2009 Honda Civic

BOUGHT 2009 HONDA CIVIC LATE NOV OF 2010. VEHICLE HAD APROX 28000 WHEN PURCHASED. DEALER INSTALLED 4 NEW TIRES (BALANCED) AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT. ROTATED TIRES EVERY 5000 MILES. OWNER STARTED NOTICING UNEVEN (CUPPING) OF BOTH REAR TIRE APROX 10K AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE (VEHICLE MILEAGE APROX 38000. KEPT DRIVING VEHICLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5K MILES, NOTICED 2 REAR TIRES WERE BALDING. TOOK VEHICLE TO AUTO SHOP, WAS INFORMED STRUTS AND SHOCKS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. ALIGNMENT NOT THE PROBLEM EITHER. READ SO MANY BLOGS ONLINE ABOUT 2009 HONDA CIVIC PROBLEM WITH UPPER CONTROL ARM. BY DEALER NOT RECALLING UPPER CONTROL ARM (CAUSING ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR ON THE REAR OF VEHICLE), IT CAN CAUSE MANY CONSUMERS(DRIVERS) ON THE HIGHWAY TO BE DRIVING AT RISK BECAUSE CUPPED TIRES OR BALD TIRES IS VERY UNSAFE FOR ANY VEHICLE. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR A SEMI-NEW VEHICLE TO BE CUPPING TIRES ONLY AFTER 15K MILES OF USE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED AND WAS CAUSING BOTH REAR TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THERE WERE SEVERAL BUMPS FOUND IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE TIRES WOULD NEED ROTATING EVERY TWO TO THREE THOUSANDS MILES. THEY OFFERED NO OTHER ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR THE SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,500. UPDATED 8/29/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES DEVELOPED FLAT SPOTS. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 09/21/11

PURCHASED CAR DEC 18/2009 UPON DRIVING IT HOME NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A VIBRATION. DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT AS THERE WAS ALOT OF SNOW, ASSUMED THAT THERE WAS SNOW IN THE RIMS, DROVE THE CAR VERY LITTLE AT FIRST. BUSY LIFE CONTINUED TO DRIVE IN THE SPRING ASSUMING THAT MAYBE THE VIBRATION WAS DUE TO THE MUD ON THE COUNTRY ROADS. JUNE 10/10 . HAD THE WHEELS BALANCED AT 5505 KM BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION. AT 9842 KM HAD OIL CHANGED NOTE SAYS TIRES DO NOT NEED ROTATION FRONT @ 8.5/32 AND BACK AT 8/32. AT 22,526 KM FRONT 2 AND LEFT REAR TIRES ALL AT 7/32 BUT RR REAR TIRE AT 5/32 PREMATURE WEAR,WAS TOLD THAT PROBLEM DUE TO MUD IMPACTED IN TIRE. REPLACED RR REAR TIRE WITH USED ONE , DATE JUNE 25/10. ODOMETER NOW READS 32,606 AND IT IS SEPT 15/10- TIME FOR WINTER TIRES. REPLACE SUMMER TIRES FOR WINTER ONES. KEEP SUMMER TIRES FOR 2011 SUMMER. DRIVE APPROX. 10,000 KM AND TAKE TO TIRE SHOP FOR ROTATION ONLY TO BE TOLD DOES NOT NEED ROTATION. BRING BACK CAR AT 52,547 KM FOR ROTATION ONLY TO FIND OUT RR REAR TIRE HAS A FLAT SPOT . TOOK TO HONDA WHO TOLD US THAT THE TIRE NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND THEY CHECKED THE REAR AND FRONT SUSPENSION., ADJUSTING THE REAR SUSPENSION TO THE MAX. AT THE SAME TIMETHEY MENTIONED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS NEEDED MACHINING- PREMATURE WEAR ON THESE AS WELL. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD TEAR THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION APART BUT THAT WOULD TAKE AWHILE, I SAID GO AHEAD. THEY THEN DECIDED NOT TO DO IT. SO WE TOOK THE CAR HOME AFTER THE ALIGNMENT AND TOLD THE TIRE SHOP THAT THEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE US WITH A NEW TIRE. THE TIRE SHOP MANAGER WAS VERY , VERY ANGRY. HE PRORATED THE OLD TIRE AND WE HAD TO PAID FOR THE USED PORTION. DROVE THE CAR JUST UNDER 10,000 KM WITH NEW TIRE, SO NO WEAR TO REPORT AT THAT TIME, ODOMETER NOW 61915. CHANGED OVER NEW TIRES TO ORIGINAL SUMMER ONES. ODOMETER NOW APPRX. 64,000KM , RIGHT REAR TIRE UPPED AND INSIDE WORN. CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HONDA DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN..... *TR

PREMATURE WEAR OF REAR TIRES. ROTATED TIES AFTER 20K MILES AND NOTED SIGNIFICANT ROAD NOISE COMING FROM THE TIRES NOW MOUNTED IN THE FRONT. DEALER INDICATED THE CAUSE WAS IRREGULAR TIRE WEAR CAUSED 'CUPPING' OF THE TIRES WHEN THEY WERE MOUNTED IN THE BACK. I EXPERIENCED EVEN WORSE TIRE WEAR WITH MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. HONDA ISSUED A TSB TO REPAIR THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS IN THAT MODEL. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HONDA ENGINEERS WOULD HAVE RECTIFIED THIS PROBLEM IN NEWER MODELS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THIS CAR STILL "EATS" TIRES. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 HONDA CIVIC THAT HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF MY VEHICLE IN THE 1 YEAR I HAVE OWNED IT. MY CAR RECENTLY STARTED MAKING A LOUD THUMPING NOISE DRIVEN AT ALL SPEEDS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY FIRST TRIED TO TELL ME THAT MY TIRES WERE WEARING DOWN AND I NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. I SAID WAIT I HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH MY 2008 HONDA AND THE CONTROL ARM WAS RECALLED. THE DEALER KEPT SAYING THAT MY TIRES HAVE UNEVEN WEAR AND CUPPING. WHICH IS THE EXACT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WOULD CAUSE SUCH DRAMATIC WEAR IS SUCH A QUICK TIME. THE DEALER THEN SAID THAT SINCE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. MY CAR IS STILL UNDER FULL WARRANTY, BUT TECHNICALLY THEY CAN SAY THE CAUSE FOR THE UNEVEN WEAR " CUPPING." IT SOUNDS LIKE A HELICOPTER IS HITTING MY CAR WHEN I DRIVE MY NEW CAR. THIS IS NOT SAFE, AND THIS IS EXCESSIVE FOR NEW VEHICLES AND NOT OWNERS FAULTS. HAZARD FOR ALL. *TR

CREAKING NOISE FROM FRONT END WHILE TURNING WHEEL. FIRST TIME WAS FEBRUARY 2010. DEALER PERFORMED SERVICE BULLETIN. DID NOT WORK. THEY REPLACED BOTH FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLIES---PROBLEM SOLVED. JULY 2010 CREAKING IN STEERING IS BACK. BROUGHT IN TO DEALER AND TOLD BOTH STRUT ASSEMBLIES NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. TWO WEEK BACK ORDER ON STRUTS. *TR

ON MY 2009 HONDA CIVIC THAT IS ONLY FIVE MONTHS OLD RIGHT AROUND 20,000 MILES I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE REAR END. THIS VIBRATION GOT WORSE QUICKLY. AT 20,560 I HAD THE TIRES LOOKED AT AND BOTH TIRES HAVE GOOD TREAD LEFT BUT HAVE EXCESSIVE CUPPING IN A DIAGONAL PATTERN THE SAME AS THE 06/07 TSB. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. THE SERVICE DEPT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO TSB OR RECALL AND THAT THEY COULD CHECK THE ALIGNMENT BUT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT 12,000 MILES (MEANING I WOULD BE CHARGED) AND EVEN THOUGH HONDA SOLD ME THE CAR WITH THESE TIRES ON IT THEY DID NOT PRODUCE THE TIRES AND THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. NHTSA NEEDS TO ASSIST CONSUMERS BY LOOKING INTO THIS (NUMEROUS POSTING ON OTHER INTERNET SITES) BEFORE OWNERS IGNORE THIS PROBLEM AND SOMEONE IS KILLED BY THE TIRE FAILURE DUE TO A PROBLEM IN THE REAR END. *TR

2008 CIVIC COUPE LX WITH BRIDGESTONE EL 400 TIRES BEGAN SHAKING AND VIBRATING AT 13,000 MILES. REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TIRE ROTATIONS ARE ON RECORD, YET ZIMMERMAN HONDA IN ROCK ISLAND, IL CLAIMS THAT THE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AND SUBSEQUENT SECOND SET OF TIRES TO BE REPLACED ARE MY FAULT AND WILL BE AT MY EXPENSE. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THE '06 AND '07 CIVICS HAVE A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE "C" ARM LEADING TO UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. OBVIOUSLY THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED DURING THE ASSEMBLY FOR THE NEWER MODELS OF HONDA CIVICS. CAR IS NOW AT 27,000 MILES, NEEDING NEW TIRE AGAIN!!!!! COST SO FAR IS $600 AND I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH HONDA AND ITS DEALERS. I FEEL AS IF I AM GETTING THE RUNAROUND AND AM MADE TO FEEL AS IF THEIR MANUFACTURERS DEFECTS ARE MY FAULT. IF THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED I WILL TAKE MY BUSINESS (8 CARS MY FAMILY HAS PURCHASED FROM HONDA SINCE 2000 AND 27 RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE 2002) SOMEWHERE ELSE. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH HONDA! I GUESS SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY ADMIT ANY GUILT IN THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. SHE DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE DETACHED FROM HER VEHICLE AFTER STRIKING THE OTHER VEHICLE FROM A RIGHT ANGLE. THE ENTIRE FRONT END CAME OFF OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND IT WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEM SO IT CAN BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45.