8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
150 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (2 reports)
2016 Honda Civic windows / windshield problems

windows / windshield problem

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2016 Honda Civic Owner Comments

problem #2

Jan 042016

Civic Touring 1.5L Turbo

  • CVT transmission
  • 124 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

These windshields are of low quality of glass materials and workmanship (manufacturing). Honda knows this but will not admit to it. I brought to dealer and Honda Canada would not warranty the replacement even though it is a safety hazard. I have a blurry streak at eye level with road in front of me when I drive in the rain. I replaced wiper blades but to no avail. I told Honda that if something serious happens due to poor visibility that they might be held responsible for not rectifying a saftey issue, but they didn't care. They care more about the few hundred dollars they save on replacement than my safety or any other person as far as they are concerned. They found a brilliant solution and its called "This is the characteristics of the vehicle" aka "It is what it is". Obviously they were instructed by their legal team to rid of this windshield issue or any other expensive issue if they want to really. 'BUYER BEWARE OF THIS VEHICLE IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE...LOTS OF ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. TAKE THIS COMPLAINT AS SOMEWHAT OF A DISCLAIMER....YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

- mycivicisalemon, Woodbridge, ON, Canada

problem #1

May 262016

Civic LX 2.0L

  • CVT transmission
  • 131 miles

windshield is wavy and distorted in regular line of sight tl;dr: 2016 Honda Civic LX sedan windshield has unacceptable level of distortion Bought an LX last week, been noticing subtle warping, rippling/wavy distortions in the windshield glass when stopped, driving slowly or turning -- especially in parking garages (i.e. my daily drive). It's distracting enough to mess with my focus and thus gives me eye strain. It's hard to explain unless you see it yourself. The glass also has a TON of glare and reflects every line and surface on the dash, making the glass even less transparent. I could live with it, but I'd not want to drive it anywhere. I took it back to the dealer yesterday (Herson's Honda in Rockville, MD) and none of the techs or sales guys could see what I was talking about. We sat in a few cars and I told them to look at a sign and shift your body side to side and look at the distortion. Or look for the waves when you're driving. I think if they saw what I saw in my parking garage they might change their minds and I even offered to drive a tech to my parking garage half a mile away, but since they couldn't see it the issue to begin with they couldn't put in a warranty order to Honda to fix the perceived defect. Six people at the dealer couldn't see what I was talking about, so I'm resigned not to keep pushing it. Were I really interested in pushing it, I'd go to Honda dealers all around the area until a tech noticed what I was talking about. Instead I will get my eyes checked and/or go with plan D (we'll get to that). To my horror, I sat in a couple other LX on their lot just to see if it was only my car and the others had even WORSE distortion. Could it be my eyes? I've never had a Civic before and my prior car was a Mazda 6 which had an absolutely clear windshield -- as you'd assume all cars would. I've read Honda's FAQ about "cross-car distortion" that appears on the edges of a windshield due to sitting too low in a car, but that's not what this is; it's all over my field of vision. It's so subtle that it's almost not worth complaining about if I had the car temporarily or as a rental. But not for a car that I planned on driving until the wheels fell off. Anyhoo, since there is nothing I can do if OEM glass is distorted across a bad batch of cars and/or this is just my eyes (I assume this issue isn't across the board or this forum would be littered with complaints), my options are basically to (A) get my eyes checked (yup), (B) live with a crappy windshield (nope), (C) take it to a professional glass installer shop to pay for a new windshield out of pocket and risk getting non-OEM replacement glass and/or OEM replacement glass sourced by...Honda (meh), or (D) sell/trade my car to someone else who doesn't see the distortions (sure why not it's Memorial Day). I think the dealer's return policy means you trade the car in for the same model, so that's a non-starter. I could risk waiting for the Maryland lemon law to extricate me from this jam (for either this issue or the tire pressure gauge issue) but I don't want to wait around for that. Hence plan D. ;) My question to you guys is: is your windshield fine? Wondering if this is just a bad batch or if they're all terrible? I don't want you guys to go looking for distortions on your windshield -- I didn't have to go looking for them; I saw them once and now can't unsee them -- but at the same time I want to make sure this isn't a model-wide defect in the redesign.

- souroncivic, Rockville, MD, US

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