Originally Posted by 07coupeguy

Just posting so maybe it will help someone. I had the block crack on my 07 EX Coupe about 3 months after i purchased it from a individual. It had about 200k miles on it, of course out of the coverage range for Honda. I bought a bottle of Fiberlok i believe its called and followed directions. At first i thought i made a big mistake. It did fix the leak in the block but i spent a week (time after work each evening) flushing the excess out of the engine because it had clogged other areas in the coolant system and the thermostat was getting clogged by the extra fibers. Finally got all the extra out, put in a new thermostat and its been over a year (well into the 2nd summer now) and i still have no leaks. The Fiberlok cost around $25 bucks i want to say and it was a frustrating week but i did not have to replace my engine. Ive sat in plenty of traffic jams since (i still watch my temp gauge like a hawk) and ive had no issues....and still have 3/4 of a bottle of the Fiberlok stuff. It doesn't take much. I was very relieved because i thought that instead of having a car ive wanted since they came out i was gonna have a yard ornament.
All my rear speakers went out last week, but i still love the car. It has 219,000 miles on it now and runs great, and i dont baby it. At first i did but now im always shifting from 5th to 3rd to get around clowns on the highway. It loves to rev.

Originally Posted by Mustangwild

Even tho it is out of warranty, the Bureau for Automotives branch of the BBB should still be notified and complaints made. According to the mechanic I spoke with at the automotive branch of the BBB, it would not be impossible to pressure American Honda to extend the warranty beyond 10 years if enough customers complain. My 2006 civic’s block cracked last week and we spent many hours attempting to convince Corporate Honda (the service manager at the dealership we have always used is the person who talked us into attempting this) to pay for repairs because the car has always been meticulously cared for by them and is just over 100k miles. That was a colossal waste of time because American Honda did not want to hear about it and it took dozens of calls before finally speaking with the correct person (who did not have any interest in pursuing help for us).

Originally Posted by SynthiaDaniels

Has anyone had a problem that their engine block cracked after the warranty period ended? Warranty on mine ended 6 weeks ago and mine cracked and left me stranded. It has been at a Honda dealership for a week tomorrow. I have a third party warranty as well. They just confirmed today they will not be covering it as there was nothing internally in the engine that caused it. My husband has been waiting on a call back as to if HONDA will be taking care of this since they KNEW the engine was known to do this. If they do not I am looking at $4500 to fix what they knew would happen. I think they should stand by their product. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Mustangwild

Even tho it is out of warranty, the Bureau for Automotives branch of the BBB should still be notified and complaints made. According to the mechanic I spoke with at the automotive branch of the BBB, it would not be impossible to pressure American Honda to extend the warranty beyond 10 years if enough customers complain. My 2006 civic’s block cracked last week and we spent many hours attempting to convince Corporate Honda (the service manager at the dealership we have always used is the person who talked us into attempting this) to pay for repairs because the car has always been meticulously cared for by them and is just over 100k miles. That was a colossal waste of time because American Honda did not want to hear about it and it took dozens of calls before finally speaking with the correct person (who did not have any interest in pursuing help for us).

Originally Posted by hondazogs5

Just discovered our 2008 Civic with only 76,000 miles on it has a cracked engine block which is causing the overheating issue. Our local dealer rep said he sent it up the Honda chain and goodwill assistance was denied to help with the repair/replacement of the engine. Would you mind sharing the contact info for both the corporate Honda person you were finally able to reach as well as a contact with the Automotive Branch of the BBB? That would allow me and others to follow up with both of them to plead our case and strengthen the voice of others who are having similar issues outside of the warranty period. Thanks.