2006 Honda Civic Suspension

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR TIRES WOULD WEAR PREMATURELY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROL ARM IN THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,075.

REAR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES. REAR TIRES AGAIN REPLACED AT 40,000 MILES. REAR TIRES AGAIN REPLACED AT 65,000 MILES. ALL TIRES REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE AS HONDA WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM. INSANELY LOUD RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM REAR END OF VEHICLE STARTING AROUND 15,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THAT'S NORMAL. INDEPENDENT SHOP MANAGED TO GET ALIGNMENT WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS ALTHOUGH IT WAS "VERY DIFFICULT" TO GET THE ALIGNMENT TO MEET HONDA'S SPECIFICATIONS. REAR END CONTINUES TO RUMBLE AND MAKE LOUD NOISE. HONDA DEALERS WILL NOT FIX ISSUE. *TT

2006 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNEVEN TIRE WEAR, SHOCKS OR STRUT ISSUES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WERE REPLACED FIVE TIMES. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HIS VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE REAR CAMBER. THE DEALER WAS ONLY WILLING TO PAY HALF OF THE COST. DESPITE, THE CAMBER BEING DEFECTIVE. *JB

BROUGHT VEHICLE TO HONDA DUE TO LOUD ROARING SOUND NEAR REAR LEFT TIRE. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEARING AS THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL AND MY CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY "OK". HONDA CALLS AND WANTS TO CHARGE ME ALMOST $800 FOR 2 NEW CONTROL ARMS, 2 NEW REAR TIRES, AND AN ALIGNMENT. I DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIND OUT THERE IS A TSB: HONDA DESIGNED THE CONTROL ARMS WRONG CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES. THE FIX IS TO REPLACE THEM WITH NEWLY DESIGNED CONTROL ARMS. SO, HONDA SHOULD PAY FOR IT CONSIDERING THEY DESIGNED A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. HONDA WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. ESSENTIALLY, HONDA IS ADMITTING THE PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE BY REPLACING IT WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED PRODUCT. MY PURCHASED AN AFTERMARKET WARRANTY FROM THE HONDA STEALERSHIP: THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE CONTROL ARMS CLAIMING "IT IS A DEFECT CAUSED BY HONDA" AND THE PART IS NOT BROKEN. THE CONSUMER LOSES ONCE AGAIN AND HONDA TAKES THE MONEY. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DEFECTIVE DESIGN ON THIS CAR: THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKS DUE TO IMPROPER CASTING, THE CHEAP VISORS BREAK: AT LEAST HONDA EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS TO 8 YEARS. AFTER THAT, I GUESS YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK. THIS IS MY 6TH HONDA. I ALSO HAVE A HONDA LAWNMOWER AND POWERWASHER. HONDA WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE I WOULD BUY DUE TO THEIR HIGH QUALITY AND RELIABILITY. THEY USED TO BUILD QUALITY PRODUCTS AND STAND BEHIND THEM. NOW THEY BUILD GARBAGE AT A PREMIUM PRICE AND REFUSE TO STAND BEHIND THEM. I KNEW I BOUGHT THAT HYUNDAI SONATA FOR $4,000 LESS THAN AN ACCORD... PS: THE HYUNDAI HAS 0 ISSUES AND RUNS GREAT WITH SIMILAR MILEAGE. SORRY HONDA: I WILL BE PURCHASING FROM A COMPANY THAT STANDS BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF COMPANY RIDING OFF OF THEIR NAME LEGACY FROM THE 80'S AND 90'S. CHECK OUT HYUNDAI OR EVEN DARE I SAY AND AMERICAN CAR: THE QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER. *TR

REAR DRIVER SIDE TRAILING ARM SNAPPED ON 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX. LOOKS LIKE THE PART HAD A MANUFACTURING FAULT ON ONE OF THE WELD SEAMS. *TR

REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS CAUSE REAR TIRES TO GO AND STAY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. THIS CAUSES EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND POTENTIAL FAILURE WELL BEFORE TIRE'S MAXIMUM MILEAGE RATING. I AM ON MY THIRD SET OF TIRES WITH ONLY 43,850 MILES ON THE CAR. HONDA ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN IN 2008 ABOUT THIS BUT DIDN'T INFORM CONSUMERS. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF REAR SUSPENSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED DUE TO THE DEFECT/POOR DESIGN OF THE REAR CONTROL ARMS, THE REAR TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AND PREMATURELY. LAST WEEK, THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS WORN DOWN TO THE CORD ON THE INSIDE PART OF THE TIRE. THE DEALER SUGGESTED A FOUR-WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND TWO NEW REAR TIRES, BUT FAILED TO MENTION THE ISSUE WITH THE CONTROL ARMS. THE CONSUMER LEARNED OF A SERVICE BULLETIN THAT WAS ISSUED TO DEALERS, BY HONDA TO REPLACE THE REAR CONTROL ARMS. THE CONSUMER TOOK A COPY OF THE BULLETIN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IS NOW NEGOTIATING WITH THEM TO REPLACE THE CONTROL ARMS. *JB

I TOOK IN MY CAR TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND THE TIRES ROTATED. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT ROTATE THE TIRES BECAUSE THERE WAS "TOO MUCH WEAR" AND THEY WERE "WORN OUT". I HAVE HAD THE TIRES FOR 30,000 MILES AND THEY HAVE AN 80,000 MILE WARRANTY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THEY BEGAN FEELING A VIBRATION AND HEARD A ROARING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM CAME FROM A COMBINATION OF THE TIRES AND REAR WHEELS GEOMETRY DISPLACEMENT. THE FAILURE CAUSED INNER EDGE WEAR ON THE TIRES, VIBRATION AND A ROARING NOISE. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT THE COMPONENT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID, I AM ON MY SECOND SET OF TIRES DUE TO THEM RUBBING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE WELL. MY CAR HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT. I AM GOING NEXT WEEK TO GET ANOTHER SET OF TIRES ( THE THIRD SET). THE BACK TIRES RUB EXCESSIVELY SO MUCH SO THE BACK OF THE CAR SHAKES, IF I HAVE ANY WEIGHT IN THE CAR IT IS ALMOST UNBEARABLE. *TR

UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. HONDA CLAIMS THIS IS INTENDED BUT THE CAR GOES THROUGH BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE REAR EVERY 7500 MILES. THE REAR CONTROL ARM PUTS NEGITIVE CAMBER AND TOE ON THE TIRE CAUSES THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE TO WEAR BALD VERY QUICKLY EVEN WHEN DRVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, IF YOU DONT CHECK THE TIRES DAILY FOR WEAR YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE IT. I DIDN'T NOTICE IT TILL MY TIRE POPPED. LUCKILY I WASN'T ON A MAJOR ROAD OR THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE INCIDENT. *TR

BROUGHT MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AND THREE TIMES WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE WEARING EVENLY AND DIDN'T NEED TO ROTATE BROUGHT IT SOME WHERE ELSE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE CUPPING ON THE INSIDE AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A WHEEL ALIGNMENT THE MECHANIC WOULDN'T ROTATE BECAUSE THE CUPPING WAS SO SEVERE ON THE REAR TIRES THEN I TOOK IT BACK TO HONDA AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED UPDATED CONTROL ARMS NEEDLESS TO SAY IF THEY WOULD HAVE CRACKED IN HALF I COULD HAVE TIRES FLYING OFF MY CAR . I CAN NOT BELIEVE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM IT CAN BE VERY SERIOUS AND HONDA ISN'T PICKING UP ANY OF THE COST I DRIVE VERY FAR EVERY DAY AND NOW I AM NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT WITH THIS CAR AND DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT OR PAY FOR HONDAS MISTAKES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SHE HEARD A LOUD SOUND IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT WATER PENETRATED IN THE REAR WHEEL BEARING CAUSING THE ABS SENSORS TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WERE 122,000.

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON 2006 HONDA CIVIC. TIRES WEARING OUT @ 20000-30000 KM. UNSAFE HANDLING ON SNOW, ICE AND BUMPS. BACK END OF CAR "SWAYS" AND SLIDES TO ONE SIDE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I PURCHASED IT NEW AND HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE VEHICLE WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE REAR TIRES WEAR UNEVENLY (FLAT SPOTS) CAUSING A ROARING SOUND THAT IS VERY ANNOYING. ALSO, DURING HIGH SPEED (45 - 70 MPH) THE VEHICLE VIBRATES AS IF THE WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALANCE. THIS COULD PRESENT A SAFETY HAZARD. WHEN I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM I THOUGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN MY FAULT FOR NOT ROTATING THE TIRES AS RECOMMENDED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. HOWEVER, I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT ROTATING THE TIRES AND HAVING THE WHEELS BALANCED DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DURING MY RESEARCH OF THE PROBLEM ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE I FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER CIVIC OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS I HAVE ASKED NUMEROUS CIVIC OWNERS IF THEY WERE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLE. NEARLY EVERY ONE THAT I ASKED DID IN FACT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WITH APPROXIMATELY 58,000 MILES. I REPLACED THE FIRST SET OF TIRES (DUNLOP) AFTER @30,000 MILES (FOR REFERENCE, THE PREVIOUS HONDA ACCORD I OWNED WOULD TYPICALLY GO 50-80K BEFORE NEEDING NEW TIRES)... THE TIRES ON MY CIVIC HYBRID WERE ALL WORN ON THE INSIDE AND NOT EASILY VISIBLE (THE OUTSIDE TREAD LOOKED FINE) - I FOUND THIS OUT DURING MY ANNUAL CAR INSPECTION IN JULY/AUG 2008. AT THAT TIME I HAD A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE AND TIRES REPLACED BEFORE I COULD PASS THE INSPECTION. SINCE THEN, I REPLACED ONE OF THE TIRES ABOUT A YR AGO BECAUSE THE TIRE STARTED TO COME APART AT THE SEAM AND WAS MAKING A LOUD THUD NOISE. I HAVE NEVER RUN INTO THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH A TIRE BEFORE AND AM GRATEFUL THE TIRE DIDN'T COME TOTALLY APART (ESPECIALLY IF MY FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR)... I WAS JUST AT THE LOCAL HONDA DEALER ON 4/8/11 TO HAVE A RECALL ISSUE (DEFECTIVE VOLTAGE REGULATOR) DEALT WITH WHEN THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT MY FRONT TIRES WERE IN BAD SHAPE. HE DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT A KNOWN SUSPENSION PROBLEM (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001) WHICH SPEAKS TO THIS ISSUE CAUSING THE TIRES TO WEAR PREMATURELY THOUGH HE DID ADVISE THAT THE FRONT TIRES BE REPLACED AND ALL FOUR WHEELS BE REALIGNED. INTERESTINGLY, THE LAST TRIP TO THIS SAME DEALERSHIP TO REMEDY A FAULTY SENSOR IN AUGUST 2010 THERE WAS NO MENTION OF TIRE ISSUES OR TSB 08-001 YET I'VE ONLY PUT ON 5,000 MILES SINCE THAT TIME AND THE TIRE ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPARENT AT THAT TIME TOO... I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT HONDA'S TSB 08-001 AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB ON 4/12/11. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FEEL HONDA SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS A SUSPENSION DESIGN FLAW, SAFETY ISSUE, AND THE CONSUMER IS UNKNOWINGLY PAYING FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES AND ALIGNMENTS. I'VE TRIED TO GET HONDA TO PAY FOR FIXING THE SUSPENSION ISSUE (AS PER THE SERVICE BULLETIN) BUT THEY ARE SO FAR UNWILLINGLY TO DO THAT. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE AND I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I FEEL SOME VIBRATIONS AND EXCESSIVE SWAY WHEN TURNING. AT ONE YEAR OLD MY REAR LEFT SHOCK ABSORBER LEAKED, HONDA REPLACED IT BUT AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR IT STARTED TO FAIL AGAIN. HONDA REPLACED IT AGAIN OUT OF COURTESY (THEY SAID).LAST YEAR I NOTICED IT HAS A LEAK AGAIN BUT I DON'T WANT TO BRING IT IN FOR REPAIRS. I ALSO HAVE PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. I HEARD ABOUT A HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS SO I CALLED THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID THAT MY CAR WASN'T INCLUDE IN THE PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE BULLETIN STATES ALL 2006 MODELS ARE AFFECTED. I BELIEVE THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY SHOCKS FAILING AND HONDA SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT CAUSE SOME ACCIDENTS. HOPE YOU GUYS COULD DIG IN DEEPER TO THIS PROBLEM AS HONDA SEEMS TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I HAVE REPLACED MY STRUTS, SHOCKS, BEARINGS, AND TIRES. I AM NOW REPLACING MY SHOCKS AGAIN 3 WEEKS OF THE FIRST TIME. MY 06 CIVIC IS STILL SHAKY DUE TO REAR ARM CONTROL PLEASE HELP, CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CIVIC AND THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN PREMATURE TIRE WEAR AND THE REAR OF THE CAR SWAYING ESPECIALLY IN THE SNOW. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED AT 30,000 AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT 60,000. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN RELEASED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, BUT WHEN I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THE CONTROL ARMS WERE DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE COVERED AT MY COST OF $455.00. I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES AT THIS TIME, BUT DO NOT WANT TO REPLACE THEM AT 90,000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY COSTLY TO THE OWNERS OF 2006-2007 CIVICS, BUT IS ALSO DANGEROUS. *TR

CAR WAS MAKING LOUD NOISE BUT I COULDN'T TELL WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM (EXCEPT SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH) KIND OF A GRINDING NOISE. I PURCHASED NEW TIRES ABOUT 12 MONTHS AGO BECAUSE THE TIRES FROM THE FACTORY WEREN'T GOOD IN SNOW (OR SO I THOUGHT). I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I'D NEED CONTROLLER ARMS AND NEW TIRES BECAUSE THE TIRES WERE VERY WORN. IT'S A 2006 HONDA CIVIC AND ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THOSE TIRES. THE WHOLE THING IS GOING TO COST ME ALMOST $1000.00 BUT "THE GUY AT THE DEALER SAID "WELL, YOU GET A $50.00 REBATE FOR THE TIRES" OH BOY!! IT ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE EITHER OF COURSE. I WILL BE CONTACTING HONDA USA TO TALK TO THEM BUT HAVE SEEN FROM THIS WEBSITE THAT IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD. BUT I STILL HAVE TO TRY...I AM DISGUSTED WITH THIS AS I BOUGHT A HONDA BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH GLOWING RELIABILITY AND SAFETY REPORTS. I HAD ONE ACCIDENT (REAR ENDED, NOT WITH THIS CAR, ALSO NOT MY FAULT) AND I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER!! I WILL BE KEEPING THE PARTS AND THE TIRES WHEN I GET IT DONE. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN. I HAVE EXPERIENCED RAPID AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR ON BOTH REAR TIRES. I ROTATED THE TIRES IN MARCH 2010 AND AT THAT TIME, THE WEAR WAS FAIRLY EVEN ON ALL FOUR TIRES WITH ABOUT 50% OF THE TREAD LEFT. I PURCHASED THE TIRES IN AUGUST OF 08. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS I USE SNOW TIRES. THE TIRES HAVE ABOUT 25,000 TO 30,000 MILES ON THEM. SINCE MARCH 2010, I'VE DRIVEN THE CAR ABOUT 10,000 MILES. NOW THE REAR LEFT TIRE IS SHOWING EXTREME WEAR ON THE INSIDE WITH UNEVEN WAVE PATTERNS AND THE REAR RIGHT TIRE IS WARN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS. I FOUND OUT BECAUSE MY CAR FAILED INSPECTION. I'VE ALSO NOTICED A LOUD ROAR COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I BEGAN TO NOTICE THE ROAR IN JULY AND TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION AND I JUST DON'T ROTATE MY TIRES ENOUGH, EVEN AFTER I EXPLAINED THAT I ROTATE MY TIRES TWICE A YEAR AND JUST ROTATED THEM THAT PREVIOUS MARCH! THE MECHANIC THAT DID THE INSPECTION (WHO ALSO SOLD ME THE TIRES) SAID THAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT SUCH A SEVER WEAR PATTERN COULD DEVELOP UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION. I CALLED THE HONDA DEALER AGAIN WHILE AT THE STATE INSPECTION STATION AND TOLD THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND TRIED TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE REAR SUSPENSION LOOKED AT. THEY AGAIN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION AND THAT THE WEAR WAS MY FAULT BECAUSE I DIDN'T ROTATE THE TIRES ENOUGH. THEN THE DEALER TRIED TO SELL ME A SET OF TIRES OVER THE PHONE! MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE REAR TIRE WEAR PRESENTS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THAT THE RIGHT TIRE ESPECIALLY, COULD BLOW AT ANY TIME. IT APPEARS THAT HONDA KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS DESCRIBED IN THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET THEM TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

INCIDENT: 2006 HONDA CIVIC EX AT 25,000 MILES THE STRUT & MOUNT FAILED (2008) AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. AT 50,000 MILES THE SAME STRUT & MOUNT FAILED AGAIN BUT DEALER REFUSED TO COVER THIS.(2010) MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO BRING CAR TO DEALER AS THIS SHOULD NOT OCCUR. READING BLOGS ONLINE I AM LEARNING THAT THIS IS A STRUCTURAL DEFECT NOT RECOGNIZED BY HONDA. AS A CONCERNED CONSUMER, AND, IN LIEU OF THE PROBLEMS WITH TOYOTA, I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE IT BECOMES A LIABILITY ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE CAUSING THE TIRES TO CUP AND WEARS RAPIDLY AT 15,000. THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS RECOGNIZED IN THE TSB (NHTSA #10024687). THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE CONTROL ARMS AND THE STATED THEY REFUSE TO HANDLE THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS IGNORING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR TIRES WEARING OUT QUICKLY, AND VIBRATIONS WHEN TRAVELING ABOVE 50 MPH. YESTERDAY THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED, AND STARTED SMOKING. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND TOOK THE CAR IN AND THE OTHER REAR TIRE HAD VERY UNUSUAL WEAR TO THE BELT ON THE INNER PART. THE SAME PLACE THE OTHER TIRE SEPARATED. IN LOOKING THIS UP ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE HONDA CIVICS AND THE REAR ALIGNMENT BEING DEFECTIVE. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMEONE, IF NOT ALREADY, IS KILLED BY SUCH PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC FISHTAILS TERRIBLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER BUT EVEN IN THE SUMMER ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN I HIT EVEN LITTLE BUMPS THE CAR SHIFTS TO THE SIDE. IT FORCES ME TO SLOW DOWN BUT IT GETS WORSE BETWEEN 30-40 MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE NOT CRASHED DUE TO THE PROBLEM (YET) BUT IN CERTAINLY CONCERNS ME AND MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE OUR CAR! *TR