2006 Honda Civic

REAR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES. REAR TIRES AGAIN REPLACED AT 40,000 MILES. REAR TIRES AGAIN REPLACED AT 65,000 MILES. ALL TIRES REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE AS HONDA WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. INSANELY LOUD RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM REAR END OF VEHICLE STARTING AROUND 15,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THAT'S NORMAL. INDEPENDENT SHOP MANAGED TO GET ALIGNMENT WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS ALTHOUGH IT WAS "VERY DIFFICULT" TO GET THE ALIGNMENT TO MEET HONDA'S SPECIFICATIONS. REAR END CONTINUES TO RUMBLE AND MAKE LOUD NOISE. HONDA DEALERS WILL NOT FIX ISSUE. *TT

MY REAR TIRES ON MY '06 WERE MAKING A ROARING NOISE AND VIBRATING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AFTER PUTTING 15,000 MILES ON IT (BOUGHT USED WITH 64,404 MILES ON IT), MY TIRES WORE OUT DUE TO UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AT THE INNER EDGES. FORTUNATELY BY CHANCE, JUST BEFORE WE EMBARKED ON A 1500 MILE TRIP, I JUST ACCIDENTALLY HAPPENED TO NOTICE THAT THE BELTS WERE SHOWING ON THE INNER EDGE OF MY RIGHT REAR TIRE. THIS WAS NOT READILY NOTICEABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR, UNTIL I CRAWLED UNDER THE BACK END OF MY CAR TO CHECK ON SOMETHING ELSE. FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE OUTER EDGES AND MID-SECTIONS OF MY TIRES, I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT MY TIRES WERE IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT AND THAT THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN! AFTER INSPECTING THE OTHER TIRES ON MY CAR, I ENDED UP REPLACING A TOTAL OF THREE TIRES. HOWEVER, THIS WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH MY TIRE-EATING CAR, SINCE THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT, AS OUTLINED IN HONDA TSB 08-001. I WENT TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER AND WAS INFORMED BY A SERVICE REP THAT THEY HANDLE THESE CLAIMS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. SINCE I DID NOT SAVE MY WORN OUT TIRES AND DUE TO THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON MY CAR, I DECIDED THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A WASTE OF TIME FOR ME TO TRY TO GET HONDA TO REPLACE THE CONTROL ARMS AT THEIR EXPENSE. AFTER REVIEWING TSB 08-001, IT IS MY OPINION THAT HONDA SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND INITIATE AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY RECALL TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION. PREMATURE TIRE WEAR DUE TO THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM CONFIGURATION APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE 06 & 07 CIVIC MODELS, AS INDICATED BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF AFTERMARKET ADJUSTABLE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS/CAMBER KITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. MY CIVIC NOW STAYS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY ALL OF THE TIME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT IS NOT EASILY OR READILY NOTICEABLE TO CONSUMERS! *TT

BROUGHT VEHICLE TO HONDA DUE TO LOUD ROARING SOUND NEAR REAR LEFT TIRE. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEARING AS THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL AND MY CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY "OK". HONDA CALLS AND WANTS TO CHARGE ME ALMOST $800 FOR 2 NEW CONTROL ARMS, 2 NEW REAR TIRES, AND AN ALIGNMENT. I DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIND OUT THERE IS A TSB: HONDA DESIGNED THE CONTROL ARMS WRONG CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES. THE FIX IS TO REPLACE THEM WITH NEWLY DESIGNED CONTROL ARMS. SO, HONDA SHOULD PAY FOR IT CONSIDERING THEY DESIGNED A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. HONDA WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. ESSENTIALLY, HONDA IS ADMITTING THE PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE BY REPLACING IT WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED PRODUCT. MY PURCHASED AN AFTERMARKET WARRANTY FROM THE HONDA STEALERSHIP: THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE CONTROL ARMS CLAIMING "IT IS A DEFECT CAUSED BY HONDA" AND THE PART IS NOT BROKEN. THE CONSUMER LOSES ONCE AGAIN AND HONDA TAKES THE MONEY. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON THIS CAR: THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKS DUE TO IMPROPER CASTING, THE CHEAP VISORS BREAK: AT LEAST HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS TO 8 YEARS. AFTER THAT, I GUESS YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK. THIS IS MY 6TH HONDA. I ALSO HAVE A HONDA LAWNMOWER AND POWERWASHER. HONDA WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE I WOULD BUY DUE TO THEIR HIGH QUALITY AND RELIABILITY. THEY USED TO BUILD QUALITY PRODUCTS AND STAND BEHIND THEM. NOW THEY BUILD GARBAGE AT A PREMIUM PRICE AND REFUSE TO STAND BEHIND THEM. I KNEW I BOUGHT THAT HYUNDAI SONATA FOR $4,000 LESS THAN AN ACCORD... PS: THE HYUNDAI HAS 0 ISSUES AND RUNS GREAT WITH SIMILAR MILEAGE. SORRY HONDA: I WILL BE PURCHASING FROM A COMPANY THAT STANDS BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF COMPANY RIDING OFF OF THEIR NAME LEGACY FROM THE 80'S AND 90'S. CHECK OUT HYUNDAI OR EVEN DARE I SAY AND AMERICAN CAR: THE QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER. *TR

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 HAS DRAINED OUR SAVINGS,WE STILL HAVE 2 MORE YEARS OF PAYMENTS AND WANT A SOLUTION FROM HONDA AND BELIEVE IF THERE IS A REAR AXLE PROBLEM, CAUSING LOUD NOISE AND QUICKLY WORN TIRES, THEY SHOULD CORRECT IT AND REIMBURSE US!! YOU BUY AN EXPENSIVE HYBRID TO SAVE ON GAS AND LESS POLLUTION AND GET ROBBED ON MAINTENANCE, SAFETY AND COMFORT. *KB

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID, I AM ON MY SECOND SET OF TIRES DUE TO THEM RUBBING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE WELL. MY CAR HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT. I AM GOING NEXT WEEK TO GET ANOTHER SET OF TIRES ( THE THIRD SET). THE BACK TIRES RUB EXCESSIVELY SO MUCH SO THE BACK OF THE CAR SHAKES, IF I HAVE ANY WEIGHT IN THE CAR IT IS ALMOST UNBEARABLE. *TR

UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. HONDA CLAIMS THIS IS INTENDED BUT THE CAR GOES THROUGH BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE REAR EVERY 7500 MILES. THE REAR CONTROL ARM PUTS NEGITIVE CAMBER AND TOE ON THE TIRE CAUSES THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE TO WEAR BALD VERY QUICKLY EVEN WHEN DRVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, IF YOU DONT CHECK THE TIRES DAILY FOR WEAR YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE IT. I DIDN'T NOTICE IT TILL MY TIRE POPPED. LUCKILY I WASN'T ON A MAJOR ROAD OR THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE INCIDENT. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER STATES AFTER TIRE ROTATION HE NOTICED AN INCREASE TIRE NOISE AND VIBRATION *TGW WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO HIS MECHANIC, AN INSPECTION REVEALED UNUSUAL AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CONDITION WAS RECOGNIZED AND DOCUMENTED BY HONDA. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY INCORRECTLY SIZED UPPER CONTROL ARMS WHICH WERE INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. *JB

BROUGHT MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AND THREE TIMES WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE WEARING EVENLY AND DIDN'T NEED TO ROTATE BROUGHT IT SOME WHERE ELSE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE CUPPING ON THE INSIDE AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT THE MECHANIC WOULDN'T ROTATE BECAUSE THE CUPPING WAS SO SEVERE ON THE REAR TIRES THEN I TOOK IT BACK TO HONDA AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED UPDATED CONTROL ARMS NEEDLESS TO SAY IF THEY WOULD HAVE CRACKED IN HALF I COULD HAVE TIRES FLYING OFF MY CAR . I CAN NOT BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM IT CAN BE VERY SERIOUS AND HONDA ISN'T PICKING UP ANY OF THE COST I DRIVE VERY FAR EVERY DAY AND NOW I AM NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT WITH THIS CAR AND DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT OR PAY FOR HONDAS MISTAKES. *TR