Ownership Cost for 2004 Honda Civic (Value Package)
Estimated: $33212 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1421
$682
$597
$540
$483
$3723
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1164
$1199
$1241
$1291
$1349
$6244
Maintenance
$2763
$1840
$934
$591
$2291
$8419
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$398
$398
$398
$398
$398
$589
Total Ownership Costs
$8174
$6406
$5682
$5484
$7467
$33212
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 1671.480528
Displacement CI: 102
Displacement L: 1.671480528
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 115
Engine KW: 85.7555
Engine Model: D17A1
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1B: 3,001 - 4,000 lb (1,360 - 1,814 kg)
Make: HONDA
Manufacturer: HONDA OF CANADA MFG., INC.
Manufacturer Id: 990
Model: Civic
Model Year: 2004
Plant City: Alliston
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: DX-VP
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1994
TIRES
TIRES FAIL TO HOLD ROAD/VEHICLE SLIPS AND SLIDES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. *TW
2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AND TIE ROD BOLTS WERE LOOSE.*MR THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE PASSENGER FRONT WHEEL AND THE GEARS WERE GRINDING WHEN MOVING FORM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE'S TIRES WERE BALD THEREFORE SHE WAS RACING THE CAR. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE WOULD NOT CHECK THE TRANSMISSION UNLESS SHE AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. THE CONSUMER APPEALED THE DECISION OF THE DEALER AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. THE STRUTS WERE LOOSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE TIE ROD BOLTS WERE LOOSE WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF THE BALD TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY SIX MONTHS OLD. *NM