![]() The pulley and lock bolt holding the serpentine belt had practically fallen off. Upon inspection, the water pump seized up. I immediately parked the car and the next day had it towed to a Honda dealership. The car made a loud grinding noise and the steering wheel locked (power steering went) and a/c stopped working. I was making a left turn leaving my place of work. Once or twice a year I check my VIN # for recalls. But since it's not classified as a recall I had no warning. If I had been sent a mailing as they say they did, I would have had it taken care of. So I wonder how long before my warranty was out was it leaking? this is a very known problem that has had 3 updates to the length of warranty since 2009. I bought my car may 5, 2008, so I am 21 days out of warranty and the best the dealership will do is cover 75%. According to a parts person at Honda this crack doesn't have any physical warning signs until it overheats. I had the car towed to my nearest Honda dealer on 5/26 where they diagnosed the cracked block. Through research, thinking we had a bad water pump, we found a youtube video that talked about the Honda 10 yr extended engine warranty. After arriving home and upon inspection we noticed that all the coolant was gone. Then I stopped for a half hour to let it cool. I immediately put the heat on to cool the engine. On may 23, 2018, while driving on the highway 78 miles from home, my a/c stopped working and the temp. I never received a notice about this TSB. ![]() TSB#10-048 Honda Civic (2006-2009) engine cylinder block crack. I want this issue resolved immediately and it should not cost me to have it looked at once again. Miller Honda jeff called at 9:02 am and was very rude. I work two jobs and don't have this kind or money to fix a problem that was to be fixed and was told was a new engine that Honda replaced. I did this am at 7:00 am and they wanted to charge me $110 to look at it. Took back to s&w auto and they said yes it is cracked and I would need to take to miller Honda 3985 valley pike winchester va miller Honda winchester va. However mechanic called and that was fixed but come to find out engine block had a leak/cracked and you can see from top water pooling. Took it to garage and found out had leak and needed water pump replaced. However it happened again on Jand my car would not start. They stated was a loose wire and that should take care of it and not to worry if that hot/cold thing should hot again. Took it back to s&w after calling as they instructed me to. On after buying it check engine light came on and gauage for hot/cold went to hot. ![]() ![]() They stated it had a new engine that it had been replaced by Honda due to block being replaced in 2006 to 2008 because the developed a coolant leak. Engine block coolant leak I bought this 2008 Honda Civic in winchester va on fro s&w auto1908 valley Ave winchester va on valley Ave. ![]()
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