2006 Honda Civic

JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HONDA... FOR LEAVING ME FREAKING HIGH AND DRY HOLDING A REPAIR BILL THEY CREATED. I KNOW NOW THE PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED... TOO BAD IT'S PEOPLE ON THE FREAKING INTERNET HELPING OUT, RATHER THAN HONDA. SORRY... BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE FOR THIS "SERVICE BULLETIN" TO GET SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET AND NOT SENT TO THE OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO DO A RECALL ON IT... IT'D BE VERY COSTLY. HOWEVER, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO SEND THIS "SERVICE BULLETIN" TO ALL OWNERS, AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE THE PART IF THEY HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES OF RIDICULOUS EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HONDA IS HOPING... THAT MOST OF THE OWNERS OF THESE CARS WILL FIND OUT THERE IS A PROBLEM AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES... LIKE I DID... NICE HONDA... AFREAKINGP'RECIATE IT. I MEAN HECK... IT TAKES THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF MILES TO REALIZE YOUR TIRES ARE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. AND EVEN AFTER YOU REPLACE THE TIRES, YOU JUST KINDA JUST CHALK IT UP THAT YOU SIMPLY NEEDED A NEW SET. IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH MAYBE THAT 2ND SET, WHEN YOU START TO THINK... IS IT MY IMAGINATION, OR ARE THESE TIRES WEARING FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD? BEING THAT I WAS A STUDENT IN 2007, I COULD ONLY AFFORD TO REPLACE TWO TIRES AT A TIME. IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE HOW FAST THE TIRES DEGRADED... SOUNDED LIKE A [XXX] HELICOPTER WAS ABOUT TO LAND ON MY ROOF... THE REAR TIRES WERE BAD. I REPLACED THE TWO TIRES AT A WALMART SERVICE CENTER. WITHIN SIX MONTHS I HAD TO REPLACE THE OTHER TIRES I HADN'T REPLACED THE LAST TIME. FULL CIRCLE... 10 MONTHS LATER AND SOUNDING LIKE THE BACK OF THE CAR IS GOING TO FALL OFF. KINDA SOUNDS LIKE WHEN YOU OPEN UP ONLY ONE WINDOW (THREE INCHES OR SO) GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 70 MILES AN HOUR... BOP.. BOP... BOP.. BOP..BOP OVER AND OVER. *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FIRST SET OF TIRES REPEATEDLY BECAME CUPPED AND CAUSED HIGH ROAD NOISE. REAR END BOUNCED AND SWAYED. REPEATED TIRE ROTATIONS AND SPIN BALANCING OF ALL FOUR WHEELS FAILED TO RECTIFY. I REPLACED TIES AT 33,800. SECOND SET OF TIRE BECAUSE CUPPED, REAR END UNSTABLE. TIRE ROTATION MADE PROBLEM WORSE. REPLACED REAR SHOCKS. NO EFFECT; CONTINUED UNSTABLE AND REAR END SWAYED. WHEN ON ROUGH PAVEMENT. SECOND SET OF TIRES CUPPED AND NOISY BY 33,000 MILES. WENT TO HONDA DEALER ASKED FOR COMPLETE ANALYSIS. THEY SAID FRONT END AND SUSPENSION ARE SOUND. I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAVE "OUTDATED" UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THE REAR WHEELS THAT ARE "FAMOUS IN HONDA GARAGES FOR EATING TIRES." SERVICE MANAGER SAID THESE PARTS MUST BE REPLACED BEFORE ALIGNMENT IS POSSIBLE. HE SAID THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA. THEY INFORMED ME THEY DID WANT TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE AND THAT THEY WOULD OFFER A SMALL AMOUNT TOWARD MY REPLACING THE PARTS. THEY WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THIS PART EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED ON NEWER MODELS. I CONSIDER THE CAR UNSAFE DUE TO REAR END INSTABILITY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED THE FRONT STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAKING. THE MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED THE STATE INSPECTION DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE STRUTS AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 23000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. DURING A ROUTINE WHEEL ALIGNMENT BY A LOCAL MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE WEARING FASTER THAN NORMAL DUE TO A PROBLEM WITHIN THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT HE NEEDED TO HAVE A CROSS BAR REPLACED ON THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THE ALIGNMENT OF THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSING THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AT EACH OIL CHANGE, AND THE FAILURE WOULD PERSIST. THE DEALER ADVISED ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000. UPDATED 09/29/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED AT NO COST TO HIM, EXCEPT FOR THE ALIGNMENT. UPDATED 10/01/00*JB

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 4 DOOR SEDAN. PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS: I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, AND NOTICED SUDDENLY THAT THE TIRES START MAKING HORRIBLE NOISES, ALMOST SOUNDING AS IF I HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE EFFECT ON DRIVING WAS VERY BAD- CONTROL AND STEERING WERE EFFECTED. I CHECKED THE TIRES, BUT DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING SPECIFIC EXCEPT FOR WEAR ISSUES. TAKING IT IN TO HONDA, THEY SAID THAT "NO ONE COULD FIX THE PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR HONDA". THEY SAID THAT A "NEW, UPDATED PART" HAD BEEN RELEASED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO (WHEN MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY). THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED, SO THE PROBLEM WAS WELL KNOWN. THEY STILL HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS A SERIOUS DANGER TO DRIVER SAFETY. *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 MATT CALDARELLA 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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED A RUBBING SOUND COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR TIRES WORE UNEVENLY. THE CONTACT REFERENCED A RELATED TSB FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM, DATED JANUARY 22, 2008. THE VEHICLE HAD THREE SETS OF NEW TIRES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS REPLACED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FEBRUARY 17, 2009. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED ANOTHER SET OF TIRES AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 15,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,163.