2006 HONDA CIVIC Tires Problems

The contact's daughter owns a 2006 Honda Civic equipped with Kumho Tires, Tire Line: Kumho ECSTA XII, Tire Size: 205/55/R16, DOT Number: 15MA0-1AH0-2424. The contact stated that upon inspecting the vehicle, the rear driver’s side tire and the rear passenger’s side tire were bald and had no treadwear. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The tires were not replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.

PURCHASED 4 GOODYEAR VIVA 2 TIRES, FROM WALMART ON 10/27/2014, FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS THEY WERE GREAT. AFTER AWHILE I KEPT NEEDING TO GET THEM REBALANCED DUE TO VIBRATING, THEY STARTED GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. HAD TO KEEP GETTING MY CAR ALIGNED EVERY OTHER MONTH. TODAY ON 10/22/2015, DRIVING STRAIGHT ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70MPH ON INTERSTATE 376, I STARTED HEARING THIS AWFUL NOISE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A WHEEL BEARING THAT KEPT GOING BAD. THEN THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, AND I STARTED SMELLING BURNT RUBBER AND SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE BACK. I PULLED OFF THE CLOSET EXIT AND INTO THE CLOSET PARKING LOT, TO FIND THAT THE TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT ON THE SIDE WALL. I WENT TO THE WALMART THAT I PURCHASED THESE TIRES FROM. SINCE I PURCHASED ROAD HAZARD THEY REPLACED THE TIRE AT A PRORATED RATE. BUT THEY DON'T SELL VIVA 2'S ANYMORE, THEY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A TIRE ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT. THE MAINTENANCE WAS DECLINED DUE TO A FAILURE WITH BOTH REAR TIRES. THE DETAILS WERE NOT PROVIDED TO THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT; SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WERE NOTED NATIONWIDE FOR CIVIC 2006, WRONG PARTS WERE INSTALLED AS OEM IN THE NEW CAR SOLD UPDATED 04/16/18*JB *TR

FIRST NIGHT OF SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WE HAVE HAD IN TWENTY YEARS. TIRE POPPED LEAVING TWO HOLES IN THE SIDE WALL. TIRE SAYS ON IT THAT IT IS STEEL BELTED BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY STEEL BELTS VISIBLE. TIRE BRAND NOT LISTED ON TIRE SELECTION PAGE. CHAMPIRO 328 GT RADIAL 205/55 R16 91H DOT 9UH9. *TR

WITH MY SEVEN YEAR OLD CAR I HAVE GONE THROUGH NUMEROUS TIRES. ALWAYS REPLACING THEM DUE TO THE ALIGNMENT ON MY CAR WHICH I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE FIXED. THIS IS WAY BEYOND COSTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR HONDA'S MISTAKES. I WILL JUST BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THEN RANDOMLY MY TIRES WILL BLOW OUT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

I AM ON MY 8TH PAIR OF TIRES WITH MY VEHICLE. MY TIRES WEAR OUT PREMATURELY AND CAUSE HEAVY VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE TIRES GET NOTICEABLE FLAT SPOTS ON THEM AND THE TREAD WEARS VERY THIN ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES. 2 YEARS AGO WE BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO HAVE ONE TIRE BLOW OUT ON US AS IT WAS WORN ALMOST THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIRE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT HONDA SHOULD DEAL WITH. THEY HAVE COME OUT WITH A KIT FOR THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS THAT ARE "SUPPOSE" TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE THE ARMS REPLACED, FIRST HONDA REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR. SECOND, THEY PUT THE UPGRADED CONTROL ARMS ON THE CAR AND THEY STILL COULDN'T GET THE TIRES ALIGNED PROPERLY, SO THIRDLY I HAVE TO WAIT SO THEY CAN...

MULTIPLE SETS OF TIRES REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ON REAR TIRES. HONDA TSB 08-001 RECOGNIZES GEOMETRY ISSUE OF NEGATIVE CAMBER ON THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AS I DIDN'T KNOW THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY UNTIL I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED. THE HANDLING IS AFFECTED DUE TO A ROARING OR THUMPING VIBRATION COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. NEW TIRES WEAR IN LESS THAN 10,000 MILES CAUSING UNDUE BURDEN ON THE CONSUMERS PART TO REPLACE THE TIRES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. HONDA WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE AS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND REPAIRS MUST BE COVERED BY THE CONSUMER. *TR

EXCESSIVE REAR TIRE WEAR AND CUPPING OF TIRES CAUSING EXTREME VIBRATION AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH. REAR TIRES ONLY LAST APPROX. 30,000 BEFORE INNER HALF OF TIRE IS COMPLETE BALD. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC AS A BRAND NEW CAR AND EARLY ON BEGAN HAVING EXTREMELY UNEVEN WEAR ON MY REAR TIRES. THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP REPLACED SOMETHING WITH THE REAR CONTROL ARMS WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, STATING THAT HONDA BELIEVED THIS WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE HAS CONTINUED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, RESULTING IN UNEVEN TIRE WEAR (CUPPING OF THE TIRES) AND TIRES THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED VERY FREQUENTLY. THE TIRES APPEAR TO LOOK FINE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT ARE DANGEROUSLY WORN ON THE INSIDE. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY, MANY OTHERS FROM 2006-2009 HONDA CIVICS SEEM TO BE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *JS

I PURCHASED THE CAR IN AUGUST 2010. PER THE HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED FEB 2008 (WHICH I WAS UNAWARE OF TIL THE PROBLEM), I HAVE HAD A MECHANIC CONFIRM MY COMPLAINTS/PROBLEM--UNEVEN/RAPID REAR TIRE WEAR, A VERY LOUD ROARING NOISE FROM THE REAR, AND VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED--MEANING I HAVE A FAULTY REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM KIT. I HAVE CALLED HONDA AND THEY SAID SINCE IT'S NOT A "RECALL" THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THIS. THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN CLEARLY STATES I NEED A NEW REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM KIT, REPLACE THE FLANGE BOLTS TOO, WHICH ALSO MEANS ALIGNMENT WITH PURCHASE OF NEW TIRES. *TR

REAR TIRES WEAR OUT PREMATURELY ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE. THE MORE VISIBLE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE REVEALS A SAFE AMOUNT OF REMAINING TREAD WHILE THE INSIDE MAY BE COMPLETELY GONE. FIRST SET OF TIRES WAS REPLACED AFTER 12,500 MILES DUE TO A FLAT TIRE ON THE REAR LEFT OF VEHICLE. AIR WAS LEAKING OUT THROUGH THE STEEL BELTS ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. THE OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRE'S TREAD WAS WELL ABOVE THE REPLACEMENT MARKS LOCATED IN THE TREAD. AS OF 7 DECEMBER 2011, A HONDA SERVICE CENTER WANTED $465 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN HONDA TSB 08-001. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED(2ND OWNER) 2006 HONDA CIVIC IN JUNE 2010 WITH APPROX 60,000KM. WITH A FULL INSPECTION SERVICED BY HONDA AND A BRAND NEW SET OF TIRES(98% TREAD). SINCE THEN I HAVE ONLY PUT ON 25,000KM AND HAVE ALREADY TAKING MY CAR INTO THE SHOP ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS FOR SEVERVE "CUPPING" OR UNEVEN WEAR ON THE REAR TIRES, AFTER 25,000KM I HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED ANOTHER SET OF TIRES AND THOSE ONES TOO ARE BADLY "CUPPING". 2 SETS OF NEW TIRES IN UNDER 2 YEARS IS NOT RIGHT! I HAVE CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY SAID " THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF PROBLEMS WITH HONDAS DOING THAT" AND SAID "THAT SINCE I HAD MY TIRES BOUGHT AND SERVICED AT A TIRE STORE, IT IS THEIR CONCERN!" THEY ARE NOT OWNING UP OR EVEN REGONIZING THE OBVIOUS DEFECT THAT THIS CAR HAS.THEY OFFERED TO FIX THE ISSUE FOR AN AMOUT OF $900?...

2006 HONDA SEDAN GOING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE HIT A ROADSIDE POST HEAD ON AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, LEFT REAR TIRE TORN OFF BY EDGE OF PAVEMENT CAR SPUN TO RIGHT, ROLLED ON DRIVER'S SIDE THEN ROOF, SLID DOWN HIGHWAY. NO SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER HAD HEAD NECK AND BACK INJURIES , FRONT PASSENGER HAD ABDOMINAL INJURIES, CAR HAD NEW REAR TIRES 24 HOURS OLD, HAD BEEN MAINTAINED BY DEALER WITH AND OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION 24 HRS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, CAR SUPPORT POSTS WERE WORN THROUGH ROOF HAD BEGUN TO BUCKLE FRONT OF ROOF WORN THROUGH, SIDE PANELS ON DRIVERS SIDE WERE SCRAPED MIRRORS RIPPED OFF ,FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED BUT HELD IN PLACE, DRIVER'S DOOR WINDOW BROKE AWAY, ALL OTHER WINDOWS INTACT,PASSENGER SIDE DOORS WERE JAMMED DRIVER'S DOOR WAS ABLE TO OPEN PARTIALLY. TRUNK REMAINED INTACT AS DID THE REAR PASSENGERS' AREA BOTH WERE UNHARMED EXCEPT FOR SEATBELT (...

12 TIRES IN 3 YEARS?? YES WE HAVE PUT 80,000 MILES ON THE CAR, BUT THIS IS EXTREME! THE LAST FLAT OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, (THANK GOD, THERE WASN'T A MAJOR ACCIDENT!)AND WHEN WE WENT TO REPAIR OR REPLACE IT WE WERE INFORMED THAT ANOTHER TIRE, WAS EXTREMELY BALD WITH NO TREAD EXCEPT ON THE OUTSIDE, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO NOTICE. (I HAD BOUGHT A TIRE 2 WEEKS PREVIOUS!! I NEVER SAW A TIRE THIS BALD AND RIPPLED WITH BARE SPOTS ALL AROUND...THESE TIRES WERE BOUGHT LAST OCT. AND ARE 60,000 MILE TIRES. WE THEN WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF THIS AND A LOUD NOISE AND WERE TOLD THE BEARING FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE AXLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.... $600....BUT WILL I STILL NEED MORE NEW TIRES SOON??? THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING THIS CAR (THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR TIRES!!!, AND...

NEED 4TH SET OF TIRES AT 116,00 MILES.JUST RECENTLY, HONDA DEALER ADVISED THAT REAR CONTROL ARM MUST BE REPLACED. FOUND HONDA TSB08-001 THAT INDICATED THE REAR CONTROL ARM IS DEFECTIVE. HAD SERVICE COMPLETED WHICH COST $500 AND HONDA OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. *TR

HONDA USA ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING THE EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR DUE TO DEFECTIVE OR POORLY DESIGNED REAR CAMBER ARMS TSB08-001. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM (TIRES WEARING PREMATURELY AND VEHICLE OWNERS BEING UNAWARE AS IT WAS NEVER A RECALL). I HAVE EVEN WITNESSED A DEALER HONDA HOFFMAN OF WEST SIMSBURY TELL A CUSTOMER THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY THE REAR TIRES ON THEIR CIVIC WERE WEARING OUT SO RAPIDLY AFTER PERFORMING THIS EXACT TSB ON MY VEHICLE. I CAN ONLY GUESS THEY MAKE MORE MONEY SELLING TIRES VERSUS REPLACING THE REAR CAMBER ARMS VIA THE TSB. *TR

1. I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WHICH HAS HAD ITS TIRES REPLACED AT LEAST 3 TIMES DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR. 2. THE FIRST EVENT OCCURRED WHEN THE TIRE ITSELF JUST EXPLODED BECAUSE THE INNER WALLS OF THE TIRE WERE SO THIN AND WORN ONLY AFTER 10K MILES?? THIS CONTINUED AT 15K AND AGAIN AT 20K AND NOW AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT ONCE BUT NOW IS REFUSING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 3. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED A LOCAL HONDA DEALER AUTO REPAIR DEPT. REPLACED THE TIRES, BUT THEY REFUSED TO THERE AFTER FORCING ME TO PAY FOR IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THEY WON'T FILE A COMPLIANT TO HONDA EITHER EVEN THOUGH THE SERVICE AGENTS ACKNOWLEDGE ITS A STRANGE WEARING THAT CLEARLY IS FROM THE CAR ITSELF. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE REAR TIRES ARE CUPPING (OTHERS CALL IT SEE-SAW PATTERN ). THERE IS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, DATED FEBRUARY, 2008 THAT EXACTLY DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD THREE SETS OF NEW TIRES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A TIRE PROBLEM AND I KEPT CHANGING THE TIRES, ONLY TO DISCOVER AFTER THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND I SPOKE TO CRYSTAL FROM AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR WHO REFUSED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE, STATING THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT " I DID NOT GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE CAR" . THE SERVICE BULLETIN WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO ME, I FOUND OUT THROUGH MY RESEARCH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC EX 2 DOOR. HONDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR A BAD REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM. OVER TIME DUE TO THIS DEFECT INNER TIRE WEAR IS EXCESSIVE. THIS CAN LEAD TO TIRE BLOW OUT. HONDA IS ONLY REPLACING THE PART WHEN ASKED. DUE TO THIS DEFECT I HAVE GONE THROUGH TWO SETS OF TIRES, A BRAKE JOB, AND NOW NEED A NEW WHEEL BEARING. HONDA IS ONLY WILLING TO REPLACE THE CONTROL ARM. THEY ARE CHARGING FOR ALIGNMENT, WHEEL BEARING, AND TIRES. THIS REALLY SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A RECALL. TIRES ONLY LASTING 10,000 MILES BEFORE BECOMING DANGEROUS IS NOT GOOD. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC HANDLES TERRIBLE IN ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND HAVE JUST PURCHASED MY FOUTH SET OF TIRES. HONDA HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN TO FIX UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THE REAR END. WHICH WAS NEARLY IMPOSSABLE TO DISCOVER, AND MOST HONDA OWNERS PROBABLY ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS. HOWEVER EVEN AFTER I HAD THIS PART FIXED MY TIRES HAVE STILL WORN OUT AS QUICKLY AND UNEVENLY AS EVER. MOST AMERICANS CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE TIRES EVERY 20,000 MILES AND HONDA CONTINUES TO STATE THAT IT IS A TIRE ISSUE AND NOT THERE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD DIFFERENT BRANDS OF TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.

THE PROBLEMS THE CONSUMER IS HAVING ARE WITH THE SUSPENSION AND TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. SINCE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE IN OCTOBER 2005, SINCE THEN SHE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES WHICH WEAR RAPIDLY AND IN AN ABNORMAL PATTERN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE MULTIPLE TIMES SO CONSUMER COULD GET THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED. SHE HAS EVEN STATED TO DEALERSHIPS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION AND TIRES WHEN HER VEHICLE WAS IN FOR NORMAL RECALLS AND CHECKS. EVERY TIME SHE STATED TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION SHE WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND EVERYTHING IS NORMAL, EXCEPT THE TIRES ARE "CUPPED" OR DEFECTIVE. SHE HAS SINCE HAD TO REPLACE THE VEHICLE WITH (4) SETS OF TIRES SINCE 2005, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT THE CONSUMER PURCHASED (4) SETS OF DEFECTIVE TIRES IN...

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE WINTER OF 2007-2008 THE CAR WOULD FISHTAIL ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY ON SNOW AND ICE - NOT A SNOW OR ICE STORM NECESSARILY, BUT REALLY WHENEVER THERE WAS SNOW COVER OR ICE ON THE ROADS. WE CHANGED TIRES - TWICE. THE WINTER OF 2008-2009, WE WERE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME, THE DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED AN ALIGNMENT. WE HAD THAT DONE, BUT THE TECH'S WHO DID THE ALIGNMENT WOULD NOT ROTATE OUR TIRES BECAUSE THEY SAID OUR TIRES WERE BALD. WE DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT BALD ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE, ONLY ON THE INSIDE. WE ENTERED THE WINTER OF 2009-2010 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM - TOOK IT ONCE AGAIN TO THE LITHIA HONDA DEALERSHIP IN AMES, IA. WE READ INTERNET ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE BLAMING THE REAR SWAY BAR. THE TECHNICIANS CHECKED IT AND THE REAR SHOCKS BUT DIDN'T DISCOVER ANYTHING WRONG. LITHIA'S SERVICE...

TIRE FAILURE ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I HAVE HAD UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. I HAVE HAD MY TIRES ROTATED REGULARLY AT THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE HAD THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED, BOUGHT NEW TIRES ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE CAR "SLIDES" OUT OF CONTROL. DOES NOT DRIVE WELL IN RAIN TRIES WEAR PREMATURELY. LOUD ROAD NOISE I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES AT LEAST 5 TIMES SINCE SEPT. 2005, ROTATING THEM EVERY 5000 MI. THE TIRES SEEM TO WEAR UNEVENLY. THE FIRST TIRE REPLACEMENT WAS AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS OF THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR. *TR

CIVIC EX 2006 FAULTY REAR DESIGN. RESULTING IN REAR TIRES BECOMING SEVERALLY WORN AND UNEVEN TREADS DUE TO UPPER REAR ARMS. MY CAR HAS ONLY 30000 MILES ON IT. HONDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS DEFECT #08-001. HONDA DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE UNLESS I PAY FOR THE NEW PART, $500, AND + LABOR, OR REPLACE TIRES WHICH MUST BE REPLACED DUE TO THIS STRUCTURAL DEFECT. DAMAGE TO TIRES OCCURRED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY MAKING THEM UNSAFE. THIS DEFECT CAUSES THE CAR TO BECOME MISALIGNED A SAFETY ISSUE IN ITSELF. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED IT IS A DEFECT BUT ARE NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM TO THE CONSUMER. *TR

OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. HAVING TROUBLE WITH UNEVEN TIRE WEAR ON THE REAR TIRES. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES REPLACED AT 38,000 AND BOUGHT EXPENSIVE TIRES FOR REPLACEMENT. NOW 20,000 MILES LATER, HAVING CUPPING AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT AGAIN. (TIRES HAVE BEEN ALIGNED AND ROTATED.) *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE TURANZA T TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SUSPENSION ISSUE WITH HIS VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE TIRES BECAME WORN AFTER 12,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE SUSPENSION REPAIRS, BUT NO RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIRES AND THAT THE SUSPENSION DID NOT AFFECT THE TIRE WEAR. BRIDGESTONE DISAGREED AND STATED THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THE TIRES FOR $650 AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. THE VEHICLE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 24,000. UPDATED 07/14/09. *LJ THE DEALER OFFERED TO CORRECT THE SUSPENSION PROBLEM AT THEIR EXPENSE, BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE PREMATURELY WORN TIRES. UPDATED 07/15/09.*JB

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID, WHICH IS EXHIBITING EXCESSIVE AND UNEVEN REAR TIRE WEAR. THE TIRES WERE INITIALLY REPLACED IN FEB. 2008, AND AGAIN IN JUNE 2008 (ALONG WITH THE REAR CONTROL ARMS). NOW, IN FEBRUARY 2009, THE REAR TIRES ARE WORN OUT AGAIN ON THE INSIDE, WITH CUPPING AND SCALLOPING OF THE TREAD. THESE TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 20,000 MILES SINCE NEW, AND HAVE BEEN ROTATED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CIVIC, AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED OR FIXED BY HONDA. *TR

AT 26,000 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE TIRES ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC DUE TO NOISE COMING FROM REAR AND CUPPING ON REAR TIRES. I HOPE A RECALL IS ISSUED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY TIRES AND SUSPENSION SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A LOUD NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN THE SPEED IS INCREASED. I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO MANKATO HONDA AND THEY INSISTED THAT IT WAS THE TIRE COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITIES SO THE TIRE COMPANY REPLACED THE TIRES AND ALIGNMENT WAS DONE. 10,000 MILES LATER I RETURNED WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT, MANKATO HONDA WOULD NOT HELP ME SO I WENT TO BURSVILLE HONDA. THEY DID HELP ME, THEY CHECKED MY TIRES, REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND ALIGNMENT WAS DONE. BURSVILLE HONDA DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG ONLY UNEVEN WORN OUT TIRES. ABOUT EVERY 10,000 TO 15,000 MILES I HAVE TO HAVE ALL FOUR TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED. BURNSVILLE HONDA HELPED ME 2 MORE TIMES THEN THE BUSINESS WAS SOLD TO WALSER HONDA. I RETURNED TO MANKATO HONDA AND THEY SHOWED ME...

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I HAVE UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR ON THE REAR TIRES. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN SENT TO HONDA DEALERS, BUT PUBLIC WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THUS, MANY OF US HAVE TO BUY TIRES PREMATURELY, NOT TO MENTION, PERHAPS IN DANGER OF BLOW-UP, ETC. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN THAT HAS 32,000 MILES ON IT AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR THE SECOND RECALL, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED 4 NEW TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE WORN DOWN. I ALSO NOTICED THAT MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 65-70MPH. I HAVE ROTATED MY TIRES AT EVERY OIL CHANGE (3000 MILES) SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MY TIRES COULD NEED REPLACING AT ONLY 32000 MILES! I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND NOTICED THAT MANY OTHER HONDA OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IS THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FAULTY DESIGN OF THE REAR CHAMBER CONTROL ARM THAT CAUSES THE TIRES TO CUP AND HAVE RAPID WEAR AS WELL AS NOISE AND VIBRATION GOING TO BE RECALLED AT ANY POINT? I DO NOT WANT TO REPLACE MY TIRES AT $125/TIRE AND HAVE...

I HAVE A HONDA 06 CIVIC COUPE THAT CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS RECURRING ISSUE. THE REAR TIRES "CUP", CAUSING UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR AND LOUD THUMPING SOUNDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE AT 21,000 AND THEN AGAIN AT 52,000 MILES. UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR CAN LEAD TO TIRE BLOWOUTS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE UPPER CONTROL ARM AND REPLACED THE TIRES, HOWEVER, EVEN AFTER A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT 41,000, THE "CUPPING" IS STILL HAPPENING. ACCORDING TO SEARCHES ON THE WEB, MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR 06 AND 07 HONDA CIVIC'S. *TR

I HAVE A RUMBLE IN THE SUSPENSION OF MY CAR WITH NEW TIRES. THE TIRES I HAVE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15,000 MILES ON THEM AND HONDA IS SAYING THAT IT'S BECAUSE I PUT CHEAP TIRES ON MY CAR. I HAVE BEEN TO BARRY'S HONDA SO MANY TIMES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. EVEN WHEN I HAD THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON THE CAR AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FIX IT OR THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I BROUGHT IT TO THEM AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES. ONE TIME THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A BROKEN BELT IN MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SO THAT'S WHEN I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE ORIGINAL TIRES ONLY HAD 40,000 MILES ON THEM WHEN I REPLACED THEM. WHEN I HAD THE TIRES REPLACED THE STORE THAT PUT THE TIRES ON SAID THAT THERE WASN'T A BROKEN BELT. I STILL HAD THE RUMBLE WITH...

TIRE FAILURE AROUND 27,000 MILES FROM EXCESSIVE WEAR ON REAR TIRES DESPITE REGULAR MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES. POSSIBLY DUE TO REAR CONTROL ARM MALFUNCTION WHICH MANUFACTURER WILL NOT INSPECT. ALSO, MANUFACTURER HAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BOTH SUN VISORS DUE TO SPLITTING OF PLASTIC (MOST LIKELY DUE TO BAD ENGINEERING WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF INTERIOR HEAT). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED TIRE FAILURE ON WET ROADS. HE NOTICED THAT THE REAR TIRE WAS COMPLETELY BALD. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING NEW TIRES. THE DEALER MADE OTHER REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE'S CONTROL ARM DUE TO EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. THE REPAIRS TOTALED $250. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS 33,984. UPDATED 09/10/08. *LJ

WITH APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILES ON THE HONDA 2006 CIVIC, THE TIRE NOISE AND VIBRATION STARTED BECOMING NOTICEABLE. BY THE TIME THERE WAS 22,000 MILES IT WAS VERY IRRITATING. MADE DECISION TO REPLACE THE OEM TIRES, BUT FIRST I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN ALIGNMENT SHOP WHO REFUSED TO DO ANY ALIGNMENT WORK BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THE ALIGNMENT WAS WITHIN SPECIFICATION. CHANGE FROM THE OEM TIRES (BRIDGESTONE TURANZA ) TO MICHELINS. NOW WITH LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON THE MICHELINS ONCE AGAIN THE NOISE AND VIBRATION IS HORRIBLE DUE TO CUPPING ON THE REAR TIRES. THE RACKET IS SO BAD I CAN'T BELIEVE ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW AXLE, NEW BRAKES, AND FOUR NEW TIRES. SHE HAS ALL OF THE PAPERWORK FOR THE REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE THUS FAR. ON JUNE 21, 2008, WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND BEGAN DECELERATING. SHE PULLED OVER UNTIL AAA ARRIVED. THE CONTACT WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SHE BELIEVES THAT THE SAFETY RECALL IS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, BUT HONDA DISAGREES. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V399000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR) WAS REFERENCED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

I RECENTLY BOUGHT NEW TIRES AND THE STEEL TRIED IS SHOWING THROUGH. HONDA DEALERSHIP SAID THAT HONDA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND, IF I BOUGHT NEW TIRES, THAT THEY WOULD GIVE ME A FREE ALIGNMENT. NOT COOL SEEING AS HONDA SHOULD GIVE ME NEW TIRES AND FIX THE PROBLEM. MY CAR NOW MAKES LOUD NOISES DUE TO THE TIRES AND, WITH ALL THE OTHER FIXES I AM HAVING TO GET, I AM RETHINKING HONDA'S COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. I AM THINKING OF TRADING IT IN FOR A PRIUS. *TR

I HEARD A LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR HUB AND THE NOISE STOPPED FOR ABOUT 8-10 THOUSAND MILES. I LATER FOUND THAT THEY HAD ISSUED A RECALL. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK AND THIS TIME THEY HAD TO REPLACED THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS. HONDA ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM AND I AM READING MANY COMPLAINTS ON EDMUND'S INTERNET SIGHT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE ON THE 2006-2007 CIVICS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION RUINED THE TIRES ON THE CAR AND CAUSED AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE DEALER DID CHANGE THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS BUT THE CAR CONTINUES TO MAKE NOISE IN THE REAR. THE DEALER TELLS ME ITS THE TIRES AND THE CUPPING IN THE TIRES IS THE FAULT OF THE TIRE, NOT THE CAR WHICH IT NOT TRUE. I CALLED HONDA AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE...

THE REAR TIRES ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX ARE RAPIDLY CUP, WORN AND UNEVEN, AND MAKING A LOUD HUMMING NOISE. THE REAR SUSPENSION CANNOT BE ALIGNED BY THE DEALER BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURE REAR SUSPENSION DESIGN DEFECT. I NOTICE THE NOISE AROUND 3,000 MILES. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC REAR BROKE LOOSE. CONSUMER SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT THE DIVISION WALL. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT. THE REAR TIRES WERE WORN AND THERE WAS LIGHT SNOW ON THE GROUND WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONSUMER LOOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0025-90. *JB

IN AUGUST OF 2006, I PURCHASED A 2006 HONDA CIVIC FROM BOB HOWARD AUTOMALL IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THIS CAR WAS FLAWED FROM THE BEGINNING AND HONDA AMERICA KNEW IT AND DID NOTHING TO LET ANY CONSUMERS KNOW ABOUT THIS DEFECT. THE FLAW IN THE CAR IS THAT THE REAR AXLE IS FLAWED AND IS CAUSING TIRES TO WEAR ABNORMALLY, THUS CAUSING FLATS AND BLOWOUTS THAT CONSUMERS ARE UNAWARE OFF. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO FIX AND HONDA IS UNWILLING TO WARRANT ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE THAT THEIR MISTAKE HAS CAUSED. THIS CAR THAT WE OWN HAS HAD TWO BLOWOUTS ON THE REAR TIRES AND ADDITIONAL DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED WHEN WE HAD TO JUMP CURBS TO GET OUT OF THE CITY TRAFFIC FLOW. NOW HONDA AMERICA WANTS TO KEEP THIS FLAW QUIET AND LET CONSUMERS FOOT THE BILL FOR TIRES AND ANY DAMAGE THAT...

2006 HONDA CIVIC HAS A DESIGN DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE REAR TIRES TO RAPIDLY CUP AND WEAR ON THE INSIDE EDGES IN AS LITTLE AT 10,000 MILES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 88 HEADING WEST. I SHIFTED LANES GRADUALLY FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT LANE WHEN I HIT A PUDDLE. I WAS EASING OFF THE ACCELERATOR, BUT I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2006 STARTED TO HYDROPLANE. IT SPUN AROUND 320 DEGREES AND WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT. THE CAR SUFFERED OVER $14,000 DAMAGE AND MY WIFE SUFFERED A SEVERE BACK INJURY THAT CONTINUES TO IMPACT HER ABILITY TO FUNCTION TODAY. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE STATE POLICE. A WITNESS THAT WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME CONFIRMED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS NEVER LIT UP. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE HONDA CIVIC HYBRID IS MORE LIKELY TO HYDROPLANE THAN OTHER CARS. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS A DEFECT THAT CREATES THIS SIGNIFICANT RISK. I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT I HAVE OBSERVED UNUSUALLY RAPID WEARING...

EVEN BEFORE I REACHED 10,000 MILES ON MY CAR I HAD TO HAVE ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL ONES WERE CUPPING. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I HAD NOT ROTATED THE TIRES ANY WARRANTY WOULD BE VOIDED. *TR

THE CAR HAD EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE AFTER 8,000 MILES. CHECKING THE REAR TIRES I FOUND THAT BOTH HA NUMEROUS FLAT SPOTS. TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER AND GOT THE SAME RESPONSE THAT OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. I WAS ASKED IF I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A TIRE ISSUE AND TO TALK TO A BRIDGESTONE DEALER. THE TIRE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES THAT COME ON THE CAR AREN'T THE BEST QUALITY AND I SHOULD REPLACE THEM WITH A BETTER PAIR. THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY SAID IT DUE TO LACK OF TIRE ROTATION. I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH TIRES WEARING LIKE THIS EVEN AFTER NOT ROTATING TIRES ON OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES WITH NEW MICHELINS AT MY EXPENSE. I WILL HAVE THEM ROTATED AT EACH OIL CHANGE. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK...

I AM CURRENTLY HAVING ISSUES WITH THE REAR TIRES ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX. ONCE MY VEHICLE REACHED ROUGHLY 17,000 MILES, I STARTED TO HEAR EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR TIRES. NOT THINKING MUCH ABOUT IT, AT ROUGHLY 20,000 MILES, THE SOUND WAS GETTING WORSE. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY REAR TIRES HAD A FLAT SPOT ON EACH TIRE. THEY SAID THAT IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT HIGH SPEED. I DROVE IT FOR 500 MILES MORE AND COULD NOT TAKE THE LOUD HUMMING COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE TIRES. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SUSPENSION. THERE WERE MANY (8) FLAT SPOTS ON ONLY THE REAR TIRES. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD ROAD NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE UNEVENLY WORN, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO NOT ROTATE THE TIRES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 22,652 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,300. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS THE BATTERY PACK(BETWEEN REAR SEAT AND TRUNK) IS CAUSING THE REAR TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY. UPDATED 07/10/07 *TR

MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX HAD APPROXIMATELY 20000 MILES ON IT AS OF 3/20/07. I BOUGHT IT NEW OVER A YEAR AGO AT ABOUT 10000 MILES . I STARTED HEARING NOISES COMING FROM THE REAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER , WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE TWO REAR TIRES HAD FLAT SPOTS. THEY ASKED ME IF I HAD DRIVEN WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. I DID NOT DRIVE IT WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT HELP ME, AND ASKED ME TO CALL BRIDGESTONE TO SEE IF IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER TIRE WARRANTY. BRIDGESTONE TOLD ME IT WAS A VEHICLE ISSUE, AND WOULD NOT HELP ME. I THEN TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME HONDA DEALER 1000 MILES LATER AND PAID $45 FOR THEM TO TELL ME I NEEDED NEW REAR TIRES. THAT WAS DUMB ON MY PART CONSIDERING I KNEW THAT, BUT I...