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Honda Civic 2006-2007 Issues
2006 Civic sedan has had a pull to right from first day we brought it home - most noticeable on straight sections of freeway at fwy speed. Salesman said bring it in for alignment so I assumed it was a minor issue. 1st service adventure: service rep identifies tech bulletin on right pull. Alignment helps somewhat but still noticeable pull to right. 2nd service trip: tires rotated, another alignment, still pulls to right. Service rep says because the way the roads are "crowned" (not flat) the car naturally steers toward the slope, which happens to be right. Doesn't explain why it still pulls right on a flat section of freeway, or even when the road is banked left on a left curve. Another poster noted here extreme pull to right on purchase.Still another post on #4835 describing electric power assist as being a contributor to the problem. A co-worker bought a 2006 Si with the same problem. Anyone else had this issue resolved? I like the car (mostly), but quite honestly I miss my 2002 Civic - less things to go wrong. The steering just feels squirrely and I feel like I am constantly over controlling, adding minor inputs - it doesn't track straight and true.
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Any help would be appreciated. I always buy an additional alighnment policy (3 year) for our cars and I'm looking now to see what Tires Plus has. My only real complaint with this car so far!
The Sandman
My dealer and Honda have been nothing short of wonderful to work with.
All the parts are in to replace the power steering pump, drivers door window switch, drivers side rear spring and trunk liner side panels.
I have some tire wear on the rear tires. Honda is going to replace the rear tires and do a aligment on the car. I figure the sagging spring has more to do with the tire issue than alignment over all.
Funny thing. Ive owned many a car in the last 20 years or so. I havent had to get a car aligined since 1993 or so. And that car was a 1992 Tracer. Wife went curb hopping in it.
So Im going to let the dealer and Honda work there magic and continue to enjoy my Civic. We took it to my brothers wedding yesterday and over to a daughters home to pick up a grandchild of ours. Logged 250 miles or better in it yesterday. Used the Navi, got in many a near redline shift. Had the A/C on, did city and hwy driving and still turned in 39 mpg. We took the Civic over our 05 Accord EX Sedan. Yes it rivals our Accord in driving and rideing pleasure.
Even with its teething problems its a fine little auto.
Other than that, really love the car.
The Sandman
Thanks!
Our last Mercedes had a persistent pull that was only cured when the tech went with slightly different caster settings for the left vs right front - this cured the problem, even though all of the original settings were theoretically within factory spec.
Caster is the amount of angle on the front strut as viewed from the side and measured from the top to bottom. More caster causes the car to resist changes in direction...less has the opposite effect.
On most front drive cars with struts, it can't be easily adjusted - but it is worth asking about, anyway.
I have read two things thus far for noise at highway speeds.
#1. if you have bridgestone tires, they are some problems with internal belts slipping
#2. It's could possible be the front black cover right under the front of the hood inbetween the two fron lights. Some people have mentioned they were not installed correctly.
#3 Possible alightment and incorrect worn tire due to the bad alignment.
My car even after a fixed alignment still pulls to the right but no noise yet at over 2000 miles.
Take it to the dealer and get on the highway if possible so they can't say you are imagining it.
Actually, I much prefer the headrest over the one in my old 2000 Civic...noticed it the first time I test drove one and liked it.
Did you not test drive your car?
That said, if a head restraint doesn't allow a comfortable neck position while driving, I can imagine that would make driving the car pretty unbearable. :sick:
Maybe a cushion in the back of the seat to push the body forward a little?
They replaced:
power steering pump
drivers window switch
trunk liner sides
drivers side rear spring
two new tires
aligenment front/rear
fiddled with something concerning the faint miss I was feeling
Check the A/C and a bunch of other stuff
They worked there rear ends off on the car and bent over backwards to please me. The Civic drives better than it did new! Im very impressed with my dealer's service dept. They are every bit as good as the sales dept.
Honda Automoblies of Bartelsville ROCKS!!! :thmsup:
As far as over all comfort? We feel the Civic is just as good as the Accord. So much so we took it on a 3k mile road trip over Easter and left the Accord at home.
As for cup holders. I think the Accord has eight total and the Civic has for. I dont know if the LX has the fold down arm rest in the back. I know my EX does and there's two cup holders in it.
We have no headrestaint issues at all with the Accord or Civic. At one year old our Accord had 30k miles on it and the Civic at 7 months old has 15k miles. We drive alot. And have never had comfort issues with these cars.
Ive heard of some folks that found the head restraints in backwards or have turned them backwards to help with issues like these.
Good luck
A few other things. There is a recurring rattle from the glove compartment/passenger side front door area. Not all the time. Will likely be difficult for the dealer service to replicate. Has anyone had this diagnosed and corrected?
The AC seems to be inconsistent. Sometimes it is frigid and other times it blows warm air. Seems to turn itself on and off. Again, hit or miss on a service tech reproducing on a test drive. Has anyone had this diagnosed and corrected?
The wind noise from the driver’s side door due to the window molding having a small gap. I talked with Honda and they have issued an advisory on this that involves removing the molding and inserting a piece of foam to plug the gap in the molding. The dealer offered to order a new molding to see if the replacement does not have the gap. I am going to take them up on this. Seems like Honda could get this corrected with their supplier.
Finally, an annoyance. There is a dark spot on the speedometer when you wear polarized sunglasses. Both the dealer and Honda said no one else has brought this to their attention. Anyone else out there experience this?
Any responses would be appreciated.
I'm getting about the same mileage numbers as you. I couldn't be happier.
I'm also happy with the A/C performance, although it does seem to have better moments than others at times. I generally wonder how the heck they get so much cold air out of a compressor hooked up to such a small engine. Those engineers are pretty smart I suppose. :-)
I also find the headrests a little bit annoying (for resting my head though, not for driving). In the way of speculation, I can't help wondering, Rossetter, if you might be sitting just a tad TOO upright when you drive. You come across as the kind of person who goes through life extremely uprightly. Lean that seat back a hair, relax, and enjoy the ride. Things might be ok after all.
For the 2006 Civic LX Sedan, the cup-holders for the
back seat passengers are bulit into the side pockets
of the rear doors. If you look at these pockets, you
should notice that at one end is bigger than the other
end so that a cup (With a lid!) will fit in there. My
daughters used this builtin cup holder feature without
any issue.
As for the arm rest of the rear seats, LX does not come
with a fold down arm rest, only EX does i.e no cup-holders
since no arm rest.
As far as road noises and comfortable, they are a built
in features of all the small cars i.e. light weight, used
less gas leading to more plastic parts and less insulation!
If you preferred quiet and comfortable ride then test drive
a Lexus LS or Infiniti instead, but please remind yourself
during the test drive that Gas Are Way Above $3.00 for
premium unleaded gas that Lexus & Infiniti required and the
price are also way above 20K range, think double at least!
Hope my answers help.
Regards,
2006civiclx
Regarding the rattling noise from the glovebox area ...
I've had a noise in that area that seems to be coming from the passenger front wheel area. The replication problem is *exactly* what I've experienced.
My dealer first replaced the strut. The noise didn't go away a completely and came back quickly to the same level. The dealer then replace the whole strut assembly. The noise returned again after leaving the dealership.
I tried to replicate it with the service manager. No luck. It seems that I have to hit just the right kind of bumps (not big ones) to hear the rattle. It's like something, perhaps a retainer of some sort, is loose.
The care drives and functions just fine. So I'm banking that a dealer service tech will come across the problem in a future oil change or maintenance interval. That's all I see happening.
Because the functioning of the car isn't affected, I'm hesitant to contact Honda field management on the problem. Also there might be a service advisory issued on this now or at some point.
It's a little disappointing since this is my fourth Honda, but it'll get fixed, no doubt.
With regards to the bump, if I hit certain bumps I have a large clunk in the front right of my LX auto which many others have reported.
The dealer twice did not find anything wrong and like you say I do not feel an adverse affects on the car other than the noise so I am going to live with it for now.
I am sure as our cars age in the next year or so honda will find out how to solve these problems so it;s probably better for us to wait a while then bring the cars in and the service areas will have much more info on what is causing the problems and how to correct them.
Well there are 2 different rattling noises you will find in your new 2006 Honda
There is one witch you described as noise coming from front passenger door area. I was able to determinate that this noise is coming from ..front passenger side airbag ha ha believe it or not and I was able to cure this problem by resetting plastic airbag cover on passenger seat, this noise is gone now after a while I found a new clicking noise coming from front suspension (passenger side) but it’s a completely different issue, I hope soon there is will be a recall which going to solve this problem. Also I found there is an issue with a quality of interior (dash, door panels) plastic parts, its gets scratched so easy, any ideas how to fix this scratches? Thanks.
I don't want to get your too nervous but you really should have a professional auto body shop check to see if your car was damaged before you bought it.
Misaligned body panels and things of that nature could point to repairs before a car is sold and yes dealers do and receive damaged cars from the manufacturer and from transiet, etc.
When I first purchased my 05 scooby outback sport in 05, I was shocked to learn from a subaru forum that subaru can sell brand new cars with up to $1500 in repairs to the body without have to disclose to customer.
Just have it checked as misaligned panels/doors/hoods would make me very wary.
I know the car wasn't in an accident or damaged or anything. After the 1st week or two of ownership I noticed the door alignment problem so I went back to the dealer to have them look at it. While I was there I looked at the other Civics on the lot and all the ones assembled in Canada exhibited the same door misalignment problems. I just wish the dealer could figure out how to fix it. My Civic was also assembled in Canada.
Mine vehicle was made in Ohio, U.S. I only have minor problem w/it. I notice allots Canadian make model have serious problems. :mad:
What did your dealer do to correct the door misalignment problem? My dealer has their heads stuck up their asses and doesn't know what to do.
P.S. There allots of dealership around town. I would called everyone that close to me and compare note. The Civic 06 model is very new. Some mechanic are below average when it come to fixing our new car. :P :shades:
Sorry about the trouble so very soon.
Are you pointing downhill, uphill, or is the incline to the left or right? Do you have to park on incline? The incline may cause fluids to flow in the opposite direction from where they should be going. Then the engine struggles to perform correctly.
Funny how he owned a new Accord and not a Sonata.
Heck the sales manager for the local Chevy dealer owns nothing but Hondas. Been with the dealer for 20 years. Has made a good living selling GM's. But wont own one. LMAO.
Yes my Civic has had some problems. Some could be seen as major. Others just bugs. None the less they have all been taken care of in short order. And all at once. My dealer is not only honest and forth right in the showroom, but a class act in the service dept.
To buy a car. Even a Honda, and think that its not going to have problems being a first years production of a new gen is really quite foolish in thought and action. I took the gamble and have been rewarded with the issues. My dealer and Honfa have taken care of my concerns.
I plan on putting 300k miles on my car. Its almost as comphy as our Accord, gets great fuel economy, roomy, stylish and runs like crazy. It will run with a 7th gen Si hatch (ep3) no problem. The r18 is way under rated.
I think the biggist problem with the car is the dealers. They have been selling them at MSRP or above. Folks get burnt in the showroom,, partly of there own making. Then expect said dealer to have a good service dept. When they know the sales floor is a den a theives. Then expect better of the service dept. I'll take my little small town dealer over the ones in Tulsa or OKC anyday.
I hope folks can get there issues worked out.
Mine have been.
That's at the end of the discussion but be sure to page back through some of the previous posts. You can probably pick up a lot of good information.
Enjoy!
Found the trim peice for the windsheild coming loose, trim insert in the dash coming loose and a dead bug in the tail light.
Then there is a waffle effect on the top of the center stack in the Accord and some other issues.
Im pulling my honda fan boy status.
As it stands now the warrenty issues with these two cars alone have been worse than the sum total of the last 5 new cars Ive bought.
We've gone through 3 fuses so far in that car. Its not an adapter problem because we have 3 other cars with the same adapter in them and none of them have a problem.
Has anyone installed the extra accessory adapter? If so, does it have the same design?
Perhaps there is a problem with the accessory outlet that is causing it to short out due to the mechanical forces applied when inserting the plug. Do you have another accessory plug you can try in it? That would tell you if it is the socket that is bad, which sounds pretty likely.
Your warranty will cover this repair if necessary. They may even reimburse you for the fuses!
Self adjusting brakes or not, my wife's 05 corolla needed the back drum brakes adjusted because she does not use the parking brake (she does now) and when I had the tires rotated my mechanice noticed how out of adjustment the back brakes were. The car was almost not using the back brakes at all. When he fixed the adjustment the car stopped much quicker. Now that she uses the parking brake regularly, the problem has never returned.
If you really need a change, you can swap them out for an 06 Accord headrest. They fit and don't protrude quite as far forward. I can't vouch for their safety in a Civic.
I actually purchased one with my Civic but it is in my closet collecting dust. I never used it.
Mcap
Thanks
Needless to say it still pulled a little to the left but not as bad. Now 6000 miles later the back tires were roaring again and pulling to the left bad. They rotated them again and checked the alignment. The alignment was okay but now the fron tires are raoring agian and the back is quite with it still pulling a little to the left. Did you get yours fixed?