general problems of the 2006 Honda Civic

Car wont shift an jerks when u drive.

Car lost power while trying to make a left turn across traffic. Ima battery charge dropped and no assist was delivered. Oncoming car was able to stop in time, but barely. This has now happened on a number of occasions. Car lost power while climbing a hill in a residential neighborhood (15 mph) and barely made it to the top. Car lost power while climbing a short steep driveway and could not ascend; had to roll backwards and "force charge" the ima battery in low gear for 10 minutes, after which I was able to climb the driveway easily. Decided to replace the ima battery due to obvious malfunction although no codes were being thrown. Problem improved significantly but once again experienced lack of power on steep, low-speed hills and in our driveway. Battery software seems schizophrenic, deciding to charge itself rather than assist when power is needed, such as hills or merging into or across traffic, even when there seems to be ample battery reserve (for example, after swapping out the ima battery it refused to provide assist on the hill with approximately 40% remaining -- 4 bars -- but will gladly provide assist at 50% + battery charge. Sometimes battery does not charge while braking downhill even though charge is needed. Unpredictable. The sudden loss of power whenever the ima assist decides that it 't* going to help is extremely dangerous. Honda is aware of this problem but has not offered any solutions outside of 150k / 15 year warranty on the ima battery, which has lapsed on our 2006. Reluctant to let my young adult daughter drive this car as loss of power while merging or crossing lanes of traffic could result in a serious accident.

Car overheated and cracked engine block on drive to work through town. It was a sudden, overheat and the car stalled. The car had been serviced by Honda ~2 months earlier. Car had been regularly maintained by Honda, following suggested service schedule. Honda knew about the problem but refused to replace the engine block as I purchased car new in 2006. Car only had 103,000 miles on it.

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic. While attempting to enter the vehicle, the doors on the driver's side would not unlock after the key was inserted. In addition, the alarm system did not work and the driver was unable to switch the gear shifter to the park position. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 300,000.

A known defect - the engine block on our 2006 Honda Civic cracked while my son was driving on a highway. We've owned the car for less than 2 years and were never advised that the Civic engine block was prone to this - or we would have not purchased the car. Even though Honda "extended" the warranty for this known defect, we are out of the warranty coverage period - thus left to foot the expense of replacing the engine on our own. My son's safety was at risk when this happened. This should be a recall not a warranty extension. Shame on Honda.

I have a crack in my coolant system in the engine block on my 2006 Honda Civic. It was part of the extended warranty (10-048), but I'm past the extended 10 year warranty. Please help!.

My Honda Civic ex 2 door looses power then sputters in over driver.

Hello! a very well-known issue with the 06-09 Honda Civic is a tendency for the engine blocks to crack. Frequenting online forums and websites, it seems a wide range of people are affected from less than 1,000 miles to up to 200,000 miles. That being said, it seems this car is a literal time bomb. There have been incidents of people driving on the highway only to rapidly lose power to all systems, including the brakes and power steering. Needless to say, this is a profound safety hazard, not only to the driver, but other drivers as well! that being said, Honda admitted that the tendency for blocks to crack was due a faulty casting process. They had issues an initial 8 year warranty and increased that to 10 years. As of late, many current owners have still had their blocks cracked. Only this time, Honda is refusing to fix their faulty product. As such, I wanted to bring attention to this issue and hope something can be done to alleviate this matter. A car's block under normal maintenance and use should never catastrophically fail, let alone risk people's lives! even if a recall isn't enforced, at least hold Honda accountable to their faulty engines and place an extended warranty for this specific issue. Thank you.

Bolt that connected tensioner, to belt sheared off. Causing vehicle to malfunction. Car became not drivable. Might have caused injury at high speed, or loss of control. A common problem with the 2006 Honda Civic, according to internet complaints! design problem? one of the most prevalent problems reported.

Within the last month, our 2006 Honda Civic on two separate occasions, with two different drivers, when the transmission was placed into reverse when backing from a driveway, did not come to a stop. Despite putting our foot firmly on the brake, the car did not stop and continued in reverse. Only by putting the transmission into drive did the car stop from continuing into reverse. On August 30, the car when placed into reverse gear when backing from a parking space, went forward instead. Our car has been regularly maintained and serviced and never had an issue prior to this. We are deeply concerned that the car poses a safety issue, because when moving from a parked position, moves in a direction other than the one that the driver chooses, and did not stop when moving in reverse. This has occurred three times to date within the month with two different drivers.

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic. The contact was driving 30 mph when the vehicle popped out of third gear and into neutral. The contact stated the vehicle did not stall when the shifter popped out of gear. The contact did not take the vehicle to a dealer for inspection or repairs. The failure mileage was 92,000.

This Civic has a defect on rear control arms causing tires to wear uneven and rapidly and making a horrible noise coming from the back this is unsafe issue I replace the rear shock absorbers, the whell hubs and ofcourse the tires and the problem still there until control arm be replaced for an adjustable one for proper aligment ,,, Honda motor company is not paying for anything , I think costumers don't have pay for Honda mistakes that's not fair.

I was driving about 25mph on a residential street when I smelled rubber burning and then my car suddenly stopped working. We had it towed to a trusted friend's shop to see what the problem was and then to fix it. We found that the tensioner bolt was broken. Our mechanic has done lots of research on this problem and have found that other owners of 2006 Honda Civics are also having the same problem. He is in the process of trying to replace this bolt. I only have 75,000 miles on this Honda and am very disappointed with this fairly new car. I hope it can be fixed.

2006 Honda Civic sedan with 68,000 miles had two cracks in the engine block causing the coolant to leak and causing the car to overheat suddenly without any warning. Also, the rear tires only last about 15,000 miles before they develop a flat spot. There are two service bulletins issued by Honda on these malfunctions but unfortunately they are not admitted as a problem with the car until after the powertrain warranty runs out. Honda dealerships have acknowledged these are defects in the car and are widely known but Honda refuses to cover repairs or will only pay for partial repairs. The engine block is a casting problem per the dealership and the rear wheels are a control arm problem which causes premature uneven wear and possible blowout. Honda refuses to pay for the control arms at all. Thankfully we did not have any crashes or injuries due to catching the problem before anything happened. Unfortunately, the first dealership I went to tried to hide the problems and would not acknowledge it is widespread in 2006 and 2007 Civic models. I am being forced to pay for a portion of the engine block and all of the control arms to fix the problems.

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, there was difficulty shifting into third gear. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the third gear syncrose would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified and offered to pay a portion of the repair costs along with the dealer. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 22,000 and the current mileage was 66,413.

The recent recall of Honda odyssey and element models made me remember two things about the 2006 Honda Civic that I owned. I experienced the same braking issue on it- I would have to hold the brake pedal down pretty forcefully in order to make sure it wouldn't creep forward while stopped. It was an automatic transmission, and if stopped on an incline on a hill (at a red light or stop sign), when the brakes were released the car would move backward significantly. This didn't happen on a steep hill- I have driven several other cars on this same hill and never had a problem. It was so significant that I would have to prepare myself to accelerate immediately and with relative force to prevent the car from rolling backwards.