2006 Honda Civic Suspension

UNEVEN AND RAPIDLY WEARING TIRES ON THE 2006 CIVIC. THESE UNEVEN TIRE PROBLEMS CAN QUICKLY TURN INTO BRAKING ISSUES AND ALSO LEAD TO DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VIBRATIONS, GIVING ME FITS WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

TIRE WEAR HAS BEEN UNEVEN IN THE REAR TIRES, I HAD RECEIVED A REPAIR NOTICE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR A LONG TIME AND MISSED OUT ON THE REPAIR WINDOW FOR REPLACEMENT OF TIRES AND SUPER CONTROL ARM? I THINK THE RESULTING TIRE WEAR IS THE FAULT OF KNOWN DEFECTIVE PARTS AND HONDA IS ACTING VERY RESPONSIBLY IN NOT RECALING FOR THIS FAILURE/DEFECT

REAR OF CIVIC "SWAYS" WHEN GOING OVER ANY HIGHWAY IMPERFECTION AT ANY SPEED BUT RECOVERS WHEN ROAD SMOOTHS OUT.

I NEVER GOT INFORMED ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT CLAIM HTTP://SETTLEMENT-CLAIMS.COM/CONTROLARM/NOTICE.HTML 2 YEARS AGO. HONDA SERVICE FIRST FOUND A PROBLEM ON REAR CONTROL ARMS AND TIRE WEAR ON MARCH 12TH. WHY DIDN'T THEY NOTICE PROBLEM BEFORE MARCH 12TH? HONDA SERVICE GAVE ME A PRICE OF PARTS AND LABOR. IT'S $255 ON PARTS (CONTROL ARMS) AND $150 LABOR. UPDATED 12/21/2015*JS

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND FOUND OUT THERE HAS BEEN A SETTLED CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT BECAUSE THE REAR CONTROL ARM CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE REAR TIRES. I GUESS I AM STUCK HAVING TO MAKE THIS REPAIR ON MY OWN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON 110 FWY THE REAR SUSPENSION BOUNCED LIKE NO SHOCKS ON IT THAT REALLY SCARED ME. *TR

HONDA CLAIMS THAT THE REAR UPPER SUSPENSION ARMS SHOULD BE REPLACED, BUT WILL NOT COVER THE COSTS INVOLVED SINCE I AM PAST THE DATE ON THE WARRANTY. *TR

HONDA KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS. I HAVE TWO FOR WHICH I'VE BROUGHT SEVERAL SET OF TIRES. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS AN ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW. TIRES WEAR OUT VERY QUICKLY. ROAD NOISE US TREMENDOUS WITH HEAVY THUMPING. REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE THE PROBLEM. *TR

AS MANY OF 06-07 HONDA CIVIC OWNERS ARE AWARE OF, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THESE PARTICULAR VEHICLES. THERE IS EVEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OUT AGAINST HONDA AS PROFILED HERE: HTTP://SETTLEMENT-CLAIMS.COM/CONTROLARM/INDEX.HTML AT THIS WEBSITE. AFTER I CALLED TO SUBMIT A CLAIM I WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE OF MY CAR BEING A SALVAGE VEHICLE, THAT I WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE HONDA PAY FOR MY REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH IT LEGITIMATELY HAS THE PROBLEM. THE WOMAN FROM THE HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ORGANIZATION TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOT A RECALL BUT AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" AND THAT'S WHY THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR A ONCE SALVAGE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY IS VOID. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE JUDGE IN THE CASE SAID THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE SO THEREFORE DID NOT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED A RECALL. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! TRY DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DOWN A WET OR SNOW COVERED ROAD. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A SECTION OF ROAD THAT IS DRY THEN TRANSITIONING INTO A WET STRETCH OF ROAD, SUCH AS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN GOING DOWN A TREE LINED ROAD WHERE SOME TREES KEEP THE PAVEMENT DRY DURING A RAINSTORM. OR DRIVING ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD THAT HAS OCCASIONAL SPOTS THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NO SNOW ON THEM. THE REAR END WILL ACTUALLY SHIFT, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ALMOST TO A POINT OF LOSING CONTROL. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN FOR A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT ON TWO OCCASIONS, NEITHER OF WHICH HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO NOW REALIZE THAT THESE SHORTENED UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! IT SHOULD STILL BE TURNED INTO ONE! IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

MY CAR WAS HAVING UNEVEN WEAR OF THE TIRES AND WENT TO GET THE TIRES REPLACED FROM FIRESTONE, SINCE THEY WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE ALIGNMENT ISSUE, SO PAID FOR ALIGNMENT AND NEW SET OF TIRES. NOT EVEN 6 MONTHS AND I STARTED GETTING HUMMING NOISE AGAIN FROM THE REAR SIDE. TURNED OUT THAT MY REAR TIRES WERE AGAIN EXPERIENCING THE UNEVEN WEAR. SINCE ON THE WAY BACK FROM A ROAD TRIP, IT WAS ONLY AFTER 1000 MILES THAT I WENT BACK TO THE MECHANIC. BY THIS TIME, THE NOISE WAS LIKE MACHINE GUN WITH CAR AT 70MPH. FIRESTONE AGAIN REFUSED AND I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC ( MIDAS) AND HE REPLACED THE SHOCKS, SEEMS LIKE THAT SLOWED DOWN THE WEAR OF THE TIRES BUT IT IS STILL LOOSE AND IS SLOWLY GETTING THE SAME PROBLEM. I TRIED TALKING TO HONDA, BUT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NO TSB ON REAR SUSPENSION AND CONTROL ARMS AND THE COST THEY TOLD WAS LIKE MY ARM AND LEG. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH ON THIS PROBLEM NOW. I WENT ONLINE AND SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, SO JOINED THE COMMUNITY AND SIGNED THE PETITION BUT DID NOT HEAR FROM THEM EITHER. *TR

I HAVE REPLACED 2 SETS OF TIRES OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS DUE TO "ALIGNMENT" ISSUES, YET NO MECHANICS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE ANY ISSUE. I'VE NOW BEEN TOLD THIS LAST SET OF TIRES IS CUPPING AND THEY ARE MAKING HUGE NOISES WHILE DRIVING - I BOUGHT THEM IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. MY CAR SHAKES AND RATTLES WHEN I DRIVE IT. I FOUND HONDA BULLETIN CONCERNING THIS ISSUE ONLINE - WAS NEVER MAILED TO ME - AND FIND IT RIDICULOUS THAT I'D BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT A BULLETIN. *TR

DAUGHTER HAS BEEN OFF AT COLLEGE, SHE ADVISED THE REAR END WAS MAKING NOISES. I HAD HER GO AND GET NEW TIRES A COUPLE OF TIMES. SHE ADVISED THE REAR IS ROARING AND SHAKING. SHE CAME HOME AND I DROVE THE CAR. I WILL NOT LET HER DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN IT IS VERY UNSAFE, I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE RAIN. THE TIRES ARE WORN UNEVEN ON THE INSIDE OF THE REAR TIRES. I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND HONDA HAS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN HAS A FIX OUT TO THE DEALERS, WE HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED. I NOW HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS IN FEAR FOR HER LIFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR. IF FOUND HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001 ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, OVER VEH IS WAY OUT OF WARRANTY, AND IT SAYS ITS OWNERS EXPENSE. CANNOT AFFORD SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHE IS IN COLLEGE. *TR

REAR TIRES WEARING VERY RAPIDLY/POOR HANDLING OVER BUMPS DUE TO FACTORY DEFECT OF REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS. THIS CAUSES CAMBER TO NOT BE ADJUSTED PROPERLY WITHOUT REPLACING ARMS. HONDA NOT WILLING TO STAND BEHIND THEIR MISTAKE IF VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS BECAUSE TIRES AT FIRST GLANCE (WITHOUT BEING UNDERNEATH THE CAR) WILL LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF LIFE LEFT BUT ON THE INNER EDGE THE STEEL CORDS MAY BE SHOWING. ALSO WITH TAKING A BUMP AS YOUR TURNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM CAUSED THE TIRES TO COUPLE. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE UPPER CONTROL ARM WOULD REQUIRE REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

UPON INSPECTION, MY MECHANIC NOTICED SEVERE WEAR ON REAR TIRES CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD, THE TIRES HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES, MECHANIC ADVISED REAR END ALIGNMENT DUE TO DEFECTIVE CAMBER PARTS . RESULTS OF RESEARCH HAS CONCLUDED THAT HONDA IS WELL AWARE OF PROBLEM DUE TO HIGH NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND HAVE YET RECTIFIED THIS . I SUGGEST A RECALL WITH FREE REPLACEMENT OF PART(S) TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION. *TR

BACK TIRES KEEP NEEDING TO BE REPLACED...2 TIMES ALREADY IN PAST 2 YEARS!! UNEVEN WEARING ON TIRES.. I HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS AN UPPER CONTROL ARM BY HONDA DEALER BUT PROBABLY A DEFECT IN DESIGN. *TR

BOTH UPPER REAR CONTROL ARMS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE FAULTY. THEY CAUSE THE TIRES TO RIDE ON AN ANGLE CAUSING EXCESSIVE WARE ON THE TIRES. *TR

REAR CONTROL ARMS TOO SHORT, CAUSING REAR TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY AND PREMATURELY. [KNOWN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED COMPLAINTS NOTED ONLINE IN VARIOUS FORUMS]. COULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY ON WET ROADS IF CONDITION OF TIRE IS NOT NOTED. SAME ISSUE ALSO CAUSED EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE AND "WOBBLY" REAR END AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. AGAIN, COULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

HAVE HAD ALL SERVICES PERFORMED AT REGULAR INTERVALS. HAD NOTICED A GROWLING/HUMMING/HARMONIC HOWL WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. HAD MY MECHANIC (NON-HONDA) CHECK OUT FRONT END, HAD TRANSAXLE SERVICED, NEW TIRES BALANCED, ETC. SAID CV JOINTS, BEARINGS, EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT & MUST BE "NOISY" TIRES. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS NOISE SEEMS TO GET WORSE & DIDN'T WANT TO REPLACE BRAND NEW TIRES. SCHEDULED ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WHERE MECHANIC FOUND THAT REAR AXLE IS CAMBERED IN CAUSING UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AND (NOW) REALLY LOUD HOWL (CAN'T CARRY ON A CONVERSATION IN BACK SEAT).. ALSO NOTICE SOME "SWAY" AT TIMES. MY MECHANIC STATED A "REPAIR KIT" TO FIX THE CONTROL ARM ISSUE WOULD COST ABOUT $750 INSTALLED BUT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET. I THEN STARTED INTERNET RESEARCH & FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM (SB 08-001), HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME BUT NO OWNER NOTIFICATION. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING MY HONDA DEALER THAT SOLD ME THE CAR, BUT DON'T EXPECT MUCH OF A RESPONSE SINCE NO RECALL HAS (YET) BEEN ISSUED. I CONSIDER THE VEHICLE DANGEROUS AT THIS POINT AND WILL HAVE TO USE AN ALTERNATE VEHICLE FOR A NECESSARY TRIP OUT OF TOWN. *TR

2006 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER STATES AFTER TIRE ROTATION HE NOTICED AN INCREASE TIRE NOISE AND VIBRATION *TGW WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO HIS MECHANIC, AN INSPECTION REVEALED UNUSUAL AND UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CONDITION WAS RECOGNIZED AND DOCUMENTED BY HONDA. THE MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY INCORRECTLY SIZED UPPER CONTROL ARMS WHICH WERE INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. *JB

WE BOUGHT A 2006 HONDA CIVIC IN SEPT. 2005. IN 2007 WE BEGAN HAVING VIBRATION PROBLEMS, FOUND WE WERE HAVE TIRE ISSUES WHEN WE WENT TO OUR LOCAL TIRE SHOP, WE REPLACED THE TIRES, WE MENTIONED THIS TO THE DEALER WHEN WE WENT IN FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, THEY SEEMED UNCONCERNED. IN 2008 WE HAD A RECURRENCE OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND WENT TO OUR SEARS STORE, WHO CONFIRMED TIRE WEAR, AND WE AGAIN REPLACED THE TIRES. THIS SEEMED ODD, SO WE THEN MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION. AT THIS TIME THE DEALER TOLD US OF A "SPECIAL BULLETIN" FOR A SUSPENSION DESIGN FLAW, NOT A RECALL, AND WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE "KIT" UPDATE, WHICH WE HAD TO PAY FOR AS IT WAS NOT A RECALL! WE ARE NOW HAVING THE SAME "VIBRATION" PROBLEM, HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER, WHO TELLS US THE SUSPENSION IS FINE AND RECOMMENDS REPLACING THE TWO REAR TIRES FOR "CUPPING" ON ONE OF THEM. WE ARE WELL UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE TIRES BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD AS THE SUSPENSION IS PROBABLY THE ISSUE(PER SEARS ON THE PHONE), THEY WON'T BE COVERED. SO.. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE REPLACING TIRES, WHICH WE ARE CERTAIN ARE WEARING DOWN DUE TO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM (SHORT REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS)AFTER READING THE ONLINE FORUMS WHERE EVERY PROBLEM WE HAVE AND HAVE HAD IS BEING DISCUSSED FOR OUR MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. PLEASE HELP US MAKE HONDA AWARE THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CAUSING COSTLY TIRE REPLACEMENTS. APPARENTLY THE SOLUTION IS REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTROL ARMS AND HONDA WILL NOT BEAR THE REPLACEMENT COST OF TIRES THAT THEIR DESIGN FLAW HAS AND CONTINUES TO CAUSE. HONDA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

REAR TIRES WEAR UNEVEN IN A SHORT TIME SPAN. NO MECHANICAL ISSUE CAN BE FOUND BY MECHANICS. CAR IS PROPERLY ALIGNED. GO THROUGH REAR TIRES EVERY 20,000 MILES. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, TIRES CAN WEAR BALD IN 100 MILES AFTER THEY START TO WEAR UNEVEN. THIS IS AN ENGINEERING ISSUE. REAR OF CAR JUMPS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND CAN CAUSE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL. *TR

PREMATURE AND UNEVEN WEAR ON REAR TIRES. HONDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN, 08-001, WHICH ADDRESSES A PROBLEM WITH REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM. UPPER CONTROL ARM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ON 2006 AND 2007 MODELS DUE TO POOR DESIGN. HOWEVER, HONDA IS WAITING UNTIL PEOPLE COMPLAIN BEFORE THEY ARE REPLACING THE CONTROL ARMS. HONDA CHANGED THE DESIGN ON 2008 AND NEWER CIVICS. ON MY CAR, A MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS WORE DOWN TO THE CORD ON THE INSIDE PART OF THE TIRE, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A BLOWOUT. ALSO, TIRE TREAD ON INSIDE PART OF RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS NOTICEABLY WORN, ALTHOUGH NOT AS BAD AS LEFT REAR TIRE. TIRE TREAD ON FRONT TIRES IS FINE. AND TIRE TREAD ON THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE REAR TIRES IS FINE. VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE DAMAGED PORTION OF THE REAR TIRES WITHOUT HAVING CAR UP ON RACK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, A LOUD METAL ON METAL TYPE NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. ....UPDATED 12/03/12 *BF THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE REAR WHEEL BEARING WERE ABOUT TO SEIZE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 01/10/12

ABNORMAL REAR TIRE WEAR, AFTER ONLY 10,000 MILES TIRES WERE DOWN TO THE CORDS. THE GEOMETRY IS WRONG ON THE REAR SUSPENSION. THE UPPER CONTROL ARM IS TOO SHORT. WHEN THE CAR IS LOADED THE PROBLEM MAKES TIRE WEAR EVEN WORSE. *TR