4th Jan 2013, 08:26
My Honda Civic 2009 has the same problem. It's the clear paint coating. It disintegrates and eventually the car rusts. Check the web, many people are complaining about the same thing.
Honda extended warranties for 2006-2010 Civics, but the repainting only applies to the hood and the fenders. My problem is the paint on the roof and the trunk. This problem only starts to happen after about 3 years.
A few months after my warranty expired, the spots began to show up. Honda refuses to take credit for their defective paint. This is a serious problem, and you are not the only person that has it.
There were one or two class action suits on this, but from what I've managed to find on the Internet, no one has succeeded as of yet.
8th Nov 2011, 08:21
Is the fading issue a widespread problem that has been documented on the Civic? I have known a few Civic owners, and have never heard of any complaints about paint fading. If you are to be successful with a class action suit against Honda, you'd better have hundreds of people in on it with you. You really have to prove this is a manufacturing defect, and not just an isolated case.