2009 Honda Civic

I PURCHASED MY HONDA CIVIC ON 12/31/08. ON OR AROUND THE BEGINNING OF MAY 2009, I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AT 9532 MILES. ON MAY 22, 2009 AT 9595 MILES, I HAD THEM COMPUTER BALANCED AND ROTATED AGAIN. THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE THAT WAS OCCURRING WHENEVER I TRIED TO STOP. HAD A TIRE REPLACED DUE TO UNSUCCESSFUL REPAIR OF FLAT (AT 10,515 MILES). AT 11,016 MILES, I WAS BACK AT HONDA AGAIN. HAD TO HAVE A SECOND TIRE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD WEAR AND WARPING. BOTH OF THESE TIRES HAD INITIALLY BEEN ON THE REAR AXLE OF THE CAR WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED. IN JULY OF 2009, AT 14652 MILES, I HAD TIRES ROTATED AGAIN. TWO NEW FRONT TIRES WENT TO BACK AXLE. ON 12/22/09, WENT TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED AGAIN DUE TO ROUGH RIDING (MILEAGE 25148). HAD TO HAVE TWO NEW TIRES (REPLACED BY HONDA) REPLACED AGAIN. TIRES WERE ON THE REAR AXLE, AND WERE WORN COMPLETELY SMOOTH AFTER ONLY ~14,500 MILES. AGAIN, ON FEBRUARY 23, 2010, WENT TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED AGAIN (MILEAGE 29834). BACK TWO TIRES WERE WORN COMPLETELY SMOOTH AGAIN. GOODYEAR TIRE COMPANY PUT THIS QUOTE ON MY RECEIPT, "NO ROTATION DUE TO TIRE WEAR IN THE REAR. REAR TIRES ARE AT 2/32." ON FEBRUARY 25, I TOOK THE HONDA CIVIC TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALER (ROUND ROCK, TX ~ 58 MILES AWAY). HAD CALLED AHEAD AND MADE APPOINTMENT, TELLING THE SERVICE MANAGER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE CALLED ME AT 12:45 AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD PUT THE CAR ON THE ALIGNMENT RACK AND THE CAR WAS NOT OUT OF ALIGNMENT, AND THAT THIS WAS JUST NATURAL TREAD WEAR DUE TO MY "DRIVING". AFTER GETTING HOME THIS EVENING, I BEGAN RESEARCHING THE BRIDGESTONE TURANZA EL400 TIRES ONLINE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING. I FIND IT QUITE ODD THAT HONDA SAYS NO ONE ELSE HAS COMPLAINED, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS POSTED ONLINE ABOUT THESE SAME TIRES. I FIND THEM TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE TO DRIVE UNDER 55 MPH IF IT IS RAINING. IF I DO NOT, MY CAR HYDROPLANES ALL OVER THE ROAD. THIS IS A HAZARD. *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

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING IN THE REAR. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS CUPPING IN THE TIRE TREAD WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. A LOCAL TIRE SHOP REPLACED THE REAR TIRE. THE DEALER CHECKED THE ENTIRE REAR-END OF THE VEHICLE FOR DAMAGE; HOWEVER, NOTHING WAS BROKEN. THE DEALER REQUESTED THAT A MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVE INSPECT THE VEHICLE; YET, THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED. THE CONTACT HAD THE IDENTICAL FAILURE ON A 2006 CIVIC AND THE DEALER STATED THAT FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A LOOSE BUSHING WHICH CAUSED UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS IS A MAJOR MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON I-84 IN DANBURY CT, IN THE LEFT HAND LANE. IT FELT AS IF I HAD HIT SOMETHING. THE CAR VEERED INTO THE GUARDRAIL, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS RIPPED OFF THE CAR, I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY - BREAK DOWN LANE. I FELT HEAT UNDER MY SEAT, I IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WITH IN 3 - 5 MINUTES THE CAR WAS FULL ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *TR