I have a 2001 civic with 54,000 miles on it. The civic came with firestone fr690 tires -- p185 65 r15 serial # w2fpf9h2500 (for 3 tires) and w2fpf9h2400 for the other tire. I still had the orginal set of tires at the time of the incident.*ak I was on the expressway going about 65mph when the sidewall on the front driver side tire blew out. When I took it to the firestone dealer he could not find any puncture or other defect with the tire. He inspected the remainder of the tires and noticed that the inside sidewall on every one of them was separating from the tire. He replaced all of my tires free of charge even though the existing tires were almost all worn down. He did not prorate the replacement; just gave me them for free; in fact he gave me a better brand affinity lh30 (not hard to do). My personal feeling is that this tire should be recalled. It's defective.
2001 Honda Civic tires complaints
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In requesting a quote for car insurance, a link was provided to the federal safety agency website for those wishing to see if their vehicle has/had been recalled. For the heck of it, I decided to try it. To my shock, I discovered there have been 5 recalls associated with the 2001 honda civic since 2001(re: seat belts; fuel system/fuel pump; and engine & engine cooling). It is now 2003, and I have never received one notification. The system did not specify if these recalls are related to the ex model, which is what I have. However, the thought that the recalls are related to my vehicle has me seriously concerned and needless to say very frustrated at the thought that I would not be contacte by honda.
While driving, the left driver tire experienced tread separation.
The consumer found the tires only had a few hundred miles left to go before he would need to get new tires. Firestone fr690 tire equipment. Mr scc
Car has been nothing but problems since purchased in march 2001. Brakes have been replaced 2 times for vibration problems again 4000 miles later brakes are bad. Tires worn to unsafe tread depth w/ 2500 miles. Front struts both blown, told by dealer that they were on national back-order??? As to when they will be available. Driver seat rocks, dealer fixed once saying a shim was broke, again 8000 miles later driver seat rocks again. Paint on car has many small rust spots. Clutch must have flat spots on it, as when I release clutch to start moving there is a jumping sensation able to be felt by driver. Again car has been nothing but problems.
I purchased a 2001 honda civic coupe ex, in november 2000. It has been nothing but problems ever since. Ive been to two different honda service centers almost 20 times now. The car has 23,000 miles on it and has gone through 3 sets of brakes. The car completely died on two occasions, both needing battery to be boosted. Then all of the dashboard lights were flashing crazy. On one of those occasions, it died right in front of honda, after they assured me that my car was fine. This has been an ongoing problem with honda. They fail to find any of the serious problems that are continuing. The car makes all kind of rattling and clicking noises when driving, honda finds nothing. The windows/windshield fog up, defroster does not work well, honda finds nothing. All four tires are leaking, honda at first find nothing wrong, now say I have to replace tires. The driver's seat is loose and rocking, honda replaced seat track twice, problem continues, took car in again for seat, honda finds nothing wrong. Seat rocking gets worse, making load noise when driving, afraid for safety. Now the car is getting worse, car brakes without putting foot on brake, car is sluggish, driving funny. I think this is the transmission that is going to go bad. It stalls to start very often, then completely failed twice, needing boost. Im very concerned for my safety at this point. I even reached out to honda consumer affairs in california, they did not help at all, in fact they were rude and even threatened me, while I had the rental, to report the rental stolen because I asked if I could hold the rental until honda fixed my car (especially since the car had died right in front of honda, and to make matters worse, my car was dented, twice, while being "fixed" by honda that day as well) I am completely disgusted with the car and the service ive gotten. There are numerous other problems I didn't list here, too many to list. I would appreciate any help in this matter, thank you.
The front tires experienced tread separation.
Front driver's side tire will not hold tire pressure
Tire came off of rim, but no puncture or driving over harsh terrain.
Pe00 048 ; was traveling about 68mph on highway and felt a back rear tire tremble. Then, vehicle went into a spin and tumbled. Driver was ejected from vehicle and hit a tree.
Sidewall cracked open after car was parked. Nothing struck. Dealer claims impact damage. Not true! Family member had been following the car for a number of miles before incident. Nothing was struck. Full size is; p185/65hr15 bl. I have taken pictures of tire if needed. *ak (tiresize: p185/65 15)( dot number: tire size: p185/65 15 )
Consumer states firestone tire (no size) experienced a leak in the sidewall on the right front tire, consumer is angry due to getting a run around from honda dealer and firestone dealer, consumer ended up having to buy the tire.
Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 60mph on highway and heard a noise. He felt that rear went down. He was able to pull over to shoulder, and noticed that left rear driver's side tire tread had separated from rim. Firestone tire, fr690. He hasn't called firestone.
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