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Engine Block cracked and leaked all coolant abruptly. Car has ~47k miles on it. Honda addressed this issue by extending the warranty discreetly to 10 years with unlimited mileage. This warranty extension was clearly designed to target owners who had more drive time than others. The bulletin posted here -> https://static.oemdtc.com/TSB/A10-048.pdf states it was posted in January of 2015. That means my well-cared-for 2007 Civic had only two years to encounter the issue, or else the replacement would not be honored. I purchased the car in 2019 used, and did not realize the engine was to be faulty. Not even 50k miles into the car's life the engine block failed, almost catastrophically. This leak could have lead to a fire hazard had I not been paying attention to the car's temperature. This is absolutely abysmal practice for a parts+labor fix that costs $5000+ due to a faulty designed engine. Honda doesn't even partially cover these costs despite knowing and acknowledging their issue in a poor fashion. To only provide repairs for people who encountered the issue when they knew it would keep coming up for owners after their warranties is completely unfair and should not be allowed, especially when lives are potentially at stake from the damage such a fault may cause.
As I was driving down the road my car began to smoke and I noticed it was overheating at a stop light. I managed to be able to pull off of the road before the smoke got any worse. It may have had the potential to cause a fire. I was able to fill it with enough fluid to manage to take the car to my house so we could take a closer look at the issue. We found that there was coolant leaking out of the engine block and that there is a known service bulletin for the issue that has been released by Honda. It was apparently only applicable to cars that were less than 10 years old to cover under warranty. Given that my car only has 81,000 miles on it I would expect it would be covered under this warranty but they are telling me they will not cover any of the costs at all.
The engine block cracked which resulted in the coolant leaking out of the vehicle. This is a safety issue to myself and others on the road as the engine could seize. The engine and coolant system were inspected and the problem has been confirmed by an independent mechanic. The first symptoms of an issue appeared on 09/12/2021 after I exited a highway and stopped at a traffic light. White smoke was coming from the hood and I could smell burning coolant. Honda is aware of a manufacturing defect of these engine blocks and issued an extended warranty for 10 years past original purchase date. This is a dangerous safety issue and Honda should be recalling all of these vehicles regardless of age.
There is a crack in the block that has nothing to do with external damage or lack of maintenance. It is available for inspection upon request. The engine lost a significant amount of coolant and started to overheat on the highway. This could have resulted in engine seizure and a major accident. Our service person has confirmed that the block is cracked and that this has been identified by Honda as a known manufacturing defect. The vehicle has not been inspected by anyone else. The Honda dealer is not interested. The only warning was that the temperature gauge shot up.
- Rehoboth, MA, USA
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In January of 2020 my engine started to overheat, It was lack of coolant of course, so after that incident I have to check every few days and I have to add more coolant into the vehicle, I have had it checked by three different mechanics and they said there is no leaks, but I keep having to add coolant to the reservoir, and when I don't check after a week the radiator is empty. I have heard about cracked engine blocks in my model, yet Hondas website says my vehicle has no recalls. This website says I have NINE that have NOT been repaired. I have tried calling Honda and they told me I had to pay for any engine issues since I bought the vehicle outside of the warranty time limit. I really like the car it's a shame.
Cracked Engine Block at Just over 50,000 miles. Engine began to get overheated on Highway and lost power. Daughter coasted off highway into parking lot. Everyone in the area of car including driver was put a risk. Upon research, found out this was a known issue on this VIn and there was a warranty extension that expired in 2016. No notice was sent to me or my father in law (original owner) regarding this issue.Dealership did not inform me.
While driving the engine stalled, fumes appeared from under the hood. The car just died in the middle of the highway. We thought we were going to get hit by speeding cars coming from behind. We had to to L tow it to a mechanic and he informed me that the engine block was cracked. At first I didn't believe him, but then another mechanic told me the same thing.
This all happend when I was driving 45 mph at night headlights turn off, dash lights flicker off an on car power tran jerking the engine stalls, and prevented the vehicle from being restarted, check engin light came on the car has been parked in the grarge since this happend 3 years ago it now starts but its throwing codes check engin light still on. After car warms up these same symptoms start to happen codes for powertran control modul computer and ima system this all happend suddenly without warnning.
Honda has produced faulty engine blocks on Civic models from 2006-2009 that tend to crack. This is a safety issue as it can cause the car to stall on a highway and lead to an accident. Honda extended their warranty from 7 to 10 years instead of issuing a recall even though they know they sold a faulty product. On Tuesday, Oct 27th 2020, driving home from work the car temperature gauge maxed out and shaking was felt as if the car was going to stall. Luckily, this occurred coming off the highway and while driving on city streets and near my residence and not while on the highway where the car could have stalled and caused a dangerous situation. The vehicle was taken to Honda service center the following day for a diagnostic check and it was determined that the engine block had cracked. The engine cracking was the reason the cars warranty was extended to 10 years but the extension of the warranty to my vehicle has expired. Honda has quoted me $6,395.40 to replace a known faulty engine block. I believe a faulty engine block creates an unsafe condition to all drivers and should be replaced by Honda before someone gets hurt.
The cars coolant and oil kept mixing and the coolant would quickly deplete and leak out of the bottom of the car, the engine would also heat to the maximum temp on the engine if I did not constantly fill my coolant. I went to discount tire to get this checked out and it was a cracked engine block, I found out there were recalls for this exact year and issue but my VIN was not included for some reason! I fear one day my car will blow up on me and Honda should correct this problem free of charge.
My aunt, purchased this car in 2007. She died in 2015 and our mother purchased the car from the estate. After the purchase we saw the re-call and 10 year extended warranty on the car because of "engine block cracking". we took the car to a dealer who said that since there was no coolant leaking, there was no crack in the block and he could not fix a car that was not in need of repair. The care had 70,000 miles on it at the time. My mom died this February and we again purchased the car from the estate. It had 75,000 miles on it. Last week, the engine block started leaking and it was diagnosed with an engine block crack, and that there was nothing we could do about it because it had exceeded the 10 year warranty, even though the car only had 79,000 miles on it. Honda should have made a 10 year and 100,000 mile extension. We were penalized because we are low mileage drivers. This is very unfair and should consider a class action law suite. Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, [xxx]. information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
My Honda Civic has completely overheated three times to the point of needing to replace the head gasket, water pump, radiator and coils. Once was in 2014, again in 2018 and now in 2020. It is now discovered the cause of all these over heating problems over the years was due to a cracked engine block which there was a 10 year extended warranty for this issue. I took my Civic into brandon Honda in Florida on March 5th, 2016 and nothing was said or done relating to the issue of the cracked engine block which Honda had been fully aware of since at least 2014 where it was stated on consumer reports. The vehicle was in motion twice, once on a highway and it was due to the engine over heating every time; both situations put myself and vehicle in danger. I maintained my radiator as well as water pump and have had them replaced each time so clearly the underlying problem was the crack in the engine block.
My engine block is cracked. I know that several year models of the Honda Civic have been recalled due to this defect; the 2007 yr model as is mine included. My VIN # was not included in this recall but it has the same defect as the others that were recalled. I would like for mine to be replaced. The pictures included show where the water/antifreeze mixture has leaked out and dried on. The vehicle has not been driven in several months because of this. I bought this car in approximately late 2015.
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- Chandler, AZ, USA