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All of the above can cause the type of "rattle" that you've described, hot or cold.
1. It is intermittently vibrating heavily between 40 to 50 MPH. The vibration only occurs once in a while for no more than 5 seconds and disappears. The last time it occurred I felt the wheel and it doesn't come through the steering wheel. It seems to only occur when coasting. Not during acceleration or deceleration.
2. It also has a slight steering wheel movement. It shakes back and forth a little.
Can anyone suggest some possible solutions.
The dealership has attempted to locate the problem, so far without any solution.. :confuse: Vehicle is in the shop again today, will let you know what and if they find anything.. :sick:
Does this sound like the same issues some of you are having with your 06 Civic??
The rattle happens on almost every rough road and even on some smooth roads, so I think the Honda dealer just isn't very interested in solving the problem. Its inside the dash board so they probably don;t want to mess with taking it apart to fix the problem. :sick:
Could it be the brake pads shifting in their housings? I have heard about this causing rattling from the front on some vehicles.
Could it be the hood that needs to be adjusted? The rubber stops may not be adjusted properly and causing the hood to rattle at speed where the air flow will causing it to vibrate.
Just some idea's
To the best of my hearing ability, I believe the sound to be coming from the outside, although sometimes I swear its coming from under the dash area, nearer the engine wall.
What ever the problem is, I just want to FIXED..I love the car and this is annoying to say the least.
Thanks for your input Rumans.
Keep us informed on any results or fixes.
Check this out.
sheldo1, "Honda Civic Sedan 2006+" #3081, 14 Dec 2005 2:33 pm
I mentioned to the dealership that other 06 Civic owners appear to be having the same, if not similar problem and they seem to believe me so far. Hence their reason for emailing Honda Tech. Line... :P
Will keep you folks informed if they ever figure out the problem... :confuse:
Just got my 06 Civic back from the dealership, they didn't figure out the problem, however I think the problem has actually gotten much better. This time I didn't start hearing the rattling until about 130KMS/HR (80.6miles/hr.), this is a vast improvement to say the least, at least until the root of the issue is actually solved....
I have a brand new 06 Civic EX with Mt and Navi 4 door sedan. Three times I parked in a mid town garage in New York City because I was on an early morning task.
I found some vague evidence that the car was tampered with twice, because some of the settings in the car was changed. And the touch screen of the Navi System had fingerprints on it.
The settings of the Navi System also changed. It was zoomed way out. I was very annoyed.
Can anyone give me some advise as to deal with such car jocky problems. I know that this is probably not an unique problem. Fancy car owns probably experience it all the time. I guess a new Civic 06 EX with Mt and Navi is attracting some attension also.
Thanks. Manny
You've got to be kidding. How can anyone possibly offer you advice about how to prevent a parking attendent from touching your car in your absence... when you've given them your keys?
Take the subway, or find a place where you can park and lock it yourself.
The car they used was just a normal looking 4 door sedan - nothing fancy - but most of the attendents managed to squeal the tires more than once. Most of them also looked in the glove box & in the center console and even opened a brief case that was left behind.
They also had a small cup full of change (toll booth change) about 1/2 of the time they took the change - sometimes they just took the quarters and left the dimes & nickels.
It was fun to see the look on these jerks face when they showed them the tape - Even when caught RED HANDED putting the money in their pocket they would still say - I didn't take the money! You have it wrong!
When I returned to the garage after taking care of early morning business, the security guard in the garage said to me, just wait here, they will get the car for you soon? Yours is a Honda Right?
This guard was not there when I gave the jockey the keys. Now I know several of them was messing with my car.
Manny
A couple of friends told me that I should file a complain to management. What do you think of this idea? I did not do it because it could bleed resentment and worsen the retaliation.
I wish I could find a 'park and lock' or park on the street.
This is not an option in midtown Manhattan, in New York City, on a week day morning.
This is a garage that I often use over the years, and all the faces are familiar.
What is evening more annoying was that I often tip the young guy that brings the car to me. When I had my old car, I did not care. But a bland new car like the Civic 06 EX 4 dr. Sedan with Navi has a lot of gadgets in it.
It took time to change all the gadgets to the original setting.
Manny
Thanks------ Larry
Check the park & lock lot on 42nd west of 9th. I've used one under Lincoln Center too. There must be lots more.
I know about that park and lock. But I go to the East Side of Manhattan New York near 70th Street a lot. I could not locate a park and lock near there. Those Park and Lock places you mentioned are too far for me. And I am often in a hurry.
Since I have brought up this problem, friends of mine have told of stories of guys driving true luxury cars like Mercedes Benz giving warnings to car jockeys when they park their cars. One guy always tells the parking attendant, " I want to find the car in the same settings as I left it."
It seems to work for him. I might try this. Writing a letter of formal complain to the management of the parking facility is another.
This problem of mine also showed how fascinating this 06 Civic is to the public. Well, the car jockeys like it so much that they want to play with it. It made me feel that I really bought a lot of car for the money.
I do not know if I should laugh or cry.
Manny
As you know, I am bothered by the garage attendants in Midtown New York playing with my new 06 EX Civic Mt and Navi.
Actually I am giving up. I will let the garage attendants do whatever they want with me car as long as they do not damage it permanently.
I just heard that it is routine what they do within the garage. I heard that they burn tires too, if they get their lands on a rare sportscar like the Ford GT or Dodge Viper.
I will continue to tip the garage attendant, and I will tell the one that smiles at me most to be careful with my car. And do not let people mess with it.
It is interesting, that this question I posed elicited only a few responses.
Trying to get more answers I posed this questions of car jockeys messing with cars in their car in the BMW forum, and in the High End Luxury car column.
My post was altogether ignored in those columns.
I can only guess that people who can afford high priced luxury cars do not park in public garages, they have chauffeurs that wait for them at the street curbside. This problem does not even exist for them.
As for Honda Civic 06 owners, probably few have an EX with Navigation. It is the Navigation System that fascinate these 'car jockeys' or 'garage attendants'.
I will just have to live with this problem.
Any comments would be welcome indeed.
Manny
PS: for djm2 thanks for your comment.
Even if the Navigation System fascinates someone, once the ignition is turned off and then back on again, they have no way to use it inside a garage. If the GPS antenna can't "see" a satellite, the Navigation System won't operate.
If the ignition is not turned off, and you are driving through a tunnel or building, the Honda Navigation System will continue to track your position gyroscopically by "dead reckoning". But once the power is off, it needs to fix on a satellite to determine its position.
Oh, I noticed my vehicle was unstable at 80 MPH. So I asked them to look at the suspension. I was told they "fine tuned my suspension". Some fine tuning, the car handles so much better now that a fine tuning doesn't make sense. Another thing, previously when I went over a crack in the pavement I would hear a loose sounding noise from my right front wheel area. That sound is now gone. Maybe when the technician torqued everything down after the "fine tuning" he fixed the loose piece of suspension. Just a guess.
Still love the car though.
can you try it? it's a point of curiousity now, but maybe worth a suggestion to Honda Development. who knows, maybe they read these forums...
you should be handing over the valet key. say they misplace your key. you still want to get home don't you?
I believe that the 2006 Civic works the same way.
I wouldn't be "shocked", as you are. My wife and I spent at least an hour and a half test driving various 2006 Civic models at a Honda demonstration test drive event in NYC a couple of months ago. We both found the driver's seats in all of them to be extremely COMFORTABLE. Sorry that you are having issues with your seat, but everyone's butt is shaped differently.
By the way, is your user name davepea, in any way related to your sensitivity, as in The Princess and The Pea?
In an earlier post, you asked how to prevent people from damaging your new car when you park it on the streets??
Now this??
Seriously, you may want to consider trading it in on something you don't care about.
There are no "good" answers to the kind of questions you ask!
I'm 5'10" and weigh 145 lbs. I have driven in Honda Civics from the 1980's to a 2003 which I bought for my mother a couple of years ago. The 2003 Civic has a near ideal seat, and it really has nothing to do with the shape of one's "butt". If you go and look at this seat carefully you will find a protruding lumbar. By the way unless you think that a 1.8L engine should spend most of its time at 1500rpm I would caution you about this car. Hey did you check out the windshield wipers? :lemon:
Good luck
in reference to the vibration at 40 to 50 mph, check your alignment. I know in past cars that i have had, that alignment problems manifest themselves right around 50 mph.
another way to check if you have alignment problems is by running your hands hands over the tread. if they are bumpy (relative to the tread), faulty alignment can cause that.
btw, for the guy with trans issues, when you change your trans oil, make sure that the new oil is Honda spec trans oil, they have an oil with certain additives. you can buy honda trans oil, or buy regular trans oil and put in the additive package.
Thanks.
Another thing I have not figured out is why does not everybody opt for a Navigation System if they can? It is not that expensive. And what good is a car that can go anywhere if you do not know where you are going or coming?
The latest is that the car jocky where I parked seems to have gotten used to the new navigation system. Of course they are placated by the tip I give them too.
Also there are some real new and expensive cars being parked there now. But I am very satisfied with this Honda Civic EX MT with Navi.
I do not understand why some people would pay double for a similarly equipped luxury car that rank lower in the Motortrend test for the best car of the car. Even if I have money to burn I would not buy a car like that.
Manny
there are places that will fix the radiator too - but i wouldn't know how much they charge, i'm of the philosophy of "if it breaks, it's time to upgrade".
just in case -if you haven't done it yet, you probably want to replace hoses too - since you're in there.
the dealers says it's the cold weather and break in period. I say that is crap!!!! I have been driving for 30 years and have had plenty of 4 cyl. cars that don't crap out in the cold as far as MPG's.
I love everything about the car but this. The mileage is why I bought it in the first place. This is my first NEW CAR since 1988... I am highly disappointed.
Thank you