2006 Honda Civic: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Jul 23, 2016 · Body, Lights · 43,000 miles · PA

Due to honda's admitted poor paint job, paint began coming off (on roof first). Honda said they extended warranty, without notifying owners. Also say it is not safety risk. If the roof rusts, the sun roof will certainly dismount causing safety issue; if side panels rust, exhaust enters passenger compartment causing safety issue. Furthermore, headlights cloud tremendously regardless of preventative attempts. If driver can't see properly or another car cannot see the honda, it is a safety risk. Honda america is simply a lame, perhaps once good company now trying to ride on reputation to sell poorly constructed vehicles and deny all liability for faulty work by claiming it is not a safety issue. So far, nothing has happened, and I'd like to keep it that way. However, if honda america does not own their mistakes and faulty work, correct the problems it is a matter of time before a safety breech occurs.

Filed Feb 21, 2014 · Body, Visibility · 80,000 miles · WA

2/21/2014 to whom it may concern, a very real safety concern! I was just going to pay to have this fixed and then looked on the internet and found that many people have had and does have this. It has been going on since 2004 - 2011 even on lexus's according to the internet. The wiper will stop on the windshield and we never know when it is going to stop completely, it will stop and go and sometimes when it is suppose to stop it will not and when it is suppose to go it will stop and when it is raining and we are expecting it to wipe the window it will not and when cars are coming at us at night and when the window is not wiped, the headlight of the other car will glare on the rain drops on the unwiped window and make it so we are unable to see through that glare because we were expecting the wiper to do the job when it was suppose to. Please will someone do something for the public when we trust a reputable company like honda to fix there problem and they want us to pay for the job when it is a safety concern of our and everyone else. I had talked to honda and they very well knew the wiper motor was a problem for these years and they told me that they replace the cover plate or the entire motor. He told me that it would only cost about 250 dollars, I don't feel that I should have to pay that kind of money my wife and I are retired and on a fixed income and I feel that it would only be unfair for us to have to pay this. It is said on the internet that what happens is the grease in the cover plate area gets on the electrical contacts and causes the wiper motor to act sporadically may god bless you all! [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Nov 27, 2011 · Lights · TX

When even lightly touching the turn signal, the headlights on our 2006 honda civic coupe go off. Touching the turn signal makes them come back on. This is an intermittent problem. Some previous honda model years may have been recalled due to the combination switch problem, and we are wondering why 2006 model year is not. This happened with our vehicle just a couple of months after the 5 year bumper to bumper warranty expired. In researching the combination switch incidents on the web, it appears that this is a fairly common problem with the vehicle.

Filed Jan 29, 2008 · Lights · OH

The current model (2006-present) honda civic has a serious safety defect. All models are equipped with daytime running lights, as well as a dashboard that is always illuminated. These two features combined at night fool drivers into thinking that their exterior lights are on, when in fact only the headlights are on, and at reduced power. I have nearly hit one of these cars because it was dark and the car did not have its lights on. The federal safety agency should require honda to modify all cars to either get rid of the daytime running lights or install an automatic light sensor to turn all exterior lights on at dusk.

Filed Nov 2, 2006 · Electrical, Lights · 1,666 miles · CA

Purchased new honda civic ex on 5/25/06 1st failure on 7/21/2006: front and rear (tail) running lights failed with 1666 miles on the car ---- dealership replaced fuse box. Kept car for several days 2nd failure on 7/31/2006: front and rear (tail) running lights again failed ---- headlight switch replaced, car driven by dealership for almost two weeks to ensure repair successful 3rd failure on 10/22/2006: front and rear (tail) running lights again stopped working ---- honda america wanted car back to investigate/repair lights ---- declined request and instead have asked honda to repurchase the vehicle, invoking the lemon law buyback provision because unreliable/intermittent rear running lights failure can lead to death or serious bodily injury and two failed repair attempts are sufficient to invoke the buyback provision in our state. Honda sent this demand to internal honda arbitration board. It is now 11/2/2006 - 11 days after notifying them of lights failing for 3rd time.