My dad has died from injuries sustained from a car accident, he told me his car 2006 Honda Civic accelerated on its own! the car accelerated at high RPM when he just went to accelerate. To enter the road making a left, instead the car went so fast within seconds, he lost control and his Honda plowed threw a stop sign, then was finally stopped by a steel pole holding up a quick check sign! he sustained extensive chest injuries! 3 broken ribs, 2 dropped lungs, fractured sternum, fractured C4 and C7 spine injuries! he died due to a defect in the accerlaertion of the vehicle racing on its own! my dad has always kept up with recalls and has car logs and maintenance logs, etc. I hope other people never have to experience this tragic sudden death, due to a defect in manufacturer acceleration, or whatever equipment is responsible for this accident! it's a mfg defect! please address or at least make public aware this could happen to them! the consumer requested a status update.

- Bluffton, SC, USA

We purchased a 2006 Honda Civic LX back in late 2008. Back in the summer of 2010, the air conditioner just died. It blew air, just not cold air. Honda dealership said it wasn't covered under the warrantee, and that it would cost us $950 for repairs.

- Barrington, RI, USA

Honda hybrid recall (summer 2010) to update software to address battery problems has resulted in major degradation in what little power existed in getting up hills. Car 'freezes' and struggles to get up hills. Extremely dangerous driving in street of san francisco. Recently struggled to go up a highway onramp at 25-30mph - no load in car other than me. Not until 15+seconds on the flats could I slowly manage to get to highway speeds. In the few months since the notice, there are many accounts on the web of other owners experiencing same power problems. I know I bought a car with hardly any power but this is dangerous. Honda technician drove it with me and saw the problem. Attempted to diagnose and I got a call back that this is 'normal' as a result of the software recall update.

- Oakland, CA, USA

Vehicle's audio/radio not working. 65, 000 miles, one owner. Radio switches to and from different outputs. Only way to stop this from occurring is to shut radio off. Once problem starts, it will happen more and more frequently until screen dims out and radio shuts down.

- Point Pleasant, NJ, USA

2006 Honda Civic driver's side sun visor split at the top seam. It is now either stuck up or down and requires a great deal of effort to move it.

- Mobile, AL, USA

The sun visors begin separating, dangling and intefere with field of vision during normal traffic conditions. Dealership replaced my visors three times prior to warranty expiration and now they are no longer willing to do it. It is a safety issue because is blocks my field of vision.

- Mims, FL, USA

I have a 2006 Honda Civic and have had a problem with the sun visors splitting and falling into a down position without being able to put into an up position again. This results in an impeded view of my driving field. When I try to move it to the side window and make a turn the visor hits me in the head causing another issue while driving. Within the first year I had to have the driver's side replaced (not sure about the passenger side), but it was under warranty. A year and a half ago I needed to have the driver's side replaced but it wasn't under warranty and I did not have the $65 to pay for it. Now I need the passenger side replaced and the driver's side is so loose I have to push it up for every stop light so I can see it. It's extremely dangerous how it flops down and blocks your field of view. I made a complaint with Honda but they said they can't do anything until there is a recall on the part.

- Arlington, TN, USA

The air conditioner on my 2006 Honda Civic failed. Since I have a 10-yr extended warranty, I had my Honda dealer diagnose the problem (cost $75). They told me that the ac condenser was damaged due to a rock/pebble impacting the condenser and that the warranty would not cover the problem. I had them replace the condenser (cost: $782). It turns out that there are hundreds of similar complaints about this defect for this Honda and others going back to 2003. There is absolutely no protection in the front grille that would prevent this from happening again. The design of this Honda welcomes debris to come through the grille! a simple $5 screen attached to the grille would have saved me $856. Something has to be done. I now have to look for my own custom grille to stop this from happening again. It's not if, it's when.

- Aptos, CA, USA

2006 Honda Civic tires are cupping and wearing prematurely. A loud pulsing noise is coming from the rear of the car along with a vibration that corresponds with the noise. Local dealership replaced the rear upper control arm in accordance with service bulletin 08-001 dated February 8, 2008. Unfortunately I had to pay for the new tires since it is only a service bulletin and not a recall.

- Macomb, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic.the contact stated that the speedometer is defective. The manufacturer was contacted and they just took her complaint. The VIN number was not available. The failure mileage was 15 and the current mileage is 65000.

- North Caldwell, NJ, USA

I leased a new 2006 Honda Civic, 2-door coupe in April 2006. Twice while my car was still under the mileage warranty, the driver's side sun visor (part #88380-sna-A01za, H/C 8073496) failed. Failure in this case means the unit split apart at the seam connected to the arm that holds it to the headliner. The only way to fix the problem is to replace the visor. Each time the visor was replaced it lasted approximately a year before failing again. Each part replacement was identical to the original equipment. The most recent failure occurred just after the car went out of the 3-year warranty, and before the 36,000 mile expired. I held off replacing it because I knew I would have to pay for it. Recently, I narrowly averted an accident caused by my defective visor. It would not stay up against the roof, flopping down 100% of the time, which caused me to miss seeing a traffic light and to enter an intersection after a traffic signal turned red. Luckily, the driver crossing from my right was able to see me and to come to a stop in time. But I knew I could not delay replacing the visor. A new visor cost me close to $70. There was no aftermarket product available and I did not have the right tools to install a new visor myself. I went online and found several blogs: www.usrecallnews.com and www.civicforums.com and www.Honda-tech.com, filled with complaints from other Honda owners having identical problems. All reported the same thing: Honda will not fix them free of charge after the warranty. And there has been no redesign of the part. This is an expensive item to have to replace once a year (on average), and it is very dangerous to operate the vehicle with a defective visor. It drops down and fully obstructs vision in the upper half of the windshield. Surely this fact, backed up by my own experience and that of others, constitutes reason for a safety recall. By the way, I now own the car which is a good vehicle in other respects. Please advise.

- Asheville, NC, USA

I bought my 2006 Honda Civic LX in November 2005. In August 2008 the wear sensor on the front brakes were squealing and I had to have the brake pads replaced and the rotors machined at 8976 miles. I was told that because I live in a geographically hilly area that my brakes would wear sooner than other areas. I find this unusual, other cars that I have driven in the same area did not have this problem. Since then I have had the front pads replaced and the rotors machined on 8/13/07 at 19,093 miles, on 6/2/08 at 27,878 miles and on 12/8/08 at 33,831 miles the pads had to be replaced again and I needed new rotors. I went to a different mechanic this time and they put on different pads which are still doing fine. I wrote to Honda and spoke to a manager there and was told that this is a wear issue and there would be nothing they could do about it. I also feel that Honda is not standing by the quality they used to. My sister has a 2001 Honda Civic and had her brake pads changed for the 1st time in 2008.

- San Diego, CA, USA

My 2006 Civic LX coupe has had problems with the windshield visors. I place a windshield shade daily when I park my car at work and use the visor to hold the shade in place. I've been having problems with the visor not being able to stay up because the plastic part that surrounds the rod splits open and the visor will not stay in the up position. A co-worker has a 2007 Civic and has had the same problem. The dealer replaced his visors and they told him that there was a bulletin on this issue. My Civic has 39000 miles and so I've passed the 36000 mile warranty limit. The dealer said that my warranty period is over since I was over 36000 miles. I have read that there have been a few complaints about this visor problem and I feel that this can cause a visibility problem. I understand that the warranty is over, but the visor has nothing to do with mileage.

- Honokaa, IL, USA

After normal use the driver side sun visor has broke. The inside of the visor apparently has substandard parts and manufacturing allowing the plastic inside to break. The visor does not stay up and becomes a distraction.

- Caldwell, ID, USA

I bought a 2006 Honda Civic with 50K miles on it one month ago. The air conditioning did not blow cold air from the very first time I turned it on. When I took it back to the Honda dealership (it has a bumper-to-bumper warranty for a year), they said a pebble hit the condenser and it would cost $700 to replace and is not covered by warranty because it is considered a road hazard. After reading this website: www.topix.com/forum/autos/Honda/tq02nf40877B57gf6 and talking to the dealership, I found that this is a very common problem. I feel that Honda should be responsible for this part.

- Berkeley, CA, USA

On November 19th, 2007 I was coming home from work alone in my 2006 Honda Civic ex on a dirt road. I was not speeding and I was wearing my seatbelt. I chose a different route from my normal route and missed the S curve in the road. My car went to the ditch roughly 3 feet deep on the drivers side, hitting the drivers front, rolling the car one time, landing on the wheels and I put the brakes on, put the car in park and turned off the car. I then got out of the passenger side of the car because the driver side was smashed completely down not allowing me to get out of the car or the window. I could not find my cell phone and went and looked into the field and found where my car rolled and found the phone with the glass from my window. I then called 911 and waited for assistance. I was transported to sidney, ne where after a catscan they found that I had a broken neck in 2 places C6 and C7. They then transferred me by ambulance to fort collins, Colorado where I had surgery to fuse the broken vertebrae. I am now out of work and out of a vehicle for now until I am healed. I called Honda worried that none of the airbags went off, one of the reasons I bought this car was because of the safety rating because I wanted my family to be safe in any event of an accident. Honda after I called them back 2 times finally told me that (case# N012007-11-2900916) Honda does not design their airbags to go off in the event of a rollover. Funny how when I did my research 1 out of 4 people are killed in a rollover. Why wouldn't that be a safety concern?? so needless to say there is nothing done to fix the situation.

- Sidney, NE, USA

I was driving my brand new 2006 Honda Civic ex with less than 10,000 miles on it when the car all of a sudden dies. I was in the middle of traffic and the car just stops in the middle of the road with no warning. I tried to start the car but it just would not start. If I was on the freeway or going into a turn I believe that I could have been seriously injured or I could have injured someone else. Took the car to the san francisco dealership (great dealership) and they said that the bolt tensioner broke, "how is it possible to break a bolt, it was very thick?". they replaced the bolt and water pumpthe, car runs fine, but I still wory that that this can happen again at any time.

- San Francisco, CA, USA