Darwin18
Well-Known Member
This is more of a heads up as this happened to me this past Christmas.
I own a 2006 Honda Civic EX with 75,000 miles on it. It has run well for me and aside from replacing tires and routine maintenance, I have not had any problems with it. We drove my car from North Carolina to New York and Massachusetts to visit my family and my wife's family. The weather in NC was fairly mild but in NY and MA it was pretty cold.
We were making the return trip and were in Maryland when I noticed the temperature gauge was all the way to High. I pulled over to a service station thinking that I had a coolant line leak. The mechanic pressure tested the lines and we discovered the leak from coming from a crack in the engine block. It was easily visible when under pressure. It took several hours, multiple stops, and about 3 gallons of anti-freeze to make it back to NC. I pulled into the driveway at midnight with smoke and burnt antifreeze pouring out from under my car.
It was a miserable ride as I was trying to contemplate how I was going to come up with the cash to purchase a new vehicle. I hadn't been planning on it since my Honda had less than 75,000 miles on it. After talking to a friend who was a former Honda salesman, I learned that Honda has a recall in place for the engine blocks of the 2006 models (and a couple years before and after). I dropped my vehicle off at the nearest Honda dealership and they replaced the entire engine at their cost. I hadn't heard of this before but I am certainly not the first person this has happened to so I thought I would pass the information along. And before anyone bashes me for owning a Honda Civic - when I was 21 years old and fresh out of college, my options were very limited to what I could afford.
I own a 2006 Honda Civic EX with 75,000 miles on it. It has run well for me and aside from replacing tires and routine maintenance, I have not had any problems with it. We drove my car from North Carolina to New York and Massachusetts to visit my family and my wife's family. The weather in NC was fairly mild but in NY and MA it was pretty cold.
We were making the return trip and were in Maryland when I noticed the temperature gauge was all the way to High. I pulled over to a service station thinking that I had a coolant line leak. The mechanic pressure tested the lines and we discovered the leak from coming from a crack in the engine block. It was easily visible when under pressure. It took several hours, multiple stops, and about 3 gallons of anti-freeze to make it back to NC. I pulled into the driveway at midnight with smoke and burnt antifreeze pouring out from under my car.
It was a miserable ride as I was trying to contemplate how I was going to come up with the cash to purchase a new vehicle. I hadn't been planning on it since my Honda had less than 75,000 miles on it. After talking to a friend who was a former Honda salesman, I learned that Honda has a recall in place for the engine blocks of the 2006 models (and a couple years before and after). I dropped my vehicle off at the nearest Honda dealership and they replaced the entire engine at their cost. I hadn't heard of this before but I am certainly not the first person this has happened to so I thought I would pass the information along. And before anyone bashes me for owning a Honda Civic - when I was 21 years old and fresh out of college, my options were very limited to what I could afford.