2008 Honda Civic

PURCHASED A 2008 HONDA CIVIC FROM LOCAL DEALER NEW. THIS VEHICLE HAD ALOT OF ROAD NOISE FOR THE GET GO..BUT SAW ONLINE THAT ROAD NOISE WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH HONDA'S. HAD MY CAR REGULARLY SERVICED AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP OVER THE LAST YEAR. LAST MONTH DEC 2009 ROAD NOISE BECAME EXCESSIVE AND TOOK CAR INTO DEALERSHIP. THEY LOOKED THE CAR OVER AND SAID TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR BECAUSE I HAD NOT ROTATED THEM EVERY 5000 MILES. CAR IS A YEAR OLD HAS 20000 MILES AND HAS HAD ROAD NOISE ALL ALONG. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE TIRES AND DENIED PROBLEM. CAR NOW HAS NEARLY 30,000 MILES AND IS UNDRIVABLE AT THIS POINT. HAVEN'T REPLACED TIRES AS IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE. BUT CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER SAID SUSPENSION PROBLEMS NOTED IN 2006-07 MODELS HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT PROBLEM SEEMS RAMPANT IN THE 2008 IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET AS WELL AS SAFETY REPORTS YET NOTHING HAS BEEN RECALLED, AND HONDA IS NOT STANDING BY THEIR PRODUCT. NOW I AM STILL PAYING FOR A CAR THAT SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE...CANT SELL AN UNSAFE VEHICLE..PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ALTHOUGH HAVE HAD TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED AT 10,000. AT 13,000 NOTICED TIRE NOISE AND DISCOVERED CUPPING AND UNEVEN WEAR ON REAR TIRES. HONDA DEALER IN LANCASTER, PA SAID COULD DO NOTHING, NOT EVEN CHECK ALIGNMENT UNLESS I PAID. I HAD ALIGNMENT CHECKED AT ANOTHER GARAGE. ALL IS WITHIN SPECS. HE SAID A LOT OF THE CIVICS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. HE PUT THE BEST 2 TIRES ON FRONT. I INFLATE MY TIRES TO 36 LBS SO THAT TIRES RIDE ON CENTER AND MAKE LESS NOISE. PRESENT MILEAGE 18,000. *TR

PURCHASED 2008 CIVIC IN MAY 2008 AND HAVE HAD REGULAR SERVICE DONE AT DEALER. TIRES WORN UNEVENLY AND SOME CUPPING OF REAR TIRES OCCURRED. NOTICED AT LAST SERVICE APPOINTMENT. CAR HAD 29,700 MILES AT THAT TIME. SINCE TIRES WERE ROTATED AT THAT TIME I HAVE NOTICED AGGRAVATING ROAD NOISE AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION. DEALER BALANCED TIRES WHICH SEEMED TO HELP FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT DID NOT CURE THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CIVIC. THE REAR CONTROL ARMS HAVE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR. THIS CONDITIONS MADE THE TIRES TILT INWARD. THIS ALSO CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DRIFT WHEN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT ALIGNED THE REAR WHEELS TO THE CORRECT SPECIFICATIONS. THE HONDA MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE. HE NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,800. THE CONSUMER STATED HONDA CALIFORNIA CALLED AND SAID THEY INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THERE AS NO PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER ASKED WHY ON THE ALIGNMENT REPORT IT STATED THAT BOTH REAR WHEELS SHOWED THE NEGATIVE CAMBER OUTSIDE OF RANGE THAT THEY ALLOW. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT HE DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM, BUT WOULD PUT THE CONSUMER ON RECORD. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE HIS COMPLAINT OFF THE RECORD. THE CONSUMER WAS OFFERED 4 NEW TIRES, WHICH DOES NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM OF KEEPING THE VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN ADJUSTABLE REAR SUSPENSION ARM TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BEFORE THE TIRES BECOME WORN OUT. UPDATED 11/16/09 *JB UPDATED 11/17/09 *BF UPDATED 11/18/09. *JB

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STARTED SWERVING TO MY LEFT. I PRESSED MY BRAKES AND I HEARD A LITTLE EXPLOSION, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. MY CAR STARTED SWERVING EVEN MORE AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF MY CONTROL. MY CAR SPUN AND HIT ANOTHER CAR AND THEN SPUN AGAIN AND ENDED UP CRASHING INTO THE LEFT SIDE DIVIDER. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THEY NOTICED MY WHEEL WAS POPPED OUT. THE WHEEL MALFUNCTION MUST HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE WHEEL POPPED OUT EVEN BEFORE I HIT THE DIVIDER. *TR

1. HAD CAR TIRES ROTATED EVERY 7500 MILES AT OIL CHANGE TIME. AT 23300 AFTER REAR TIRES WERE PUT ON FRONT IN ROTATION, TIRES WOULD BOUNCE AND WERE NOISY AND THERE WAS VIBRATION. TIRES WERE CUPPED AND RUINED. DEALER SAID NEED NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT. GOT NEW TIRES, AT COSTCO, AND ALIGNMENT AT DEALER. DEALER GIVES PAPER WORK AND STILL OUT OF SPEC. ORIGINAL TIRES. ISSUE ON 2006 THRU SOME 2008 HONDA CIVIC HYBRIDS WAS REAR CONTROL ARMS ISSUES. STILL AN ISSUE, PREMATURE WEAR AND CUPPING CAUSING POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENT. HONDA DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG, BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE. OTHERS ON INTERNET ALSO SHOW SAME PROBLEM WITH PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. *TR

REAR TIRES WORN OUT AT 12,,000 MILES WITH FLAT SPOTS. THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS CAUSED BY NOT ROTATING TIRES AT 10,000 MILES. THE DEALER ALSO CLAIMED THAT THE FRONT END WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. I DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE HONDA IS TELLING EVERYONE THE SAME STORY. THIS STARTED ON 2006 HONDA CIVICS AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS ON MY 2008 CIVIC. EVERYONE I TALK TO HAS HAD TIRE PROBLEMS. CAN YOU HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED? *TR

I HAVE A 2008 HONDA CIVIC COUPE AT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES REAR-END NOISE STARTED, AT 20,000 MILES IT BECAME UNBEARABLE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO BATTLE CREEK HONDA AND THEY TOLD US THE REAR TIRES WERE CUPPED AND THE REAR WHEELS WERE OUT OF ALIGNMENT. HAD TO ALIGN THE CAR AND REPLACE TIRES WITH 20,000 MILES. THE CAR ALSO HANDLES VERY POORLY IN SNOW AND WET ROAD CONDITIONS. *TR

EXCESSIVE INNER-EDGE REAR TIRE WEAR (OUTER EDGE AND MIDDLE AREA TIRE WEAR SEEMS NORMAL AND HAS PLENTY OF TREAD LEFT AFTER THE INNER EDGES ARE EXCESSIVELY WORN). TIRES REPLACED AT 18,000 MILES, 31,000 MILES, AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES (OEM DUNLOP SP31 TIRES WERE USED EACH TIME). DEALER REPLACED REAR CONTROL ARMS AT 18,000, ADVISED TO ROTATE THE TIRES MORE OFTEN AT 31,000 MILES. DEALER MOSTLY SEEMS UNABLE TO RESOLVE, OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE, THE ISSUE. *TR