Owners/service Manual problems of the 2006 Honda Civic

Request for issuance of recall. 2006 Civic: engine does not start, and the immobilizer system makes car inoperable, especially if the battery recently went dead and the engine was jump-started. The dome light in my car, 2006 Civic ex sedan, was left on the and battery was dead, and then car was jump started. After that the immobilizer system prevented the car from starting. 1. This is a well-known design defect (Honda defect code: 03217) reported in many, many postings and comments on the internet, over many years, from 2006 until recently, both here in the u. S. And in the uk. See extracts from numerous internet reports in attachment (internet reports - problem. Docx). 2. There is no warning about this problem or information in the owner's manual for this car, or any notification from Honda, on the correct way to jump start the car to avoid the problem. See jump starting section in attachment (2006 ex owner's manual. Pdf) 3. Honda has issued: "service bulletin - August 2, 2006 06-036 - immobilizer indicator is blinking, engine won't start symptom the engine does not start, and the immobilizer indicator is blinking (especially if the battery recently went dead and the engine was jump-started). Probable cause the immobilizer imoes code has been erased. Vehicles affected: 2006 Civic 4-door lx and ex (USA-produced) � from VIN 1hgfa1. . . 6l000001 thru 1hgfa1. . . 6l118712 corrective action replace the under-dash fuse/relay box (micu - multiplex integrated control unit) 2006 Civic ex 4-door a/t � p/n 38200-sna-a32, h/c 8356198" see the complete Honda service bulletin 2009-08-23_151940_immob. Pdf in attachment (service bulletin 06-036. Pdf) cost of repair to customer - approx. $700-$800. An expensive repair should not be needed simply for jump starting a car with a dead battery - a normal procedure that any car can sometimes need. A recall should be issued.

My axle broke in half basically, and my mechanic said he's only seen that one other time and it was also in a Honda Civic. Also, two other people who work on cars said they've never seen this, that it usually fails at the cv joint and said it sounded like there was a defect. I was going from first gear to second (manual transmission), and all of a sudden it wouldn't go, and there was a clunking noise. I had to have it towed to the mechanic's which cost me $167, and the repair is going to be approximately $200. I do not have documentation of either right now as it is in the shop as I write this waiting for the part. I just felt that since this seems to be out of the ordinary in terms of how this failure usually occurs, I thought I should report it.

Heavy, loose objects in trunk struck & broke off trunk latch assembly, preventing rear hatch from being opened in any way, including remote. (no external trunk keyhole exists. ) since rear seat fold-down releases are located in the trunk, one of the rear seats need to be unbolted to be able to pull the seat release, remove the seat, and manually unlatch the trunk. The design of the rear latch is not protected against strikes from heavy objects and is therefore susceptible to damage under normal driving conditions. If the latch were to break, the vehicle get a flat tire, and the driver unable to remove the rear seat for lack of tools or know-how, the driver would be unable to access the spare tire and be stranded.