general problems of the 2008 Honda Civic

Five problems related to structure have been reported for the 2008 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Honda Civic based on all problems reported for the 2008 Civic.

1 Structure problem

Failure Date: 05/31/2016

The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. While driving 45 mph, the driver and passenger side sun visors fractured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the driver side sun visor was replaced; however, the passenger side sun visor was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000.

2 Structure problem

Failure Date: 07/17/2012

I noticed that 2 days ago it was raining inside my car I bought the car brand new off of the lot in 2008. The areas that are leaking/collecting water are where the side front airbag is located, along with the windshield, and side of the door. Called the dealer they are telling me that my warranty has expired therefore I will need to replace the windshield and other components (roof, airbags,etc. ) the car has never been in an accident or anything and now I am almost scared to drive it since they are telling me that it is the windshield I am petrified that it will implode soon. This seems extremely dangerous now I am unsure that if I get in an accident because of the water what if my airbag won't work upon impact? what happens if the windshield implodes while I am driving this issue is an accident waiting to happen.

3 Structure problem

Failure Date: 01/05/2012

The black paint on top of the roof of my Civic has a white fading haze.

4 Structure problem

Failure Date: 09/30/2009

Rodents eat wires, fuel, brake lines. It seems the car companies have started using a newer material to replace the common plastic used in wire insulation and tubing with a soy based product. This newer product has attracted squirrels and other rodents which eat this material. This is not only a safety issue it's also a hazard as there is no way to prevent this. Any number of things can happen to cause a major accident due to this very bad choice of material used. One only has to search google to see how wide spread this problem is. I typed in "squirrel ate my Honda wires" and came up with pages and page of complaints. The first one in the results given is a person that had two new Honda cars and both were disabled due to this.

5 Structure problem

Failure Date: 07/30/2008

The hush panel under the instrument panel has started to droop, causing it to come in contact with the top of my shoe when I move my foot from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal. The hush panel was not designed with enough retaining clips to avoid this interference.


Other Structure related problems of the 2008 Honda Civic

Body problems
40
Paint problems
33
Structure problems
5
Bumper problems
1


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