2009 Honda Civic

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR IN TOWN WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FELL IN MY VIEW. IT WOULD NOT STAY UP. IT SPLIT INTO TWO PIECES THAT WOULD NOT GO BACK TOGETHER. I WENT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TO GET 2 NEW REAR TIRES BECAUSE THE CAR KEEPS EATING UP THE REAR TIRES FOR SOME STRANGE REASON. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS VISOR AND A POSSIBLE RECALL AT THAT TIME IN NOVEMBER. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THEY COULDN'T REPAIR MY DEFECTIVE VISOR FOR FREE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME MY RIGHT FRONT SEAL WAS BAD, FRONT BRAKES WERE BAD, AND MY RIGHT REAR SHOCK WAS BAD AND THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT 1000 TO FIX EVERYTHING. *TR

THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AGAIN.. 2012, NOT JUST IN 2010 TIRES ARE ABNORMALLY WEARING EXTREMELY FAST. ABOUT EVERY YEAR SOMEONE IS TELLING ME I NEED NEW TIRES BECAUSE THEY ARE 'CHOPPED' AND WEARING REALLY FAST. THIS LEAD ME TO THE INTERNET TO DO RESEARCH AND FOUND IT IS COMMON WITH THE 2006-2009 CIVICS. SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONTROL ARMS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, IN TURN CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHERS LIKE SUSPENSION. I CANNOT AFFORD AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT NEW TIRES ON MY NEW CAR EVERY YEAR OR 20000 MILES. I AM SO FRUSTRATED AND AT A LOSS OF WHAT TO DO. I HAVE A CALL INTO HONDA BUT HAVEN'T HEARD BACK, I CAN ONLY IMAGE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY. THE OTHER FAILURE IS MY 'HEADLIGHTS ARE STILL ON' INDICATOR NOISE STOPPED WORKING A YEAR AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW. UGH, SO FRUSTRATING. *TR

ON 8/15/11, VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A HONDA CHICAGO FOR LOF & ROTATE. DROPPED OFF, CAME BACK, DROVE VEHICLE FOUND LOUD ROARING NOISE. TIRES WERE ROTATED THEN DISCOVERED THE TIRE THAT CAME OFF R/R WAS CUPPED. VEHICLE HAS 15K MILES, BARELY DRIVEN BY MY MOM THAT'S IN HER 60S, DOESN'T TRAVEL THE EXPRESSWAYS. HONDA CHICAGO WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING SO I MADE A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA CARE; WAS TOLD BRING IT BACK TO HONDA. HONDA CHICAGO SAID, "SIR, NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION AND MAY POSSIBLY NEED AN ALIGNMENT." I TOLD THE SERVICE ADVISOR THERE WAS NO COMPLAINT OF PULLING/DRIFTING. DEALER AND HONDA CARE ARE USELESS, NOTHING WAS DONE SO I PAID FOR A NEW TIRE SOMEWHERE ELSE. LAST WEEK, VEHICLE BACK AT HONDA ELMHURST AND THEN TO HONDA DES PLAINES FOR A 2ND OPINION FOR SAMETHING. BOTH DEALERS STATED NOTHING WRONG BUT THE FRONT TIRES CURRENTLY HAVE 3/32S, L/R 2/32S AND R/R 6/32S. THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T EVEN OFFER TIRES TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 18K MILES ON IT, A TICKING NOISE THAT COMES FOR THE VEHICLE WHEN IT'S IDLING IN REVERSE AND THE MYSTERIOUS R/R TIRE CONCERN. I CONTACTED HONDA CARE TODAY SPOKE WITH A CLAIM REP AND REQUESTED TO HAVE A HONDA REGIONAL REP OR SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE DEALERSHIP'S MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE SINCE IT'S BEEN TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. I ALSO REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE R/R TIRE THAT WAS REPLACED. I WAS TOLD, "WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING AT THIS TIME AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN ELMHURST, IL AND TO HAVE THE SERVICE MANAGER GET INVOLVED." THE CLAIM REP ALSO STATED THAT HE SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER OF THAT SAME DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I QUESTIONED THE CLAIM REP STATED THE SERVICE MANAGER WASN'T INVOLVED WITH THE REPAIRS ON MY VEHICLE, HIS SERVICE ADVISOR WAS SO OF COUSE HE WOULD TELL YOU WHAT'S ON THE INVOICE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400 TIRES, SIZE 205/55/R16. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND FELT A SEVERE VIBRATION ACCOMPANIED BY A WHINING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND AND EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANT CUPPING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS 0BT2 PM23208 UPDATED 05/08/12*LJ THE CONSUMER HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED.

WE PURCHASED 2009 HONDA CIVIC LX NEW IN LATE 2009. BY JULY OF 2010 WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR (36K MILES). I REGULARLY ROTATED TIRES EVERY 7000K MILES. 3/20/12- I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AGAIN DUE TO SEVERE CUPPING ON BOTH REAR TIRES. HONDA DEALERSHIP STATES IT IS A CONTROL ARM ISSUE CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE BUT WOULD NOT PAY FOR PART OR LABOR. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BY HONDA FOR FREE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *JS

I NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE SO I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE REAR TIRES WERE SEVERELY CUPPED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE ALSO RECOMMENDED A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS STILL COVERED UNDER ITS 3 YEAR 36000 MILE WARRANTY, I HAD TO PAY $366 OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE REAR TIRES REPLACED AND THE ALIGNMENT DONE. WHEN I VIEWED THE ALIGNMENT REPORT ALL ADJUSTMENTS WERE WITHIN SPECIFIED RANGE PRIOR TO ANY ADJUSTMENT BEING MADE. I BELIEVE THERE IS EITHER A PROBLEM WITH THE GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES THAT WERE PUT ON THIS CAR AT THE FACTORY OR THERE IS SOME OTHER UNDERLYING REAR SUSPENSION ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. *TR

DEFECTIVE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS OF OUR 2009 HONDA CIVIC CAUSED THE TIRES TO CUP SEVERELY, MAKING IT HARD TO HANDLE THE CAR, ESPECIALLY ON WET ROADS. ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CAR, AMERICAN HONDA AGREED TO PAY FOR TWO OF THE TIRES AND THE DEALERSHIP AGREED TO PAY FOR ONE, AFTER WE CALLED COMPLAINING OF THE PROBLEM. THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE CONTROL ARMS HOWEVER, AS THERE IS NO BETTER VERSION TO REPLACE THEM WITH. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED. THE NEW TIRES WILL ALSO WEAR UNEVENLY. UNLESS WE WERE TO PUT NEW TIRES ON EVERY SINGLE YEAR, IF NOT SOONER, WE WILL BE DRIVING ON DANGEROUS TIRES. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WARRANTY IS UP? WILL DRIVERS PAY FOR FOUR NEW TIRES PER YEAR, OR BE UNSAFE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR HONDA'S DEFECT? THE SAD THING IS WE DIDN'T LEARN THE FIRST TIME. WE OWNED A 2007 CIVIC WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HONDA CHANGED THE CONTROL ARMS AND PAID FOR TWO OF THE TIRES AFTER 20,000 MILES, THEN WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT 35,000 MILES, WE TRADED THE CAR IN FOR THE 2009 MODEL, HOPING THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN SOLVED IN THE NEWER MODEL. FOOLISH US. *TT

I OWN A 2009 HONDA CIVIC LX-S. IT NOW HAS 32,000 MILES ON IT AND THE REAR TIRES ARE COMPLETELY BALD. I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH HONDA CIVIC'S. HONDA HAS A TSB ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE TSB SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR CONTROL ARMS AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THE EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE TIRES. I CONTACTED A COUPLE OF DEALERS ABOUT GETTING MY CAR FIXED UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY GIVE YOU THE RUN AROUND AND DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT THE TSB SAYS THEY NEED TO DO. IF THERE ARE THIS MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR THEN THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE A TIRE BLOWS AND CAUSES A WRECK AND SOMEONE GETS HURT. I EVEN NOTICED THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO TRY AND FORCE HONDA DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND HAVE A RECALL AND FIX THE CONTROL ARMS. *KB