hondak20z3

Well my condenser in my 07 Si has a hole in it....i was wondering if you guys know anybody that can sell me one...i live in the desert and its gettin pretty hot out here so i need to get a hold of one fast!!!!!

oHsevenSI

how did that happen?? lol... my a/c is still drained from my s/c install. but uh,, try junk yards or ebay for wrecks..... there's also this junk yard in like fontana or something that has a lot of new cars.

clemsonhatch

I really like our Civic's I hope this doesn't happen to us, after searching I found all the below complaints. Seems like a protective mesh could solve the problem from happening.

2008 HONDA CIVIC HAS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE AIR CONDENSER. *NJ THE CONSUMER HAD A PROTECTIVE MESH SCREEN INSTALLED BEHIND THE GRILLE TO KEEP THE CONDENSER FROM BEING DAMAGED BY ROAD DEBRIS. *JB

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID HAS A DAMAGED A/C CONDENSER. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP A PEBBLE PUNCTURED THE CONDENSER WHILE DRIVING, SO ALL THE FREON LEAKED OUT AND MY AC DOESN'T WORK. THE COST TO REPAIR IT IS $582. I WENT ONLINE AND "GOGGLED" THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY HONDA CARS AND HAS TO DO WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE CONDENSER AND THE FACT THAT HONDA DOES NOTHING TO PROTECT OR SHIELD IT FROM DAMAGE. I WANT MY $582 BACK! *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC AND LAST FALL MY AC STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD A PEBBLE HAD GONE THROUGH THE OPEN GRILL AND DAMAGED THE CONDENSER. THEY SHOWED ME THE DAMAGE WHICH IS ALMOST NOT NOTICEABLE. VERY LIGHT AND CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE AC TO STOP WORKING. THIS IS POOR DESIGN. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AND, IT SEEMS, IT IS NOT CONFINED TO JUST THE CIVIC BUT WITH SEVERAL HONDA VEHICLES. THE DEALER REFUSED TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY AND TOLD ME TO GO TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY. HOGWASH. I'M NOT GOING TO PAY A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE OR THE $700 REPAIR BILL. I AM GOING TO FIGHT HONDA ON THIS ONE, AND I HOPE OTHER HONDA OWNERS WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE. *NM

HONDA COMMON SENSE FAILURE. HONDA PLACES THEIR AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) CONDENSER AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WITH NO PROTECTION, IE A SCREEN TO DEFLECT PEBBLES, RESULTING IN AN EASY TARGET FOR PEBBLES TO PUNCTURE THE FRAGILE CONDENSER TUBE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT HONDA IS REFUSING TO DEAL WITH. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT IN HIS THREE YEARS WORKING FOR HONDA, HE PERSONALLY HAS DEALT WITH ABOUT 100 OF THESE FAILURES. HOWEVER. HE DID NOT SEE THIS AS A PROBLEM AND LIKENED THE FAILURE TO A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS AT A SINGLE DEALERSHIP, WITH A SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE AMONG SEVERAL. DURING COMMON, EVERYDAY, FREEWAY DRIVING, $657 DAMAGE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS A CHIPPED WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD IS A PROTECTIVE DEVICE, AND THEREFORE DEFLECTING PEBBLES AND OTHER ROAD HAZARDS IS EXPECTED. I DON'T THINK THE A/C CONDENSER SHOULD FALL UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY AS MY FORMER HONDA DEALER HAS IMPLIED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION EXCEPT TO BE RECOMMENDED TO MAKE IT AN INSURANCE CLAIM OR PAY THE $657 OUT OF POCKET. A $657 REPAIR MAY BE EXPECTED WHEN BUYING A USED VEHICLE, BUT WHEN THIS SORT OF DAMAGE IS SUSTAINED DURING EVERYDAY DRIVING WITHIN THE 1ST YEAR OF PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE AND IS NOT THE RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE BY THE DRIVER, IT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT BE TOLERATED. RECALL. *AK

THE 2006 CIVIC AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) STOPPED WORKINGAT ONLY 16,000 MILES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE A/C CONDENSER WAS PUNCTURED BY ROAD DEBRIS AND THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILTY TO PAY THE $575 FOR THE REPAIR. HONDA AMERICA AVOIDED THE ISSUE, AND STATED THE SAME. AFTER REVIEWING INTERNET FORUMS IT APPEARED THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW THAT THE A/C CONDENSER UNIT WAS NOT PROTECTED AND WAS VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE EASILY. I WASVERY UPSET THAT HONDA HAD NOT ACTED WITH GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICES, AND WASTRYING TO AVOID THE MATTER. *AK

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC WHICH I HAD PURCHASE IN OCTOBER 20 06, WHICH I' HAD ONLY FOR 8 MONTHS. I GET IN MY VEHICLE TO TURN THE AIR CONDITION ON, AND ON JUNE 6, 2008 AND FOUND OUT THAT IT ONLY BLEW OUT HOT AIR. I AM VERY UPSET KNOWING THAT A VEHICLE WHICH WAS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD AND BECAUSE OF SOME SO CALL PEBBLE THAT GET UP IN THE CONDENSER WHICH MADE IT UNABLE TO FUNCTION AND ON TOP OF THAT FOR HONDA TO BE NUMBER ONE FOR GOOD VALUE WITH THERE CARS. WEREN'T HIS WAS AN ON GOING OCCURING PROBLEM WITH THESE CIVIC WHY AREN' THEY CONSIDERED AS A RECALL, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPL HAD THIIS PROBLEM AND HAD TO PAY OUT OF THERE POCKET WHICHWAS NOT THEIR FAULT. *AK

2006 HONDA CIVIC, AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT A PEBBLE HIT THE CONDENSER, NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, CHARGED $525 FOR REPAIR. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND SEVERAL SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY '06 HONDA CIVIC IN 3 TIMES FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER. THEY ARE SAYING THAT A PEBBLE HIT THE CONDENSER CAUSING A LEAK. THEY SAY THAT THIS IS CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS, SO THEY WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY CHARGE $600 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF THESE CASES WITH HONDA VEHICLES. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW SINCE THE CONDENSER IS NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED AGAINST DEBRIS LIKE IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNLESS HONDA HAS A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC EXA/C STOPPED WORKING. BOUGHT CAR 2/18/07 WITH 18 MILES ON IT. TOLD BY DEALER ROCK PROBABLY HIT CONDENSER. DEALER COULD NOT SHOW ME WHERE THE PUNCTURE AREA WAS. DEALER INDICATED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER REPAIR. BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, MY AIR CONDITIONING WHEN TURNED ON WOULD RATTLE REALLY BAD, TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICING, THEY TIGHTENED THE DRIVE BELT, AIR CONDITIONING WAS STILL RATTLING, THEY INDICATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. NOW I HAVE NO AIR. I HAVE RESEARCHED OTHER HONDA OWNERS AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I HAVE PRINTED OUT MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO A/C CONDENSERS AND THE REASONS THAT THE DEALER HAS GIVEN. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN HONDA'S MANUFACTURING OF THE CAR THAT HAPPENS TO BE A VERY COSTLY REPAIR TO THE CONSUMER WHEN IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT

I BOUGHT A HONDA CIVIC SEDAN IN 2007 AND LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AND WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT THEY TOLD ME A ROCK PROBABLY HIT MY CONDENSER AND BROKE MY A/C. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HONDA AND IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PART TO FIX. I HAVE BEEN GOING A FEW MONTH WITHOUT A/C BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD SUCH A REPAIR. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR HONDA SHOULD PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF PROTECTION OVER THE CONDENSER. *TR

THE AIR CONDITIONER IN MY RECENTLY PURCHASED 2006 HONDA CIVIC WAS NOT COOLING PROPERLY. UPON TAKING IT IN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE CONDENSER HAD A HOLE WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A ROCK/ROAD DEBRIS. I AM FORCED TO PAY OVER $500 TO REPAIR BECAUSE WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER SINCE IT WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS, BUT UPON DOING RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND LIKELY BAD DESIGN ON HONDA'S PART. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.COM/FORUM/AUTOS/HON...2NF40877B57GF6.

VEHICLE AC CEASED WORKING AFTER APPROXIMATELY 9,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WERE PURCHASED WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A ROCK HAS MADE A HOLE IN THE AC CONDENSER. BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGED THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BUT INSISTED THAT ?ROAD HAZARD? (EG: ROCKS ON THE ROAD) CAUSED THE COMPONENT TO FAIL. *JB

AC NOT WORKING - SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS CONDENSER ON MY 06 CIVIC WAS DAMAGED BY ROAD HAZARD. *NM

hondak20z3

oooo haha that sucks....well i took it to honda one day because i thought something ceased in my a/c system....my a/c was working the day before...so i took it in for warranty and they did a dye test to see if there were any leaks and they were...the service writer told me i had a hole in my condenser so the warranty wouldnt cover it...so i think i hit something on the freeway..lol...where is the junk yard in fontana??

Zeusone

you can buy a taiwan made one at keystone

shipman

This happened to us in February with our 2007 Civic EX, 30k and less than 2 years old. Got the same tired story Honda gives everyone: "A rock hit it, just like a windshield." The jackass at Honda of America actually had the ***** to tell me that it's perfectly normal for a condenser to crap out in less than two years.

A law firm in NJ started a class action suit for anyone interested:

http://www.honda-lawsuit.com/?gclid=...FQienAod6h-xqQ

I got an aftermarket condenser (TCY Genera) though my mechanic, all said and done it cost us $470 to replace. Honda wanted to charge us $700. I also spent $30 on materials at Lowes, took the bumper off and covered the gaping holes Honda calls a "grill" with steel lath, spray painted black. Nothing's getting near that condenser now.