My ' 06 honda civic has approximately 158,000 miles. It has received manufacturer specified maintenance. While I was driving in may '18, I noticed it was overheating. I immediately took the vehicle to my local maintenance garage. After inspecting the vehicle, they informed me the that overheating was due to a crack in the engine block. They informed me that this is a reoccurring issue with the year, make and model vehicle. They printed the manufactures process for identifying and cause and the process for replacing the engine. Subsequently, I informed the local honda dealership of the issue, they said the my vehicle falls outside of the 10 year extended warranty the provides coverage/ engine replacement to remedy this issue. I have an appointment to have the dealership conduct the official inspection. The inspection cost is 75.00 alone and doesn't even guarantee that the honda corporation will even look at the evidence. This issue is very frustrating to say the least.
2006 Honda Civic engine complaints
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Engine continues to overheat, smoking was coming out of the car. We added antifreeze however it kept overheating. We went to the mechanic and they said the pipes were shot, and that had to be changed as well. Radiator got locked
Cracks in the engine motor behind the exhaust manifold and near the ignition which is causing a serious coolant leak. Plus, the A/C in the car won't start, but heat works
Coolant is leaking from a crack in the engine block. Car is 161k miles and everything was fine. When on a trip for 3 months and came back to an empty radiator. After servicing the radiator started noticing the leakage.
My 2006 civic slowed to a crawl and started smoking from under the hood on thursday while driving down the highway. There were no warnings or precursors to this event. Luckily I was able to find a safe place on the side of the highway without being struck by another vehicle or precipitating an accident. Aaa towed to our mechanic who ran a coolant pressure test which revealed a cracked engine block. I am the 2nd owner. The vehicle was bought in 2007 as certified from local dealer. I was given no notice of warranty extension or tsb 10-048. Had I known, I would have sold the vehicle before incurring these unexpected costs for an obvious manufacturing defect.
I have a 2006 honda civic that has 55,000 on it and it developed the know issue of the crack in the engine and is now leaking antifreeze from the crack. Honda did a warranty campaign on this known problem but only for 10 years. I called honda corp and was basically told I was beyond the 10 year mark and on my own for the repair. I feel that if honda knows this is a problem then they should cover the cost and make it a recall not an extended warranty campaign. This car is not driven al lot that why the miles are so low. This happened as my son was driving to school on a town road.
Our engine block is cracked coolant leaking and causing overheating.
I was driving home and the car overheated. I took it in to the dealer and the honda dealer said that the engine block cracking was a known defect but since it was out of warranty, they couldn't fix it.
On 3/3/18, at 92000 miles, the engine block cracked, causing coolant to leak. Apparently this is a known issue for many 2006 to 2009 honda civics, as honda extended the warranty for this to 10 years (unlimited miles) from the original purchase date. Unfortunately, it seems that this issue typically doesn't occur until after 90,000+ miles, and I don't drive the car that many miles each year to reach the "danger zone" for this issue within the 10 year extended warranty period.
Honda civic cracked engine we purchased the honda civic from the dealership and were never apprised of any warranty extension in 2010. If we had, we would not have purchased this vehicle. Honda notified us of two other recalls (airbag, visor) but never notified us of problems with the engine. The honda has been seen at three different honda dealerships and all repairs/maintenance done at them, but never did any of the three tell us about the engine. The dealership we purchased it from won't pay, even though they were aware that they were selling us a defective car. Since this is a manufactures defect, it should be repaired by the manufacture and not the owner. The warranty extension was for 10 years. This car has 141,000 miles of which we only put 37,000 on in the last 7 years that we owned it this car is still in great condition, but not worth more than $3,000 on kelly blue book the quote for a new engine was $5,766. This continues to be a major safety issue and honda needs to be held responsible for faculty and unsafe vehicles. The engine cracked due to defective materials and not due to the owner.
Engine block is cracked ..leaking coolant
Cracked engine block outside of 10 year recall becomes full responsibility of owner. If this is a known issue, it should be fully covered, regardless if the car is outside the 10 year period. Honda is using the coverage period as a copout, especially as I was not previously notified a recall.
My car hit 164,000 miles and I was on my way back home from work and took the streets instead of the highway when all of a sudden I see the temperature electronic gauge almost reach the max which has never happened since I've owned the car and it was maintained properly. I then pulled over the side and smelled anti freeze and thought imediately that it was my water pump since I thought that it couldn't be the motor since it was never abused or maintained incorrectly but then I popped the hood open and saw a hairline crack on the engine block and knew that I would have to at least stop a few times and wait for the engine to cool down and drive again to make it home and that my car would need a new engine block or new engine. I then researched online to see if this was a common problem or if it was just my car that had this problem and saw that it wasn't just my car with this problem on their honda civic and I'm out of luck since my car is an 06 and the 10 year warranty won't cover it anymore and now I will have to be paying this defective engine block repair out of my own pocket which won't be a cheap repair that honda should have an unlimited timeframe for this repair since they know that it is a defective part. I got lucky I wasn't driving on the highway when driving otherwise it might of caused me to have an accident. This will be my last honda I will be buying ever again due to this problem. Hopefully one day there will be a recall for this model as I'm sure within a few years other owners of this model will end up having the same problem in the future and this isn't a a few hundred dollar repair but a few thousand dollar repair. Please make this a recall so that honda can fix this common problem on this model because this is a safety issue, I got lucky nothing happened to me but I'm not sure if others will have the same luck I had of not being in one.
Engine block cracked at 95k miles. Known problem. Honda won't cover.
Engine block crack
Vehicle is leaking coolant. A recall and extended warranty was done because honda knew of an issue with the engine block cracking. I bought the car used in 2012, no notice was sent to me about the recall, however, I am a registered owner as I received the recall for the air bags. I believe honda should repair my vehicle as I have just become aware of the recall and the car needs to be repaired. I've was driving when the engine light came on and the car overheated. There was no coolant in the radiator. Please force honda to make good on repairing their product. Recalls should never expire per your site.
Engine block developed cracks resulting in coolant leak and overheating. 130000 original miles, I'm the original owner. This vehicle has always been well maintained. Honda is aware of the design problem but is not willing to do a recall.
The car was in transit between home and local shopping center during xmas week of 2017. After 4miles, the engine temperature indicator went off the charts for the first time. Car was stopped, allowed to cool down - and note of steam from under bonnet, and towed back home. Took it the honda dealer without driving further (3miles to car center). In this time, temperature increase to 3/4 of gauge, and when we left, there was clear burring odor. Vehicle was inspected, crack in the engine block noted - and told $4.6k to fix... And then determined it was a known issue with honda civic.... But honda did not deal with it! According to https://www.carcomplaints.com/honda/civic/2006/ 22% of all failures are engine, and 78% of the engine issues are cracking in the power block. It is the single most complaint issue with 178 the federal safety agency complaints filed on the honda civic 2006. Interesting to note, it was not a safety critical issue for recall by honda (but iti is a severity rating of 10 - with multiple car fires and at least one crash incident reported to the federal safety agency), but when in the dealership hands, it is compounded for safety reasons! Speaking to the recall center, they are in position to do anything. If you want a file complaint - you need a case record to be filed. It is then reviewed by a judge panel to assess whether honda believes the issue is life or death, and under obligated to replace a known faulty device. Honda is reputed to have quality over cost - but clearly, cost over life is ignored. As a matter of record, in 2010, the honda dealers were told of the faulty part, but don't do a mandatory check (apparently preventative maintenance is not part of a service, nor is it a request for service, and there is no communication by dealership to advise of issue). Attached is more detail for review. In essence, honda refuse to acknowledge it is their fault, and take no blame.
While driving on the highway the engine block cracked causing the vehicle to overheat. Had the engine failed this may have been a catastrophic event. I have done research on this problem and others have not been as lucky as I have. Honda is well aware of this massive problem and has extended the warranty on the engine block to 10 years from date of purchase. Honda will not rectify this problem if your vehicle is over the 10 year time frame. This is a safety issue that should be under recall regardless of age and mileage. It's should be about safety first. Currently honda only recognizes the problem as a warranty issue number 10-048
Last week I was changing the transmission fluid on my honda civic and noticed coolant leaking and turned out that my engine block is cracked and leaking coolant. After doing some research, I found out a lot of other people are having the same issue and honda has a technical service bulletin 10-048. I never received a letter about this. I called honda and turns out I was too late to be eligible for this service bulletin. This is a manufacturing error and honda should be responsible for the replacement of the corrected part. I can not afford to pay for this repair out of my pocket and even if I can I would have to take the cheapest rout and buy a second hand engine and I will have the same problem again. If can get any help form you with this it will be greatly appreciate it. I am not the only one with this situation. This is a safety concern as well because this is my daily driver and I also use it for the the ride sharing platform uber. The engine may blow up while I'm driving so this is not safe and honda should take responsibility before anything happens. Thank you
On 11/15/2017, I bought the above vehicle from condemi motor company. I noticed coolant smell. I opened engine cover. First thing I found the anti-freeze reservoir was empty. I cool the radiator and topped the coolant also the reservoir. The next day, I drove the car and opened the hood. I found a coolant leakage, show in the pictures. I cool down the radiator and the coolant level was clearly reduced. As well reservoir tank.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, when smoke was seen coming from the engine compartment. In addition, the coolant warning light illuminated and the vehicle overheated. The vehicle was taken to jerry damson honda located at 2200 bob wallace ave sw, huntsville, al 35805 where it was informed that the engine could not be replaced under the ten-year warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. It was unknown if the manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was not available.
A known defect - the engine block on our 2006 honda civic cracked while my son was driving on a highway. We've owned the car for less than 2 years and were never advised that the civic engine block was prone to this - or we would have not purchased the car. Even though honda "extended" the warranty for this known defect, we are out of the warranty coverage period - thus left to foot the expense of replacing the engine on our own. My son's safety was at risk when this happened. This should be a recall not a warranty extension. Shame on honda.
Engine has significant blocking issues due to manufactuer's error causing leaks and super heating the car. Car is not driveable with only 82,000 miles approximately. We are the original owners of this car when we bought the car in 2006.
2006 honda civic with only 44,326 miles. Litterally a 6,000 mile a year driver. Driving down the street about 45 MPH for about 5 minutes when I started smelling the sweet smell of coolant. Pulled over and saw that coolant was spurting out of an area south of the spark plugs about 6 inches down on the engine block. Filled it back up with coolant and made it home. No warning lights or temp increase until I made it home. If I were doing 70 on the highway, the heat and pressure would have blown it all out and my engine would have overheated. Looks like a cracked engine block with only 44k. Come to find out, that honda simply extended the warranty instead of doing a recall. Too bad us second owners didn't get the info.
I noticed 2 weekends ago a puddle of coolant under my honda civic. I brought my car to the local honda dealer to have it fixed, only to find out the engine block cracked and that's were the leak is coming from. I was lucky to find out before my radiator dried out, otherwise my car could have overheated in the middle of nowhere and me and my whole family could have been stranded in an unsafe place. Honda already recognized that there is a problem with the engine block of the 2006-2008 models, since they even extended the warranty from 8 to 10 years. My car is already 11 years, but only have 105,000 miles to it. I used to drive a company vehicle, and had only been using my civic for short trips. If my car would have been my primary vehicle. That engine block would have cracked before the 10 year warranty was up. Searching the internet, I could see this is not an isolated incident. There are a lot of people affected by this. I was quoted $5800 to fix the engine block that honda knows is defective. That's the same as the value of my car. Driving these cars present a safety risk to the public, both for the driver of the honda civic and the other drivers around him. Honda should have a recall on all engine blocks affected by these manufacturing defect. The federal safety agency, please do something about this. Thank you.
My honda civic ex 2 door looses power then sputters in over driver
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact stated that the thermostat gauge increased to a high level. The vehicle was inspected by two independent mechanics. One mechanic was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The other independent mechanic was able to determine that there was a premature crack in the engine block. The vehicle was not inspected and diagnosed by a dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and indicated that the vehicle was not included in a warranty extension for the engine block for a10-048, which superseded 10-048. The manufacturer refused to provide a solution. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
The bolt in my motor keeps breaking off causing my engine to shut off while driving.
Driving and car overheated and stopped. Towed to honda dealership and found cracked engine block. Only 50,000 miles on car, like new and well maintained. No recalls. When investigated on line found well documented defective design and materials on engine block. The honda customer service would not honor their secret warranty. There was no recalls on this well documented defective car. I guess you have to do your own homework, but in this case, they knew it was a defective material design just waiting to implode!!!!
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