Faults:

In general the only things that have gone wrong are 3 power windows that have failed, the driver's twice. Once it was down and would not come back up, and the second time it just would not go down anymore.

Now the passenger rear window is not working.

General Comments:

It is a OK car; I just do not get why people are so gung-ho about this car. It handles OK, brakes OK, and gets good gas mileage.

My major complaint with driving it is I have to rev the engine into very high ranges to get the thing to get up and go. It is a real pain on the highway. I have to emergency pull away and wait for the damn thing to downshift and get above 5000rpm to get going.

I bounce between the snow belt and Florida, and in the snow, having to rev to higher rpm to get going is very dangerous; the wheels spin out all the time. In the winter I leave that car in the garage and drive one of my other cars.

I guess I used to have a car that has low end torque and this has none. I own Audi allroad, Chevy Cavalier, and a Volkswagen Jetta. This would be second time I have owned a Civic; first one was a Si, and I knew with that one (VTEC) I needed to rev to get going; but in a basic LX model?

Faults:

- Driver's seat cover pulls away from seat frame. Honda dealer has installed new clips, but they don't seem to hold. Think it may be a defective seat, and if they delay me long enough, I'll forget about it or become tired with having to sit in their waiting room for my car to be serviced. VERY ANNOYING!!!

- Driver's lock; my wife bought the car new, and did not buy the vehicle with remote keyless entry, and now the driver's side door lock and trunk lid lock are seizing. The dealer indicates that new cylinders are required, but they are expensive as they have to be "CODED" with the new key technology. So the vehicle is left unlocked, or if in a high crime area... she clambers in through the passenger side (THIS IN A 2008!!!)

Faults:

Just maintenance. I had to replace all four brakes at 30k.

General Comments:

Switching from park to drive, the car jerks sometimes, and starting the car, I get a slow crank that sounds like the battery is dying, so I have to turn the key half way for a few seconds and then start it. The car is awesome on gas, but not as fun to drive. It's basically a plain economical car.

Faults:

Outer CV joints gone at 91,000.

Transmission gone at 93,000.

General Comments:

I got a Civic because of the ratings - supposedly best in its class and such. I have to travel a lot, so fuel consumption is an issue for me.

I put 93 k on it in two years, I know, quite a bit. Serviced it at the dealership, never missed, paid for all those "Service B", change oil at 20%, everything by the book. Also, I drive like most of all other commuters, I do not race, squeal tires...

Big surprise - ratings can lie!!! The outer CV joints went bad at about 91,000 - the dealership changed them under warranty.

Two days ago I was heading home after doing my groceries, had my wife and my daughter in the car when poof - transmission went. The engine was running but the car was going nowhere. Grinding noise when in park, otherwise it was like in neutral...

There was no warning, nothing... Quit in the middle of the road. My wife does not want to step into a Honda and I do not condemn her.

Now the car is in the dealership and I am thinking about a buying a Ford Fusion.

100 k engineering?

I am going to swallow my pride, get rid of it ASAP and buy a Ford.