My husband was driving home from work with the honda civic 07 when it started to overheat. Luckily he was close to the house and we immediately called over our own mechanic to inspect. He stated the engine block is cracked and its leaking. He advised us to go to dealership because there is something about a warranty extension for this. Next morning we brought it to dealership open road honda edison nj and said they will do a diagnostic on it to determine if is a cracked engine block. And it was. Warranty extension 10-048 states honda is only going to pay the repair if it is within 10 years form original purchase. We are out of warranty as it was originally purchased 4/2017. Almost 3 years out of warranty. I told them this car is serviced at honda dealership and I did not receive any notification from honda about this 10 year extension warranty. They wanted me to pay 5k for repair. This is a manufacture defect and no amount of maintenance is going to avoid this. I called american honda and gave me a case #. Initially they said 10% that went to 15% and finally 20% is the only percentage they are willing to pay for. It leaves me with $3900 to pay. This is unacceptable. Honda is protecting itself from paying when they should be at least extended the warranty with specifics for owners who are out of warranty and unfortunately their engine block broke. I
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Honda civic cracked engine block. Honda has been aware of this issue for many years. They have never issued a recall, only a service bulletin. Many honda customers are experiencing their motors overheating due to a faulty engine and cracking occurring. The engine is defective. My 2007 honda civic started overheating in 2018. I took it to a repair shop and they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle. I have to monitor the coolant level because it keeps decreasing and I have to add more coolant. I have come to close to the car overheating while driving it when I had to immediately pull off the road to add more fluid. It was diagnosed yesterday 1/25/19 by a honda dealer with a cracked engine block. Honda corporate is not going to replace the engine because their extended warranty has expired. See honda service bulletin 10-48. The warranty was only issued for those owners who experienced the problem within that 10 year period of time. There are many complaints about this issue and something needs to be done. Honda needs to be responsible for this defect that they have acknowledged but are only fixing it if it happens within a 10 year period regardless if the miles are low, as in my vehicle. This issue can result in a car fire from overheating, so it is a safety issue that honda is ignoring by not declaring a recall. This is an engine defect that honda has fully acknowledged. A recall must be declared so that owners of these vehicles are protected from a potential car fire from the engine overheating.
2007 honda civic crack in the engine less than 85,000 miles on it and tina in corporate wants to act like its no big deal to pay for a tow and pay for a diagnosis. By the way tina said she works in corporate and knows everything but could not tell me if honda would help me out in this situation.
Cracked engine car has less than 85,000 miles on it. Honda is a joke they want me to pay for another tow and then pay for a certified honda mechanic to look at it. They are well aware of this problem and could give two [xxx]! Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
At 110,000 miles, my car developed a cracked engine block. I was parked and noticed coolant leaking from my car. My car was towed by aaa to keyes honda and diagnosed. It was found that honda was aware of this major defect and did not inform consumers. Instead, they quietly extended the warranty by one year instead of issuing a recall. After much research, it was found that this is a known issue. The repair cost is $5-6000. American honda will only pay a very small portion, leaving the bulk of the cost to the consumer.
The engine is cracked in the back and leaking coolant. Car only has 80,000 miles on it
The vehicle unpredictably leaked coolant and the engine block is now cracked. The car is useless. Had to tow it 100 miles only to be told by honda that this is my problem. It is now out of the 10 year extended warranty even though it has less than 100,000 miles on the car. This is a know problem with this make and model which is why honda extended the warranty. It should have been an outright recall - they will not do anything about it despite their faulty manufacturing.
2007 honda civic engine block cracked, leaking coolant - honda related to tsb 08-044.
Cracked and leaking engine block with only 72k miles on vehicle. We had the family in the vehicle when it started to smoking heavily, without warning, causing extreme visibility problems as well as a horrible smell. This also caused other vehicles around us to react. We were in heavy traffic at the time. Took it to our local dealership the very next morning, and by late afternoon, were told it has a cracked and leaking engine block. There has been a very clear and noted problem with this vehicle's engine block and, had this happened a few months ago, they would have replaced it at no charge to us as loyal customers. We are without a safe vehicle, while honda has had many many complaints from owners of civics from these years. Ours only has 72,000 miles, is maintained properly and always at a honda dealership. It is a commuter only vehicle, for the most part. Please help us, as well as all these other owners I have researched, who are also suffering the consequences of honda not doing the proper thing with their engine block issues! We all look to you for support and to make sure manufacturers are held to the standard in which you set for them. They want to charge us thousands of dollars to repair a vehicle that has a known problem documented. Nothing like having a veteran's car smoke out in traffic on actual veteran's day. Thank you so much for your time, energy and effort.
There is a crack in the engine block. Has only 70,000 miles
Engine block crack, coolant leaking.
Cracked block and leaking coolant--vehicle overheating. Manufacturing defect. Logged a case with honda of north america.
Engine block crack diagnosed following honda's 10 year warranty that we were never alerted about by honda or at any service performed by honda in the past 10 years. Engine went up in smoke and broke down without any lights or sensors driving down the highway. Thankfully able to get off the road safely.
Vehicle would not start. Car engine cracked which is a safety issue and known issue to honda for this model and year of the civic. I had my three kids, including an infant in the car. Took it to honda where they explained that there was an extended warranty that we had just missed. My car is in impeccable shape with low mileage (80,000). Honda refused to cover the engine crack in full (expecting us to play 3,000), stating that we were not loyal honda customers as our other car was a toyota. The car had recently been serviced by honda and the airbag recall was fixed. At that point, they should have communicated to us regarding the engine and the changes to warranty based on the known issue.
Cracked engine block. My car only has 127k miles on it and out of no where I had coolant leaking and my car almost over heated because of it while I was on the freeway. Ii had a mechanic look at it and that's how we figured out the engine was cracked. Not once did I get a call or letter from honda informing me that my car had a recall because of this known issue. When I called honda to see if they will in good faith fix my car they told me that it would need to get diagnosised by a honda dealer and maybe they can do a shared cost but it is not guaranteed. Not only can they not guarantee that they will fix it but they wanted me to continue to drive my car to a dealer? How is that safe to do? Us conusmers should not have to pay for a defected car that they built! My honda should still have more life to it and not died out on me so early. This should have been a safety recall and not just s regular one.
Coolant leaking as described by tsb 10-048 because of defective engine block that cracked, part number 10002-rna-a00. Honda dealer in dublin, ohio said honda corporation would only pay 25% of cost to repair since the warranty expired approximately 1 year ago.
Another cracked engine block (r18a1 sohc 1.8l 4-cylinder I-vtec engine) honda civic ex with 103,000 miles. Serviced regularly with honda fluids and otherwise well taken care of. Block crack and coolant leakage occurred driving in urban traffic at 40 MPH and resulted in a moderate rise in engine temperature in ten minutes when the temperature gauge was at "h". Subsequently the engine has had a steady drip of coolant running down the side of the engine block even though the engine has not been started.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. The contact stated that the vehicle failed inspection due to faulty engine mounts. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who confirmed that the vehicle had faulty engine mounts that needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 72,000. The VIN was not available.
I am doing this regarding the cracked engine block issue. I have emailed honda and they will not cover it. How can a manufacturer know they have sold a defective product and not be liable? I am a low income individual and cannot afford to fix my car, it is very upsetting.
I bought the car in 2016 with 95,000 miles from the original owner. I preformed maintenance as required and have never had any issues. The car had been working perfectly up until june 5, 2018. I was driving to work and noticed my car began to show signs of over heating so I pulled over. I let my car cool down before checking it. Everything checked out but the coolant. I had no idea what was wrong so I drove the car to the closest auto shop I knew of. My car drove well there but I had to pull over to add water. My mechanic informed there was a crack in the engine and coolant was leaking out. I asked if this had been a cause of something I hadn't maintained or checked. He mentioned that this had been a problem he's seen with honda's. It was a very small maybe hairline fracture which had cause my coolant to leak and my car to overheat. I went home and googled my issue. Consumers reports had an article describing the issue with 2006-2009 honda's which were cracking and leaking coolant. I found a number and contacted honda but they informed me that I am over the warranty limit. I am still waiting on a final response. I use my car for work so it isn't heavily used. I know I'm within the range of many who've had issues with this car. It would have taken more than 10 years to add the miles that would be needed for the engine to start to fail. I understand that I am out of warranty for honda but I wish they'd consider my case. This isn't a cause of mine but a manufactures issue which shouldn't void my warranty. If the car has a faulty item that faulty item will become defective. In this case the engine which cracked at no fault of mine.
I noticed coolant on the garage floor. The coolant level seemed low. I topped it up. Next day the car engine oil indicator became high and there was some smoke. I took it to the local honda dealership and they pressure tested the system. They found a crack in the engine block. This is a known problem in the 2006-2009 honda civics. Honda has apparently an extended warranty on this engine by 10 years from date of purchase but have not made it punlic nor have I received notice. I have only 160k miles on this car but yet am out of luck as it's past that 10 year time limit. This is highly unethical of honda as they did not send out any recall notice. The engine is supposed to last the life of the car. Please investigate and force them to issue a recall.
On january 2nd, 2018 , was driving on a city street to a local aaa approved auto repair care center when the engine of my honda civic became overheated causing fumes/smoke. This could have caused a fire and would thus be a safety hazard. The purpose of taking it to the repair shop was initially just to get a vehicle inspection test/report done for vehicle registration. Due to the engine overheating, further tests were done, and replacing the water pump and performing vps coolant system flush was recommended. I had my vehicle towed to my regular mechanic who inspected it thoroughly and discovered a crack in the engine block. Online I stumbled across several web sites indicating problems associated with engine blocks with some honda civics. I called america honda who said I needed to take my vehicle to a honda garage to confirm the crack in the engine block. This I did and it was reinspected and confirmed by the honda mechanics that there was indeed a crack in the engine block. My vehicle has been sitting at the honda garage for over three months now while america honda decided how much they can help with replacing the engine. They will replace my engine after my deductible of $2500. I have reluctantly accepted this as it's been a long wait and I need my car back on the road. I understand from american honda that their extended warranty for cracked engine block was 10 years from first purchase and only the first owner would have received information on this warranty. However, I believe that a crack in the engine block that leads to an overheated engine potentially causing a fire hazard should be covered under a recall. American honda needs to be held accountable for this defective engine. They gave me a faulty engine that could cause a fire due to overheating and should replace it entirely at their cost. I am thus making a complaint against american honda.
Hope you are well. I am a proud owner of a 2007 civic lx coupe 1.8l 4 cylinder that I have owned and loved since 9/28/09. It's my daily driver and often times my lifeline. While driving out of my neighborhood two days ago I noticed my temperature gauge was rising quite quickly. I pulled over to check my fluids (as I just changed my oil and topped off my fluids on 2/14/18) and noticed I was very low on coolant. My vehicle was operating normally the night before. My first thought was a coolant leak so I took my vehicle to weir canyon honda in anaheim hills for a diagnosis. The mechanic looked at my oil and immediately determined there was coolant in my engine and significant build up. I was notified that there was a tsb #10-048 and #sb-08-044 for my vehicle. I was told that since I am 5 months passed my 10 year warranty, there is nothing they can do for me. My issue is, how was I supposed to know about this? Why didn't honda send me a notice about this extreme issue? As per the requirements, my vehicle needed to malfunction within 7 years for the warranty to be in effect, to only be extended to 10 years due to complaints from loyal customers. And you also needed to have the problem, pay for it, then fight for reimbursement. I am at my whits end of what to do at this point. And to whoever reads this, I am in no way angry at you personally at all. I know kindness is hard to come by these days. I just know that this kind of problem I have usually only get addressed in good faith and I am hoping you can help me out. I deliver food for a living and right now, I am completely unable to work so I'm stressed out. Thank you for your time. Here is a link to many of the problems I experience. Http://www.hondaproblems.com/tsbs/civic/2007/
Engine block suddenly developed cracking, loses coolant and overheats. Honda admits to faulty engine block by extending warranty to 10 years. However honda will not allow proactive use of warranty. Problem must surface first to be covered. Most problems surface after 10 years, which relieves honda of most of the claims liability. My problem developed 7 months out of extended warranty at 76,000 miles. Engine blocks should last until car is crushed. Safety issue: sudden onset of overheating and breakdown. Engine is a defective product. Honda should be compelled to recall engines and replace to fix the known defect.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. While an independent mechanic was performing an oil change on the vehicle, the contact was made aware of a crack in the engine block. The vehicle could no longer be safely operated on the road. The failure occurred without warning. The dealer (west county honda, 15532 manchester rd, ellisville, mo) was notified and did not assist. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 77,000. *tt
Engine block cracks that create an unsafe condition and premature degradation of the motor and its internal components. The leaks of coolant seem to occur while the motor is running.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. While driving 55 MPH, smoke appeared from the front of the vehicle and the temperature gauge increased. The contact pulled over to the side of the road, inspected the vehicle, and noticed that the dashboard was wet and coolant was leaking underneath the vehicle. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the engine assembly needed to be replaced. The dealer (herb chambers honda, 1186 commonwealth avenue, boston, ma 02134, (617) 731-0100) was contacted and confirmed that the VIN was not included in any recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 210,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to coast over to the side of the road. The contact powered off the vehicle. Once restarted, the vehicle was able to operate correctly. In addition, a burning odor was present inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to delray honda (2500 s federal hwy, delray beach, fl 33483, (561) 404-5617) where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was out of warranty. No further assistance was offered. The approximate failure mileage was 146,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. The contact stated that the engine failed and anti-freeze coolant was leaking from the engine. The vehicle was taken to open road honda (50 us highway 1, edison, new jersey, 732‑839‑4826) where it was diagnosed that the engine failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the warranty for the engine repair had expired. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 250,000.
Our 2007 honda civic is apparently part of the service posting honda sent to its service departments in 2010, but not to its customers, regarding a casting issue with the engine blocks in 2006 through early 2009 civics. With the engine casting issue a perfectly maintained vehicle is still bound to overheat at some point in time because a bad engine block will eventually leak coolant. The unknown customer extended warranty was good for something like 8 years, or maybe 10, I don't know. In the last year I've had 3 coil packs go bad in this civic engine, the water pump replaced and then replaced a second time because the engine kept overheating probably because of the leaking engine block. My daughter was left stranded 3 times on the road because of this engine block casting issue with a foreseen future failure that was hidden from the customer. The last time the car quit she was left stranded on the interstate in a dangerous situation. Everything I have read on the internet points to honda only honoring what they want to honor on this know manufacturing problem, and this is only after customers have been overheated, and sometimes left stranded on the road in many cases because the coil packs go bad and do not allow the car to restart and run safely. Honda has not been forthright concerning the casting malfunction of the 2006 through early 2009 engine block. They are not actively looking for this leak, and if an engine sneaks past the extended warranty date then all cost is on you. A safety recall needs to be put out on these engines, and honda needs to be forced to do the right thing since to date it looks like they have not been a good corporate citizen. That is a shame, and they should be held accountable since a failed engine block is a $4,500 - $6,000 replacement cost at the dealer, and these engines were always bound to fail as some point in time.
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