Engine Overheat problems of the 2008 Honda Civic

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.

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.

While driving on the highway the car stopped in the middle of the highway all lights on dashboard turned on. Called 911 for assistance since couldn't exit the vehicle. Car was towed to a repair shop near where the incident occurred. Shop diagnosed that the engine seized due to engine overheating. After I found out that the engine overheated and seized I took my car to Honda for diagnosis because sometime after I bought this vehicle, I was notified by Honda that the engine may experience coolant seepage that can result in engine overheating, thus american Honda extended the warranty of the engine to 10 years from original date of purchase with no mileage limit. My car was only 9 years old with only 64,000 miles on the odometer. Honda service acknowledged the engine overheated due to coolant seepage but unfortunately they refused to honor the extended warranty they offered originally. Very disappointed with Honda for not recalling these engines from the very beginning, instead of putting their customers in danger of very serious situations such as the one I described.

Honda has issues a technical service bulletin 10-048 and 08-044 that the engine block overheats and causing engine to crack. I am 3rd owner over the car and bought the car with a salvaged title ( because it was stolen) with 48,000 mile on it. I have since put 54,000 mile on it since I purchased it and am experiencing misfire and cracking of engine block. I called Honda and they are denying my claim for them to fix the issue because my car has salvaged title even though my car was never in a accident. I do not think this is right that they acknowledge this is a problem and only offer warranty extension to original owner to fix the problem, but everyone else who may have salvage title for one reason or another are not covered, even though its Honda's fault for not using good casting for the engine block. I would like to try and get Honda to announce a recall so that everyone who has same problem can get their car fixed. I have taken very good care of my car since I have had it with regular maintenance intervals and would hate to lose my trust in Honda motors because of this. I just want Honda to do the right thing and exchange my faulty block, I would even be happy with paying 50% of costs or they provide part and I will pay for labor.

The engine suddenly overheated. I had the car towed to a dealership. (community Honda of orland park). There is a recall for this overheating engine problem but Honda and the dealership say it's not the overheating recall problem. The repairs are in excess of $2,500.

The engine overheated at highway speed. Later found that the coolant level was very low due to engine block cracking issue. Reference Honda sb-08-044 and NHTSA # 10030876.

We only received one warning the engine overheated for no reason then we found out we had a defective engine from Honda in a 2008 Civic. The engine was replaced but they know they have a defective engine block in the Honda Civic 2008, 2007, and 2006 so how do we know if we did or did not receive another block with the same problem. This could overheat and cause a fire. We were not given a new warranty on the replaced engine. We were not reimbursed on expenses to rent a car, and fly back to pick up car and towing.