2006 Honda Civic

REAR TIRES WEAR UNEVEN IN A SHORT TIME SPAN. NO MECHANICAL ISSUE CAN BE FOUND BY MECHANICS. CAR IS PROPERLY ALIGNED. GO THROUGH REAR TIRES EVERY 20,000 MILES. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, TIRES CAN WEAR BALD IN 100 MILES AFTER THEY START TO WEAR UNEVEN. THIS IS AN ENGINEERING ISSUE. REAR OF CAR JUMPS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND CAN CAUSE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SHE HEARD A LOUD SOUND IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT WATER PENETRATED IN THE REAR WHEEL BEARING CAUSING THE ABS SENSORS TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WERE 122,000.

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I PURCHASED IT NEW AND HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE VEHICLE WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE REAR TIRES WEAR UNEVENLY (FLAT SPOTS) CAUSING A ROARING SOUND THAT IS VERY ANNOYING. ALSO, DURING HIGH SPEED (45 - 70 MPH) THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AS IF THE WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALANCE. THIS COULD PRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD. WHEN I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM I THOUGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN MY FAULT FOR NOT ROTATING THE TIRES AS RECOMMENDED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. HOWEVER, I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT ROTATING THE TIRES AND HAVING THE WHEELS BALANCED DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DURING MY RESEARCH OF THE PROBLEM ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE I FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER CIVIC OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS I HAVE ASKED NUMEROUS CIVIC OWNERS IF THEY WERE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLE. NEARLY EVERY ONE THAT I ASKED DID IN FACT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WITH APPROXIMATELY 58,000 MILES. I REPLACED THE FIRST SET OF TIRES (DUNLOP) AFTER @30,000 MILES (FOR REFERENCE, THE PREVIOUS HONDA ACCORD I OWNED WOULD TYPICALLY GO 50-80K BEFORE NEEDING NEW TIRES)... THE TIRES ON MY CIVIC HYBRID WERE ALL WORN ON THE INSIDE AND NOT EASILY VISIBLE (THE OUTSIDE TREAD LOOKED FINE) - I FOUND THIS OUT DURING MY ANNUAL CAR INSPECTION IN JULY/AUG 2008. AT THAT TIME I HAD A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE AND TIRES REPLACED BEFORE I COULD PASS THE INSPECTION. SINCE THEN, I REPLACED ONE OF THE TIRES ABOUT A YR AGO BECAUSE THE TIRE STARTED TO COME APART AT THE SEAM AND WAS MAKING A LOUD THUD NOISE. I HAVE NEVER RUN INTO THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH A TIRE BEFORE AND AM GRATEFUL THE TIRE DIDN'T COME TOTALLY APART (ESPECIALLY IF MY FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR)... I WAS JUST AT THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER ON 4/8/11 TO HAVE A RECALL ISSUE (DEFECTIVE VOLTAGE REGULATOR) DEALT WITH WHEN THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT MY FRONT TIRES WERE IN BAD SHAPE. HE DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT A KNOWN SUSPENSION PROBLEM (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001) WHICH SPEAKS TO THIS ISSUE CAUSING THE TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY THOUGH HE DID ADVISE THAT THE FRONT TIRES BE REPLACED AND ALL FOUR WHEELS BE REALIGNED. INTERESTINGLY, THE LAST TRIP TO THIS SAME DEALERSHIP TO REMEDY A FAULTY SENSOR IN AUGUST 2010 THERE WAS NO MENTION OF TIRE ISSUES OR TSB 08-001 YET I'VE ONLY PUT ON 5,000 MILES SINCE THAT TIME AND THE TIRE ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPARENT AT THAT TIME TOO... I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT HONDA'S TSB 08-001 AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB ON 4/12/11. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FEEL HONDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS A SUSPENSION DESIGN FLAW, SAFETY ISSUE, AND THE CONSUMER IS UNKNOWINGLY PAYING FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES AND ALIGNMENTS. I'VE TRIED TO GET HONDA TO PAY FOR FIXING THE SUSPENSION ISSUE (AS PER THE SERVICE BULLETIN) BUT THEY ARE SO FAR UNWILLINGLY TO DO THAT. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. *TR

WE BOUGHT A 2006 HONDA CIVIC IN SEPT. 2005. IN 2007 WE BEGAN HAVING VIBRATION PROBLEMS, FOUND WE WERE HAVE TIRE ISSUES WHEN WE WENT TO OUR LOCAL TIRE SHOP, WE REPLACED THE TIRES, WE MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALER WHEN WE WENT IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, THEY SEEMED UNCONCERNED. IN 2008 WE HAD A RECURRENCE OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND WENT TO OUR SEARS STORE, WHO CONFIRMED TIRE WEAR, AND WE AGAIN REPLACED THE TIRES. THIS SEEMED ODD, SO WE THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION. AT THIS TIME THE DEALER TOLD US OF A "SPECIAL BULLETIN" FOR A SUSPENSION DESIGN FLAW, NOT A RECALL, AND WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE "KIT" UPDATE, WHICH WE HAD TO PAY FOR AS IT WAS NOT A RECALL! WE ARE NOW HAVING THE SAME "VIBRATION" PROBLEM, HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER, WHO TELLS US THE SUSPENSION IS FINE AND RECOMMENDS REPLACING THE TWO REAR TIRES FOR "CUPPING" ON ONE OF THEM. WE ARE WELL UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE TIRES BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD AS THE SUSPENSION IS PROBABLY THE ISSUE(PER SEARS ON THE PHONE), THEY WON'T BE COVERED. SO.. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE REPLACING TIRES, WHICH WE ARE CERTAIN ARE WEARING DOWN DUE TO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM (SHORT REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS)AFTER READING THE ONLINE FORUMS WHERE EVERY PROBLEM WE HAVE AND HAVE HAD IS BEING DISCUSSED FOR OUR MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. PLEASE HELP US MAKE HONDA AWARE THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CAUSING COSTLY TIRE REPLACEMENTS. APPARENTLY THE SOLUTION IS REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTROL ARMS AND HONDA WILL NOT BEAR THE REPLACEMENT COST OF TIRES THAT THEIR DESIGN FLAW HAS AND CONTINUES TO CAUSE. HONDA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

I TOOK THE CAR TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE BACK TIRES WERE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY ON THE INSIDE. THEY REPLACED THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS WITH THE "SUPPOSEDLY" CORRECT CONTROL ARMS MARKED C AND DID AN ALIGNMENT, BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM! I JUST BOUGHT A FULL SET OF NEW TIRES IN JULY OF 2010 AND MY CAR WAS ALIGNED AND I AM ABOUT TO NEED NEW TIRES AGAIN! IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER'S VISOR FELL OFF AND WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, BOTH VISORS FELL OFF THE SECOND TIME, AND ARE NOW HELD ON WITH ZIP TIES. THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE VISOR AS WELL.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THEY BEGAN FEELING A VIBRATION AND HEARD A ROARING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM CAME FROM A COMBINATION OF THE TIRES AND REAR WHEELS GEOMETRY DISPLACEMENT. THE FAILURE CAUSED INNER EDGE WEAR ON THE TIRES, VIBRATION AND A ROARING NOISE. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT THE COMPONENT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.