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I just bought this car 7 month ago and replaced brakes, rotors, a tire, repaired a broken lugnut, and now the engine has overheated and blown and is evidently not covered under the previous warranty because it is past expiration (year and mileage). Putting a used engine into the vehicle is not going to solve the problem, and my dealership is not willing to put a new one in. When it began overheating, I had just pulled onto the highway (average speed of about 50) and noticed that my heat wasn't working (which was weird since I had replaced the thermostat already a few weeks prior) and then the car read as hot as possible. When I safely pulled over, there was smoke coming from under the hood and it was towed to a reliable mechanic who said it was the coolant leaking from the engine block, but was not part of the warranty anymore.
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for service on the water pump and the technician informed the contact that the engine block was fractured. The vehicle was not repaired and was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
Honda extended a warranty for 2006-2008 Civics to replace defective engine blocks. I have a 2008 Civic that has very low mileage so I was unaware of this issue until now. They will not honor their replacement warranty, nor did the dealership say anything to me when I had my car serviced there several times a year since 2015. Why would they not say something? now I'm left with a car that is useless and I bet the dealership I have purchased more than 5 cars from will take it as a trade in. It was in motion parked to go in the store and came out to all of my antifreeze on the pavement. Had to limp it some so it wouldn't cause more damage.
Good afternoon, my 2008 Civic (137,500 miles) overheated while on highway & after pulling over & checking coolant spill tank saw it was empty. Next day refilled radiator with coolant & after starting car noticed coolant leaking on ground at front right side of engine. I could not locate leak. Drove to nearest Honda service department & at service (via pressure test of engine cooling system) a crack in engine block between cyl. 1 & 2 was located. I was told by service tech that Honda is aware of engine block crack/ defect & instead of issuing a service recall what they did was a warranty extension of 10 years. However, that warranty expired 2 years ago. Service manager called american Honda Corp. For goodwill assistance to try & help with repairs but american Honda rejected/ declined the request & has left me without a vehicle. I am not able to pay for a new engine. I have no car for work, for my mom/ dad doctor visits/ for supermarket/ for life. Costs of repair are are above $5,000. I was the 2nd owner of my 2008 Civic & was not notified by Honda of the warranty extension or of a possible recall notification of this safety issue. I received recall for the air bag (tekata), but did not receive anything for a cracked engine block. Why is that? how is american Honda Corp. Allowed to do a "warranty extension" to resolve a major safety problem only when the engine cracks & only when you notice you have a problem. Without any prior warning, these vehicles can have an engine failure/ stall while driving at higher speeds, increasing the risk of crash. As a lifelong Honda owner (20 years '97 Accord and '08 Civic) I am beyond disappointed. Disappointed not because of what Honda legal department did via "legal loop holes, " no. I'm disappointed I will never own or drive a Honda again. Good day.
Vehicle diagnosed by Honda dealership service dept with a cracked engine block. Dealership referred me to Honda corporation regarding warranty extension for manufacturing defect on engine block. Honda Corp denied me assistance because vehicle age is past their 10 year extension period. I'm second owner on this vehicle and didn't realize there was a potential engine manufacturing defect when I bought the car (first owner did not disclose this). Estimated kbb value was $4500-5000 which now is a near total loss and salvage value. Cost for repair is equal or higher than retail value. Vehicle has well documented service and maintenance record. Seems unfair for this manufacturing defect to place all the cost on the owner when there is no owner cause for this problem.
- Zionsville, IN, USA
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Cracked engine block defect occurred one year out of 10 year warranty, well maintained car only owned for 1 year, overheats very fast does not hold coolant, was driving when the temp gauge went up I could smell coolant and see light smoke.
Well maintained and cared for 2008 Civic. Took it to local Honda dealer for maintenance and was told it had a cracked engine block. Told me I was out of the 10 year warranty. I've never had anyone tell me this was a problem. Technician said I was lucky to have made it to the dealer. No alerts no warning. Why was this not recalled?
Coolant leaks are coming from engine block. The leak causes coolant to drain away, leading to overheating or total engine failure. The vehicle will not accelerate, and shuts off in traffic. Honda failed to alert all owners starting in 2010. To date a recall still has not been made on my vehicle for technical service bulletin 10-048. Please see the following links: Https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/03/free-engine-replacement-for-2006-2009-Honda-Civics/index.htm
On March 5th 2020 while driving my engine on my 2008 Civic just died on me, upon doing research I saw that Honda had a extended warranty I called on March 9th 2020 to see if my car was under the extended warranty but was told that I was 2 years late & it was only sent to the original owners of the car which made no sense...this is a very dangerous issue & I am out of money because Honda doesn't want to address issues correctly...
Car temperature started to increased rapidly, smoke from engine, revving but not accelerating much and finally it overheated and died. Can to find out that the engine block cracked from radiator leak that Honda knew about and did not inform me of. Maintenance done at dealership regularly and was the only owner of car. Because I drive so little miles per year, problem happened just after the extended warranty they had to 'resolve' this problem for owners. Why wouldn't they tell me about this problem before they knew about it. Had to make too many phone calls to finally have them replace the engine for $3500. It's unscrupulous for a corporation to know there's a problem but just extend the warranty and not recall it and then not honor the extended warranty even though it was just outside the time window. Very displeased with Honda.
2008 Honda Civic got a cracked engine block 2 weeks after purchasing. Found out this was a defect that affected 2006-2009 Honda Civics. There needs to be a recall on this and not an extended warranty. Being that a cracked engine block is a safety issue and this almost caused an accident as there was so much smoke pouring out I could not see in front of me there needs to be an investigation on these engines. I was on a city street when this happened and it is happening over 100000 miles to most people. Being that most people drive 8000-10000 miles a year it is happening right after the warranty ends for most. This is not fair to the safety of us all. Please recall !!
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, the temperature gauge reading was abnormally high which indicated that the engine was overheated. The vehicle was taken to an independent manufacturer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the cylinder head had fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. While driving the vehicle, smoke appeared and coolant leaked. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic for inspection and found that the engine block failed. The contact stated that the manufacturer provided and extended warranty for the engine block failure. The manufacturer also advised that the contact should have received a letter for the warranted repair, which was for two years. The manufacturer provided case number: 10080302. The vehicle was towed to paragon Honda (5702 northern boulevard, woodside, NY 11377, (877) 343-9132) where it was confirmed that the engine block fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,230.
Well Honda had a engine block recall that I wasent aware 10-048 of and now my engine block cracked while my wife was driving it coolant leaked all over the place and now Honda says they wont fix the problem because I was over the warranty that I was not aware of when I bought the car.
After 120,000 miles I began to smell antifreeze. I took it in to a mechanic who said the engine block was cracked and would need to be replaced. This vehicle has been well maintain and should have last longer. I search the internet and found that tis was a common problem with Honda Civic from 2006 and 2009 and there was a tsb 10-048 from Honda. Since I purchased the vehicle second-hand I did not receive the information from Honda about the engine defect. They offered a 10-year warrenty but I have exceed this by 15 months.
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Civic. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the contact noticed a puddle of coolant under the engine. The vehicle was towed to lundgren Honda (163 Washington St, auburn, MA 01501) where it was determined that the engine block was fractured, leaking coolant, and needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 137,039.
At 85,000 miles, my engine blocked cracked in one of the 4 spots identified by Honda engineers in their own service bulletin (10-048). My car has been garage-kept and religiously maintained in terms of service. This is a manufacturer's defect. My primary issue (as the original owner) is that I was never notified of this problem.
I am the 2nd owner of my 2008 Honda Civic currently with 65,000 miles. One day driving out of no where my car begins to heat with no warning no lights nothing. I had pulled over and turns out my engine block has cracked. I reached out to american Honda, this is a defect in all of there Honda Civics from 2006-2009. They did have an extended warranty for 10 years. Being the second owner I was never notified, I was only notified of a air bag recall which was fixed. I am only one year over the warranty with only 65,000 miles in which Honda refuses to replace.this is a defect on Honda's part which should be corrected.
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- Benton, KY, USA