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1998 Honda Civic engine and engine cooling problems

53 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1998 Honda Civic12% of all complaints for this model year.

53
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
12%
share of all complaints
84,470 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I took my car in for service and they told me the exhaust manifold was cracked. This is the third time this part has cracked. I had it replaced twice already at the dealership- they did not cover the part under warranty and I paid $1000 each time to have it replaced. I tried to contact american…

    filed May 12, 2011

  • When my 1998 honda civic was at 90,891 miles, the honda dealer service department told me the exhaust manifold was cracked and needed to be replaced. The repair was about $1000. Only 2 years later, they told me the new exhaust manifold was cracked and needed to be replaced again. The service…

    filed Sep 15, 2010

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.