NHTSA Complaint #10840073 — 2015 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID

9/25/15 PURCHASED BRAND NEW; ALREADY HAD 5 EPISODES OF ALERT PROBLEM IN TIRE PRESSURE: 10/29/15 (2,835 MILES) ALERT OF TIRE PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY & BROUGHT TO DEALER ON SAME DAY:11/20/15, THE LIGHTS WENT ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY: BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER ON 11/21/15 4,536 MILES- ALERT OF TIRE PRESSURE AND BROUGHT TO DEALER; 12/28/15 (6,816)--MADE AN OIL CHANGE IN SAME DEALER AND ON 1/4/16 THE ALERT SIGNAL WAS ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND WENT BACK TO DEALER ON 1/5--THEY DIDN'T CREATE A WORK ORDER BUT CHECKED THE CAR AND WAS ADVISED AND WAS SHOWN BY SERVICE ADVISOR HOW TO MANUALLY RESET THE ALERT SO IT GOES AWAY; CALLED 1800-9991009 ON 1/13/2016 @8:03 AM AND SPOKE WITH NIKKI AND WAS ADVISED TO BRING CAR BACK TO DEALER IF LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN; ON 2/29 THE LIGHTS WENT ON AGAIN WHILE I WAS ON FREEWAY AND THINKING IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM, I IGNORED IT AND WENT ON DRIVING UNTIL A PASSENGER OF A MOTORIST SIGNALED TO ME THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY TIRE--IT WAS A FLAT TIRE. I EXITED FREEWAY AND PARKED IN A SAFE AREA & CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSIST. ON 3/1 (10888)CAR BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR A NEW TIRE. ON 3/4/16 WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY, THE LIGHT WAS BACK AGAIN AND BROUGHT CARE TO THE DEALER ON 3/5 (111509). DEALER RECALIBRATED THE SENSORS. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I WAS TOLD BY VARIOUS SERVICE ADVISORS THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE SHOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME, NOT MORE, NOT LESS. I GOT A GAUGE TO CHECK IT AND IN 3 OUT OF THE 5 EVENTS, MY GAUGE SHOWED THE CORRECT PRESSURE AND HAD OTHER PEOPLE VALIDATE IT