NHTSA Complaint #11045067 — 2017 HONDA CIVIC

I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR "NEW" FROM COGGIN HONDA IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AT 11003 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD ON 10/17/17, IT'S PRODUCTION DATE IN THE DRIVERS-SIDE DOOR JAMB IS 02/17, IT WAS ORIGINALLY DEALER PREPPED AT THE HONDA DEALERSHIP ON 2/21/17, THE DATE CODE ON ALL FOUR TIRES ARE 50/16, INDICATING THE 50TH WEEK OF 2016, OR MANUFACTURED BETWEEN THE DATES OF 12/11/16 - 12/17/16. UPON DRIVING IT HOME ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE, THE (TPMS) TIRE-PRESSURE-MONITORING-SYSTEM LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CAME ON. SIXTY MILES LATER, AFTER ARRIVING IN MY TOWN OF RESIDENCE, I TOOK IT INTO MY LOCAL TIRE KINGDOM TIRE STORE TO HAVE THE TIRE PRESSURES CHECKED, TWO TIRES INDICATED 21-POUNDS OF AIR-PRESSURE, THE OTHER TWO TIRES INDICATED 22-POUNDS OF AIR-PRESSURE. THE MANUFACTURER STICKER IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR-JAMB INDICATES THE TIRES SHOULD BE AT 32-POUNDS OF AIR-PRESSURE. AFTERWARDS, UPON DRIVING IT AT NO-MORE THAN THE NATIONAL POSTED SPEED-LIMIT OF 70-MPH, THE TIRES HAVE EXCESSIVE ROAD-NOISE, WITH A SLIGHT VIBRATION. MEANWHILE, I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE TPMS RECALIBRATED, SO THE TPMS WOULD GO OUT. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION OF ALL FOUR TIRES YESTERDAY, THEY ALL HAVE SMALL BULGES ON EACH TIRE, AND THIS CAUSED ME TO CHECK SEVERAL ONLINE WEBSITES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS OF THESE TIRES. THEY ARE CONTINENTAL PRO-CONTACT TX GRAND TOURING ALL-SEASON, IN 215/50-17 TIRE SIZE. AFTER CHECKING NUMEROUS ONLINE WEBSITES AND READING ALL-KINDS OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS FOR VIBRATION, EXCESSIVE ROAD-NOISE, BUBBLES AND CRACKING IN THE SIDEWALLS, AND READING THEY ARE FILLED WITH FOAM FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO KEEP THE ROAD-NOISE DOWN TO A MINIMUM, WHICH APPARENTLY PREVENTS THE TIRES FROM BEING PATCHED FROM THE INSIDE FOR PUNCTURES, AND ALSO COMING APART FROM THE SIDEWALL AFTER BEING REMOUNTED ON A TIRE MOUNTING MACHINE, I AM SCARED OF THEM.