2006 Honda Civic: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Sep 12, 2019 · Acceleration, Airbags · 278,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. While driving 70 MPH with the cruise control activated, the cruise control deactivated automatically twice. The contact reactivated the cruise control each time. Also, the air bag warning indicator illuminated and, soon after, the air bags deployed. There were no injuries. The contact lost control of the vehicle, but then regained control and pulled off the highway. The contact inspected the vehicle and found no visible damage other than a cracked windshield. The contact was able to drive the vehicle home. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failures. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 278,000.

Filed Oct 28, 2015 · Tires · 193,782 miles · OH

Purchased 4 goodyear viva 2 tires, from walmart on 10/27/2014, for the first few months they were great. After awhile I kept needing to get them rebalanced due to vibrating, they started getting louder and louder. Had to keep getting my car aligned every other month. Today on 10/22/2015, driving straight on cruise control at 70mph on interstate 376, I started hearing this awful noise, I thought it was a wheel bearing that kept going bad. Then the car wouldn't accelerate, and I started smelling burnt rubber and smoke coming out of the back. I pulled off the closet exit and into the closet parking lot, to find that the tire had blown out on the side wall. I went to the walmart that I purchased these tires from. Since I purchased road hazard they replaced the tire at a prorated rate. But they don't sell viva 2's anymore, they replaced it with a viva 3. The other 3 viva's on the car, are now wearing abnormal on the sidewall, walmart insists that I curbed them and that was the problem, when I know I never did. So they wont replace them unless something happens to them or there is a recall. I even had to call corporate to try and get the replaced and they didnt want to hear it. If it was a front tire and me going 70mph, that probably wouldn't have ended so pretty. I'm scared to drive my car with these tires on.

Filed Oct 22, 2015 · Wheels · 197,856 miles · PA

Purchased 4 goodyear viva 2 tires, from walmart on 10/27/2014, for the first few months they were great. After awhile I kept needing to get them rebalanced due to vibrating, they started getting louder and louder. Had to keep getting my car aligned every other month. Today on 10/22/2015, driving straight on cruise control at 70mph on interstate 376, I started hearing this awful noise, I thought it was a wheel bearing that kept going bad. Then the car wouldn't accelerate, and I started smelling burnt rubber and smoke coming out of the back. I pulled off the closet exit and into the closet parking lot, to find that the tire had blown out on the side wall. I went to the walmart that I purchased these tires from. Since I purchased road hazard they replaced the tire at a prorated rate. But they don't sell viva 2's anymore, they replaced it with a viva 3. I have 3 other of these tires, if it was a front tire and me going 70mph, that probably wouldn't have ended so pretty. I'm scared to drive my car with these tires on.

Filed Jan 15, 2015 · Acceleration, Airbags · 105,000 miles · OH

Honda part#: 77900-sna-a01 (methode) -or- 77900-sna-a02 (furukawa) reel assy, cable. With the failure of this part, vehicle cruise control, radio controls and SRS air bags failed. The cable reel assembly is the component that makes the electrical connection between the function buttons and air bag on the steering wheel to the non-rotating steering column. The ribbon cable inside this mechanism was completely severed on the vehicle.

Filed Apr 29, 2013 · Acceleration · 35,948 miles · FL

When you depress the cruise control switch, it won't stay on. Bad cruise control switch. Others in the blogs have had this problem. Honda says no recalls.

Filed Mar 17, 2010 · Acceleration · 19,000 miles · WA

Tl* I have a 2006 honda civic hybrid that numerous times now (virtually all the time), the cruise control will not slow down when instructed to slow down by pressing the decrease speed button one press at a time. Usually I will have to hold it down for several seconds for it to respond. The vehicle was taken to the dealer they stated there is not failure and now the warranty has expired. The manufacture also was call and they stated there is nothing they can do. The failure mileage was 19,000. The contact requested that the complaint be written verbatim with no revisions. Updated 04/22/10

Filed Jul 30, 2009 · Electrical · 30,000 miles · KS

My 2006 civic hybrid has multiple problems with the ima: here's a short list: 1. Cannot sit at traffic light more than 20 seconds without hybrid battery draining itself and causing car not to be able to accelerate when light turns green. 2. Cannot use A/C when over 95 degrees outside or hybrid battery drains itself, making car unable to function correctly 3. Cannot use cruise control at all or hybrid battery drains itself 4. Cannot go over 70 MPH or tac revs so high that car acts as though it will overheat or shut down. Multiple trips to honda service for help resulted in 5 computer updates in last 3 months. Was assured this would fix all problems. Hasn't fixed a one yet. Have been driving a loaner car from dealer for 1.5 weeks until they figure out problem. Feel like sitting duck on the road, especially at stop lights because when light turns green, there is a real possibility that I will not be able to move and fear getting rear-ended. Problems seemed to center around use of compressor with A/C or defrost.

Filed Oct 30, 2008 · Acceleration · 30,000 miles · SC

When going up a hill with the cruise control set, the rpms will increase in order to climb the hill whilst maintaining the same speed. Once the peak of the hill is reached, though, the rpms will not return to the normal range (between 2000 and 3000). This will continue indefinitely unless I slow down below 40 MPH, or shift from d to s and then back to d. While I have included oct 5th, 2007 as the incident date, that is approximately when I first noticed the issue. No doubt it has been occurring throughout the lifetime of the car, but this is when I first became aware of the problem on a long road trip. The problem persists. This is wasting a considerable amount of gas, as well as putting unneeded wear and tear on the engine and drivetrain. Honda maintains that this is not triggering any error codes with the system management in the car. However, this behavior is surely not intended, and others have reported the same behavior on online message boards.

Filed Aug 18, 2006 · Acceleration · 7,500 miles · TX

Unintended acceleration. 10 miles after a cold start-up, the car went to full throttle. I was able to hold it in place with the brakes. I turned the ignition off momentarily, but the car went back to full throttle. I then turned it off for about 15 seconds, and the car reverted to normal operation. The cruise control was "on", but not engaged. No speed had been set after the initial startup. This is a hybrid with full throttle by wire. I took the car to the selling dealer, who had no service bulletin on this fault. He said I would have to leave it until they could replicate the fault. Knowing the futility of this, I declined to leave the car. The fault has not reappeared.