Three problems related to brakes failed have been reported for the 2006 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2006 Civic.
I had a car accident on the huntingdon side of pine groves mountain on PA 26 south. I drove a Honda Civic 06 lx. When I was going down the mountain, I applied the brake normally to slow down before a curve when the speed was at 60 mph, but my car was drifting, not like hydroplaning at all. There was no water to cause that but it rained five to six hours before the accident. During the whole course of incident, the steering wheel was not responsive. When it started to drift, it skidded towards the incoming lane. I tried to correct the steering wheel slightly, it took much more force to operate the steering wheel and the direction was not corrected, so I adjusted it more. Then the head suddenly turned 60 to 80 degrees and hit the guardrail and then the car turned more than 180 degrees clockwise; then the tail hit a stop-sign pole and the car stopped in the mud. Since the car was still drivable, I did not call the police to check the scene. I think it was caused by Honda's design defects since I had goodyear four-season tires with more than enough grids, so I want to hire an investigator to investigate my case and ask Honda to buy the car back. But none of the law firms I contacted could help me. During the whole course, there was no car coming in both directions. Two cars passed me by when I was pulling my car out of mud but none of them stopped, so I guess there was no witness. The first time when I applied the brake again after the incident, I felt the brake was flimsy, so I drove much slower later, at around 40 mph. I am not sure if the brake could handle that wet road again, but most of time at most places the brake does not fail, so I assume I experienced a case, on wet road with downhill gravity, that the car is incapable of handling.
Problem: intermittent loss of full braking ability. Detailed description: when leaving work, my driving routine is very similar day-to-day. Of the estimated 370 times I have left work while driving this vehicle, I have had brake failure on 5 to 10 occasions. The scenario is this: 1. Start engine, back out of parking spot, and apply brakes in order to shift from r to d. 2. Drive 100 feet through parking lot and apply brakes a second time while waiting to enter the main road. 3. Drive one-quarter mile and apply brakes a third time at the first traffic light. It is this third application of brakes that sometime results in brake failure. The brake pedal will go all the way to the floor, and braking capability is about 30% of what it should be. If I pump the brakes, the failure will disappear and normal braking returns. This resulted in a rear end accident, when I could not stop and hit the stopped vehicle in front of me. Vehicle had 36,801 miles on the odometer at the time of accident, and no brake repairs had ever been attempted on the vehicle.
I own a 2006 Honda Civic. I have 85, 000 miles on the car, and I have experienced premature brake failure four times now (I was just advised today by my mechanic that the brakes are once again seriously worn and in need of replacement). The brakes wear unevenly, with more wear on the driver's side, and it always occurs approximately every 20,000 miles. When it first occurred, Honda refused to accept responsibility and consider a repair under the warranty. I have not contacted them about the subsequent failures.