2006 honda civic hybrid customer received a recall letter and called the dealer to set up time to bring car in and was told that the work couldn't be done on the weekend and that they don't give rental cars**nar**cc
2006 Honda Civic engine complaints
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While driving at highway speeds, my cars instrument panel went blank, all gauges went out. This is an electronic panel. In addition, the cars engine lost all power. I had to coast to the side of the road. There was no indication that the car was running. It is a hybrid and it felt like it was in the auto stop mode when you are at a light, the engine was not running (at least you could not tell it was running). I turned the cars ignition off and then restarted the car. It started up again and the gauges were working and I was able to continue driving. I brought the car to the dealer and explained the symptoms. They checked the computer for error codes and found none. They were not able to find anything wrong. This is a safety hazard since the car is not drivable when this occurs. I expressed my concerned to the service manager and he stated that there were to many computers and wires for then to check them all and we would have to wait until it happened again. This occurred one other time while the car was in the drive way during the winter idling. When we got in the car after a few minutes, we noticed that all gauges were out. Again, turning the ignition off and restarting the car cleared the problem.
Tl* - the contact called regarding the 2006 honda civic hybrid. The contact received recall 07v034000 for an integrated motor assist cable. The contact had been placed on a waiting list to receive the part. The failure mileage was 19000. The contact had not experienced any failures with the vehicle to date. The current mileage was 19000.
At about 11,000 miles when the vehicle was 6 months old, the engine light came on for no apparent reason. From that point forward, the problems began to escalate. The vehicle engine began to reduce the speed of the vehicle from 75 to 50, 50 to 35 and on another occasion, 45 to 25 while merging into traffic on the interstate. On all occasions, the vehicle was being driven on the interstate at high speeds. The vehicle is a manual transmission. The service department at the dealership where the vehicle was purchased on 2/2006 finally conceded that they could not fix the vehicle. The vehicle was referred to american honda corporation for mediation and a buy back price. At this point in time, the vehicle meets all test requirements for the north carolina lemon law. American honda wants to trade in the vehicle and replace the engine, then resell.. Honda civic sedan with navigation. This vehicle should be destroyed and not resold on the marketplace.
Dt*: the contact stated when going up a steep hill, the vehicle lost power. The contact put the vehicle into reverse in order to get enough speed to make it back up the hill. If the vehicle went less than 20 MPH, the vehicle lost power. This happened intermittently. The dealership could not duplicate the problem.
While driving engine serpentine belt tensioner bolt broke in engine block. Tensioner failed and belt came off of pulleys, causing loss of power steering and engine shut off. Car was towed to dealership. Dealership replaced tensioner bolts, pulleys, and serpentine belt. Same failure occurred on september 4, 2006 while driving. Car again towed to dealership. Dealership diagnosed same failure with tensioner bolts. Manufacturer has updated bolts to fix failure, but new parts on backorder for unspecified period of time.
The vehicle idled in my driveway for 1-2 minutes. I backed the vehicle down the driveway. I put my foot on the brake and shifted into drive. The vehicle unexpectedly revved up to 3-4000 RPM without pressing the accelerator. As my foot was firmly on the brake, the vehicle did not move. I took the vehicle to a dealership. The dealership checked the vehicle and test drove it. They could not find a problem or replicate the incident. No repairs were made to the vehicle.
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