The contact’s daughter owns a 1998 Honda Civic equipped with Continental tires, Tire Line: General Altimax RT43, Tire Size: 185/65/R14, DOT Number: 6Y6LWBLJ1221. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver’s side front tire had a blowout. The contact stated that the tread and tire belt had detached, causing the vehicle to drive on the driver’s side front rim. The contact replaced the driver’s side front tire with the spare tire. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who inspected all four tires. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that there was no recall for the tire. The failure mileage was approximately 123,679.
1998 Honda Civic: tire blowout or tread separation
9 of the 434 complaints about the 1998 Honda Civic describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Tire blowout or tread separation by model year
What owners say
1998 honda civic left front tire tread separated from the tire causing damage to the vehicle. *kb ohio traffic crash report.
Within fifteen minutes of having new rear tires put on my car, I experienced a sidewall blowout on the left rear tire while going around a left hand turn at about 40 MPH. This caused my vehicle to spin out of control and slam head first into a concrete pillar at the base of a light pole. The vehicle was completely totaled and I suffered minor injuries. Had I not been wearing a seat belt I would have been killed. If I had anyone in the front passenger seat they would have probably lost their legs as the floor was pushed up to the same level as the seat.
The right rear tire exploded. This is the original tire, which had 15000 miles on it, supplied by honda.
The right rear tire blew out. *jb the tire was completely shredded. (model#vn7jmnh348) scc
New tire blew up at 70 MPH on I-80. Good weather. Lost control. *ak (dot number: w27j tiresize: p185/65r14)
The tire blew out and splited the front fender off the car while my car was parked on my lot( dot number: vn7jmnh357 tire size: p185/65r14 )
Tire failure. Yh
Tire blow out.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1998 Honda Civic tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1998 Honda Civic?
9 of 434 owner complaints about the 1998 Honda Civic (2%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 2006.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1998 Honda Civic?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1998 Honda Civic
No deployment 47Stalling 42Transmission failure 11Check engine light 9Slipping 8Adaptive cruise 7Airbag light 6Jerking 6Loss of power 6Won't start 6Headlights 5Sudden acceleration 5
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