1999 Honda Civic

MY WIFE'S FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW ON HER 1999 HONDA CIVIC AND ALMOST CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON I75. SHE IS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE BEEN INJURED. ALSO, HER SISTER'S FIRESTONE TIRE BLEW 1 YEAR LATER ON HER 1998 HONDA CIVIC WHILE DRIVING ON ANOTHER FLORIDA HIGHWAY. THE PROBABILITIES OF SUCH INCIDENTS HAPPENING TO ONE FAMILY MUST BE HIGH UNLESS THERE IS A DEFECT IN THESE FIRESTONE TIRES. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT THAT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THESE WERE NOT SUV'S. DATE OF INCIDENT IS ESTIMATED SINCE IT WAS A MINOR INCIDENT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THESE FIRESTONE TIRES MAY NOT BE SAFE. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THE MAKE OF THESE TIRES ARE UNKNOWN SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN DISCARDED A LONG TIME AGO. *NLM

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY 1999 HONDA CIVIC FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH IN SEPTEMBER 2002. I TOOK THE CAR TO GET A NEW SWITCH INSTALLED. AFTER THAT I DID NOT SEE A POSITIVE CHANGE OR FASTER START UP OF THE CAR . IN FACT, IT SEEMED TO START SLOWER AND SLOWER. WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR I FELT A GRINDING SENSATION UNDER MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE THE CAR WAS STRUGGLING TO SPEED UP. ALSO, WHEN I WOULD TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION THE CAR WOULD NOT START RIGHT AWAY, IT STALLED FOR ABOUT (7) SEVEN SECONDS OR SO. I BELIEVE THIS CAR IS A LEMON. WHEN I BOUGHT IT, THE GEARS WOULDN'T CHANGE PROPERLY. I WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO GO UP TO SPPED ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME FOR THE CAR TO CHANGE GEARS, IT SOUNDED VERY LOUD BECAUSE OF THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DID THIS, I AM CONCERNED AND IT BECAME VERY ANNOYING. I HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR ON OCT. 16, 2002. AS I WAS DRIVING I HEARD SOMETHING CRACK UNDER THE CAR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SPIN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. I BELIEVE THE CAR HAD A SAFETY DEFECT THAT CAUSED THE WHEELS TO BREAK, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER TOLD ME THESE ARE SOME OF THE DAMAGES TO THE CAR: THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR SHIFTED, THE AXLE BROKE, THE TIRES AND WHEELS BROKE, THEY DECLARED THE CAR A TOTAL LOSS. I BELIEVE THE WHEELS/TIRES BROKE FIRST, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT THE CRACKING SOUND WAS THAT I HEARD WHICH CAUSED THE CAR SWERVE. MY INSURANCE COMPANY PAID THE CAR OFF SO FAST WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THEY ARE HIDING SOMETHING. ASLO, I THINK THE STEERING OF THE CAR WAS OUT OF LINE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE CAR WOULD VEER TO THE RIGHT WHEN I WOULD BE DRIVING STRAIGHT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO STAY IN THE LANE I WOULD APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE TO HELP ME FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR AS I ALREADY SAID A RECALL FOR THE IGNITION WAS ISSUED MORE DEFECTS MAY BE FOUND. DT

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE BUSTED. ON 9/11/00, DRIVER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TIRE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE, HOWEVER THIS ONE DID NOT BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING ON 9/13. DUNLOP HAS BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE TIRES. DUNLOP WAS WILLING TO REPLACE THE TIRES AT HALF PRICE. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON FREEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE. SHE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATED. TIRES WERE DUNLOP DB7C1199 . SHE CONTACTED DUNLOP, AND ATTENDANT TOLD HER THAT THEY WOULD PRO RATE HER TIRES. *AK IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE OTHER FRONT TIRE WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE ALSO. 2 DAYS LATER, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT, DUNLOP REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE TIRES ONLY LAST 20000 TO 30000 MILES AND CONSUMER'S TIRES HAD 29784 MILES ON THEM. *SLC