Strut, shock or spring failure on the 2006 Honda Civic
Only 3 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When strut, shock or spring failure gets reported
There are 6 reports of strut, shock or spring failure on the 2006 Honda Civic, 3 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 105,000 miles. It is the 41st most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 30,000 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $500–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 7 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2003, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2004 at 70,000 miles.
By volume the 2001 carries the most reports, with 24; the 2006 has 6. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact heard a strange noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The noise grew louder as time progressed. When she took the vehicle to have the brakes changed, she was informed that the shocks were the cause of the noise. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that the noise was common. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 30,000 and current mileage was 34,000. Updated 01/02/08. *lj the problem with the shocks caused the tires to wear. Updated 12/12/07.
Incident: 2006 honda civic ex at 25,000 miles the strut & mount failed (2008) and was replaced under warranty. At 50,000 miles the same strut & mount failed again but dealer refused to cover this.(2010) my mechanic advised me to bring car to dealer as this should not occur. Reading blogs online I am learning that this is a structural defect not recognized by honda. As a concerned consumer, and, in lieu of the problems with toyota, I would like someone to look into this before it becomes a liability issue. *tr
I own a 2006 honda civic ex coupe and I have some problems with noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. Also at highway speeds I feel some vibrations and excessive sway when turning. At one year old my rear left shock absorber leaked, honda replaced it but after less than a year it started to fail again. Honda replaced it again out of courtesy (they said).last year I noticed it has a leak again but I don't want to bring it in for repairs. I also have premature tire wear. I heard about a honda service bulletin about the rear upper control arms so I called the dealer but they said that my car wasn't include in the problem although the service bulletin states all 2006 models are affected. I believe the rear upper control arms has something to do with my shocks failing and honda should do a recall on this problem before it cause some accidents. Hope you guys could dig in deeper to this problem as honda seems to do nothing about it. *tr
Also reported on the 2006 Honda Civic
Other visibility problem
Other engine problem
Other suspension problem
Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure
Other body or interior problem
Overheating
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 6 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 6 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does strut, shock or spring failure happen on the 2006 Honda Civic?
Across 3 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 30,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is strut, shock or spring failure on the 2006 Honda Civic?
6 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.0 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed