This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Honda dealer.
8.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$497.00
Average Mileage:
31,073 miles
Total Complaints:
27 complaints
Most common solutions:
- buy new tires (8 reports)
- honda should fix (5 reports)
- not sure (5 reports)
- new rear suspension/realignment (2 reports)
- replace tires (2 reports)
- replace upper control arms (2 reports)
wheels / hubs problem
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- Problem Explination Plus Links - This site I found helps to explain what is going on. I also found a link for a current lawsuit at the bottom of this page. The lawsuit is only in Canada but we may be able to use this to get it going here. Try to contact the lawyers involved. I recommend everyone file a claim with the BBB. Good Luck everyone.
- Class Action Lawsuit - Class action lawsuit information about 2006-2007 Honda Civic premature brake wear from Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC. The lawsuit alleges the OEM rear upper control arms are too short & cause tire misalignment, & that Honda knew this when it published a TSB & a redesigned control arm part.
2011Jul 01
Civic EX
- Automatic transmission
- 31,000 miles
I have a 2007 Honda Civic with the same tire wear issue due to the upper/lower manufacture camber and control arm problems. I am on my 3rd set of tires, the last set were rated at 40,000 miles and I only got 20,000 out of them and were so worn out I could hardly believe it! The tire shop recommended adding the kit that honda recommends but after reading everybody else's results after they had repairs done I'd hate to put any more money into my car. I have already spent over $1200.00 on tires and alignment for all four wheels. The tire shop keeps telling me that I must be running over curbs or road ruts because the car keeps needing tires and wheel realignments so often....I keep telling them I didn't run over any damn curbs. I hope Honda has the courtesy to at least help with expenses to fix the problem.
2011May 04
Civic EX
- Manual transmission
- 98,146 miles
Tires wore unevenly on the insides of the rear tires because of incorrect camber alignment. After 19k miles had to replace them since the interior of the rear tires had 2/32 tread depth even though the rest of the tires still had 5/32 tread depth left. Spent $460 on new tires. Found a Honda Service Bulletin 08-001 on the internet saying that this was a manufacturer defect due to the rear wheel arms that came on my make/model/year vehicle being too short and causing incorrect camber. Honda gave me a 15% discount, but would not cover the replacement of the wheel arms even though it's a manufacturer defect because they said it needed to be covered by a warranty and it wasn't. This is a safety concern. Consumers should not have to pay $1000 for this fix and it should be a recall.
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2008Feb 01
Civic
- Manual transmission
- 4,971 miles
only that Honda replaced the rear upper control arms and 80,000kms later and 4th set of tires problems still exist
2010Sep 06
Civic SI 2.0DOHC
- Manual transmission
- 16,000 miles
On my Honda civic SI the rear tires were shot at 16000 miles . (practically a brand new car) and because the dealer would not fix the problem (said it was a trait of the model car) i Had to spen 300 dollars on the parts to fix the alignment and 265 for two new tires
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2010Aug 27
Civic
- Automatic transmission
- 21,247 miles
resulting from a upper control arm problem known by Honda for 2007 & 2008, tires were rotated as part of general maintenance, with terrible road noise following. Honda said the tires were worn improperly due to rear upper arm problem on civics, and that i would just need to continue to use the tires until their lifetime was over! laughed out loud when i stated that Honda should pro rate and replace tires due to the known upper control arm issue. this is the first Honda I've ever had a problem with.
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2009Jan 10
Civic LX 1.8L
- Automatic transmission
- 25,000 miles
10K later, new rear tires again. Back to the dealer AGAIN. This time I get 4 wheel alignment with new adjstable rear control arms. I think the problem is solved. NOT!!
2009Sep 27
Civic
- Automatic transmission
- 60,000 miles
In September 2009, I replaced the factory tires due to inside wearing--they had approximately 55,000 miles. New tires installed, front alignment done. At 3000 miles on news tires, had them rotated and required both a front and rear alignment. Now at 10,000 I've been told by the dealer that the tires are threadbare on the inside and will need new tires and an arm replacement kits which is suppose to correct this problem. Why isn't this arm kit part of a recall and installed free of charge. Between new tires and kit, I'm looking at nearly $900. Honda evolving into Toyota?
2009Oct 14
Civic LX
- Automatic transmission
- 35,000 miles
The tires that come with the new honda civic are stock or EOM Bridgestones tires. They don't last long. You need to purchase different tires. I had 30K miles and I bought a new set of Michelin tires for about $130 each or $480 (on sale) for a whole set and the road noise stops. The car now drives more smoothly. Get rid of the stock tires, buy Michelin or Yokohama tires and you will be happy again. This has nothing to do with Honda. Just replace all four of your stock tires with a different set, and that's it...
2009Oct 13
Civic EX 1.8L
- Automatic transmission
- 93,000 miles
Just had to purchase the 4th set of tires for my 2007 Honda Civic. The original set lasted 26K, the next set 41K (dangerously pushed), the next only 26K and now I have a new set. Tires only last one year max. This last set wore so unevenly. I'm sick of it. This is the 4th set of tires for 93,000 miles of driving (all interstate). I have a 1999 Toyota 4Runner and I just put the third set of tires on it after 164,000. What is the problem? This is not the honda I had when I was young. The one where you never had to do anything to the car but put gas in it and change the oil. I'm so frustrated. I'm tired of looking for solutions to fix the problem. The only solution is to get another car (not Honda).
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2008Nov 01
Civic LX
- Automatic transmission
- 55,000 miles
I am having the same issue as everyone else with the recall on the rear arms control. I had really irregular wearing on my tires and now I am experiencing the worst level of road noise. You would think that I was driving a clunker. The last road trip I was on my car started shaking and I was worried that I wasn't even going to make it home. Pretty sad for a car that is only 2 years old. I was thinking about buying new tires but after reading all these complaints I think that I am just going to trade it in and get another vehicle- NOT HONDA.
They would not pay to replace my tires. With this type of customer care I would hate to see what things are like 5 years down the road when I no longer have a warranty.
2008Apr 20
Civic EX
- Automatic transmission
- 23,780 miles
My two rear tires have bulches or bumps, I took them to firestone and he said to take it to Honda dealership. Honda would not replace them.
2009Aug 08
Civic EX 1.8L
- Automatic transmission
- 22,400 miles
PURCHASED this vehicle from a local dealership,the car has just 22400 miles on it when I returned it to their service center for routine maintance.One of the tasks I asked them to perform was a tire rotation. The service manager returned shortly later explaining that my tires would not be rotated,they were worn out. The manager was quick to point out the fact that no warranty would cover the bridgestone tires that came on the car,but he could give me a estimate for a new set.The rotation was every 6000 miles,the maintance was performed by their service department,the car was not driven hard,normal everyday commutes to work.The manager also told that I wasn't the first customer with this they had encountered.Its nice to know that according to what people say HONDA has one the best cars ON THE ROAD.They just forgot,without GOOD TREADS,YOUR NOT GOING ANYWHERE!
2009May 01
Civic EX 1.8L
- Manual transmission
- 20,000 miles
Car started vibrating badly several months ago so I checked out the front end components completely but could find nothing wrong. While performing a routine inspection of my tires last week, I found that the tread surface of both my rear tires felt like rolling hills on the surface of the tread. The entire surface has large uneven high and low points with no specific pattern to it at all, both side to side and along the forward rolling surface. Its Crazy! I have never seen a tire wear out like that. I contacted the Honda dealer where I bought the care 20 months ago and they told me that it was a tire issue and to take my car to tire dealership who sells this brand. I did, however, the tire dealership has told me that it's is a dealership matter and they will have to fix it. Later this week I'll be going back to the dealership to to speak with the Service Manager directly. I have no intention of leaving without a plan to get this problem fixed at no cost to me.
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2008Apr 15
Civic
- Automatic transmission
- 25,000 miles
I bought this 2007 honda civic, in december of 2006 with 4 miles on it. The car ran perfect until it hit about 9000 miles.Since that time I've had nothing but problems. The car has been recalled 4 times for various things but the biggest problem is the rear wheels. I had noticed the car vibrating and getting louder while driving it on the interstate, which is solely what I bought the car for interstate driving, back and forth to work,,,,, good gas mileage right! So took it to walmart for oil change and tire rotation. Well the back tires were worn so bad they said they couldn't rotate because it would cause the car to shake so bad it would be undrivable. You could actually see the grooves in the tires where it had worn unevenly,21,000 miles on car. Take car to dealership where they tell me that the radial arms on this car were recalled and that was probably the problem. So they replace them and realign the tires... but I'm stuck with the cost of buying two new tires at 130.00 each plus tax, even though those tires had plenty of tread left on them, and would have lasted another 20,000 miles if not for the defective part. 18,700 miles later total odometer reading of 40,000 miles and some change. I'm going down the interstate to work, car starts shaking at 55mph, can't get above 60mph without it shaking me out of my seat, turn around take it right to dealership, and tell them that the car is doing the same thing it did when they replace the radial arms, the dealership looked at it and said the alignment was off according to their specs..... well duh, no sh*t! I wanted to know why the alignment was off!!! So they told me because I failed to get the tires rotated at the proper time, which according to them is every other oil change. So I was literally 2,800 miles late with my tire rotation. Give me a break, 2,800 miles is not going to cause my tires to wear bad enough that I need new tires, and amazingly the weaves in the tires were exactly the same as when I brought it in when the radial arms were bad but dealership told me that was not the problem any longer. If I had rotated the tires I would be buying four tires instead of two. Of course the car is not under warranty any longer so the dealership wants me to pay for two new tires (these tires only have 18,700 miles on them) a rotation and alignment, 500.00 and some odd dollars. So I tell them where they can put it. I go home call honda corporate to tell them whats going on. Corporate tells me that if the dealership can't find the problem they can't just start taking off parts and replacing them till they find whats wrong and to take it to another dealership. The next HONDA dealership says the same thing alignments off must be from pot holes or careless driving, not getting tires rotated..blah blah blah. So I go to a used tire place buy two tires, go across street to get alignment at non honda place. They do front tire alignment ask them to do back and they say it doesn't need it????? So I talk to this guy about whats going on with honda and he tells me that he's seen 6 to 7 civic cars in the last month with the same problem!!! He tells me that hondas radial arms are tilted in to increase performance on the cars handling but it cause premature and uneven tread wear. That honda needs to install adjustable arms so the tires can be adjusted straight up and down and not tilted in. The radial arms that were replace on my car were replaced with the exact same factory part that was on there in the first place. Once my tires in the back had been replaced it balanced the cars alignment back out since there was no un-even wear.
Through a non honda dealership I was quoted for two new adjustable radial arms, labor, and another alignment 560.00. I went back and called corporate honda, they're looking into it... that was a month ago. Hondas are supposed to be great cars, reliable,dependable, high re-sale rate, good gas mileage. That's why I bought one...... cant even tell you how disappointed I am.This is the only car I've owned other then a toyota. I will never buy another honda. Honda company needs to step up and stand behind their product and take care of this problem and quit trying to blame it on the consumer. I recommend everyone with this problem to call corporate and complain, till honda takes care of the problem.
2008Dec 15
Civic EX 1.8l4
- Automatic transmission
- 37,000 miles
At 14000 miles the dealer told us over the phone this was an alignment problem. They did not suggest we bring it in to check it out. Now at 37000 miles we need a third set of tires. The rear axle roar is almost unbearable. We have had the car realigned at every schedule oil change and are experiencing premature tire wear and road noise that is unnerving. We just returned the car to our local Honda dealer since something is not right with this care eating up tires. We have been told there is a problem with broken and defective welds in the control arm. We are now 1000 miles out of warranty and it will cost us 250 dollars to repair. The service rep let slip that she has seen this before. I asked how many times. She said just once. I asked her to multiply that statistic by the number of dealers and how many is that. I also wonder how many others have been conned or mislead into the notion they have and alignment and owner maintenance issue that have not come in to the dealer. In addition we now must pay for a third set of tires. This is obviously a factory defect and should fall into the catagory of an issue that falls into the category of a product recall. I can usually smell when I am being misled. This falls into the catagory of stench. Step back and almost puck kind of stench that stays with you all day.
2009Jan 01
Civic EX
- Manual transmission
- 25,000 miles
The rear control arms caused uneven tire wear, which makes my car sound and feel like I am driving an 18 wheeler. I got the control arms fixed, but Honda won't pay for the tires. My car still shakes nonstop when I go between 65 and 75. It can't be good for the car. I have to buy new tires, and I am pissed that honda does not cover it. Total BS.
2009Apr 20
Civic
- Automatic transmission
- 50,000 miles
I bought my Honda Civic in March 2007 and I have had problems with it right from the start. This car is automatic but has shifted like I am a really bad Standard driver since about a week after I bought it. Honda does not see a problem. My Main Complaint is the tire wear. I currently have 80,000 kilometers on the car and just had my third set of tires installed. At 40,000 kilometers, the first set of tires were totally Bald with wires sticking out, very unsafe to be driving. The Honda dealer told me it was a problem with all the original tires on all makes and models not just Honda. My second set of tires that I just replaced also had about 40,000 km on them but only the two rear tires were affected. One just had a lot of wear on the inside and the other had a broken belt along with so much wear the belts were exposed. I was told by a Canadian Tire service Tech that this was the third Honda he has seen with the same problem this Month!!!
2009Mar 01
Civic EX 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 50,000 miles
Bought this car used in May 2007, it only had about 6,000 miles on it. Didn't even have 20,000 miles on it and the first set of tires were junk and the howling from the tire noise would drown out the radio. Of course the dealership tried to blame me, said I didn't rotate the tires often enough, blah, blah, blah. They finally admitted there was a service bulletin for this. The number is 08-011 if anyone cares. Service dept performed the work on the bulletin last July and gave me a partial refund for the new tires I had to buy, not enough but at least I got something. So now I have 50,000 and the second set of rear tires are cupped and the howling noise is starting again. I've had the tires rotated and had an alignment done...didn't do any good. I'm sorely disappointed in Honda!!
2009Jan 15
Civic EX
- Automatic transmission
- 22,000 miles
Tires with only 22,000 miles had to be replaced. I live in Ohio, so the rapid tire wear was even more of a safety factor because of winter weather (ice, snow). Shame on Honda for this problem.
2007Sep 14
Civic EX 1.8l4
- Automatic transmission
- 14,000 miles
After experiencing loud rear end noise we called the dealer to see if there might be a problem with the car. We were advised that car probably needed an alignment and to take it to a tire store. We took it to a name brand tire dealer and they indicated the tires were worn beyond the margin of safety. They proceeded to align the wheels and replaced all four tires. The tires had to be replaces after only a third of their normal expected service life. We were advised to have the vehicle aligned on a regular basis
2008Jun 18
Civic
- Manual transmission
- 12,427 miles
We bought this car in the end of January, 2008. At the first oil change (at the dealership), they did not rotate the tires because there was not enough wear to warrant doing so. At the second oil change, they thought there was enough wear on the rear passenger tire only that we should purchase a new tire ($250 from them). We did not purchase one at that time, as the wear was minimal. They said it was NOT the result of misalignment, and that we must have done something to the car. Only my husband and myself drive this car, we do not stunt drive, drive up on curbs, etc, so we know that is not right. Then they tried to say it was the result of a pot hole, etc, while it was on the front. We had to pull out the paper work to show them that it was never on the front, as it was never rotated. After much complaining, and almost another 10000 km's we made the Dealership do a total check of the suspension, alignment, etc, and they claim there is nothing wrong with the car, it must be Goodyear's fault, and they tried to get Goodyear to pay for a new tire, but Goodyear did not think that the km's were unusual for 60% wear. The odd thing is that the other 3 tires have normal expected wear on them. One time when I was in getting an oil change, there was another customer in with her 2007 Civic, and she was complaining about her rear passenger tire wearing out its 3rd tire in 1.5 years. This tells me that I am not the only customer who has had this problem I don't see why I should have to pay almost $300 out of my pocket to replace 2 tires because one of them has worn out in 9 months of driving. And is this something I will have to do every year? My old clunker didn't cost me that much in repairs a year. I guess we are supposed to trade gas mileage for tire bills! And don't even get me started on the cost of oil changes!!!!!!
2008Apr 29
Civic EX
- Manual transmission
- 18,800 miles
Noticed the problem in April but thought it was just me. Kept getting louder and louder and I could tell it was coming from the rear. Took it back to dealer and they called me and told me it was uneven wear on my tires due to the way the tires are tilted on the back. Their suggestion was to have new suspension put on and they would realign the tires and see if that would help. I asked if this was something other people were complaining about and he said yes it tends to be a problem with the Civic. They would not replace the tires though which I think is not right, since this seems to be a manufacturing error. Hopefully this will help some. I have a 1990 Honda Civic with 187,000 miles on it and it has never had any major problem. I love my car otherwise but this definitely should be something the Honda corp. should address.
2008Jun 01
Civic LX 3.2L
- Automatic transmission
- 7,000 miles
Two of my tires are severely worn on just one side. I have had it in the shop twice over the past two and a half weeks. They first rotated the tires. I took it back because the front end was really shaking when I would brake at high speed. They said the rotors? needed sanding or something so I said okay. It is a bit better but today I found that I had a flat tire and took my car to the nearest tire dealer to have it fixed and he showed me my tires. They look awful. The fellows at the Honda dealership never mentioned that I might already need new tires. Boy was I hot. I called the fellow that sold me the car and he said that there had been some other Civics with this problem and that they will get it taken care of. I asked if they would give me new tires and he said they would probably have to prorate the price. I tell you one thing if I have to pay for those tires I will not be very happy.
2007Nov 13
Civic EX V4
- Automatic transmission
- 20,000 miles
As i said before about my Condenser, A PAIN IN THE ASS. Don't get the car it sucks. U run over some dirt you get a flat tire! who replaces 3 tires in 1 year????? and the representative at the store suggested that my last "good" tire be replaced to because it was worn. But Honda doesn't tell you about the safety bulletins that say that their is actually a default with the car that wears your tires early. Trust Me, call the Honda company not dealership and ask about the safety bulletins on your cars.
2008Mar 06
Civic LX 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 24,211 miles
Honda has a service bulletin on the problem that I found online. They said it was a tire problem and that the tires were not rotated. I called "BS" on this and went to an independent tire shop who had been very helpful on a previous problem on another car. The rear alignment was right on but the front was off from when I purchased the car new. This can happen when the cars are tied down too tight. Anyway I went online and found that a lot of other owners are having the same problem. I downloaded a service bulletin that I found online and took it to the service manager, they called me back and set an appointment, I then asked what it will cost me? They said that they will furnish all parts including new tires, no charge, When I checked later they said that I would have to cover 75% of new cost. I purchased then myself at a better price. I have further found other websites with other owners are having the same problem...It seems that Honda has a design problem???
2008Jan 10
Civic ES 4 cyl
- Automatic transmission
- 10,000 miles
MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC IS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD AND I NEED TO SPEND $440 TO FIX IT!! THIS IS WITH THE $2500 EXTENDED WARRANTY AND TIRE SERVICE WARRANTY!!!!! THERE ARE 25,000 MILES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING ON THE CAR, BUT AT 10,000 THE SOUND AND VIBRATION WERE NOTICEABLE. NO ONE WANTS TO REPLACE OR CHECK ALIGNMENT WITHOUT COST, WHICH IS WHAT YOU BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR???!!!!! UNFLIPPINBELIEVEABLE!! THE TIRES ARE WORN IN A STRIATION PATTERN, NOT JUST WORN DOWN WHICH MEANS SOMETHING WAS WRONG FROM THE BEGINNING!!!!!
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2007Apr 06
Civic EX 4
now have 122000 miles, great car, great gas mileage, but wears out tires long before time or mileage. tires cup very bad even with balance and rotation every 6 or 7 thousand miles. tire noise becomes very loud. am on 5th set of tires.
rgrayson
Moselle, MS, USA
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