2009 Honda Civic Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“The contact owns a 2009 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the sun visor split over and blocked his driving view. The contact stated that the failure was related to TSB Technical Service Bulletin 11-031”

“DEFECTIVE SUN VISOR RECALL THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES THE RECALL OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR IN 2009 AND GOOD FOR 7 YEARS FROM THAT DATE. I HAD ONE VISOR, SPLIT APART AT THE TOP SEAM, REPLACED”

“BOTH SUN VISORS HAVE SPLIT OPEN, WHICH HAS CAUSED THEM TO DROP DOWN AND OBSTRUCT THE DRIVER'S CLEAR VIEW OF THE ROAD”

“Pain on my Honda Civic 2009 Is peeling very badly. I read that it was manufacture defect and I would like to have it fixed. It started about two years ago”

“INSANE AMOUNT OF CLEAR COAT PEELING IS HAPPENING THIS YEAR. ROOF HAS SOCCER BALL SIZE OF CLEAR COAT DAMAGE. HOOD HAS SPIDER WEB ALL OVER THE PLACE”

“I OWN A 2009 HONDA CIVIC EX-L WHICH I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF. MY PAINT LOOKS LIKE A MUCH OLDER VEHICLE. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE WITH SUCH TERRIBLE PAINT AND CLEAR COAT”

“CRACK IN ENGINE BLOCK - DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CAME TO STOPLIGHT AND NOTICED STEAM COMING FROM ENGINE AND OVERHEATED. STOPPED TO LOOK UNDER HOOD, SMELLED OF COOLANT”

“THE CAR OVERHEATED ON THE FREEWAY WITH LEAKING COOLANT AT ABOUT 138K MILES. IT WAS FOUND THAT IT IS A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK NEAR THE WATERPUMP. THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THE VIN NUMBER AT HONDA”

“DEVELOPED A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK, HONDA SERVICE PEOPLE SHOWED THE CRACK AND TOLD US TO CALL HONDA. HONDA BULLETIN 10-048 LISTED EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 10 YEARS FOR 2006-2009 HONDA CIVICS”

“The contact owns a 2009 Honda Civic. The contact stated that on several occasions while making left or right turns, there was an abnormal clicking and clacking sound coming from the front of the vehicle and the steering column”

“THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH”

“CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT”

“EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR COMING FROM BOTH BACK TIRES.THEY BOTH WEAR FROM THE INSIDE. HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON CAR,THEY BOTH ARE ALREADY WEARING ON INSIDE”

“AFFECTED PARTS ON THE ONLINE FORM DOES NOT LIST "TIRES". LIKE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS I DETECTED EXTREME UNEVEN WEAR ON THE REAR TIRES”

“WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF TIRES, INCLUDING MICHELINS, DUE TO VERY IRREGULAR WEAR AND EXTREME VIBRATION, BEGINNING WITH OUR FIRST SET OF TIRES IN 2009”

“TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V346000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE”

“TAKATA RECALL - I WAS INFORMED IN MAY THAT MY CAR WAS PART OF THE TAKATA RECALL. THE LETTER STATED THERE SHOULD BE REPLACEMENT PARTS IN BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. I LIVE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, A VERY HOT AND HUMID CITY”

“TAKATA RECALL WHY IS THE PARTS FOR THIS TAKING SO LONG? I RECEIVED A LETTER IN JULY INDICATING THE PARTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN LATE SUMMER/FALL AND TO AVOID HAVING A PASSENGER SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT. IS THERE AN ETA ON THE AVAILABLE PARTS?”

“The contact was a former police officer who had been tasked with investigating a vehicle crash that involved a 2009 Honda Civic”

“MY HONDA CIVIC WAS HIT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR BY A FORD RANGER PICKUP TRUCK. I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON A CITY STREET IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA AND THE TRUCK WAS HEADING SOUTHBOUND AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS THE LANE THAT I WAS OCCUPYING WHEN I WAS HIT”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY”

“The contact's mother owned a 2009 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle unintentionally accelerated. The front of the vehicle collided with a garage door”

“I WAS ACCELERATING TO THE POSTED SPEED OF 55 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY CHANGED LANE AND PULLED IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I HIT THE BRAKES, BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND THE BRAKES COULD NOT BE APPLIED”

“WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY LUNGED FORWARD INTO A BLOCK WALL. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES”