1999 Honda Civic engine and engine cooling problems

“MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT MONTH DURING AN OIL CHANGE I HAD MY MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND INSPECTED MY EXHAUST AND INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS MODEL THAT CAUSES THE OXYGEN SENSOR TO BE TRIGGERED. SINCE THE OXYGEN SENSOR IS PART OF THE SAME ASSEMBLY AS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, THE COMPONENT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SIMILAR HONDA VEHICLES OF SIMILAR YEARS AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT HONDA TO GET IT FIXED. AFTER MANY CALLS WITH HONDA, THEY REFUSED STATING THAT MY YEAR AND MODEL WAS EXCLUDED, DESPITE HAVING IDENTICAL ISSUES. *TR”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA CIVIC LX. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH OR MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. SOMETIMES IT WOULD RESTART RIGHT AWAY AND OTHER TIMES, IT WOULD TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO BEFORE IT WOULD RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS AND TO TAKE HER VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000. UPATDED 3/9/11 *CN UPDATED 06/24/11”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AS IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY HIMSELF BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 170,000.”

“THE ENGINE RANDOMLY STALLS WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE STREET. IT STALLS WHEN IT'S CRUISING, OR WHEN IT'S ON IDLE AND TAKES AT LEAST MINIMUM OF 5 MINUTES TO RESTART. *TR”

“TL*- THE MANIFOLD OF A 1999 HONDA CIVIC WAS CRACKED, AND THERE WAS NO WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE MODEL YEARS: 1996 TO 1998. THE MANIFOLD'S CRACKWAS NEAR THE OXYGEN SENSOR. THE CONTACT CALLED HONDA CORPORATION ,WHO STATED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND THEY WOULD NOT SPEAK WITH HER. SHE SHOULD CALL AMERICA HONDA CUSTOMER RELATIONS. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY AND THE PROBLEMS THAT SHE WAS HAVING WAS VIN SPECIFIC AND THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE STARTED IN 2005, AND SHE REPLACED THE CRACKED MANIFOLD. NOW, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK”

“THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH A DEFECTIVE CVT TYPE TRANSMISSION. COMPLAINED TO AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IF I PAID $504 IN LABOR COSTS. ONE YEAR LATER THE TRANSMISSION DIED AGAIN, I NOW BELIEVE THEY ONLY FLUSHED OUT THE OLD TRANSMISSION I DOUBT THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. I COMPLAINED AGAIN AND HAD IT REPLACED. NOW THE PROBLEM IS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT COST $80 JUST FOR THEM CHECK THE COMPUTER WHICH HAS BEEN DONE TWICE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR'S COMPUTER WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING SERIOUSLY WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. HAD THE COMPUTER REPLACED AFTER SPLITTING THE COST WITH AMERICAN HONDA SO IT COST ME $396. TWO WEEKS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON, I WENT TO ADVANCED AUTO PARTS AND HAD THE COMPUTER CODES READ FOR FREE THEY SAID IT WAS A MALFUNCTIONING O2 SENSOR, NOW THE DEALERSHIP WANTS ANOTHER $260 EACH SENSOR PLUS LABOR TO CHANGE BOTH SENSORS. *JB”