2008 Honda Civic complaints

MY CAR WILL NOT OPEN WHICH CAUSES A HUGE CONCERN BECAUSE IF I GO OUT, THEN I HAVE TO LEAVE A DOOR UNLOCKED BECAUSE IT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT I CAN GET INTO MY CAR AGAIN AND PEOPLE COULD POTIENTIALLY THINK THAT I AM TRYING TO BREAK INTO MY OWN CAR. WHEN I DRIVE, THE LOCKS UNLOCK AND LOCK AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. THIS STARTED GETTING WORSE AFTER I GOT AN OIL CHANGE AND AS I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT PULLING OUT, MY CAR COMPLETELY DIED. I COULD NOT MOVE IT OR ANYTHING. I DROVE AROUND THE PARKING LOT WITH IT DYING AND THEN RESTARTING IT. IT FINALLY WORKED AND I HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT DYING COMPLETELY BUT NOW MY LOCKS WON'T UNLOCK UNLESS IT'S EARLY IN THE MORNING.

CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AT 107,000 MILES. ENGINE DRAINED OF COOLANT, AND THEN OVERHEATED ON THE HIGHWAY.

FOUND OUT TODAY THAT I HAVE A BLOCKED CRACK IN THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START LOST COOLANT

AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS OFF THE WOULD NOT START THE NEXT MORNING SO I TOOK IT TO THE FOR THE SECOND TIME HE CHANGE THE BATTERY AND STARTER THE NEXT DAY THE STILL WOULD NOT START TOOK IT BACK TO HIM STIL COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS KILLING THE BATTERY FOR THE THIRD TIME, AFTER HAVING THE CAR ALL DAY AGIN IT SEEMS THAT SOMETHING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT SHUTTING OFF. I SAY IT'S ELECTRICIAN PROBLEM

CAR HAS 100,000 MILES AND IS LEAKING COOLANT. FOUND OUT THAT HONDA HAS A RECALL ON THIS, BUT THE RECALL EXPIRED FEBRUARY OF 2018.

ENGINE BLOCK HONDA CIVIC 2008 147000 MILES BEGAN LEAKING COOLANT AFTER DRIVING ON CITY STREET

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE AT A STOP, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED. THE AIR BAGS EXPLODED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE AND DEBRIS CAME OUT OF THE AIR BAGS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CUT TO THE LEFT ARM AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE IMPOUND LOT AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000. *DT*JB *BF '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).'*JB

2008 HONDA CIVIC EX STARTING LEAKING ANTIFREEZE FROM ENGINE BLOCK.SON WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL AND CALL.TOLD HIM TO PULL OVER .WENT AND GOT HIM AND CAR.GOT CAR HOME AND SEEN ANTIFREEZE COMING FROM BLOCK.FOUND OUT BAD BLOCK FOR THAT YEAR.WAS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE BLOCK .

ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CROWN HONDA (7671 US. 19 NORTH, PINELLAS PARK, FA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOW ON COOLANT. COOLANT WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. WHILE CHANGING THE OIL, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE OIL WAS DISCOLORED DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS FAULTY AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

ON 3/6/19 I WAS DRIVING HOME ON I-95 NORTH WHEN, WITHOUT WARNING, MY CIVIC REDLINED AND OVERHEATED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO ROCKINGHAM HONDA IN ROCKINGHAM, NH AND THE MECHANIC, DAN, DIAGNOSED MY CAR WITH A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. AFTER SOME RESEARCH IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT '06-'09 HONDAS HAD FAULTY ENGINES KNOWINGLY INSTALLED WHICH RESULTED IN HONDA OF AMERICA ISSUING A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR 10 YEARS FOR THIS CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK ERROR. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON 8/14/15 COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE FAULTY ENGINE, THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, OR THE COST IT WOULD BE TO ME. I CONTACTED HONDA OF AMERICA ON 3/7/19 TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE WARRANTY AND THE COMPLIMENTARY REPLACEMENT/REPAIRS FOR THEIR POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND DOES NOT APPLY TO ME SINCE I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CAR. TURNS OUT HONDA ONLY SENT OUT ONE NOTICE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENSION AND IT WENT TO THE FIRST OWNERS OF THE HONDAS WHO PURCHASED THE CARS OFF A DEALERSHIP LOT. SECONDHAND OWNERS, LIKE ME, HAD NO CHANCE OF EVEN KNOWING THERE WAS A RECALL OR OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS "TIME BOMB" OF A REPAIR FIXED UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. AFTER A MONTH OF HAVING NO CAR AND COMMUNICATING WITH HONDA OF AMERICA AND THE MECHANIC, ROCKINGHAM HONDA QUOTED THE REPAIR TO COST $5,600 (WHICH IS TWICE THE AMOUNT OF WHAT KELLEY BLUE BOOK VALUES THE CAR TO BE WORTH). HONDA OF AMERICA SAID THAT SINCE I HAVE NO RECORD OF GETTING THE CAR SERVICED AT ANY OF THEIR LOCATIONS THAT IT'S "NOT THEY'RE PROBLEM" THE WARRA

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN JULY 2018. SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE CAR RAN HOT. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK HAD A CRACK AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I REPLACED THE MOTOR CAUSING ME $4257 DOLLARS. THE OWNER OF BOB MORTON GARAGE TOLD THAT SHE HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE HONDA'S REPRESENTATIVE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINES ON THE HONDA CIVIC CARS AND FOR ME TO CHECK IT OUT. I WAS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SPURTING FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING, SO THEY SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH I DID. IT WAS THE IDLER CAUSING PROBLEMS. I ASKED ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE HANDLING MY CAR THAT MORNING IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY RECALLS OR PROBLEMS WITH THE HONDA CIVIC CARS AND I WAS TOLD NO. THEN I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKING AND HAVING TO BE REPLACED. SINCE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW IN TERMS OF REIMBURSEMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE DRIVER'S FRONTAL AIR BAG ABRUPTLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THERE WAS NO INJURY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 0943434. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

THE CAR IS NOT SHIFTING GOOD IS HICKING UP TODAY MY TRANSMISSION CRASHED SO I NEED MY CAR TO BE FIXED IS NOT DRIVERBOLE

HONDA NEEDS TO BE VERY CONSIDERATE AND MAKE SOME TYPE OF EXCEPTION TOWARDS WHAT PEOPE GO THROUGH WHEN THEY SELL CAR THAT HAVE A PROBLEM. I BOUGHT MY CAR BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND I HAVE HAD SOME ISSUE EVERY SINCE. BACK IN FEBURWRY OF THIS I NOTICED THAT I WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR STARTED SMOKING I LET IT COOL DOWN AND MY CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP WHO INITIALLY DIAGONOSED IT AS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET THEY TOLD ME IT WOUL BE $1500 TO FIX. I TOOK IT A HONDA REPIAR SHOP WHO DID SEVERAL TEST AND CAME TO THE FINAL CONCLUSION THAT BLOCK IS LEAKING. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HONDA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST RELAIBLE CAR. PLEASE TRY TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF EXCEPTION THIS IS RIDICULIOUS.

MY USED 2008 HONDA CIVIC WAS OVERHEATING AND I DROPPED IT OFF AT MY GARAGE FOR EVALUATION. ON 2/14/2019, MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT MY ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED AND WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I CONTACTED NORTH AMERICAN HONDA, INC. AND REQUESTED THEY REPLACE THE ENGINE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY REFUSED AS THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND SALVAGED. I HAD NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH 2006-2009 CIVIC ENGINES AND THE WARRANTY. HAD I BEEN NOTIFIED BY HONDA, WHEN MY CAR WAS TOTALED IN 2014 BECAUSE OF A SEVERE HAIL STORM, I WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THE $10,000 FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT CAR. SINCE MY CAR IN 2014 WAS SIX YEARS OLD, I THOUGHT THAT ALL WARRANTIES HAD EXPIRED LONG AGO AND SALVAGING THE CAR APPEARED TO BE A GOOD DEAL. I GOT $10K AND HAD A MECHANICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY SOUND VEHICLE WITH LOW MILEAGE. RESEARCH HAS SINCE SHOWN THAT HUNDREDS OF CIVIC OWNERS WERE NOT NOTIFIED AND HONDA ROUTINELY STRICTLY ENFORCES THE WARRANTY. FOR FOUR YEARS HONDA WAS SELLING A DEFECTIVE CAR AND DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HIDE FROM THE PUBLIC. MANY OWNERS RECOUNTED THE CAR JUST SHUTTING DOWN ON THEM. I OFTEN DROVE IN 70MPH SPEED LIMIT ZONES ON THE PA TURNPIKE IN HEAVY COMMUTER TRAFFIC. HAD MY ENGINE SHUT DOWN SUDDENLY THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT POSSIBILITY THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE SUBSEQUENT ACCIDENT. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY NHTSA DID NOT FORCE HONDA TO ISSUE A PROVISIONAL RECALL. ALSO, HONDA SHOULD HAVE ISSUED AN UNLIMITED WA

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND I NOTICED THE CAR WAS STARTING TO OVERHEAT. I PULLED OVER INTO A LOCAL BANK PARKING LOT AND OPENED THE HOOD TO INSPECT THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK THAT THE COOLANT WAS SEEPING OUT OF. TSB 10-048

WAS THE PROUD OWNER OF A HONDA CIVIC(2008) UNTIL RECENTLY. IN JANUARY 2019, MY HONDA UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED OVERHEATING WHEN I WAS WAITING IN LINE IN MCDONALDS. THE OVERHEATING OCCURED VERY FAST AND I I QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO NEAREST HONDA DEALER (HONDA OF NANUET). I LEARNED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE CAR HAD SUFFERED A ENGINE COOLANT LEAK WHICH HAD THE MADE THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE ENGINE BLOCK (HTTPS://HONDA.OEMDTC.COM/340/WARRANTY-EXTENSION-ENGINE-BLOCK-2006-2009-HONDA-CIVIC) WHICH IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON 2006-2009 HONDA CIVICS. MY CARS SITUATION IS SAD BECAUSE IT IS OVER THE 10 YEAR WARRANTY BUT HAS VERY LOW MILES ON IT FOR A CAR OF ITS AGE. YOU CAN SEE MANY ENGINE BLOCK FAILURES LIKE THIS FOR 2006-2009 HONDA CARS AT HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HONDA/CIVIC/2006/ENGINE/CRACKED_ENGINE_BLOCK.SHTML CURRENTLY ANYBODY HAVING THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE THEIR ENGINE OVERHEAT, STALL VERY QUICKLY AND HONDA IS NOT REFUNDING OR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND REFUNDING OWNERS FOR THE COST OF THE CAR. I ASK THAT HONDA ISSUE A RECALL INSTEAD OF A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THIS SERIOUS ISSUE CONSIDERING THAT THIS WOULD MAKE THE ENGINE INOPERABLE AND OVERHEAT VERY QUICKLY WITH THIS ISSUE.

ONCE PAINT WAS RECALLED BUT NOT FOR THE BODY OF CAR THAT IS DOING THE SAME. PAINT IS PEELING ON TOP OF CAR AND ON BOTH DOORS. ALSO SUN VISORS WERE RECAL YET THEY ARE BROKE AGAIN. ALSO CAR HAS 11633 MILES AND I HAVE REPLACED BRAKES 3 TIMES.

THE TPMS LIGH DOES NOT TURN OFF AFTER CHECKING IT. I HAVE 5 RECALLS FOR AIRBAG AT THE PASSENGER SEAT THAT I DID NOT KNOW OF.

DRIVER SEAT: BROKEN WELDS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT FRONT OF THE SEAT DUE TO USE OF POOR MATERIAL (VERY THIN METAL TUBES BROKE). THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT LIFT SYSTEM IS ATTACHED TO THIS TUBE AND THE SEAT PULLED TO THE LEFT ABRUPTLY AND STARTLES YOU. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THAT IT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IT. THEN AFTER THIS OCCURS THE SEAT IS NO LONGER FULLY FUNCTIONAL. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE WITH IT ALL THE WAY DOWN BUT THE SEAT STILL MOVES DUE TO THE BROKEN TUBE. HONDA SHOULD REPLACE THIS OR SUPPLY A KIT TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE.

MY PROBLEM IS WITH MY ALMOST 11 YEAR OLD CAR. 2008 WITH ONLY 58,000. MILES. I'M A SENIOR WITH LIMITED INCOME,SO I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT PAINTED. LIVING HERE AMONG PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES THAT HAVE AMPLE FUNDS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THE ODD PERSON OUT OF PLACE.ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SINCERELY,[XXX]. NOT IN ACCIDENT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

ENGINE BLOCK CRACK AT 107,980 MILE. 3 MONTHS OUT OF THE EXTENDED WARRENTY. HONDA TOOK 3 WEEKS TO GET BACK WITH US. THE GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ARGREED TO PAY 50% OF THE BLOCK REPAIR. COST FOR THE BLOCK ONLY WAS $2,200 WITHE THE DISCOUNT. THE REPAIR WOULD HAVE COST CLOSE TO $6000 FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX. JUST WANTED TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. WASN'T SURE WERE TO DO THIS.

DRIVING THE CAR ON THE ROAD IT OVERHEATED AND TURNED OFF, LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! TOOK IT TO HONDA DEALERSHIP TECH, TO FIND OUT THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LEAK THE COOLANT AND OVERHEATING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE PROBLEM DOES NOT GIVE ANY WARNING SIGNS! ALSO, IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. AMERICAN HONDA REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM...

MY ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, CAUSING BILLOWS OF STEAM TO ERUPT FROM UNDER MY HOOD, PARTIALLY BLOCKING MY VISION WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE NOW LEAKS COOLANT AND NEEDS TO BE CONSTANTLY REFILLED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE OPERABLE. ENGINE BLOCKS DON'T JUST CRACK. HONDA KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES, BUT THEY WANT ME TO PAY MORE THAN $7000 TO REPAIR THE ENGINE! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK DOES NOT FALL UNDER REGULAR MAINTENANCE OR WEAR AND TEAR, NOT AT ANY MILEAGE, AND ESPECIALLY NOT AT 130,000. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS THE INITIAL POINT OF FAILURE, AS CONFIRMED BY BOTH HONDA AND THE DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TO (HENDRICK HONDA, CHARLESTON SC) AND THAT THE ENGINE GOT SO HOT THAT IT BURNED AND MELTED THE DIPSTICK/TOP OF THE ENGINE

WATER LEAKING AT SIDE PANEL AT AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. ACCORDING TO HONDA NO RECALL. HOWEVER WHILE RESEARCHING IT APPEARS A TON OF COMPLAINTS. THE DRIPPING OF WATER WAS NOTICED DURING HEAVY RAINFALL.

I HAVE A 2008 HONDA CIVIC WITH 50500 MILES. I BOUGHT USED A YEAR AND TWO MINS AGO. I BOUGHT IT OFF SOMEONE I KNEW THAT HAD FULL MAINTENCE RECORDS. ABOUT A MONTH AGO I STARTED HAVING TEMPERATURE ISSUES WITH IT SLOWLY LEAKING COOLOANT. I TOOK IT TO A TRUSTED MECHANIC AND HE SAID I HAD CRACK IN MY ENGINE BLOCK. I CALLED HONDA AND THAT I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE TEN YEAR WARRANTY EXTENSION. THEY HAVE A KNOWN DEFECTIVE ISSUE WITH THERE ENGINE BLOCK AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 4000 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I FOUND THIS RIDICULOUS THAT A CAR WITH 50000 HAS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. I BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RELIABLE. NEVER AGAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO O'MALLEY HONDA (3405 STEWART AVE, WAUSAU, WI 54401 (715) 842-2131) BUT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS NOT COMPLETED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 143,000. *TR

CATASTROPHIC MANUFACTURING ENGINE BLOCK FAILURE, AS SET FORTH IN HONDA TSB 10-048 & 08-044, WHICH RESULTED IN THE SUDDEN AND IMMEDIATE EXPULSION OF ALL COOLANT FROM THE VEHICLE RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ITS' TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS, HONDA DESCRIBES THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS "THE ENGINE (CYLINDER) BLOCK MAY LEAK COOLANT" . HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A SLOW LEAK, BECAUSE THE ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM IS UNDER PRESSURE, WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, WHEN THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKS ALL THE COOLANT IS SUDDEN EXPELLED FROM THE SYSTEM FORCING A MOTORIST TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER. BECAUSE YOU CANNOT KEEP DRIVING WITH NO COOLANT IN THE VEHICLE, IT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT FORCES A DRIVER TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO SAFELY STOP THE CAR. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IF A CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL ITS' OIL OR ITS' BRAKES BECAUSE ALL THESE EVENTS FORCE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY STOP DRIVING, WHICH IS DANGEROUS TO YOU, YOUR PASSENGERS, AND TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.

I PURCHASED A 2008 HONDA CIVIC IN MAY OF 2018. I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC TO MAKE SURE THE CAR WAS IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE TO GET ME FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO MONTANA AS I HAD JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE AND WAS MOVING FOR MY FIRST JOB. I WAS FOUR HOURS INTO MY TREK WHEN MY CAR BROKE DOWN LEAVING MY MOTHER AND I COMPLETELY STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN NEW YORK. WE HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED AND FOUND OUT 3 DAYS LATER IT WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK (A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE HONDA CIVICS). THE REASON THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED WAS BECAUSE HONDA USED A CHEAPER METAL. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT WOULD COST AROUND $6,000 BECAUSE THE 10 YEAR WARRANTY ENDED. MY MOTHER AND I WERE STRANDED FOR 4 DAYS WHILE WE WAITED THIS OUT. I AM THANKFUL EVERYDAY THIS DIDN'T OCCUR IN THE MID-WEST OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS NO CELL SERVICE AS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED WITH NO FOOD OR WATER AND NO WAY TO CONTACT ANYONE. HONDA PUT ALL OF US HONDA CIVIC OWNERS IN DANGER AND THEY NEED TO FIX THERE MISTAKE. HONDA IS PUTTING ANYONE WHO BUYS AN OLDER CAR IN DANGER.

NOISE FROM ENGINE WHEN STATIONARY OR PARKED. IN 2010, SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER AND PIVOT BOLT REPLACED NOISE WENT AWAY BUT DEALER DID NOT KNOW HOW LONG WOULD LAST. NOW, SAME NOISE IS RETURNING WHICH CAN ONLY BE TENSIONER AND PIVOT BOLT AGAIN. VERY DISTINCT NOISE FOR THIS PROBLEM.

SEEPING COOLANT FROM THE ENGINE ,SMALL CRACK ON MOTOR BEHIND ALTERNATOR

CHANGED THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS AT RECOMMENDED DEALER BY HONDA. THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED IT AND SHOULD HAVE DONE THE PROPER CHECKS TO MAKE SURE ALL IS WELL BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT DONE AS THE CAR ENDED UP LOCKING UP SEATBELTS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER FROM A MINOR POTHOLE THAT THE CASE MANAGER IS CALLING A COLLISION. I COULDNT BELIEVE HE INSISTED THAT THIS (HITTING A POTHOLE AND AIRBAGS GOING OFF) HAD HAPPENED TO HIM ALREADY TRYING TO MAKE IT SEEM NORMAL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM THE CODES THAT THE SHOP INFORMED ME OF, SEAT SENSOR ON PASSENGER SIDE WAS NO GOOD AND ALTHOUGH NO ONE WAS SITTING ON IT IT LOCKED BELTS AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO INFLATE. THEY ARE WITH MY CAR 60 DAYS AND COUNTING.... NEVER HONDA AGAIN.

THIS CAR STARTED LEAKING COOLANT ON THE DRIVEWAY. ONE DAY LATER MY WIFE DRIVES CAR AND WHEN SHE RETURNS HOME STEAM IS COMING FROM ENGINE AND A LOT MORE COOLANT IS LEAKING ON DRIVEWAY. TOWED IT TO THE DEALER. TURNS OUT THERE IS A FACTOR DEFECT CAUSING ENGINE BLOCK TO CRACK PREMATURELY. LUCKILY ENGINE DIDN'T OVERHEAT AND LOCK-UP WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. SCARY THAT THE SYMPTOMS AND ONSET OF CRACK WERE SO SUDDEN. ONLY STARTED DRIPPING ON DRIVEWAY ONE DAY PREVIOUS TO NEAR OVERHEAT. NOT SURE IF MY WIFE OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAFELY GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF IT OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE OVERNIGHT, THE CONTACT NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER (THE HONDA STORE, 448 BOARDMAN-CANFIELD RD, YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44512, 800-211-9345) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL HIM BACK IN ONE TO THREE DAYS. NO ONE CALLED THE CONTACT BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,375. *TT UPDATED 12/03/18*JB

MY PAINT HAS BEEN FADING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. EVERY TIME I BRING MY CAR TO HONDA THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. MY CAR IS STILL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, BUT THE FADED PAINT ALL OVER THE BODY OF THE CAR IS A COMPLETE EYE SORE. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS CAR FOR MANY MORE YEARS (EVEN WHEN I PURCHASE A NEW ONE)I SEE MANY MANY HONDA CIVICS FROM 2008 THAT LOOK THE SAME. I WANT TO BUY ANOTHER HONDA IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT I DON'T THINK I CAN. IT IS EMBARRASSING FOR ME, AND FOR HONDA.

HORN RANDOMLY GOING OFF, WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING. ITS A STEADY BEEP AS IF SOMEONE IS LAYING ON THE HORN. THIS PAST SATURDAY THE HORN WAS GOING OFF FOR HOURS UNTIL I RETURNED HOME. I HAD TO GET IN THE CAR AND TAP THE STEERING WELL AND IT STOPPED. IT WENT OFF AGAIN THIS MORNING. A MECHANIC SAID THAT ITS THE AIRBAG PUSHING PRESSURE ON THE HORN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON A MONTH OR SO.

THIS VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2008 (CAR WAS 3 MONTHS OLD) AND WRITTEN OFF AS TOTALED BY STATE FARM AND I NEVER SAW IT AGAIN. SO CAN NOT VERY WELL DO THE AIR BAG RECALL. AND BY THE WAY, THE AIR BAGS WORKED PERFECTLY. I WALKED AWAY AND BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE.

THIS VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED IN MARCH 2008 (ABOUT 6 WEEKS OLD) AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO STATE FARM INSURANCE. IT HAS NOT BEEN IN MY POSSESSION SINCE THEN. THE CAR WAS CRUSHED INTO THE GUARDRAILS ON AN ACCELERATION RAMP BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR WERE DAMAGED BUMPER TO BUMPER AS WELL AS THE REAR, THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL AND RIGHT REAR WHEELS WERE DESTROYED AND RIPPED FROM THE CAR. THE RIGHT REAR QUARTER AREA OF THE UNIBODY WAS CRUSHED. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN THE ACCIDENT. I ADVISED HONDA MOTOR QUITE SOME TIME AGO OF THESE FACTS. PLEASE CONTACT STATE FARM ABOUT THIS VEHICLE'S DISPOSITION.

THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SRS WIRING HARNESS THAT CONTROLS AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND DRIVER AND PASSENGER SAFETY. THIS CAUSES THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO COME ON AND PREVENTS PROPER DEPLOYMENT. THE PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY COMMON IN HONDAS, SPECIFICALLY 8TH GENERATION CARS. THE CAUSE IS A POORLY MADE WIRE THAT GETS CAUGHT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT TRACK, CAUSING A SHORT IN THE WIRE. IT CAN ONLY BE REPAIRED PROPERLY AND SAFELY BY REMOVING THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS AND REPLACING IT. THIS REQUIRES THAT THE CARPETING AND THE DASHBOARD BE REMOVED AND TAKES 6-8 HOURS WORTH OF WORK, AND IS REPLACED WITH A $200-400 PART DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU TAKE IT. IT CANNOT BE FIXED EASILY OR AFFORDABLY BY THE CONSUMER, AND PREVENTS THE CAR FROM BEING SAFE TO DRIVE OR PASSING INSPECTIONS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE OCCURRED SOONER, AS THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY PURCHASED USED A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT HAPPENS IN MOST HONDAS AND IS NOT COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER'S 150,000 MILE WARRANTY ON OTHER PARTS DESPITE HAVING RELEASED A TSB TO ALL DEALERSHIPS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON. IT PRESENTS A DANGER TO DRIVERS AND DESERVES TO HAVE A RECALL ISSUED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (NORTH CITY HONDA, 6600 N WESTERN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60645, (773) 274-7777) WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS CONFIRMED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE ONLY 20 MORE DAYS TO HAVE THE ENGINE BLOCK COVERED UNDER A WARRANTY. THE DEALER LATER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS REMOVED FROM THE WARRANTY LIST AND THE REPAIRS WERE NO LONGER COVERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OPENED A CASE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

DESPITE METICULOUS MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED 13 MONTHS OUT OF HONDA'S TWICE-EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE ISSUE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND COOLANT WAS SEEPING FROM THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION FROM HONDA IN REGARDS TO THE ISSUE AS THEY CLAIM I WOULD HAVE IN THEIR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 10-048. HONDA WILL NOT OFFER ANY KIND OF DISCOUNT ON THE REPAIR OF THE BLOCK EITHER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 37 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE, BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (ED MORRIS HONDA, 3790 WEST BLUE HERON BLVD, RIVIERA BEACH, FL) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

MY ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE HONDAS, IT IS WHAT I HEARD. ANYWAY, THIS ALMOST CAUSED ME AN ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS DRIVING AT 65MPH, AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED. HONDA DOES NOT WANT TO HONOR THIS REPAIR BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. BUT A CRACK IN THE ENGINE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD NOT WORRY AS A WEAR OF THE VEHICLE, THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND CAR SHUT OFF, HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FIRESTONE AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR OVERHEATED AND CRACKED THE BLOCK. I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A "SERVICE BULLETIN EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS. HONDA SAYS IT IS RELATED TO A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE BUT WILL ONLY COVER 25% OF THE COST CAUSE ITS OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY GO BY THE DELIVERY DATE, NOT THE PURCHASE DATE WHICH THE SERVICE BULLETIN STATES. HONDA DOES NOT NOTIFY CUSTOMERS WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT BUYING THESE CARS ARE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE AN ISSUES.

ENGINE BLOCK CRACKED, NEEDS SHORT BLOCK

THE HORN BEEPS (LIKE THAT OF AN ALARM) AS SOON AS I START THE CAR UNTIL I TURN IT OFF. THE HONDA DEALERSHIP NEEDS MORE THAN $135.00 JUST TO OPEN THE HOOD. NOBODY ELSE WILL TOUCH IT. I HAD THE HORN DISCONNECTED AND NOW HAVE NOTHING!

ENGINE BLOCK COOLANT LEAK I BOUGHT THIS 2008 HONDA CIVIC IN WINCHESTER VA ON 1/13/2018 FRO S&W AUTO1908 VALLEY AVE WINCHESTER VA ON VALLEY AVE. THEY STATED IT HAD A NEW ENGINE THAT IT HAD BEEN REPLACED BY HONDA DUE TO BLOCK BEING REPLACED IN 2006 TO 2008 BECAUSE THE DEVELOPED A COOLANT LEAK. ON 1/16/2018 AFTER BUYING IT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND GAUAGE FOR HOT/COLD WENT TO HOT. TOOK IT BACK TO S&W AFTER CALLING AS THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO. THEY STATED WAS A LOOSE WIRE AND THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT AND NOT TO WORRY IF THAT HOT/COLD THING SHOULD HOT AGAIN. HOWEVER IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON JULY 8 2018 AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. TOOK IT TO GARAGE AND FOUND OUT HAD LEAK AND NEEDED WATER PUMP REPLACED. HOWEVER MECHANIC CALLED AND THAT WAS FIXED BUT COME TO FIND OUT ENGINE BLOCK HAD A LEAK/CRACKED AND YOU CAN SEE FROM TOP WATER POOLING. TOOK BACK TO S&W AUTO AND THEY SAID YES IT IS CRACKED AND I WOULD NEED TO TAKE TO MILLER HONDA 3985 VALLEY PIKE WINCHESTER VA MILLER HONDA WINCHESTER VA. I DID THIS AM 7/20/2018 AT 7:00 AM AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $110 TO LOOK AT IT. I WORK TWO JOBS AND DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OR MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT WAS TO BE FIXED AND WAS TOLD WAS A NEW ENGINE THAT HONDA REPLACED. MILLER HONDA JEFF CALLED AT 9:02 AM 7/20/2018 AND WAS VERY RUDE. I WANT THIS ISSUE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY AND IT SHOULD NOT COST ME TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT ONCE AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ALL THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED EXCEPT FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

EXTREME COOLANT LEAK RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERHEATING. DUE TO KNOWN COMMON DEFECT OF CRACK IN ENGINE BLOCK. THIS VEHICLE IS UNDER 100,000 MILES. 8 MONTHS OVER WARRANTY EXTENSION AND HONDA WILL NOT REPAIR. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.