2008 Honda Civic

TIRE FAILURE ON A 2008 HONDA CIVIC - BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400 H BL 205/55R16 THE CONSUMERS SON WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED THE TIRE SUFFERED A MASSIVE BLOWOUT. THE SERVICE CENTER STATED THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS IN THE TIRE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE BLOWOUT. THE CONSUMER DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT A SMALL PIECE OF GLASS WOULD CAUSE THAT KIND OF A BLOWOUT. *JB

AFTER HAVING MY CAR FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR THE AC STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT A PEBBLE MUST HAVE HIT THE AC CONDENSER AND WOULD COST $650 TO FIX. I LOOKED AT OUR OTHER CAR AND IT HAS THE SAME DINGS THAT THEY ARE CLAIMING CAUSED THE AC TO STOP WORKING BUT MY OTHER CAR'S AC WORKS PERFECTLY AND THAT CAR IS 7 YEARS OLDER. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM HONDA AND THEY SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. I AM JUST WONDERING HOW MANY MORE TIMES THIS IS GOING TO OCCUR WHILE I OWN THIS CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 HONDA CIVIC 4 DOOR. HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AS THE 2006 AND 2008 CIVICS. LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON TIRES AND CAR. REAR TIRES ARE DEMOLISHED! TIRES HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND ROAD NOISE. DEALER SAYS THAT I SHOULD ROTATE THE TIRES MORE OFTEN. THIS IS NOT WEAR FROM FAILURE TO ROTATE THIS IS DUE TO THE SUSPENSION. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE THAT THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENED OVER A YEAR AGO AND THE HAVE FAILED TO FIX THEM. *TR

REAR TIRES ON NEW HONDA CIVIC LX 2008 BEGAN THUMPING AND SHAKING AT 12000 MILES AND KEPT GETTING WORSE UNTIL 15K, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. HONDA DEALER SAID THE "C" ARMS THAT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM WITH 2007 CIVICS WERE INSTALLED IN MY CAR, AND THE PROBLEM MAY BE BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE TIRES ROTATED. (?) THEY WANTED $381 FOR TIRES AND ALIGNMENT WITH ONLY 9 MONTHS AND 15K MILES OF NEW CAR USE. *TR

THERE HAS BEEN NO WRECK OR FIRE---THIS IS A COMPLAINT FOR YOUR TSB COMPILATIONS....WE HAVE AN 08 CIVIC LX: THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGHLY, AND WITH DELAYS. SLOWING DOWN AND THEN RE ACCELERATING LIGHTLY CAUSES A DELAY----AS IF THE TRANSMISSION/CONTROL MODULE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH GEAR TO GET INTO--- AND THEN A ROUGH ENGAGEMENT. FROM D TO REVERSE, THERE IS A HARDER ENGAGEMENT THAN SHOULD BE. IT'S AS IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CONTROL MODULE OR THE TORQUE CONVERTER. MY DEALER SAYS ALL THESE THINGS ARE NORMAL IN A CIVIC AUTO TRANSMISSION. WE HAVE AN 07 ACCORD EXL AND IT HAS NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS, NOR DID ANY OTHER VEHICLES I'VE HAD IN THE PAST WITH A.T. IT SEEMS THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING OR SOFTWARE PATCH FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. ALSO, AS A SAFETY PROBLEM, IT IS HARDER TO SEE OUT OF THIS WINDSHIELD DURING RAIN, ESP. AT NIGHT, THAN ANY CAR I'VE DRIVEN. POSSIBLY THE EXTREME SLANT OF THE GLASS? AS A SAFETY PROBLEM, AS WELL, THE BRAKES HAVE A SOFT PEDAL, AS WELL, AND REQUIRE MORE FORCE THAN OUR ACCORD(MUCH MUCH MORE)OR THAN ANY CAR I AM USED TO, EXCEPT ONE WITH AIR IN THE LINES....DEALER SAYS THIS SOFT PEDAL IS NORMAL, AS WELL. *TR

INCREASING ROAD NOISE AND VIBRATION AS TIRES WERE WORN IRREGULARLY OVER THE FIRST 14 MONTHS OF OPERATION. VEHICLE BECAME INCREASING UNSTABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, PARTICULARLY IN WET OR SNOWY ROAD CONDITIONS OR WHEN WINDY. VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WAS DARTING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, REQUIRING CONTINUOUS MINOR STEERING CORRECTIONS, AND UNTIL ULTIMATELY A REDUCTION IN SPEED IS REQUIRED TO REGAIN STABLE CONTROL OF THE CAR. HONDA ACKNOWLEDGES REAR SUSPENSION IS THE CAUSE, BUT DOES NOT NOTIFY OWNERS. *TR

ON VERY COLD MORNINGS, WHEN I TRY TO START MY CAR IT DOES NOT START. I WILL HAVE TO TURN THE SWITCH A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT WILL START. THERE IS NO CLICKING SOUND OR ANY SOUND AS TO INDICATE THE ENGINE IS TRYING TO START. AFTER A FEW TIMES OF TURNING THE SWITCH THE CAR STARTS. THIS HAS HAPPEN APPROX. 4 TIMES OVER THE PAST 4 MONTHS. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW CAR HONDA CIVIC HYBRID 2008 AND AT 6000 MILES HAD TO HAVE ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED DUE TO CUPPING. HONDA REALIGNED ALL FOUR AND PAID FOR TIRES. AFTER ANOTHER 6000 MILES, I HAD ALL FOUR TIRES WORN DOWN AGAIN. THIS TIME I DID NOT HEAR FROM HONDA AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT. I TOOK TO ANOTHER HONDA REPAIR SHOP & THEY SUGGESTED REBALANCE & ROTATE. *TR