2007 Honda Civic

I REPLACED THE ORIGINAL 2007 TIRES AT 41,887 MILES IN 2009 WITH PREMATURE WEAR. EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER, I HAD TERRIBLE ROAD NOISE. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEARINGS. IT TURNS OUT THAT DESPITE AN ALIGNMENT AND PROPER ROTATION, MY TIRES WERE ALL CUPPED IN LESS THAN 26,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THE PROBLEM HONDA HAD WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS IN THIS VEHICLE. I JUST SPENT ANOTHER $218 TO GET UPDATED REAR UPPER CONTROLS ARMS ON TOP OF $800 FOR NEW TIRES AND ANOTHER ALIGNMENT. HONDA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POOR QUALITY CONTROL AND NOT ALERTING ME THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM. THE TIRES I JUST REPLACED WERE GOOD FOR 85,000 MILES. *KB

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC BACK WHEEL BEARING FAILED. I SEEN ON THE WEB THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS CAR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NO.07V399000. I TOOK THE CAR TO WALKER HONDA IN ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA FOR RECALL REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS CAR. SO I REPLACED THE BEARING MYSELF. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS CAR AND CAN I MAKE HONDA PAY ME BACK FOR PARTS AND LABOR ON THIS REPAIR. *KB

REAR TIRE WEAR TO THE BELTS. NO ADJUSTMENT OF CAMBER POSSIBLE. OWNER HAS NO WAY TO PREVENT THIS DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE WEAR. THESE VEHICLE SHOULD ALL BE RECALLED AND REAR CAMBER ADJUSTABLE COMPONENTS INSTALLED REGARDLESS OF VEHICLE MILES. WEAR HAPPENS VERY QUICKLY AND IS NOT SHOWN AT ALL ON THE FRONT TIRES WHICH HAVE A FULLY ADJUSTABLE SUSPENSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES WERE WORN PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE REAR CONTROL ARM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE REAR CONTROL ARM REPLACED YET STATED THAT THE REAR TIRES COULD EXPERIENCE A BLOWOUT DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE REAR CONTROL ARM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

DEFECTIVE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THE 2006 - 2007 HONDA CIVICS. HONDA CHOSE TO WITHHOLD THIS INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS AND ONLY TO ISSUE A SERVICE BULLETIN TO DEALERSHIPS. THIS ISSUES CAUSES YOUR CAR TO GO OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND YOUR TIRES TO HAVE AN IRREGULAR WEAR PATTERN. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CREATES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF NOISE FROM YOUR TIRES AND MAY IMPEDE YOUR ABILITY TO STOP AND TO TURN. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE, AT IT CAN ALSO CAUSE PREMATURE WEAR TO YOUR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. HONDA'S DECISION TO DELIBERATELY WITHHOLD THIS INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS PUTS CONSUMERS AT RISK WHEN IT IS LEFT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE THE ONES TO DETERMINE WHICH CARS ARE INVOLVED/AFFECTED. THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WHERE ONLY A FEW CARS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND NUMEROUS CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THEIR TIRES RUINED DUE TO THIS DEFECT. HTTP://HONDA-TECH.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2225229 MY TIRES ARE 60,000 MILE ALL SEASON TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED AT 24,000 MILES. THEY ARE EXTREMELY LOUD AND ALTHOUGH THE TREAD DEPTH IS EXACTLY THE SAME ON ALL FOUR TIRES. BECAUSE I ROTATE THE TIRES EVERY 4,000 MILES, NO ONE AT HONDA EVER DETERMINED THAT MY CAR WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAD THE DEFECT. I BELIEVE THAT HONDA DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO PUT OUT THE EXPENSE TO DO SO AND FELT THEY WOULD DEAL WITH CONSUMERS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM CORRECTED AND HAVE HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER DRIVE MY CAR, SUBSEQUENT TO THE REPAIR. HE DOES NOT DISPUTE THE FACT THAT THE TIRES ARE LOUD AND THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE TIRES WAS DONE SPECIFICALLY DUE TO THE DEFECT. HOWEVER, HONDA IS STILL REFUSING TO REPLACE MY TIRES. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY FAMILY ON TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN RUINED SOLEY BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT AND FEEL THAT HONDA NEEDS TO NOT ONLY ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE DEFECT BUT ALSO NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO THE DEFECT! *KB

I BEGAN TO HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR IN APRIL 2011. OVER TIME THE NOISE PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAS BEEN WEARING IMPROPERLY. I CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS ISSUE. WHILE RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, EVERY HONDA CIVIC WEBPAGE AND FORUM THAT I WENT TO WAS FILLED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM (RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM CAUSING RAPID WEAR OF THE TIRES). I FOUND THAT HONDA HAD EVEN SENT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN ON 2-8-08 REGARDING THIS ISSUE. I FIGURED WITH THIS MANY COMPLAINTS, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A RECALL NOTICE THAT I DID NOT RECEIVE. IN JULY 2011 I BROUGHT MY CIVIC TO MAJESTIC HONDA OF RHODE ISLAND TO HAVE MY VEHICLE CHECKED AND ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL BUT THEY DID CONFIRM THE PROBLEM AFTER PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH COST ME $111.02. MY CIVIC NEEDED A NEW CONTROL ARM, 4 NEW TIRES, AND AN ALIGNMENT. THESE REPAIRS WOULD COST AN ADDITIONAL $1066.75 OR MORE PLUS TAX. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT, HAD HONDA JUST SENT OUT A SERVICE NOTICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY FIRST NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A CONTROL ARM ISSUE, WE COULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE FOR ONLY $455.00 -- THE COST OF A CONTROL ARM AND AN ALIGNMENT. MY SPEECH FELL UPON DEAF EARS. I COULD TELL BY THEIR DEMEANOR THAT THEY HAD HEARD MY STORY BEFORE AND DID NOT CARE AT ALL. ALL I GOT WAS, "WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE; CONTACT HONDA AMERICA." AFTER WRITING TO YOU, I WILL BE CONTACTING HONDA AMERICA. *TR

HAD TO REPLACE TIRES DUE TO UNEVEN TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE TREAD AFTER 22,000 MILES.. HAD THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS REPLACES AS WELL. PURCHASED PIRELLI TIRES RATED FOR 85,000 MILES. PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN AT 27,000 MILES ON THE TIRES AND 65,000 MILES ON CAR. SEEMS LIKE THIS CAR GOES THROUGH TIRES EVERY 20-25,000 MILES. HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. *KB