2007 Honda Civic

UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AT 16,500 DUE TO REAR CONTROL ARM DESIGN FLAW. HONDA ISSUED TSB 08-001. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT ADMIT TO IT UNLESS PRESSED. I DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, CONFRONTED THEM AND FINALLY THEY "REPAIRED" REAR CONTROL ARM???? BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE MY WORN TIRES OR GIVE ME A TIRE ALIGNMENT. I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AT MY EXPENSE AND NOW 4,000 MILES LATER , I HEAR EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE AND WONDER IF THE PROBLEM WAS EVER FIXED. THIS IS A SAFETY AND ROAD HAZARD. HONDA SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE FIXED CORRECTLY AND COMPLETELY WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER BEING CHARGED OR HARASSED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND HIGHER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING AND MAKING A RUMBLING NOISE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE THERE WAS A BLISTER ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM WAS TOO SHORT AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BEND INWARD AND FORM A BLISTER. THE TWO REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $230.00. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO CURRENT RECALLS AND NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE OFFERED. THERE IS A CURRENT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUR AND RESULT IN THE REAR TIRES HAVING TO BE REPLACED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 51,000. UPDATED 09/25/09 *BF UPDATED 09/29/09.*JB

I BOUGHT A NEW 07 HONDA CIVIC SI SEDAN. THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE. IN FACT THEY ARE BUILT TO GIVE THE REAR TIRES MORE NEGATIVE CAMBER FOR BETTER TRACTION AROUND TURNS. IF I PUT TWO PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR IT GIVES ME EVEN MORE NEGATIVE CAMBER AND WITH THAT MY I GO THROUGH TIRES QUICK. I HAVE EVEN NOTICED THAT WHEN DRIVING THROUGH SNOW THE CAR WANTS TO CHANGE LANES BY ITSELF. I STILL HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS PUT ADJUSTABLE CONTROL ARMS IN THE REAR LIKE THE OTHER CIVICS. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME. I CAN SEE THIS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE IF SOME ONE WAS USING THIS AS A FAMILY CAR AND NEVER CHECKED THERE BACK TIRES. THIS PROBLEM CAN LEAD TO PREMATURE TIRE WEAR AND BLOW OUTS. I HAVE TO ROTATE MY TIRES EVERY 2K MILES AND WE MOSTLY JUST DRIVE DOWN A STRAIGHT FREEWAY. *TR

WHEN I TOOK MY '07 CIVIC HYBRID TO MY DEALER IN MAY FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THEY TOLD ME ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT TREADS. THE CAR ONLY HAD 18500 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME, SO I WAS FLABBERGASTED. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SUGGESTED I WAS DRIVING THE CAR TOO AGGRESSIVELY. WHILE RESEARCHING REPLACEMENT TIRES ONLINE, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS PREMATURE TIRE WEAR HAD HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER CIVIC OWNERS. IN FACT, HONDA HAD ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN (008-001) FOR THIS BACK IN EARLY '08. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR CONTROL ARMS WHICH CAN CAUSE UNEVEN OR PREMATURE TIRE WEAR IN ALL 2006-2007 CIVICS, EXCEPT FOR THE SI. SO I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER, SHOWED THE ADVISOR THE SERVICE BULLETIN, AND GOT THE CONTROL ARMS FIXED. NOW WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST FIX THE CONTROL ARMS IN THE FIRST PLACE INSTEAD OF QUESTIONING THE CUSTOMER'S DRIVING HABITS? SEEMS TO ME EITHER THE ADVISOR IS INCOMPETENT OR DISHONEST. I SUSPECT IT'S THE LATTER AS SHE MENTIONED THAT HONDA DOESN'T PAY THE DEALER MUCH TO COVER THE REPAIR. OTHERS ON THE INTERNET HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE OVER THIS ISSUE. LOOKS LIKE HONDA STUMBLED ON THIS ONE. *TR

THERE HAS BEEN UNEVEN TIRE WEAR, PARTICULARLY AT THE REAR OF OUR 2007 HONDA CIVIC. EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE FEATHERING OF THE TREAD RESEMBLED A TRACKING PROBLEM, BUT WE ALSO HAD WHEEL BEARING FAILURES. THREE WERE REPLACED OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS. THE DEALER NEVER CHECKED THE TRACK DESPITE MY QUERIES. I NOW FIND THAT THERE IS A HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN THAT WAS ISSUED REGARDING REAR SUSPENSION IN FEBRUARY 2008. THE DEALER STILL HASN'T ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM BEYOND SELLING US NEW TIRES AND ADJUSTING THE TRACK AND CHARGING US FOR THE FULL COST. THEY DID NOT PERFORM THE RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS. *TR

THE REAR SUSPENSION / UPPER REAR CONTROL ARMS ARE DEFECTIVE LEADING TO EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE REAR CAMBER. THIS CAUSED RAPID TIRE WEAR TO THE INSIDE EDGES AND A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE IN WET CONDITIONS. HONDA HAS ISSUED A TSB (08-001) THAT COVERS THIS PROBLEM HOWEVER THEY HAVE EXCLUDED THE SI MODEL IN THEIR TSB. I REQUESTED AND RECEIVED AND PARTS DIAGRAM SHOWING THE FAULTY UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THE CARS COVERED BY TSB 08-001 CARRY THE EXACT SAME PART NUMBER AS THOSE ON THE SI MODEL THAT IS EXCLUDED. LATER YEAR MODEL SI CARS HAVE A NEW DESIGN UPPER CONTROL ARM TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. MY DEALER SAID THAT HONDA WILL NOT COVER MY CAR UNDER THIS TSB ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM AND PARTS ARE IDENTICAL. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2007 HONDA CIVIC FROM AUTOFAIR HONDA OF MANCHESTER NH AND HAVE HAD ALL OIL CHANGES AND TIRE ROTATION SERVICES DONE WITH THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE OVER 39,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE AUTOFAIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT NEVER ONCE INFORMED ME ABOUT A HONDA BULLETIN REGARDING THE CIVIC'S REAR SUSPENSION CAUSING REAR TIRES TO GO BALD, WHICH MINE DID. DURING MY LAST TIRE ROTATION ON APRIL 14, THEY DID NOT NOTIFY ME THAT MY TREAD WAS GOING BARE. ON JULY 4, I DISCOVERED THAT MY BACK TIRES WERE BARE AFTER REALIZING THAT THEY WERE MAKING CONSIDERABLE NOISE WHILE RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY. I PURCHASED NEW TIRES THE FOLLOWING MONDAY FROM A LOCAL TIRE STORE. DURING MY ONLINE SEARCH FOR NEW TIRES I FOUND OUT THAT OTHER CIVIC CAR OWNERS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS DUE TO A REAR SUSPENSION FAULT WITH HONDA CIVICS. I THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH AUTOFAIR TO HAVE THEM CHECK THIS ISSUE ON JULY 13. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THEN INFORMED ME THAT THEIR WAS AN ISSUE AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. BECAUSE MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, I HAD TO PAY AUTOFAIR TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY PUT IN THE FOLLOWING PART: 1 04523-SNA-A01 SET, UPPER ARM RR. I'M UPSET THAT THEY DID NOT INFORM ME ABOUT THIS ISSUE SOONER. WE'VE HAD A VERY WET JUNE AND MY TIRES WERE NOT SAFE FOR DRIVING IN SUCH CONDITIONS. OTHER PEOPLE AT THE AUTOFAIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAITING ROOM HAVE SAID THEY'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.*TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC SI SEDAN, THE REAR SUSPENSION IS DEFECTIVE CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, IN LESS THAN 30,000 MILES I HAD GONE THROUGH TWO SETS OF TIRES, AND TWO REAR BEARINGS. REAR BEARINGS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I PAID FOR THE TIRES. THE DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE THE REAR CONTROL ARMS, WHICH MEANS THAT THE BRAND NEW TIRES WILL ALSO WEAR PREMATURELY, AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER SET OF REAR BEARINGS... *TR