The paint is severely coming off and has been for years. And I have called Honda several times and they refuse to help.

- Riverside, CA, USA

Lost control of vehicle trying to avoid an object on the highway. My vehicle hit the railing on the interstate and the air bags did not deploy. My vehicle was declared a complete lost as other damage to the frame occurred, and the drivers side front wheel came off.

- Brooklyn Park, MN, USA

Heavy, loose objects in trunk struck & broke off trunk latch assembly, preventing rear hatch from being opened in any way, including remote. (no external trunk keyhole exists.) since rear seat fold-down releases are located in the trunk, one of the rear seats need to be unbolted to be able to pull the seat release, remove the seat, and manually unlatch the trunk. The design of the rear latch is not protected against strikes from heavy objects and is therefore susceptible to damage under normal driving conditions. If the latch were to break, the vehicle get a flat tire, and the driver unable to remove the rear seat for lack of tools or know-how, the driver would be unable to access the spare tire and be stranded.

- San Diego, CA, USA

Paint/clearcoat peeling on trunk and roof.

- Yorba Linda, CA, USA

My Honda Civic paint is peeling. I took it to the car dealer and they told me to keep the car out of the sun.

- Morgan Hill, CA, USA

Honda Civic 2006 ex model: When the tiny piece of plastic inside the trunk release solenoid snaps, the ex model has no alternative method to open the trunk from outside the trunk. Since the ex model lacks an outside key hole and the seat back releases are inside the trunk and the seats are bolted in from the trunk side without a method of removing them without damaging the car, the seats of the car or the trunk lid must be broken (literally cut through the metal) in order to open the trunk from outside the trunk after the solenoid plastic breaks. Since the emergency release mechanism is attached to the solenoid, this flaw could cost the life of a child trapped inside the trunk in the dark. Although this design flaw is now well known with this ex model, Honda refuses to reimburse owners over this problem or recall the part. Their customer service line refuses to handle the problem effectively and refuses to pass on the problem to their engineering department, referring customers only to local deanships without offering any compensation for their faulty product.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

We purchased this Honda used nearly 2yr ago. We noticed that the paint started to peel, flake etc.on the roof right above front windshield and back window, and also on top of door panels near roof. We have had a few areas painted by a body shop. But it seems never ending, more areas have started to have issues such as top side panels near hood, and we can not keep going through the expense to have it painted. It is a manufacture issue most definitely! we have taken notice of others Honda Civics with the same issue. There are online forums discussing this paint issue, but Honda is doing nothing to help their customers out with this problem. Please can you look into this and get some help for the Honda customers.

- Apopka, FL, USA

Clear coat on car is craking and peeling away. What was once a nice car is now a junk car looks very bad. Honda should have a beeter paint and clear coat than this. Advise noone to to purchase a Honda Civic!

- Springfield, GA, USA

About 6 months ago, when my car was about 6 years old, I started noticing whitish markings in the paint on the roof of my car. Since then these light marks have turned into major chipping and peeling paint. I have never owned a car that had this problem, whether or not the car was mostly in a garage or left outside on the street. Before going into the dealer to complain, I decided to search the web as I had a feeling I was not the only one having this problem. I was right! thousands of other car owners have been experiencing the same thing in both Honda Civic's and Accord, from model years 2003 to 2007, and there is even a class action lawsuit detailing the problem. Honda, apparently, is not accepting responsibility for this glaring defect and I, for one, am extremely disappointed in their refusal to step up and recall the cars or issue payments to owners to cover repainting. It is obvious that this is their responsibility, and their refusal to do the right thing, in this day and age of social media, will likely severely hurt their sales. Honda needs to step up and reimburse the thousands of people who own affected cars? the resale value has been severely affected by these defects.

- Glen Ellen, CA, USA

Paint and clearcoat is peeling on hood, roof, fenders, and trunk lid. Seems to be a clear problem with the type of paint/clearcoat used or application.

- Brentwood, CA, USA

I just recently had my car front fenders and hood painted at 87,000 miles because of the malfunction Honda had, but at 60,000 miles I was hand washing the car like I always do and when I sprayed it with water some of the right side quarter panel paint just flaked off.. I feel like this is the same problem Honda has with the clear coat.

- Lake Hopatcong, NJ, USA

Paint on the roof of the car is peeling off on both driver and passenger side.

- Dinuba, CA, USA

The clear coat is almost all peeled off my entire car in a matter of months. Now the paint underneath is fading in color too. I don't even have my car half way paid off. This is Honda's fault. They need to take responsibility and recall the paint. I know people with Honda Civic's that have this problem with their paint too. It looks bad for Honda. Do they really want potential customers seeing their vehicles driving around looking like crap" I would not have gotten this car, if I knew it was going to look this bad. It looks awful! I wanted a good car that would last a long time. I loved the car but now the paint looks disgusting. Many really old cars look better thank this. Seriously Honda" you save a little money doing a crappy paint job.. but that's losing you many customers. I will not buy another Honda unless you fix this. And I will not recommend a Honda to anybody. Recall the clear coat peeling!

- Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

The paint on my 2006 Honda Civic is horrible and defective. Honda has had so many issues posted online regarding this in this model and make of car. Please look into this as it is a driving distraction. They really need to recall this issue and address the customer service aspect of this problem.

- Visalia, CA, USA

The paint to my 2006 Civic coupe is starting to peel on the roof between the windshield and the sunroof. It looks like a clear coat failure that is affecting many, many Honda owners. Upon calling Honda of America, they acknowledge a paint problem with certain Odyssey models but not the Civics even though it is almost the exact same problem.

- Morrisville, PA, USA

I noticed the clear coat coming off my Honda Civic about a year ago, and have been trying to get in contact with Honda but the representative only comes every so many months. When I did finally get ahold of him and inform him of the clear coat coming off which even in his words should never happen. I was told since out of warranty they would do nothing even though I I formed him of all the complaints about the clear coat. Honda admitting a problem but refusing to do anything for the valued customer.

- Wichita Falls, TX, USA

I have a 2006 Honda Civic and the clear coat is already peeling off. It began with one spot on the roof of my car and now many more spots have appeared over the past few months. It looks like I am driving a 15 year old car.

- Cantonment, FL, USA

My wife has a 2006 Honda Civic that has an issue with the paint. It seems like the hood, roof, and trunk are beginning to oxidize. We have taken the vehicle in to our local dealership and they have paid about 60% of the cost with our out of pocket cost at about $300. No it looks like the other parts of the car that did not get painted are beginning to oxidize again. The doors, front fenders and rear fenders are beginning to oxidize again. The local dealer is going to paint them but our out of pocket cost is around $320 again. This looks like it is happening with many 2006 Honda Civics and I hope a lawsuit or recall is started so I can get re-imbursed for the costs of having to paint after only 5 years of ownership on a brand new Civic.

- Miami, FL, USA

The paint on the top of the car around the sunroof started to oxidize after 3-4 years of ownership. It is isolated only to the roof of the car so it has to be a manufacture problem. The car is kept in the sun but no other areas of the car has become oxidized. There are plenty of people with paint issues with the 2006 Honda Civic coupe and this issue should be addressed. If the Honda doesn't pay the repair cost, it will cost everyone with the paint issues hundreds of dollars to have it fixed.

- Auburn, AL, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the weather strips on the door were cracked and broken. The strips were replaced the previous year at the dealership. The vehicle was taken back to the dealership for a second time and the contact was informed that he would be responsible for the cost of the repair. The contact had not spoken with the manufacturer at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were 27,824.

- Diamonbar, CA, USA