Paint Is Peeling/Cracking

I bought my honda civic in 2010 at a honda dealership by 2014 I notice paint peeling on the roof then the hood,doors,trunk...emailed honda with no reply, I thought I was the only one with this problem until I noticed a lot of honda civics with the same issue so I went looking online about complaints etc and I noticed that a lot of the complaints went unanswered...my honda wasn't cheap I worked real hard to pay it off and what do I get in return a defected car if I had known in 2010 that these cars had this problem I would not have bought it...I don't make a lot of money and it makes me so mad that a large company like honda is not behind their product! if I had the money I would just have it paint it myself its a good vehicle with 185,000 km but I just don't have that kind of money plus I think it's honda's issue..I for one will never purchase another honda product!

A few years after purchasing my new 2007 Honda Civic the paint started bubbling up. I asked the dealership about it but they said that the paint was not covered under warranty. Now (in 2018) the paint is completely gone from the spoiler and most of the roof. There are also spots missing on the hood and doors. There isn't any rust so I don't understand what could have caused this issue except for a defect in the paint or poor execution during the painting process. You would think that Honda would stand behind their work and correct the problem. I don't see why the customer should be responsible for this. I am very disappointed in Honda and will never purchase from them again.

Never contacted about the recalls and extended paint warranty for the car. But since I learned about checking it online and found out there was a passenger airbag recall on the car. Called it in and scheduled the appointment at local dealership. At the time of arrival, told about my appointment and asked about if there are anything we can do about the paint job since I believe its not common 'wear and tear' for Honda Civic. The car has been parked significant time of its life as evidenced by its mileage. The guy said the extended warranty for paint expired between 1-2years ago. I told him that we were never contacted about it before same thing with the passenger bag recall which I have to look up online to know about it. I understand he can't help me and confirmed that we can't do anything about the paint. Though they replaced the passenger airbag for that appointment.

I bought this 2007 Honda Civic Coupe brand new in October 2006. It has only spent two years under cover, but last year I noticed a white spot on the roof and thought it might be bird poop. Fast forward a few months and the paint is actually coming off (see photos). Plus, the hood has spiderweb cracks all over it.

Today, Maaco quoted me $500 just to repaint the roof. I called and left a message with Honda Lynnwood 30 minutes ago asking what the hell!

I have my vehicle regularly serviced, and I take care of it, or so I thought. I bought this thing for the long haul, 200,000 miles. Now it looks like a ghetto beater. I know other folks who have had other Honda, Toyota, etc. that have been out of cover for 15 years and they do not have this problem.

The paint problem of my 2007 Honda Civic Coupe started 3 years ago. At the beginning I thought it would not be a big problem as today as you see the pictures. It looks like clouds are reflecting on a mirror, right? It may be nice if it's a real sky, however, the defect of my paint does not look good to me at all.

Early this year I went to a Honda dealer to ask about this paint problem. A member of Honda services was telling me there was no recall or warranty for my car or paint issue. He asked me, "what year is your car?". I said 2007. He told me, "it's already 10 year old, and it's happening to old car." What a great solution and answer for that problem. The main reason I bought a Honda was it would last long with good quality. Pretty much the Honda man was saying Honda does not make a good car or their cars are going to be bad in 10 years. I understood that way.

Well. Now I have to find how to fix my "Sexy Civic(what I used to call my civic)." It's not sexy at all.

I bought this car brand new back in 2007. I have been the only driver and have taken great care of this vehicle. Mechanically it runs great, cosmetically however, it looks like an old beater. I HATE it. I thought to myself, where did I go wrong? What could I have done better to prevent this from happening? Then I realized all of the other Hondas on the road that looked the same as mine, clear coat and paint just peeling and chipping away! I started to research this a bit more and have realized this problem is more of an epidemic, what is going on Honda? This is disgraceful to your customers, I love my car otherwise but I really don't think I would purchase another for the simple fear of reliving this nightmare again.

Like many others, our dark blue 2007 Honda Civic had paint cracking and peeling on the hood & fenders and after much complaining, the dealership agreed to have these areas repainted under "extended warranty" in 2013. The roof was starting to become a bit dull in spots, but it was not included in the repair. Now, the roof has dull blue and white spots in several areas and the clear coat is peeling off, which we brought to the attention of the dealership earlier in 2016. They gave us the total run around, said it was just normal wear & tear etc. After months of complaining, they finally sent us back to the body shop that did the original repainting and they said it wasn't their problem, it was a Honda paint problem. The dealership of course says not their problem either. Contacted Honda Canada and of course, it's not their problem either! They basically said we were lucky to have had the original repainting done, and they had no intention of covering additional repainting...there is no problem with their paint. So even though the car has been well taken care of, and has always been serviced by a Honda dealership, Honda takes no ownership of this problem. And we are left with a car that looks like crap. Extremely disappointed with Honda.

I took this to a dealership to have them assess the problem. they tried to tell me that it looked like sap from a tree and they would get back to me. I waited a couple of months and then began hounding the service manager for an answer. He told me he had phoned Honda Canada and they said they would cover $750.00 towards a paint job that I had to have done at a Honda dealership.

I could not afford to pay the rest of this money so I have done nothing at this point. The reason I bought a Honda was because it made financial sense to me. It was economical and I do love the car, it just looks like a very impoverished person who does not care owns it. I feel very bad about the way it looks and I cannot afford to have it fixed. This defeats my trying to be fiscally responsible.

I own a 2007 Honda Civic EX (VIN 2HGFG118X7H531388). I bought it outright when it was new. Last month the Galaxy Gray paint on the roof started to become discolored and it is now coming off (provide me with an e-mail address and I will send pictures over to you). This vehicle has less than 64K miles, and lived half of its life in a garage. I know there was a warranty extension for the defective paint Honda put on vehicles and that it has expired, but my paint just started peeling (likely due to the care I provided it, and the minor mileage). I want Honda to inspect the paint damage and pay to repair a vehicle I purchased as a loyal customer, and am prepared to go to consumer advocacy groups and the Consumer Protection Unit at the Office of the Attorney General if Honda refuses to take responsibility for the defective paint it used on my vehicle (no way this is normal wear and tear or an isolated incident; I've owned many old cars and never had an issue with paint peeling off on its own). I always thought I would just buy another Honda when I was ready, but now I am not so sure.

Update from Sep 30, 2016: Local dealership informed Honda America has offered to pay 50% of the costs to repair the faulty paint. Cost is approximately one thousand dollars, and offer is valid for thirty days. Dealer informed me if I did not like the offer I would have to call Honda America. I have called Honda America to demand 100% of costs to repaint roof be paid by them, as I am not liable for defective paint they put on my vehicle.

Informed Honda America I carry touch-up paint for car and know I a responsible for usual wear-and-tear damage, but asking me to pay 50% of paint damage is outrageous for the following reasons: car spent half of its life in garage, I have been sole owner of car and purchased it outright, the vehicle only has 63k miles on it, and I was never informed of the initial warranty extension that expired in 2014 (also added my paint degraded slower due to less usage of vehicle) and the paint coming off is due not to wear and tear, but negligence on their part (on a car in New England you expect the paint to start degrading around the wheel wells due to salt in the winter, but it is fine there and falling apart on the roof).

I made sure all these facts were in the notes, and was told a case agent would be contacting me in about two business days. I asked the following to be added to the notes: if Honda refuses to pay for 100% of paint damage I will contact every consumer advocacy group I can think of about their extremely poor handling of this situation, as well as file an official complain with the Consumer Protection Unit at the RI AG's office about their deceptive trade practices and refusal to repair damage they are responsible for.

This paint debacle will not go away if Honda does not handle it correctly.