2007 Honda Civic

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS SHE HAD ALL FOUR TIRES ROTATED. AFTER THE TIRES WERE ROTATED SHE HAD TO HAVE A NEW SET OF TIRES INSTALLED. SHE NOTICES A PECULIAR NOISE COMING FROM THE WHEEL BEARINGS. SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

2007 HONDA CIVIC WITH UNEVEN REAR TIRE WEAR THAT IS NOTICEABLE AT 5000 MILES AND CUPS REAR TIRES SO BAD BY 10000 MILES THAT THERE IS SO MUCH NOISE IN VEHICLE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WHEEL BEARINGS ARE SHOT. BY 15000 MILES THE TIRES ARE SHOWING CORDS BECAUSE OF UNEVEN WEAR. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED ARMS ON REAR, SOLD ME NEW TIRES FOR REAR, AND REALIGNED VEHICLE. SAID PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. NOW HAVE 11000 MILES ON NEW TIRES INSTALLED WITH SAME PROBLEM ON NEW REAR TIRES. DEALER WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM. LOOKED ON INTERNET AT SAME COMPLAINTS ON SAME YEAR HONDA CIVIC ABOUT UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. SAME PROBLEM ACROSS COUNTRY WITH DEALER NOT KNOWING HOW TO FIX AND SAYS IT IS AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM AS THESE CARS ARE SLOWLY PLACED INTO THE USED CAR MARKET AND TIRES ARE A SECOND THOUGHT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE STANDING BESIDE THE CAR, THE TREAD LOOKS BRAND NEW WHILE LOOKING DOWN ON THE TIRE AND YOU ASSUME IT IS NOT THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE AND KEEP DRIVING ON THEM. AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS A TIRE FAILURE COULD BE FATAL. *TR

VEHICLE IS ON 3RD SET OF TIRES AT 54,000 MILES. THROUGH SEARCH, LOCATED HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN DATE 01/22/2008 THAT RECTIFIES THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, FIRST SET OF ORIGINAL TURANZAS LASTED 22,000 MILES AND BRIDGESTONE BLAMED HONDA. 2ND SET LASTED JUST 30,000 MILES. HONDA CHARGED $32 TO REPAIR PROBLEM, BUT SHOULD HAVE REPORTED TO CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY ISSUED SERVICE BULLETIN. CUSTOMER IS OUT THE COST OF TIRES (APPROX. $400). *TR

2007 HONDA CIVICS EAT UP TIRES. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION OF THE CAR THAT CAUSES THE TIRES TO WEAR AT UNEVENLY AND DANGEROUSLY QUICK. WE ONLY GET 1/3 OF THE WARRANTY LIFE OF TIRES AND WHEN WE REPLACE THE TECHNICIANS TELL US THE TIRES ARE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. THEY ARE WORN UNEVENLY, BLISTERED ON THE INSIDE SO MUCH THAT WIRES ARE STICKING THROUGH. THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT FOR THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TIRES WEAR OUT , DUE TO WEAK STABILIZER BARS ON REAR END, HONDA REPLACED THE STABILIZER'S, AND ALIGNED CAR, HOWEVER DON'T PAY TO REPLACE TIRES, ONLY WAY TO KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IS TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER, IF YOU GET YOU SERVICE ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. I TOOK CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND GOT THE WORD ABOUT THE SERVICE BULLETIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. THE REAR SUSPENSION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, MAKE NOISE AND THE TIRES TO BECOME UNEVEN. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE STRUTS SUSPENSION WHICH WAS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE REAR AXLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO REPAIR THE SUSPENSION IF THE REPLACED TWO TIRES AND ALIGNED THEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE TIRES SINCE THE STRUTS AND REAR AXLE CAUSED THE FAILURE. SERVICE BULLETIN# 08-0001 DATED FEBRUARY 2009 IS RELATED TO THE REAR SUSPENSION AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE BULLETIN ALSO INDICATED THAT THE DEALER HAD TO INSTALL A REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM KIT, REPLACE THE FAN BOLTS AND THE WORN TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,098. THE DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER CONTROL ARM KIT, BUT WHEN THE CONSUMER ASKED THE DEALER IF A 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENT HAD BEEN DONE, THEIR REPLY WAS THE TIRES WERE SO BADLY WORN AND ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED UNLESS TWO TIRES WERE PURCHASED FOR THE REAR. THE CONSUMER STATED HE SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED BE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS FOR THE REAR AXLE CAUSED BY THE BADLY WORN TIRES. THE SERVICE BULLETIN STATED THE WORN TIRES WERE TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS. THE MANNER IN WHICH THE TIRE REPLACEMENT WAS HANDLED BY THE DEALER GAVE THE CONTACT ONLY TWO OPTIONS; DRIVE AWAY IN A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE WITHOUT COMPLETION OF THE WORK OR PAY WHATEVER THE DEALER ASKED FOR THE TIRES SO THE WORK SPECIFIED BY THE SERVICE BULLETIN COULD BE COMPLETED. WITH LIMITED OPTIONS, THE CONSUMER PAID FOR NEW TIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ON SEPT 21, 2009 VIA PRIORITY MAIL. UPDATED 10/22/09 *BF

1. I DRIVE A 2007 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE. MY CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY CRUISING ALONG, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND SUDDENLY, OUT OF NOWHERE, MY REAR CONTROL ARM BROKE. 2. MY REAR CONTROL ARM BROKE FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, IT SNAPPED IN HALF BECAUSE THE PARTS MADE TO ASSEMBLE THEM WERE MADE FROM LOWER QUALITY MATERIAL. THE QUALITY OF MATERIAL USED TO PUT TOGETHER THE REAR CONTROL ARM WAS COMPLETELY UNSAFE. WHOEVER THOUGHT OF USING THAT PARTICULAR MATERIAL FOR A REAR CONTROL ARM IN A VEHICLE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE CHARGES PRESSED AGAINST HIM FOR ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING ON THE ROAD, AND THE PIECE JUST SNAPPED. THIS IS DEFINITELY DUE TO A LACK OF COMMITMENT TO USE QUALITY MATERIAL ON THE REAR CONTROL ARM. THIS WAS ON THE FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. WHEN A REAR CONTROL ARM BREAKS BECAUSE OF FAULTY MATERIAL, SCIENTIFICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS 99.999999% OF THE TIME IS THE WHEEL FLIES OFF, THE DRIVER LOSES COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE CAR, THE CAR SPINS A FEW TIMES, THE CAR GETS HIT BY A FEW OTHER CARS, THE CAR FLIPS OVER A FEW TIMES, AND THE DRIVER IS LEFT DEAD. HOW I DID NOT FALL INTO THAT SCIENTIFIC CALCULATION IS NOTHING LESS THAN AN ACT OF GOD. IF I DROVE ONE MORE MILE, THIS WOULD'VE PROBABLY OCCURRED. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT CRASH. THIS HAS BEEN AN EXPERIENCE THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRAUMATIC TO MYSELF, AND I AM IN COMPLETE FEAR OF DRIVING ANY HONDA NOW. I HAVEN'T HAD THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE PARTS ON MY VEHICLE, BECAUSE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE CAR SHOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN IN A RECALL. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN TO CORRECT THE FAILURE AS OF YET. THE CAR IS SITTING IN A SHOP, BUT I AM WITHOUT THE BUDGET TO FIX THE FAULTY PIECES THAT ALMOST KILLED ME. *TR

HONDA HAS INSTALLED FAULTY REAR CONTROL ARMS ON THEIR 2007 HONDA CIVICS. THEY WILL NOT RECALL THIS PART. THEY HAVE ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN. THE DEFECTIVE PART CAUSES THE TIRES IN THE REAR TO WEAR PREMATURELY AND IN A CUPPING MANNER. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN KNOW TO BLOW OUT AT ABOUT 20,000 MILES. HONDA REPLACES THE PART BUT WILL NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. THE REPAIR SHOPS WILL ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO LEAVE WITH DEFECTIVE TIRES. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID - THE OEM REAR SUSPENSION GEOMETRY WEARS THE INNER EDGE OF THE TIRES EXTREMELY QUICKLY. HONDA ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN (08-001) IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING THE PROBLEM WITH REPLACEMENT UPPER CONTROL ARMS. THE DEALER/HONDA REFUSES TO COVER PARTS/LABOR CHARGES FOR CORRECTION ON A CAR THAT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. THIS IS CLEARLY A DESIGN DEFECT THAT IMPACTS SAFETY AND I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD CORRECT IT AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR