2006 Honda Civic

I BOUGHT A NEW HONDA CIVIC, 2006, AND WITHIN ONE YEAR, ALL FOUR TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER SAID IT "HAPPENS". I HAD ABOUT 12K MILES ON THOSE TIRES. NOW, AGAIN AFTER ONE YEAR, I HAVE TO REPLACE MY REAR TIRES DUE TO UNUSUAL WEAR. I HAVE READ THAT IT IS A DESIGN FAULT OF THE CAR.- UPPER CONTROL ARMS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR TO SAVE MONEY, NOT TO HAVE TO BUY TIRES ANNUALLY AND HAVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. MY SISTER BOUGHT THE SAME CAR AT THE SAME TIME I DID AND HER TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONE YEAR ALSO. *TR

I'M AN OWNER OF A HONDA CIVIC EX '06, WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2006. AFTER GETTING A FLAT TIRE (REAR RIGHT SIDE), MY CAR WAS TAKEN IN TO ANOTHER DEALER (NOT HONDA) AND HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED. THE CAR HAD 39K MILES ON IT. AT THE TIME, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE CAR SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO HONDA TO BE INSPECTED FOR UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THAT MODEL/YEAR OF CAR AND THERE WAS EVEN A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT. AFTER THE INSPECTION, HONDA STATED THAT YES INDEED, THE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR WAS DUE TO A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND THAT IT MUST BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HONDA WOULDN'T PAY FOR IT AT THE TIME SINCE MY WARRANTY HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. I JUST WANT TO WRITE THIS NOTIFICATION BECAUSE THEY SHOULD NOT BE SELLING CARS THAT HAS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD (ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN OR SNOW). *TR

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

I AM WRITING TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DISAPPOINTING EXPERIENCE I HAD RECENTLY WITH MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. 1.ON NOVEMBER 26, 2008, THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NEED NEW TIRES SOON. I THEN MENTIONED TO HIM THAT THE TIRES WERE VERY LOUD AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BE MAKING EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE. HE SAID NOTHING ABOUT MY COMMENT. 2.ON DECEMBER 21, 2008, I NOTICED THAT THE TIRES ON THE CIVIC WERE WORN DOWN VERY UNEVENLY AND ONE OF THEM WAS BUCKLING. I DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE WITH THOSE TIRES ANY LONGER DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES AND PROCEEDED TO BUY 4 NEW TIRES THE FOLLOWING DAY, DECEMBER 22, 2008. 3.AFTER THE TIRE PURCHASE AND REVIEWING HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001 (DATED APRIL 11, 2008), I DECIDED TO RETURN TO MY HONDA DEALER AS I BECAME CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A LARGER PROBLEM. AS IT TURNS OUT, I WAS RIGHT. 4.THE SERVICE BULLETIN DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY CAR. AS THE CAR WAS AND IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE WORK WAS COVERED AT NO COST TO ME. HOWEVER, I PAID FOR 4 NEW TIRES AND I THINK AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC SHOULD COVER THIS COST. IN ADDITION, THIS IS A REVISED SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FEBRUARY 8, 2008 AND NO ONE EVER INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR MIGHT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. CLEARLY THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THIS CAR. THIS CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND THE ORIGINAL TIRES SHOULD HAVE LASTED WELL OVER 30,000 MILES. THE SERVICE ADVISOR WHO ASSISTED ME ON DECEMBER 22, 2008 INSISTED THAT THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE NOR DID IT WARRANT A RECALL ON THE 2006 HONDA CIVIC. AS A PROACTIVE CONSUMER, IT WAS MY GOOD FORTUNE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICE BULLETIN, AND POINT OUT THAT THESE 'SYMPTOMS' WERE OCCURRING WITH MY CAR. IF I HAD NOT HAD THE PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM REPAIRED AT THE DEALER, THE DEFECT WOULD HAVE RUINED MY BRAND NEW SET OF TIRES. BY THAT TIME, THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER BE UNDER WARRANTY AND I WOULD HAVE INCURRED THE COST TO FIX IT WHEN HONDA WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

AT 55K MILES, WE HAVE JUST INSTALLED OUR THIRD FULL SET OF TIRES ON 2006 HONDA CIVIC LX. THE ORIGINAL TIRES LASTED APPROX 35K. WE HEARD LOUD GROWLING FROM REAR TIRES, INITIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS, THEN PROGRESSIVELY LOWER SPEEDS. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VEHICLE VIBRATION WHICH SEEMED TO INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY W/INCREASED SPEED. DISCOVERED ONLINE ABOUT ISSUES W/CIVIC'S REAR CONTROL ARMS. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER, WHO ADVISED THE TIRES WERE UNEVENLY WORN. IN FACT THERE WERE COMPLETELY BALD SPOTS, WHILE APPROPRIATE TREAD REMAINED ELSEWHERE ON EACH TIRE. DEALER AGREED TO REPLACE CONTROL ARMS ONLY AFTER WE REPLACED THE TIRES.. WE BORE ENTIRE COST OF REPLACEMENT TIRES. AFTER SIX MONTHS AND 20K MILES, INCLUDING ONE TIRE ROTATION, THE NOISE AND VIBRATION RETURNED, THIS TIME ON FRONT END. COULD THIS BE BECAUSE THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WORE UNEVENLY WHILE INITIALLY ON BACK? TOOK CAR BACK TO HONDA DEALER, WHO SAID "TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY; THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED." NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ANY ISSUES W/CIVIC MODEL. TIRE DEALER PRO-RATED REPLACEMENT TIRES [STILL A BUNCH OF $$$], SAID THEY'D NEVER HAD THAT "BETTER" [70K] MODEL OF TIRE WEAR SO UNEVENLY. [CUPPING/FEATHERING] IT SEEMS HONDA'S "FIX" WASN'T REALLY. I AM GENUINELY CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY; WE WILL LIKELY SELL THE CAR ASAP. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT SOME CIVIC OWNER OUT THERE WILL BE UNABLE TO AFFORD REPLACEMENT TIRES AND JUST CONTINUE TO DRIVE ON WORTHLESS RUBBER. SINCE HONDA WILL NOT CONCEDE THE PROBLEM, THEY REFUSE TO ABSORB THE COST OF TIRES. NOR DOES HONDA SEEM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN RESOLVING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN ASTOUNDED BY THE TOTAL LACK OF CONCERN AT HONDA. WHEN, BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN, THERE IS A RESULTING CATASTROPHIC TIRE FAILURE, I HOPE ITS NOT AT 75MPH ON A CROWDED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC HAS THE WORST TIRE WEAR/VIBRATION OF ANY CAR I HAVE EVER HAD...IT'S NOT SAFE FOR MY FAMILY OR OTHERS ON THE ROAD. HONDA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IS NOT FIXING IT. IT'S BEEN BLAMED ON MULTIPLE ISSUES. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSES. I HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH GOING ON 3 SETS OF TIRES. MY CAR ONLY HAS 50,000 MILE ON IT!!! *TR

A RUMBLING NOISE EMANATING FROM THE REAR THAT HAS PROGRESSIVELY INCREASED IN VOLUME FROM ~12K TO 38K MILES. RECENTLY NOTICED EXTREME WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF BOTH REAR TIRES AND A PRONOUNCED TOE OUT OF BOTH REAR WHEELS. I ALSO HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS FROM HYDROPLANING EMANATING FROM THE REAR. NUMEROUS ENTRIES ON THE NET INDICATED A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH 06 TO 08 CIVIC REAR CONTROL ARMS AND A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED 1/08 TO REPLACE THESE CONTROL ARMS. I WAS NOT CONTACTED OR INFORMED IN ANY WAY OF THIS BULLETIN EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY 06 HONDA CIVIC AT MY DEALER IN MAY 08. AFTER REALIZING THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM IE. PURE SAFETY ISSUE AND RUNNING INTO DENIALS AND RESISTANCE FROM BOTH PFLUEGAR AND TONY HONDA ON OAHU I CALLED HONDA CORP. IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH TONY HONDA FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ARMS. HONDA MUST ANNOUNCE A RECALL ON THIS SERIOUS DEFECT BEFORE THERE IS A RASH OF ACCIDENTS/DEATHS DUE TO THEIR UNCONSCIONABLE CONDUCT REGARDING REPLACING THIS SERIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PART. CONTACTED PFLUEGAR HONDA HONOLULU. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC SI THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH THREE SETS OF TIRES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THE FIRST SET OF TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE CAR WERE FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND WERE REPLACED AT 40,000 MILES. THE SECOND SET WAS REPLACED AT 15,000 MILES DUE TO SEVERE TIRE WEAR IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. THE DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM I'M HAVING AND JUST TRIES EVERYTHING TO GET AROUND THIS. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CIVIC OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. EVENTUALLY SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT IF THEY HAVE A BLOWN TIRE.*TR