8th Gen Issues - Shame on you Honda

[Arcturus]

New user here so I apologise if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I think this is the most appropriate thread to bring this up.

I'm looking at buying a new 07 civic vti-l, am I likely to face similar issues discussed in this thread, or do most of you have the 06 model?

[clem]

To be honest, your chances of getting more than 3 or 4 faults is very slim. There are only a select few people who have come across these faults and it really depends on what you would consider a 'fault'. If you are really picky then you must initially thoroughly check out the entire car for any interior faults before they roll it out for you or even shake their hand and seal the deal.

This guy who had 20+ 'faults' including 'string hanging out from the bottom of the seat' or watever I personally do not find that as a fault and its just overkill to call half of those things 'faults' when its obvious that he's just putting them there just to make a big deal out of the number of 'faults' he has.

The most common faults that these cars have are obviously the power windows are messing up or the car door doesn't close properly. Other than that its a sweet value for money car and you pay for what you get. Just don't have high expectations of quality and you won't be disappointed

[UNLS1]

its a great car and great value for money! If it was sorced from japan lots of u would complain ahhh its too expensive blah blah blah.

Its fantastic value for money, i have driven the tiida, focus, mazda 3 ect and they all have their faults but the civic to me is still the best looking and best value for money.

I just ordered my mrs a Civic Sport, i wasnt biast when i helped her find a car for her coz i work for honda, it was the price and value that sold it to her, none of the other cars came close.

P.s the build quality for the new CTR from london is brilliant only a few small things are bad like plastic fuel door.


lol get a commodore and falcon built in Oz and make a massive line faults! Id take the thia built civic over an aus built car anyday! and i love my holdens and V8s!

[xenfacta]

im a very picky person with cars and went in with high expectation coz of family and friends with hondas saying how good they are and i havent been disappointed... a couple of minor issue like the window but thats it... very happy with the car, esp. consideringi ts a part of the first series, which always has more problems

[andyhui01]

I'm another happy owner, apart from the door not closing properly, I'm very very satisfied with the build quality, obviously I'm not going to compare it to my parents Lexus, but for a cheap ~30k car, I would say we're getting what we pay for.

so Arcturus, you have nothing to worry about the build quality, I can bet you I can dig up threads of people complaining about the built quality of almost any mass produced car, you and I know we all don't work at 100% all the time, some times things just screw up.

[simonnowis]

there seems to be alot of issues with the 8th gen civic. maybe because they are made in thailand. i guess a car the japs really know their car better then the thai's. anyway, i had the same issue with driver and passenger window getting stuffed up. got fixed by honda dealer. seems to be common.

[NeoNode]

It's not that there's alot of issues, it's more the fact people tend to remember the bad more than the good

[aaronng]

there seems to be alot of issues with the 8th gen civic. maybe because they are made in thailand. i guess a car the japs really know their car better then the thai's. anyway, i had the same issue with driver and passenger window getting stuffed up. got fixed by honda dealer. seems to be common.

The Japanese-built Civic also has the window problem.

[dmx]

New user here so I apologise if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I think this is the most appropriate thread to bring this up.

I'm looking at buying a new 07 civic vti-l, am I likely to face similar issues discussed in this thread, or do most of you have the 06 model?

buying a car like buying a electronics stuff. sometimes from 1000 got 1 faulty.
it's common.mine looks ok (so far
sometimes "luck" play an important role in this life.Just pray

[xenfacta]

its not that there are a lot of issues.... there are one or two known issues, one if which is covered anyway.... generally, people with a dud or that are unhappy are more vocal.... u dont see many "i've had my car for a year and i love it" threads...

[chylld]

There are only a select few people who have come across these faults

i was selected?

This guy who had 20+ 'faults' including 'string hanging out from the bottom of the seat' or watever I personally do not find that as a fault and its just overkill to call half of those things 'faults' when its obvious that he's just putting them there just to make a big deal out of the number of 'faults' he has.

topic detailing the 20+ faults with my civic: http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67596

every one of those issues, except the string one, i have a problem with. i showed them to the service manager and the district manager, and both of them agreed that i have reason to be concerned about the quality and safety of the car, and that i shouldn't have any of these problems in the first place. amongst myself, a district manager, a service manager and you, you are the only one who doesn't recognise the fact that i've been handed a bit of a lemon.

The most common faults that these cars have are obviously the power windows are messing up or the car door doesn't close properly. Other than that its a sweet value for money car and you pay for what you get.

i like the way your message rounds itself off... "you have to be picky for your car to be as defective as this guy's, you won't have any problems, oh except for the windows and the doors." i should clarify for Arcturus here: for some owners, the problem with the window is that it might physically dislodge itself from its rails and stick out of the car. unless clem is referring to the other problem with the windows where the auto-up function fails (window comes right back down.) scott's honda artarmon has recognised both these issues.

another problem that might soon be an addition to the 'common problems list' will be the engine mount which is already recognised as a problem in america and will soon be recognised as a problem here. it concerns the right-side engine mount and applies to both 1.8L and 2.0L civics. the relevant tsb# is 06-060; a replacement engine mount is available under warranty.

Just don't have high expectations of quality and you won't be disappointed

i will agree with this point. my standards were set by a hyundai getz, and i was disappointed... my bad.

[chylld]

I'm looking at buying a new 07 civic vti-l, am I likely to face similar issues discussed in this thread, or do most of you have the 06 model?

now to answer your question: it is impossible to say. you may get a flawless civic, or you may get a civic that has even more flaws than mine. all anyone on these forums can do is state the facts and experiences available to them, upon which you will have to make the final decision yourself.

i should also add that at the same time my civic was in for its 4th warranty service (in less than a year), there was another person in at the same dealer with a similarly faulty civic. could just be coincidence.