I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES 3 TIMES AFTER THE ORIGINAL SET WENT BAD. THE MECHANIC IS NOW TELLING ME I NEED A 5 SET OF TIRES IN 5 YEARS. HONDA REFUSES TO INCLUDE MY CIVIC IN THE GROUP OF CARS WITH THIS ISSUE. THE COMPANY ALTHOUGH CORRECTED THE ISSUE FOR FUTURE YEARS, REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARS THEY SOLD THAT HAVE THE ISSUE. I WILL SELL THIS LITTLE PIECE OF SH*T AND NEVER BUY A HONDA AGAIN. ANYONE THAT TRIES TO SELL THE "HONDA'S ARE GREAT CARS" WILL GET AN EARFUL FROM ME. THE COMPANY IS JUST ANOTHER IRRESPONSIBLE CORPORATE GIANT THAT WON'T GET ANOTHER DIME FROM ME. C-YA HONDA

I have been told by Honda that judging by my VIN # my civic is not one of the earlier civics with rear suspension arms which were faulty(2007) etc..... Even though it is a 2008 I purchased it in November 2007. It currently has 160,000 miles and am currently on my 4 the set of tires @ $750 each time and now the wear and vibration is getting so bad I am afraid the shaking could cause secondary damage else where bearings, shocks etc.... The wear pattern is diagonally in two or more sections of my rear left tire only. I have rotated my tires many times, this seams to buy me a few extra miles but eventually all the tires end up with uneven diagonal wear. Car has never been in an accident and I have had professional alignment done several times by Honda. Vibration always starts to become noticeable at around 15,000 miles and continues to get worse until it becomes unbearable at around 25,000 to 30,000 miles on tires that are meant to last 60,000. I feel let down by Honda since I have been so loyal

Since 1984 I have purchased 5 new Honda's and recently a new Acura MDX. I hope to hear from someone who has found a solution.

So I bought a Honda Civic because all I have heard was that Honda was a great car to get. Well, I have not felt that way since I bought my 2008 Honda Civic. The first problem I had was a vibration in my steering wheel. This occur when I drove over 55 miles per hour. I brought it to the Honda dealership and they told me that I need new tires. I wonder.... why would I need new tires after 20,000 miles... but my tires were worn. I got 4 new tires from a reliable, local tire shop and there was still a vibration in my steering wheel. I went to Honda and they said, "The other tire shop gave you bad tires... you should have gotten tires from us." Anyways, I had the other place give me 4 new tires and there was still a vibration. I was frustrated at this point.

So I dealt with this for a year and finally went to a local Monro Shop. They fixed the vibration and told me what was causing the vibration. By this time, I also notice that my tires were wearing ( why would they when I just got them replaced, have always done what I needed to do for my car, and plus, my car was only a couple year old ( 2nd tire replacement). So I went to Honda and they said that Monro does not know what they are talking about. So frustrating.... never thought this would be all would go down for my first car, but this is what I now look forward to going forward on future car experiences.

Summer of 2012, my step-mom found info about how Honda Civics are having a problem with tear wearing and vibrations. I took this information to my local Honda dealership and they repaired the problem for free, except I had to pay for my tires for the 4th time with under 50,000 miles. That's a problem, huh? Still, I wish that Honda would have "man up" when I first went to them over 2 years ago. Would have saved me on tires and repair.

The service department at my local dealership is trying to help me, but the old managment was worthless. The old service has made me wonder if I ever want to get another Honda. When I first got my car I love it.... was going to get another when I needed to, but now, never.........

Well, for the longest time I thought it was only my Honda that broke every 5 to 10k miles. It appears that others have had the same problems...

This post is in regard to the tires. The tires are the reason I am thinking about selling the car and never going back to Honda. I am on my third set of tires and was just told today they could see the wear bars so I need to consider buying a new set soon. I JUST REPLACED THEM 4 MONTHS AGO. I have just over 60,000 miles on my car. I do regular scheduled maintenance and do not hesitate to make sure my tires are rotated every other oil change. All my miles are all highway miles and I realize I drive more than most people. I have been to multiple dealers and have been given all sorts of reasons and excuses about how it is my fault this keeps happening. I have done everything they have suggested and it makes no difference. I have had them balanced and aligned multiple times and it has not made any difference.

The car starts to violently shake once I have about 15k miles on them, they never seem to need to deal with this issue because it is about time for a new set of tires, balancing and alignment! I think I will not make it through the year as a Honda owner unless this next dealer I try comes up with a fix. I joke around that my car eats tires for breakfast but at several hundred dollars a year, I am constantly saving to buy the next set. Somehow the dealer picked up on the fact I was frustrated with the statement about buying tires but not surprised. All he had to say when I explained this would be set 4 was “oh.” To my surprise he was not shocked, he must see this a bit, he also had no suggestions.

Since I bought out 2008 Honda Civic EX-L Sedan I have had a terrfici vibration, a wirring noise and very early tire wear. Like other owners who have reported the same problem, Hopnda keeps saying it's because I didn't rotate the tires. My original set of tires should signs of cupping on the edges. The last car that showed the same signs of tire cupping and premature wear was my 1970 Fiat 850. The solution was to install Koni adjustible shocks in place of the original shocks. It worked. I've replaced the rear shocks on my Civic with heavy duty ones and still I have tire cupping, vibration and noise. The noise is so loud it sounds like the reare wheel bearings are the culpret. But Honda refuses to acknowledge that it is a problem. SInce I am not the only owner that has this problem perhaps this should be sent to the NHTSA.

My first trouble I had with the car is around 24,000 miles on the original tires, a subtle then later violent shaking in the steering wheel. A loud rumble would occur in the back end every set of tires I'd replace after about the third tire rotation. I've kept having them rebalanced, but wouldn't fix the noise. Bought Michelin 80,000 tires at Walmart, only to have the two rear tires blow out two weeks apart from each other.

They were cupped too. Walmart replaced them under road hazard warranty, and now these latest replaced tires (with Michelin 80,000 again) are cupped and shaking my car down again with only 23,000mi. on each) I put them on the front now, and rumbling is subsided. I've been through 4-sets of four tires on this car (I have 202,234mi. on it now, commuting 1-1/2 hours each way to work.) I rotate every 8,000 mi. because its so expensive.

I thought it was our bad Louisiana roads, but now I see that it is a bad design by Honda. Yet no recall? We're doomed to be disappointed. No one advocates for the little guy. Honda has lost THIS family.

Mike Coll

Lawtell, LA

I have serious cupping of the rear tires, too. On the first trip to the dealer, I was told it was a bad wheel bearing. Knowing what a bad bearing sounds like, and having so few miles on my car, I didn't buy it. I went to another dealer for a second opinion, where they diagnosed the problem as "cupped tires." Switched the right and left back tires and said the problem would likely work itself out after 5K miles or so. It got worse. Sseveral months ago I wrote the general manager at the dealership that sold me the car, but I received no reply. Suspect now that they knew what was going on all along.

I'm at the point now of needing new tires -- too loud and wobbly to take any more, but I decided to first check online to see if others are experienced something similar. Not surprised to see all the complaints. I have two Hondas now but no more after this. I left Ford for hiding a serious problem that everyone was complaining about; guess it's Honda's turn now. I somehow manage to pick the bad ones.

Okay. We bought our civic may of 2008. We put alot of highway miles on it. We did just as the dealer asked... don't bring it in until it needs service and if they suggested maintenance (primarily rotating the tires), we always agreed. The tires were rotated at the first oil change (around 6k miles) and weren't at the second or the third. Well, around 15k miles... we began to notice a vibration which got worse and worse. Well due to are schedule, we didn't get the car into the dealer until around 18k to get them balanced. I thought that our back tires were pretty worn (far more than usual) but thought it was just due to the small size and I'm not used to such smaller tires.

The dealer then pointed out to us that they couldn't rotate them due to the need that they needed to be replaced as we could see the wear bars clearly upon inspection. Well, I'm not an expert on Bridgestone tires, but I was pretty sure that they should have at least lasted over 20k miles... which the service writer agreed. They decided to look it over. The explanation for the wear that they gave us is that the car's rear wheels came from the factory with a negative camber angle so that when passengers/cargo were in the car, they would level out... And since we hardly ever had passengers (did have luggage for at least 50% of those miles though), it was causing the problem.

The dealer agreed to putting 2 new tires on it... at the discounted price of $200 (very annoying... because it was cheaper to buy their two possibly crappy bridgestone tires than two new tires, so couldn't really see if a different tire would help). They said that they attempted to adjust the camber to be more neutral since we hardly have rear passengers. They said that it should be okay and to bring it back in if it happened again.

Got car back and issue was resolved.