Honda Civic body / paint problems

body / paint problem

9.3

really awful

Typical Repair Cost:

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Average Mileage:

101,667 miles

Number of complaints:

3 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. honda should repaint my car!!! (3 reports)

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problem #3

2006Jun 01

Civic LX

  • Automatic transmission
  • 55,000 miles

There is no reason this should be happening. The spots are getting bigger and bigger. It really bothers me because it only has 65K miles and the car could last for a really long time. Honda should pay for a paint job on the car.

drh

Long Beach, CA, USA

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problem #2

2006May 01

Civic LX 1.6L Non Vtec

  • Automatic transmission
  • 130,000 miles

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paint is fading paint is fading

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there is no reason for paint on a later model car to look like this,no reason whatsoever. i have seen the same problem on accords of the same year,and green paint color. i can tell one a mile away by the paint stripes on the roof and hood. i know how to do body work,and this car has to be stripped down to bare metal and re primed and repainted. going to cost me close to a grand and thats with my own labor.

lostforawhile

Moultrie, GA, USA

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problem #1

2006Jan 11

Civic LX

  • Automatic transmission
  • 120,000 miles

I have a 1998 Honda Civic. It is a medium blue color. About two years ago I noticed a small white spot on the roof of my car. It wasn't very big, but a month or so later it was a big white spot, like someone came by with sandpaper and rubbed the paint off. Now my whole roof is white! It looks horrible. It is an embarrassment to be seen in this car. The top of my trunk is doing the same thing. Also I have had 3 of 4 doors, stop working. The doors just won't open. I took it to the Honda dealership and they had no clue, but charged me $98.00 to tell me that. I took it to another mechanic and he had to air hammer the doors open. He found out that it was a $5.00 plastic piece in the locking mechanism that had broken, but it cost me $200.00, per door, worth of labor. Six months after spending $500.00 to fix three doors, on a problem they said was a flux, another door has done the same thing. I loved my car when I bought it. But it has been more trouble than it has been worth. Things that should never happen have happened to this car. Will I ever buy another Honda? NO! NO! NO! Honda should replace the paint on my car, I had nothing to do with their shoddy work. If there is a Class Action Lawsuit with Honda for the paint, sign me up!!!!

Summer G.

Surprise, Arizona, USA

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