Coolant Leaking Problems of Honda Civic - part 2

Car engine block cracked and cased engine to overheat leaked coolant all over the engine and road. 110k miles on the car, original owner, routine maintenance performed and car rarely ever saw over 4k rpm. . Apparently this is a known manufacturer defect, yet there is no recall issued. Yes, Honda issued a 10 year 'extension' of a warranty and claims to have notified owners via mail when it was officially 'announced' back in 2014. I understand 'normal wear and tear' from an older car and I would expect to own the costs for repair. . . But an engine block cracking due to a known manufacturer defect rendering a car unusable, and Honda expects you to pay 2600-5k to make their cars derivable again? this should be a safety recall as it is a manufacturer defect that results in engine failure and overheating while driving (potential loss of control of vehicle, traffic hazard, fire,etc).

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At 110,000 miles, my car developed a cracked engine block. I was parked and noticed coolant leaking from my car. My car was towed by aaa to keyes Honda and diagnosed. It was found that Honda was aware of this major defect and did not inform consumers. Instead, they quietly extended the warranty by one year instead of issuing a recall. After much research, it was found that this is a known issue. The repair cost is $5-6000. American Honda will only pay a very small portion, leaving the bulk of the cost to the consumer.

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My engine block cracked while I was driving on the interstate, causing billows of steam to erupt from under my hood, partially blocking my vision while driving, the engine now leaks coolant and needs to be constantly refilled to keep the vehicle operable. Engine blocks don't just crack. Honda knows this is an issue with their vehicles, but they want me to pay more than $7000 to repair the engine! this is unacceptable. A cracked engine block does not fall under regular maintenance or wear and tear, not at any mileage, and especially not at 130,000. I want to reiterate that the engine block was the initial point of failure, as confirmed by both Honda and the dealership I took it to (hendrick Honda, charleston SC) and that the engine got so hot that it burned and melted the dipstick/top of the engine.

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Driving the car on the road it overheated and turned off, leaving me stranded in the middle of the road! took it to Honda dealership tech, to find out that the engine block cracks causing the engine to leak the coolant and overheating. This is a safety issue as the problem does not give any warning signs! also, it is a manufacturers defect. American Honda refuses to fix the problem. . .

The engine is cracked in the back and leaking coolant. Car only has 80,000 miles on it.

2007 Honda Civic engine block cracked, leaking coolant - Honda related to TSB 08-044.

Tl the contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. While operating the vehicle, the heater stopped working. The vehicle was taken to crown Honda (7671 us. 19 north, pinellas park, fa) where it was diagnosed that the vehicle was low on coolant. Coolant was added to the vehicle, but the failure continued. While changing the oil, the contact discovered that the engine oil was discolored due to coolant leaking into the engine. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine block was faulty and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.

Engine block crack, coolant leaking.

Catastrophic manufacturing engine block failure, as set forth in Honda TSB 10-048 & 08-044, which resulted in the sudden and immediate expulsion of all coolant from the vehicle rendering the vehicle inoperable. Please note that in its' technical service bulletins, Honda describes the manufacturing defect as "the engine (cylinder) block may leak coolant" . However, it is not a slow leak, because the engine coolant system is under pressure, while you are driving, when the engine block cracks all the coolant is sudden expelled from the system forcing a motorist to immediately pull over. Because you cannot keep driving with no coolant in the vehicle, it is an extremely dangerous manufacturing defect that forces a driver to take evasive action to safely stop the car. It's no different than if a car suddenly lost all its' oil or its' brakes because all these events force you to immediately and unexpectedly stop driving, which is dangerous to you, your passengers, and to other drivers on the road.

Cracked block and leaking coolant--vehicle overheating. Manufacturing defect. Logged a case with Honda of north America.

Takata recall the engine (cylinder) block may leak engine coolant, resulting in engine overheating.

This car started leaking coolant on the driveway. One day later my wife drives car and when she returns home steam is coming from engine and a lot more coolant is leaking on driveway. Towed it to the dealer. Turns out there is a factor defect causing engine block to crack prematurely. Luckily engine didn't overheat and lock-up while on the freeway. Scary that the symptoms and onset of crack were so sudden. Only started dripping on driveway one day previous to near overheat. Not sure if my wife or I would have been able to safely get the car to the side of the road if it overheated while driving on the freeway.

Got off the road from NY to MD last night and noticed a bit of a coolant smell. Not a big deal, but was going to take it into jiffy lube for an oil change anyways, would have them check it out. Turns out that it was a leak from the engine block. Also turns out that Honda had noticed a problem with this era of cars and did not issue a recall, only a technical service bulletin 10-048, whereas owners were covered within 10 years of purchase, regardless of mileage. Since the problem did not manifest itself within those 10 years, I would have had no way of knowing to bring it in (despite being serviced at Honda dealerships in the interim). The car only has 63k miles on it and it's patently absurd to think that a defect that they noticed has an expiration date on it, punishing low volume drivers--as in, had we driven more frequently, the defect would've revealed itself earlier, perhaps within the window, and perhaps saving us thousands of dollars. Please consider this and urge Honda to change its policy regarding this particular problem with this era of Civics.

Coolant leaking as described by TSB 10-048 because of defective engine block that cracked, part number 10002-rna-a00. Honda dealer in dublin, ohio said Honda corporation would only pay 25% of cost to repair since the warranty expired approximately 1 year ago.

Cracked engine block. My car only has 127k miles on it and out of no where I had coolant leaking and my car almost over heated because of it while I was on the freeway. Ii had a mechanic look at it and that's how we figured out the engine was cracked. Not once did I get a call or letter from Honda informing me that my car had a recall because of this known issue. When I called Honda to see if they will in good faith fix my car they told me that it would need to get diagnosised by a Honda dealer and maybe they can do a shared cost but it is not guaranteed. Not only can they not guarantee that they will fix it but they wanted me to continue to drive my car to a dealer? how is that safe to do? us conusmers should not have to pay for a defected car that they built! my Honda should still have more life to it and not died out on me so early. This should have been a safety recall and not just s regular one.

Another cracked engine block (r18a1 sohc 1. 8l 4-cylinder I-vtec engine) Honda Civic ex with 103,000 miles. Serviced regularly with Honda fluids and otherwise well taken care of. Block crack and coolant leakage occurred driving in urban traffic at 40 mph and resulted in a moderate rise in engine temperature in ten minutes when the temperature gauge was at "h". Subsequently the engine has had a steady drip of coolant running down the side of the engine block even though the engine has not been started.

Extreme coolant leak resulting in engine overheating. Due to known common defect of crack in engine block. This vehicle is under 100,000 miles. 8 months over warranty extension and Honda will not repair. This should be a recall.

Engine block crack, manufacture defect, dont want to repair it cause out of warranty, coolant leak and over heating. . .

I bought the car in 2016 with 95,000 miles from the original owner. I preformed maintenance as required and have never had any issues. The car had been working perfectly up until June 5, 2018. I was driving to work and noticed my car began to show signs of over heating so I pulled over. I let my car cool down before checking it. Everything checked out but the coolant. I had no idea what was wrong so I drove the car to the closest auto shop I knew of. My car drove well there but I had to pull over to add water. My mechanic informed there was a crack in the engine and coolant was leaking out. I asked if this had been a cause of something I hadn't maintained or checked. He mentioned that this had been a problem he's seen with Honda�s. It was a very small maybe hairline fracture which had cause my coolant to leak and my car to overheat. I went home and googled my issue. Consumers reports had an article describing the issue with 2006-2009 Honda's which were cracking and leaking coolant. I found a number and contacted Honda but they informed me that I am over the warranty limit. I am still waiting on a final response. I use my car for work so it isn't heavily used. I know I'm within the range of many who've had issues with this car. It would have taken more than 10 years to add the miles that would be needed for the engine to start to fail. I understand that I am out of warranty for Honda but I wish they'd consider my case. This isn't a cause of mine but a manufactures issue which shouldn't void my warranty. If the car has a faulty item that faulty item will become defective. In this case the engine which cracked at no fault of mine.

Car heating up due an engine block crack coolant leak.

Hope you are well. I am a proud owner of a 2007 Civic lx coupe 1. 8l 4 cylinder that I have owned and loved since 9/28/09. It's my daily driver and often times my lifeline. While driving out of my neighborhood two days ago I noticed my temperature gauge was rising quite quickly. I pulled over to check my fluids (as I just changed my oil and topped off my fluids on 2/14/18) and noticed I was very low on coolant. My vehicle was operating normally the night before. My first thought was a coolant leak so I took my vehicle to weir canyon Honda in anaheim hills for a diagnosis. The mechanic looked at my oil and immediately determined there was coolant in my engine and significant build up. I was notified that there was a TSB #10-048 and #sb-08-044 for my vehicle. I was told that since I am 5 months passed my 10 year warranty, there is nothing they can do for me. My issue is, how was I supposed to know about this? why didn't Honda send me a notice about this extreme issue? as per the requirements, my vehicle needed to malfunction within 7 years for the warranty to be in effect, to only be extended to 10 years due to complaints from loyal customers. And you also needed to have the problem, pay for it, then fight for reimbursement. I am at my whits end of what to do at this point. And to whoever reads this, I am in no way angry at you personally at all. I know kindness is hard to come by these days. I just know that this kind of problem I have usually only get addressed in good faith and I am hoping you can help me out. I deliver food for a living and right now, I am completely unable to work so I'm stressed out. Thank you for your time. Here is a link to many of the problems I experience. . Read more...

My 2008 Honda Civic just started leaking coolant recently. It only had 70000 miles on it. . I was at a dealer 2 weeks prior to change brakes and I even had them do an inspection but they didn't find anything suspicious!! weird!! because later the coolant was leaking, my car started overheating, really bad. Turns out I was all out off antifreeze and coolant. The car started overheating. I took it to the Honda dealer on northern blvd, NY and they said the block engine is cracked and I asked about the 10 years extended warranty and the nasty sales guy I was talking to was very aggressive and asked to change different agent. . And I waited 15 minutes and another guy came and explained that the extended warranty on my car expired 4 weeks ago and I'm only allowed to have an engine replaced but I still have to pay for the labor 13 hours labor. . At total price of 1800$ . . . Since and, honestly, if I had been aware of this issue I would have looked at other vehicles. . . I'm sure there is a class action lawsuit about the engine block cracking in Honda Civic 2008. . This is crazy . . . . I thought Honda were supposed to be reliable!.

My car is a 2008 Honda Civic lx model. On March, 15 2018 while I was driving on the highway, the car stopped running and smoke came out of the hood suddenly. No warning lights came on the dashboard till the last moment. Fortunately I managed to pull over the car to a safe place immediately beside the highway otherwise I would have been in a fatal situation. I had the car towed to my mechanic where they performed the diagnosis to find the root cause of the problem. They identified that there was crack in the engine block which has caused the coolant to leak from the engine and hence overheating of the engine has happened and made it to malfunction. They told me that the whole engine has to be replaced (used one) and few other parts as well (like spark plug etc. ) to make the car running again which would cost me around $2500. It was devastating to hear this. My mechanic told me that most of the 2006 to 2009 Civics had this engine crack issue and Honda is also aware of this. Despite this Honda has not called for the recall of such those engines and just did a warranty extension. TSB 10-048 was issued for this. But still a lot of 2006-2009 Honda Civics are facing this issue even at very low miles like mine. Mine has 166,000 miles. I checked with the service consultant if this would be covered under the extended warranty. She did a VIN inquiry and said that may car is still in warranty (the original purchase date of the car was 20-April- 2008 and this incident happened to me on -15 March-2018). This is a big blow to me. I raised this concern with Honda corporate and they filed a case. With number 07506763 with couple of days later (on 09/07/2017) the case manager probably will call me on Monday March 18, 2018.

Engine block is cracked . . Leaking coolant.

Yes hello I have a 2007 Honda Civic ex and I would like to file a complaint. Ok so I was on my was home with my wife on the highway and my car started smoking from under the hood I nearly lost control of my vehicle but thankfully manage to pull over I looked for the problem but I didn't find why. So it cools down and I add coolant in the reserve and the raidiator to be able to make it home. So when I arrived andturned my car off I was able to here the water on the hot motor so I looked for where the problem was come to find out that my car had a crack going across the block of the engine. And that's where it leaks all the coolant out from. That is really unsafe I have never seen anything like it. Probably made a bad decision in Honda! I want to know if I could be helped? I nearly lost control of my vehicle with the smoke coming out from under the hood.

On 3/3/18, at 92000 miles, the engine block cracked, causing coolant to leak. Apparently this is a known issue for many 2006 to 2009 Honda Civics, as Honda extended the warranty for this to 10 years (unlimited miles) from the original purchase date. Unfortunately, it seems that this issue typically doesn't occur until after 90,000+ miles, and I don't drive the car that many miles each year to reach the "danger zone" for this issue within the 10 year extended warranty period.

Cracked engine block, leaking engine coolant and overheating.

My 2008 Honda Civic si has been leaking coolant for the past couple weeks. It is currently at around 115,000 miles. I noticed all of the extended warranty information about the 06-09 Honda Civics and contacted both the dealership and corporate myself. They told me that because my model was not the base models but the si that it was a different engine and that they could not help me. However I am going to get the car back from my mechanic today who estimated the repairs would be $4500 to completely replace the engine. He also brought up this extended warranty issue and suggested I contact Honda again because the pressure fractures are in the exact same place as they are on the base model 06-09 engine blocks. From my knowledge and the mechanics the engines may not be the same but the block is made of the same material if not the exact same block. This is costing me my car as a whole and the $4800 loan I still owe on it. I am now out of a car unless I drive it and refill the coolant weekly until the engine completely seizes and stops working. This will put a huge affect on my job, financial situation, and my credit score at the age of 19. This is insane and should be Honda's job to take care of considering they are attempting to keep the entire issue for the other models on the lowest of lows they can to avoid paying for all the new engines. A company this large should not be able to put this many people out of vehicles and affect their daily lives because they thought this was a reliable and sensible brand.

To whom this may concern, I am the sole owner of a 2007 Honda Civic with 57,576 miles on the odometer and I would like to file a formal claim against american Honda motor company for not extending the 10 year warranty on the engine block due to an engineering/manufacturing defect during the production of the vehicle. On 2/1/18 my car was diagnosed by a Honda certified technician, who determined that my engine block was leaking coolant due to a crack between cylinders 1 & 2 on the outside of the block. The technician explained to me that Honda issued an extended warranty on the block to cover this issue but my warranty had expired by 3 months and therefore Honda would not cover it. So, I decided to file a formal claim with Honda and after going back and forth for a week and a half they agreed to pay 50% of the cost to replace the engine block, which meant that I was responsible to pay $2,658. 75 to make up the difference. I feel that Honda should have covered the engine block replacement 100% free of charge due to the fact that the issue was due to a manufactures defect. Also, the car is in excellent condition, has low miles, and has been maintained at the dealership that it was purchased at. As a customer, who purchased the vehicle new, I feel that I should not have to invest money on replacing the motor due to a defect. The customer should only be responsible for routine maintenance . I have attached my repair bill which lists the issue/fix and the amount I was charged as proof. Thank you and I hope this helps others!.

I've had mu Civic 11 years and driven the car 167,000 miles trouble free. On Jan 26, 2018 I detected a sudden coolant leak with engine overheating and steam coming from under the hood while driving. I took it in for service and was shocked when I was told I had a cracked engine block. I was further informed Honda had identified the defect and extended a warranty for it. However, I was one year beyond the warranty period. It doesn't seem fair to me. The repair cost would have been excessive so I wound up selling the car for its parts value. I'm a big Honda supporter. , I've had 6 of them, but this left a bad taste. I still think Honda should do something for those of us who have had this problem. I wound up replacing it with a Subaru.

Engine block cracks and leaking coolant. Our 2007 Honda Civic started leaking fluid on 12/27/2017. This cause temperature to become red with white smoke coming out of the front hood while I was driving with my wife and 3 month baby. It looks very dangerous to drive. We found out Honda had extended the warranty on this to 10 years because of known defects. Unfortunately, I experienced the defect 14 months after my Civic's 10 year warranty period. Honda corporate and our local Honda dealerships are not willing to honor and fix this defect. The want to charge $5,000 to fix it. This should be a recall as so many people are experiencing this. A car should not be considered unsafe to drive at 11 years old and require $5,000 repair, and pose a risk of endangering a family with a newborn safety.

I have a 2007 Honda Civic ex coupe with only 99k miles and due to a manufacturing defect now has a cracked engine block. Honda has a service bulletin #10-048 which states the 2007 Civic and other years have manufacturing defect. My Civic started over heating on Dec. 25th 2017 on the way out to my families house for christmas and I had to pull to the side of the road due to the overheating and smoke we saw coming from the engine. After looking under the hood I saw there was no coolant in the reservoir and I couldn't detect a coolant leak. The next day Dec. 26th 2017 I replaced the thermostat on my Civic presuming that the thermostat was sticking and coolant was not circulating. That was obviously not the case because yet again the next day Dec. 27th 2017 it overheated and I had to pull to the side of the road and noticed a severe coolant leak coming from the engine block. When I got the car home I did some research and noticed a Honda service bulletin (above) and saw we were not the only ones having this issue. We called american Honda and they started a case for us and recommended that we take it to our local Honda to be inspected further. We made a appointment for the inspection and after Honda inspected it they diagnosed it with a cracked engine block. This is do to their faulty defected product. Honda should stand behind their product and fix the issue. This car was meticulously maintained by my local Honda and has been in the family. We were never notified of this bulletin or else we would had brought our Civic in sooner before there supposed extra 10 year warranty expired. It shouldn't matter how many years Honda knows this is a ongoing issue and it will continue to happen if it doesn't get taken care of the right way. This could potentially be a dangerous situation and I believe Honda needs to step up.

Last week I was changing the transmission fluid on my Honda Civic and noticed coolant leaking and turned out that my engine block is cracked and leaking coolant. After doing some research, I found out a lot of other people are having the same issue and Honda has a technical service bulletin 10-048. I never received a letter about this. I called Honda and turns out I was too late to be eligible for this service bulletin. This is a manufacturing error and Honda should be responsible for the replacement of the corrected part. I can not afford to pay for this repair out of my pocket and even if I can I would have to take the cheapest rout and buy a second hand engine and I will have the same problem again. If can get any help form you with this it will be greatly appreciate it. I am not the only one with this situation. This is a safety concern as well because this is my daily driver and I also use it for the the ride sharing platform uber. The engine may blow up while I'm driving so this is not safe and Honda should take responsibility before anything happens. Thank you.

Engine block developed cracks resulting in coolant leak and overheating. 130000 original miles, I'm the original owner. This vehicle has always been well maintained. Honda is aware of the design problem but is not willing to do a recall.

Engine developed a crack in the side and a coolant leak. This is a known defect and Honda has a warranty campaign but won't replace my engine due to a salvage title because of a theft recovery, not an engine rebuild or engine damage. The car only has 42000 miles. The replacement has been quoted at about $4400. The technical service bulletin is 10-048 and I think Honda is just avoiding responsibility to replace the engine due to the salvage title technicality. I will never buy another Honda and I own three now. I will tell everyone I know about the risks of poor quality engineering and unacceptable customer service that Honda has displayed in this circumstance. There needs to be a class action lawsuit.