Rear tires wear out prematurely on the inner side of the tire. The more visible outside of the tire reveals a safe amount of remaining tread while the inside may be completely gone. First set of tires was replaced after 12,500 miles due to a flat tire on the rear left of vehicle. Air was leaking out through the steel belts on the inner side of the left rear tire. The outer side of the tire's tread was well above the replacement marks located in the tread. As of 7 december 2011, a honda service center wanted $465 to correct the problem that was addressed in honda tsb 08-001.
2006 Honda Civic tires complaints
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I purchased a used(2nd owner) 2006 honda civic in june 2010 with approx 60,000km. With a full inspection serviced by honda and a brand new set of tires(98% tread). Since then I have only put on 25,000km and have already taking my car into the shop on 3 different occassions for severve "cupping" or uneven wear on the rear tires, after 25,000km I have already purchased another set of tires and those ones too are badly "cupping". 2 sets of new tires in under 2 years is not right! I have contacted honda and they said " they haven't heard of problems with hondas doing that" and said "that since I had my tires bought and serviced at a tire store, it is their concern!" they are not owning up or even regonizing the obvious defect that this car has.they offered to fix the issue for an amout of $900? Are you kidding me? This is not a maintence issue or a part replacement it is a defect!!!! I should not have to pay for this, I should definately not have to pay for new tire every year either. I have read on www.carcomplaints.com 48 different complaints about the exact same issue I am having with my 06 honda civic. This is a dangerous issue and needs to be addressed. Why is this not a recall??? I am so upset with honda, I will never buy their "lemon" products again.
2006 honda sedan going 70 MPH on interstate hit a roadside post head on airbags did not deploy, left rear tire torn off by edge of pavement car spun to right, rolled on driver's side then roof, slid down highway. No side airbags deployed. Driver had head neck and back injuries , front passenger had abdominal injuries, car had new rear tires 24 hours old, had been maintained by dealer with and oil change and inspection 24 hrs before the accident, car support posts were worn through roof had begun to buckle front of roof worn through, side panels on drivers side were scraped mirrors ripped off ,front windshield cracked but held in place, driver's door window broke away, all other windows intact,passenger side doors were jammed driver's door was able to open partially. Trunk remained intact as did the rear passengers' area both were unharmed except for seatbelt ( and carseat) bruises. Car was a total loss.
12 tires in 3 years?? Yes we have put 80,000 miles on the car, but this is extreme! The last flat occurred on the highway, at 70 miles per hour, (thank god, there wasn't a major accident!)and when we went to repair or replace it we were informed that another tire, was extremely bald with no tread except on the outside, which made it difficult for anyone to notice. (I had bought a tire 2 weeks previous!! I never saw a tire this bald and rippled with bare spots all around...these tires were bought last oct. And are 60,000 mile tires. We then went to the dealership because of this and a loud noise and were told the bearing from the transmission to the axle needs to be replaced.... $600....but will I still need more new tires soon??? The expense of maintaining this car (thousands of dollars for tires!!!, and has drained our savings,we still have 2 more years of payments and want a solution from honda and believe if there is a rear axle problem, causing loud noise and quickly worn tires, they should correct it and reimburse us!! You buy an expensive hybrid to save on gas and less pollution and get robbed on maintenance, safety and comfort.
Need 4th set of tires at 116,00 miles.just recently, honda dealer advised that rear control arm must be replaced. Found honda tsb08-001 that indicated the rear control arm is defective. Had service completed which cost $500 and honda offered no assistance.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact stated that the rear tires were wearing extremely prematurely. The dealer advised the contact of an unknown technical service bulletin regarding the failure yet there were no recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was 50,000.
Honda USA issued a technical service bulletins regarding the excessive tire wear due to defective or poorly designed rear camber arms tsb08-001. I feel this should be a safety recall due to the nature of the problem (tires wearing prematurely and vehicle owners being unaware as it was never a recall). I have even witnessed a dealer honda hoffman of west simsbury tell a customer that they didn't know why the rear tires on their civic were wearing out so rapidly after performing this exact tsb on my vehicle. I can only guess they make more money selling tires versus replacing the rear camber arms via the tsb.
1. I own a 2006 honda civic hybrid which has had its tires replaced at least 3 times due to uneven wear. 2. The first event occurred when the tire itself just exploded because the inner walls of the tire were so thin and worn only after 10k miles?? This continued at 15k and again at 20k and now again. The dealership replaced it once but now is refusing to do anything about it. 3. The first time it occurred a local honda dealer auto repair dept. Replaced the tires, but they refused to there after forcing me to pay for it time and time again. They won't file a compliant to honda either even though the service agents acknowledge its a strange wearing that clearly is from the car itself.
I own a 2006 honda civic. The rear tires are cupping (others call it see-saw pattern ). There is technical service bulletin for the lower control arm, dated february, 2008 that exactly describes the problem. The vehicle had three sets of new tires since it was purchased. First I thought it was a tire problem and I kept changing the tires, only to discover after the car was out of warranty, that it was a manufacturing defect. I contacted the manufacturer, and I spoke to crystal from american honda motor who refused to offer any assistance, stating that it was my fault that " I did not give them the opportunity to fix the car" . The service bulletin was not communicated to me, I found out through my research, but in the meantime the warranty expired.
2006 honda civic ex 2 door. Honda has a service bulletin for a bad rear upper control arm. Over time due to this defect inner tire wear is excessive. This can lead to tire blow out. Honda is only replacing the part when asked. Due to this defect I have gone through two sets of tires, a brake job, and now need a new wheel bearing. Honda is only willing to replace the control arm. They are charging for alignment, wheel bearing, and tires. This really seems like something that should be a recall. Tires only lasting 10,000 miles before becoming dangerous is not good.
2006 honda civic handles terrible in any weather conditions. I have approximately 60,000 miles on my vehicle and have just purchased my fouth set of tires. Honda had a service bulletin to fix upper control arms on the rear end. Which was nearly impossable to discover, and most honda owners probably are not aware of this. However even after I had this part fixed my tires have still worn out as quickly and unevenly as ever. Most americans can not afford to replace tires every 20,000 miles and honda continues to state that it is a tire issue and not there problem. I have had different brands of tires on my vehicle and the same thing continues to happen.
The problems the consumer is having are with the suspension and tires on the vehicle. Since the consumer purchased the 2006 honda civic ex coupe in october 2005, since then she has had problems with the tires which wear rapidly and in an abnormal pattern. The vehicle has been in for service multiple times so consumer could get this problem addressed. She has even stated to dealerships that there is a problem with the suspension and tires when her vehicle was in for normal recalls and checks. Every time she stated to the dealership that there is an issue with the vehicle's suspension she was told there is nothing wrong and everything is normal, except the tires are "cupped" or defective. She has since had to replace the vehicle with (4) sets of tires since 2005, it is not possible that the consumer purchased (4) sets of defective tires in a row. Consumer found ( tsb 08-001 ) stating "uneven or rapid rear tire wear" from alldata online & honda customer information website. Since this problem was never fixed when it was addressed by the consumer to honda, it has since cost the consumer over $1,700 to replace tires. Consumer is seeking reimbursement or replacement of (4) goodyear eagle f1 tires in a 225/45/17 size due to poor workmanship of honda dealerships. Total of $718.46 if an agreement is not met, consumer is considering a lawsuit against american honda motor co. Inc for jeopardizing safety of the consumer.
I own a 2006 honda civic. The winter of 2007-2008 the car would fishtail almost uncontrollably on snow and ice - not a snow or ice storm necessarily, but really whenever there was snow cover or ice on the roads. We changed tires - twice. The winter of 2008-2009, we were still having the same problem. This time, the dealership suggested an alignment. We had that done, but the tech's who did the alignment would not rotate our tires because they said our tires were bald. We discovered that the tires were not bald on the outside edge, only on the inside. We entered the winter of 2009-2010 with the same problem - took it once again to the lithia honda dealership in ames, ia. We read internet anecdotal evidence blaming the rear sway bar. The technicians checked it and the rear shocks but didn't discover anything wrong. Lithia's service dept refused to do anything else because they could not be assured they would be reimbursed for their costs. Lithia of ames did not contact the national manufacturer, american honda, until we asked them to. We did more research. One man in british columbia had posted about his car having the exact same problem as ours - complete with many of the same words used to describe the problem as we had used and that technicians had determined it was the control arm. The control arm is too short. We asked them to contact american honda - the control arm has a bulletin - but only for uneven tread wear. My family and I - our friends, even - are afraid to drive in this car. We cannot take it over 35-40 miles an hour even when it's sunny outside because snow cover will cause it to have this problem. The car doesn't track straight when traversing bumpy roads. On a trip down south last winter, the car hit a small patch of ice and felt like we were going into the ditch. We are going to continue to see problems with the uneven tire wear. The american honda representative , said, our rear alignment is the worst she's ever seen. Please help!!
Tire failure on my 2006 honda civic. I have had unusual tire wear since I bought the car new. I have had my tires rotated regularly at the dealership. I have had the rear upper control arms replaced, bought new tires only to have the same problem.
When hitting a bump in the road the car "slides" out of control. Does not drive well in rain tries wear prematurely. Loud road noise I have replaced the tires at least 5 times since sept. 2005, rotating them every 5000 mi. The tires seem to wear unevenly. The first tire replacement was after only a few months of the purchase of the car.
Civic ex 2006 faulty rear design. Resulting in rear tires becoming severally worn and uneven treads due to upper rear arms. My car has only 30000 miles on it. Honda has a service bulletin out on this defect #08-001. Honda dealer refuses to repair my vehicle unless I pay for the new part, $500, and + labor, or replace tires which must be replaced due to this structural defect. Damage to tires occurred almost immediately making them unsafe. This defect causes the car to become misaligned a safety issue in itself. They acknowledged it is a defect but are not being held responsible for fixing the problem to the consumer.
Own a 2006 honda civic. Having trouble with uneven tire wear on the rear tires. I have had the tires replaced at 38,000 and bought expensive tires for replacement. Now 20,000 miles later, having cupping and needing replacement again. (tires have been aligned and rotated.)
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The vehicle has bridgestone turanza t tires. The contact stated that there was a suspension issue with his vehicle. In addition, the tires became worn after 12,000 miles. The manufacturer stated that there was a technical service bulletin for the suspension repairs, but no recalls. The manufacturer stated that they were not responsible for the tires and that the suspension did not affect the tire wear. Bridgestone disagreed and stated that they could replace the tires for $650 at the contact's expense. The tire failure mileage was 12,000. The vehicle current and failure mileages were less than 24,000. Updated 07/14/09. *lj the dealer offered to correct the suspension problem at their expense, but they were not willing to pay for the prematurely worn tires. Updated 07/15/09.
I have a 2006 honda civic hybrid, which is exhibiting excessive and uneven rear tire wear. The tires were initially replaced in feb. 2008, and again in june 2008 (along with the rear control arms). Now, in february 2009, the rear tires are worn out again on the inside, with cupping and scalloping of the tread. These tires have less than 20,000 miles since new, and have been rotated. This appears to be a common problem with the civic, and this problem is not being addressed or fixed by honda.
At 26,000 miles I had to replace tires on my 2006 honda civic due to noise coming from rear and cupping on rear tires. I hope a recall is issued before someone gets killed!
Have had issues with my tires and suspension since I bought the vehicle. There is a loud noise from the rear of the vehicle and vehicle vibrates when the speed is increased. I took my vehicle into mankato honda and they insisted that it was the tire company's responsibilities so the tire company replaced the tires and alignment was done. 10,000 miles later I returned with the same complaint, mankato honda would not help me so I went to bursville honda. They did help me, they checked my tires, replaced all four tires and alignment was done. Bursville honda did not find anything wrong only uneven worn out tires. About every 10,000 to 15,000 miles I have to have all four tires need to be replaced. Burnsville honda helped me 2 more times then the business was sold to walser honda. I returned to mankato honda and they showed me a service bulletin where it stated that it was found that 06-07 honda civic's had uneven or rapid tire wear, that would need to repair rear upper control arm kit and flange bolts. I returned to walser honda to have them do the replacement, now 10,000 miles later I am still having the same problems. I am frustrated and do not know what to do next!
I have a 2006 honda civic. I have unusual tire wear on the rear tires. I have found out that there was a service bulletin sent to honda dealers, but public was not notified. Thus, many of us have to buy tires prematurely, not to mention, perhaps in danger of blow-up, etc.
I have a 2006 honda civic ex sedan that has 32,000 miles on it and when I took it to the honda dealership for the second recall, I was told that I needed 4 new tires because they were worn down. I also noticed that my steering wheel would vibrate when I was on the highway traveling at 65-70mph. I have rotated my tires at every oil change (3000 miles) so I do not understand how my tires could need replacing at only 32000 miles! I have researched this problem and noticed that many other honda owners have had the same problem. Is this problem with the faulty design of the rear chamber control arm that causes the tires to cup and have rapid wear as well as noise and vibration going to be recalled at any point? I do not want to replace my tires at $125/tire and have the same problem in the future! I bought a honda for safety not to have to deal with recalls and faulty designs! I am highly disappointed in the honda that I purchased!!!!
I have a honda 06 civic coupe that continues to have this recurring issue. The rear tires "cup", causing unusual tire wear and loud thumping sounds. This has happened on my vehicle at 21,000 and then again at 52,000 miles. Unusual tire wear can lead to tire blowouts. The dealership has replaced the upper control arm and replaced the tires, however, even after a 4 wheel alignment at 41,000, the "cupping" is still happening. According to searches on the web, many people are having this issue with their 06 and 07 honda civic's.
I have a rumble in the suspension of my car with new tires. The tires I have only have about 15,000 miles on them and honda is saying that it's because I put cheap tires on my car. I have been to barry's honda so many times to complain about this problem. Even when I had the original tires on the car and they didn't want to fix it or they didn't find anything wrong with it. I brought it to them at least three or four times. One time they told me it was a broken belt in my front passenger tire so that's when I replaced all four tires. The original tires only had 40,000 miles on them when I replaced them. When I had the tires replaced the store that put the tires on said that there wasn't a broken belt. I still had the rumble with brand new tires.
Tire failure around 27,000 miles from excessive wear on rear tires despite regular maintenance procedures. Possibly due to rear control arm malfunction which manufacturer will not inspect. Also, manufacturer has replaced under warranty both sun visors due to splitting of plastic (most likely due to bad engineering without consideration of interior heat).
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact experienced tire failure on wet roads. He noticed that the rear tire was completely bald. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that he would be responsible for purchasing new tires. The dealer made other repairs to the vehicle's control arm due to excessive tire wear. The repairs totaled $250. The failure mileage was 21,000 and current mileage is 33,984. Updated 09/10/08.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. Within the first year of owning the vehicle, the contact had to purchase a new axle, new brakes, and four new tires. She has all of the paperwork for the repairs that were made to the vehicle thus far. On june 21, 2008, while driving 70 MPH, the contact heard a loud noise and began decelerating. She pulled over until aaa arrived. The contact was then informed that the front passenger side tire needed to be replaced. She believes that the safety recall is the cause of the failure, but honda disagrees. The federal safety agency campaign id number 07v399000 (service brakes, hydraulic:antilock:wheel speed sensor) was referenced. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage was 47,000.
With approximately 8,000 miles on the honda 2006 civic, the tire noise and vibration started becoming noticeable. By the time there was 22,000 miles it was very irritating. Made decision to replace the oem tires, but first I took the vehicle to an alignment shop who refused to do any alignment work because they claimed the alignment was within specification. Change from the oem tires (bridgestone turanza ) to michelins. Now with less than 25,000 miles on the michelins once again the noise and vibration is horrible due to cupping on the rear tires. The racket is so bad I can't believe its not a safety issue.
I recently bought new tires and the steel tried is showing through. Honda dealership said that honda was aware of the problem and, if I bought new tires, that they would give me a free alignment. Not cool seeing as honda should give me new tires and fix the problem. My car now makes loud noises due to the tires and, with all the other fixes I am having to get, I am rethinking honda's commitment to customer satisfaction. I am thinking of trading it in for a prius.
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