put my foot on the brake I felt the brakes soften and the engine suddenly revved. It appears to me that there is some glitch in their software that tells the engine to downshift when braking. Instead of downshifting the engine accelerates. Something is clearly wrong with this car. Unfortunately the check engine light does not come on so honda can not find the error. Clearly if you do a google search there is a serious problem out there with these hondas.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact was driving approximately 55 MPH and the vehicle began to vibrate. Also, a loud ticking noise emitted from the rear of the vehicle. In march of 2010, the vehicle was inspected under the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v399000 (service brakes, hydraulic: antilock: wheel speed sensor); however the technician was unable to detect a malfunction. The dealer refused to accept responsibility for the most recent failure of the rear driver side wheel bearing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.
Having taken my car in for a routine maintenance at 91,000 miles I was told that the brake light switch was only working on an intermediate basis. I was also told that a product recall was in place for same year make - different model. I'm having this corrected at my expense but felt it necessary to alert you folks to a possible defect in other cars of same make and model year.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact stated that the front brake pads and rotors were worn prematurely. The rotors were too small for the pads and there was a constant noise coming from the brakes. The brake pads and rotors were replaced at least three times. The manufacturer was contacted who offered no assistance. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 60,000.
Our 2006 honda civic ex automatic had the battery die on us while the key was still in the ignition and apparently this combo is a sure fire way of destroying the ABS modulator which honda charges $900 to repair. This is a wide spread honda problem which was revealed once I started searching for what the lights on our dash meant. More people with the same problem can be found here. Http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/canada-east/83944-ABS-light-e-brake.html http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1057973 http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/mechanical-problems-technical-chat/231978-ABS-brake-lights-after-hub-bearing-replacement.html.
The recent recall of honda odyssey and element models made me remember two things about the 2006 honda civic that I owned. I experienced the same braking issue on it- I would have to hold the brake pedal down pretty forcefully in order to make sure it wouldn't creep forward while stopped. It was an automatic transmission, and if stopped on an incline on a hill (at a red light or stop sign), when the brakes were released the car would move backward significantly. This didn't happen on a steep hill- I have driven several other cars on this same hill and never had a problem. It was so significant that I would have to prepare myself to accelerate immediately and with relative force to prevent the car from rolling backwards.
I am uncertain this is the proper forum for my complaint but it has to do with the braking system on my 2006 honda civic. I go through front brake pads in less than 15k miles and my rear brakes have hardly been touched. Soon, at just over 40k I will be replacing pads a 3rd time and rotors too. On my prior car, a 1991 honda accord that I put 325k miles on, I replaced pads about every 40k miles. This is a bigger heavier car yet the brakes lasted longer and as I grow older I think my driving has become more patient and less aggressive so I would expect my brakes to last the same or longer on a smaller lighter car. I think my current civic braking system is over zealous and burning through brake pads too fast. If as suggested by this article (http://losangeles.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2010/03/15/daily7.html?ed=2010-03-16&ana=e_du_pap) the vsa modulator is 'under performing' in braking situations, isn't it just as likely the same design could be 'over performing' as well? My midas mechanic sure thinks so but said I would never be able to prove it on my own. I thought it was worth bringing to your attention. My front brakes over do it and my back brakes might as well not be there at all. Better to brake too much instead of too little but I think this flaw is related.
1. Left my lights on and needed a jump start on my 2006 honda civic hybrid navi. 2. After receiving the jump start, the vehicles brake light, ABS light and brake system lights were all illuminated on my dash board. In addition, the vehicles auto engine stop feature was no longer operative, 3. My honda dealership diagnosed the problem as a failure of the ABS module. As such, the vehicle's ABS was non functional, although the automobile continued to run. Since my vehicle had 103,000 miles it was not covered under warranty. The initial estimated repair cost was $1500. I suspected that the cause of the ABS was the jump start. I did some online research and confirmed a number of other similar reports of the same problem, same condition (after a jump start) and same expensive repair have been reported. There is no warning about jump starting in the vehicles engine compartment, although there are many other warnings. There is no protective cover on the vehicles negative battery terminal (which may be the cause of the problem). And there is no warning in the vehicles users manual. I contacted american honda motor corporation to report the problem, only to be told that my vehicle was out of warranty due to its mileage. I continued to reach out to senior management of american honda motor corp to report the problem and ask for their assistance as "a goodwill gesture" and again received the same "out of warranty" reply. On december 21, I sent certified letters to american honda motor corps ceo outlining the issue and the fact that they have a documentation and warning label failure, which can put the driver at extreme risk of injury since the ABS circuit becomes non operational. On december 28th I received a phone call from american honda in which they confirmed that have received other complaints on this identical issue, but they denied my request for assistance since the vehicle was no longer covered by their warranty.
Vehicle brought to repair shop for burning smell. It was found that front brakes were locked. Bleeders were opened which released the front brake application. Only the built up pressure in the caliper was released, hydraulic system was not drained, or bled. The brake fluid is full, there are no signs of fluid contamination. Now, vehicle has a hard brake pedal but absolutely no brake application. No brake fluid escapes when opening bleeders, with helper pressing brake pedal. I thought, even in the event of complete ABS failure, the basic hydraulic system would still be functioning. *tr updated 4/13/10 *cn the problem was created by an improper adjustment of the brake position switch (brake light switch). Updated 05/13/10.
I own a 2006 honda civic. I have 85, 000 miles on the car, and I have experienced premature brake failure four times now (I was just advised today by my mechanic that the brakes are once again seriously worn and in need of replacement). The brakes wear unevenly, with more wear on the driver's side, and it always occurs approximately every 20,000 miles. When it first occurred, honda refused to accept responsibility and consider a repair under the warranty. I have not contacted them about the subsequent failures.
I have been having problems with my 2006 honda civic lx unexpectedly accelerating while braked. One incident occurred while stopped at a stop sign. The car began to accelerate by itself while my foot was on the brake. In an attempt to stop the car from proceeding into the intersection, I had to apply both feet heavily on the brake pedal. Luckily, no one was crossing the street in front of my car at the time. After this incident, I brought the car to my honda dealer to investigate this problem. Since the acceleration problem did not occur anytime during the service test drive, the dealer was unable to find anything wrong that would cause the car to accelerate unexpectedly. In a second similar incident, I was stopped waiting to exit a commercial parking lot onto a major thoroughfare. Again, the car began to accelerate fiercely. This time I was unable to hold back the car with both feet on the brake. In a panic, fearing I would hit someone crossing in front of my path, I attempted to shift the car into park or reverse just to stop it from continuing forward. The latest incident occurred on 10/3/09 while braked at a corner intersection waiting for traffic to clear down the block where I wanted to make a right turn. This time while my foot was on the brake and I proceeded slowly to turn the corner, the car began to accelerate unexpectedly. This occurred while another car was proceeding down the block towards me. With both feet on the brake, I was unable to hold back the car as I proceed around the corner. As my car continued to race forward, I was fortunate to be able to maneuver around the other car without striking it head on. These unexpected accelerations have been very terrifying experiences and it is even more upsetting to learn from the dealer that this problem cannot be explained or repaired. This problem is truly a safety hazard and warrants further investigation by the honda corporation.
I bought my 2006 honda civic lx in november 2005. In august 2008 the wear sensor on the front brakes were squealing and I had to have the brake pads replaced and the rotors machined at 8976 miles. I was told that because I live in a geographically hilly area that my brakes would wear sooner than other areas. I find this unusual, other cars that I have driven in the same area did not have this problem. Since then I have had the front pads replaced and the rotors machined on 8/13/07 at 19,093 miles, on 6/2/08 at 27,878 miles and on 12/8/08 at 33,831 miles the pads had to be replaced again and I needed new rotors. I went to a different mechanic this time and they put on different pads which are still doing fine. I wrote to honda and spoke to a manager there and was told that this is a wear issue and there would be nothing they could do about it. I also feel that honda is not standing by the quality they used to. My sister has a 2001 honda civic and had her brake pads changed for the 1st time in 2008.
Was traveling approx. 20 MPH approaching a stop sign, applied the brake. Brake faded, car suddenly was accelerated. Put car in neutral, it accelerated for approx. 2 seconds and then went into idle.
2006 honda civic air bag system did not work. Consumer lives in argentina. *nj ***nar*** the consumer stated 3 of the wheels on the vehicle failed and the other wheel separated. The consumer referenced recall# 07v399000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic hybrid. While driving 5 MPH out of the driveway, the vehicle struck a bump and it suddenly accelerated on its own. The contact lost control of the vehicle and it spun around. Both the brakes and emergency brake failed. The vehicle came to a stop when it struck a muddy embankment. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. There were no injuries. The current and failure mileages were 50,000.
I have a 2006 honda civic. The brake pads were replaced in august 2008 and the honda service dept said they showed unusual wear and do I use the brakes on hilly terrain? Which I don't!. The brakes never feel fully disengaged. I just read a comment on a website that said the same thing for another car. Also the sun visors spontaneously crack. I had the driver side replaced and the passenger one is needing replacement. Honda seems to be ignoring people's problems with these brake issues and visors. Please help nudge honda to recall the brake systems on these cars! Thank you so much.
Recall notice on ABS wheel sensor o-ring inspection for 2006 honda civic. Consumer is not satisfied with the service received and believes that the dealer has failed or unable to remedy the defect.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. While driving 35 MPH, the contact noticed a growling sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The dealer stated that the rear passenger side bearing needed to be replaced. There were no warnings prior to the failure. The failure mileage was 61,000 and current mileage was 64,355. Updated 09/29/08. *lj updated 09/29/08.
Front brakes replaced due to uneven wear. Inner pads were 95% worn & outer pads were 50% worn. They refused to pro-rate the repair due to it being a wear item even though this is a known design defect. Old parts are available for inspection.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic hybrid. The contact stated that the rear brake engaged while driving 55 MPH. The tires were smoking, and as a result, were grinded down to the metal belts. The brake warning lights never illuminated on the instrument panel. The failure mileage was 2,500 and current mileage was 10,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. He heard a thump and squealing sound coming from the vehicle. The dealer stated that lubricating the brakes would not guarantee to solve the problem. The dealer also performed a front end alignment at the owners expense for $70.00. Approximately six months later, the dealer replaced a valve in the rim, two rear tires and another four wheel alignment. 2 weeks later while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle pulled to the right and crashed into the curb causing the passenger side tire to fall off. The mechanic installed a new tire, rim, hub cap and performed a life time wheel balance. Another dealer stated that she needed the rotors turned and the wheel hubs replaced; however, the vehicle began to thump, squeak and she heard a grinding noise. The dealer charged the contact $55.68 to replace the brake pads. On january 4, 2008 an appointment was made to speak with a manager. The manager drove the vehicle and stated that he could not duplicate the noise. The contact received a recall notice for the anti-lock brake system. The failure mileage was 53960 and the current mileage was 63865. Updated 08/13/08 *bf updated 08/13/08
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