Seven problems related to water pump 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.
My car hit 164,000 miles and I was on my way back home from work and took the streets instead of the highway when all of a sudden I see the temperature electronic gauge almost reach the max which has never happened since I've owned the car and it was maintained properly. I then pulled over the side and smelled anti freeze and thought imediately that it was my water pump since I thought that it couldn't be the motor since it was never abused or maintained incorrectly but then I popped the hood open and saw a hairline crack on the engine block and knew that I would have to at least stop a few times and wait for the engine to cool down and drive again to make it home and that my car would need a new engine block or new engine. I then researched online to see if this was a common problem or if it was just my car that had this problem and saw that it wasn't just my car with this problem on their Honda Civic and I'm out of luck since my car is an 06 and the 10 year warranty won't cover it anymore and now I will have to be paying this defective engine block repair out of my own pocket which won't be a cheap repair that Honda should have an unlimited timeframe for this repair since they know that it is a defective part. I got lucky I wasn't driving on the highway when driving otherwise it might of caused me to have an accident. This will be my last Honda I will be buying ever again due to this problem. Hopefully one day there will be a recall for this model as I'm sure within a few years other owners of this model will end up having the same problem in the future and this isn't a a few hundred dollar repair but a few thousand dollar repair. Please make this a recall so that Honda can fix this common problem on this model because this is a safety issue, I got lucky nothing happened to me but I'm not sure if others will have the same luck I had of not being in one.
The serpentine belt tensioner bolt snapped causing the belt to slip onto the water pump pulley. The bolt had to be drilled out and the water pump pulley had to be replaced. There is a TSB out on this bolt but I believe it should be a recall because I believe it is a manufacture problem. It cost me $1,100. 91 to have it fixed.
History from odi # 10572660: 6-18-09 Honda dealership did Feb 2009 recall (replaced auto-tensioner pivot bolt & reroute belt) at 28,324 mi. 9-15-12 engine failed (48144 mi. ) approaching stop intersection. Subsequently would not crank to start. Towed car to service station. 9-18-12 vehicle repaired -- due to broken pivot bolt, a new Honda recall belt kit, including new bolt, belt, belt tensioner assembly & water pump pulley had to be installed. Approximately 20,000 mi. After recall kit & new bolt was installed to prevent the pivot bolt from breaking, the bolt broke and stopped the car from functioning completely. Had I been in higher speed traffic the results may have been disastrous. ----------------------------------------------------------- 12-20-13 car died approaching intersection -- towed for service. Again pivot bolt had broken, causing cascade of events preventing car from functioning -- this time within only 7000 mi. After new belt tensioner recall kit & new pivot bolt was installed. When this occurs, the car is inoperative. This bolt has been replaced three times and broken twice. I am now afraid to drive car for fear of it ceasing to run at any time. Honda internet forums specifically for the 2006 Civic mention many similar occurrences.
The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the vehicle exhibited an abnormal clunking noise. The contact had a mechanic inspect the vehicle the failure was located at the engine water pump pulley. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 90,000.
The drive belt auto-tensioner pivot bolt broke while the car was travelling. The driver noticed a loud mechanical sound and later discovered the drive belt auto-tensioner pivot bolt was not attached to the engine block. The driver was lucky the belt did not break, the water pump pulley did not break from the friction, or the bolt fly into the engine. In either case we discovered this is a common occurrence in the 2006 Civic model and had a TSB 09-007, starting January 30, 2009, until January 30, 2012. We had to tow the vehicle to the Honda dealership, where we were told we had to cover all costs, even though this was a manufacturing defect on part of this model car. What is worse, many times the bolt will break again. I am afraid of this happening and a possibility of losing control over the car should this happen again. All I ask is Honda reopen this TSB on a continuous basis to fix their defective models and possible reimbursement for fixing the flaw.
6-18-09 Honda dealership did Feb 2009 recall (replaced auto-tensioner pivot bolt & reroute belt) at 28,324 mi. 9-15-12 engine failed (48144 mi. ) approaching stop intersection. Subsequently would not crank to start. Towed car to service station. 9-18-12 vehicle repaired -- due to broken pivot bolt, a new Honda recall belt kit, including new bolt, belt, belt tensioner assembly & water pump pulley had to be installed. Approximately 20,000 mi. After recall kit & new bolt was installed to prevent the pivot bolt from breaking, the bolt broke and stopped the car from functioning completely. Had I been in higher speed traffic the results may have been disastrous.
The serpentine belt tensioner bolt has broken 5 times in the past 30,000 miles. This requires removing the broken bolt and replacing the bolt, tensioner assembly, serpentine belt, water pump and/or pulley each time. Honda has known about this problem because in February 2009, I received a "product update: rerouting the drive belt" which also recommended replacing the bolt. Prior to this, on October 3, 2007 at 35,954 miles I took the car to Honda because of a whining noise and they rerouted the belt - but did not replace the bolt. In addition to the November 23, 2009 incident above, the bolt also broke may 20, 2010 at 78,198 miles, and again on October 12, 2010 at 81,895 miles and that time was fixed by wade raulerson Honda, gainesville, FL. When it broke on September 18, 2012 at 98,000 miles I was in gainesville and had it towed to Honda of gainesville but their estimate was $850 and included a new water pump which we later found it did not need. So I had it towed 25 miles back to williston and my son, an experienced mechanic removed the bolt and replaced it, the tensioner and belt. On November 13, 2012 at 101,000 miles, the bolt broke again and he had a more difficult time removing and replacing it. All the replaced parts have been Honda parts. If I had been on the interstate this time, it could have caused a bad accident because there was no warning and the engine stopped immediately. I will never have the confidence to drive on the interstate or for any distance again but, now that I'm living mostly on social security, I cannot afford car payments. I expected this Honda to last me as long as I would need a car. The repair costs I've paid have been $1,800 and don't include my son's labor.