2007 Honda Civic: rotors or pads wearing out early

Filed Jan 21, 2014 · Suspension · 75,000 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. The contact stated that the control arms causing the inner tires to prematurely wear. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the control arms needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.

Filed Aug 17, 2012 · Suspension, Wheels · 33,000 miles · FL

The rear suspension and the rear upper control arm cause excessive and premature wear on tires requiring replacement of premium tires after only 20,000 miles or less. My car has about 80k miles and is in need of its 4th set of tires. Needles to say the wear create unsafe conditions while driving faster than 50mph making driving on the interstate a risky endeavor.

Filed May 1, 2012 · Suspension · 20,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. While driving approximately 25 MPH, a loud whining noise emitted from the rear of the vehicle. The contact continued to drive. The vehicle was taken to a tire center three different times for the similar failure where the replacement of both rear tires was performed each time. The tires defect was due to premature wear which was contributed to the faulty rear upper control arms. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Mar 28, 2012 · Suspension · IL

I went to honda dealer for maintenance and found out that my rear tires are wearing prematurely and unevenly. I only have 38000 miles on the car and regularly maintained at honda dealerships. Dealer suggested me to change all four tires for that and alignments + replace rear upper arm, which is causing uneven wearing of rear tires. However honda is not doing anything about this issue and they charges customers for all cost for prematurely wearing tires and cost for replacing defectively designed parts. I have searched online and many other customers are complaining about this issues and honda is unresponsive to the issue.

Filed Oct 12, 2011 · Suspension, Tires · 67,825 miles · WI

I replaced the original 2007 tires at 41,887 miles in 2009 with premature wear. Eighteen months later, I had terrible road noise. I thought it was the bearings. It turns out that despite an alignment and proper rotation, my tires were all cupped in less than 26,000 miles. The mechanic mentioned the problem honda had with the rear upper control arms in this vehicle. I just spent another $218 to get updated rear upper controls arms on top of $800 for new tires and another alignment. Honda is responsible for the poor quality control and not alerting me that this was a problem. The tires I just replaced were good for 85,000 miles.

Filed Aug 1, 2011 · Suspension · 64,149 miles · CA

Defective rear upper control arms on the 2006 - 2007 honda civics. Honda chose to withhold this information from consumers and only to issue a service bulletin to dealerships. This issues causes your car to go out of alignment and your tires to have an irregular wear pattern. This is an issue that creates an excessive amount of noise from your tires and may impede your ability to stop and to turn. This can be dangerous and expensive, at it can also cause premature wear to your suspension system. Honda's decision to deliberately withhold this information from consumers puts consumers at risk when it is left to the dealership to be the ones to determine which cars are involved/affected. This is not just an isolated incident where only a few cars have been affected and numerous consumers have had their tires ruined due to this defect. Http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2225229 my tires are 60,000 mile all season tires that have been completely destroyed at 24,000 miles. They are extremely loud and although the tread depth is exactly the same on all four tires. Because I rotate the tires every 4,000 miles, no one at honda ever determined that my car was one of the ones that had the defect. I believe that honda did not want to have to issue a recall because they did not want to put out the expense to do so and felt they would deal with consumers on a case by case basis. I have had the problem corrected and have had the service manager drive my car, subsequent to the repair. He does not dispute the fact that the tires are loud and that the damage to the tires was done specifically due to the defect. However, honda is still refusing to replace my tires. I do not feel comfortable driving my family on tires that have been ruined soley because of this defect and feel that honda needs to not only issue a safety recall for the defect but also needs to be responsible for replacing the tires that have been damaged due to the defect!

Filed Nov 30, 2010 · Suspension · 19,000 miles · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 honda civic. The contact stated that the vehicle had been through two sets of tires in less than 38,000 miles. The factory tires had to be replaced in 2009 because of premature wear. The dealer stated that there was a related tsb for the rear upper control arms; the vehicle was repaired and an alignment was performed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for premature wear again and the tires were replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 19,000 and the current mileage was approximately 37,000.

Filed Apr 21, 2010 · Transmission · 20,000 miles · VA

I got a new honda civic ex 2007 sedan and performing all the regular needed maintenance and wheel rotation. After driving 20,000 miles, I felt shaking and vibration of the car with lots of noise coming out of the car. I brought my car to honda dealer; the technician checked and informed me that, the wheel cups are unevenly worn due to the defective wheel control arm and improper wheel alignment. Dealer said he fixed the wheel alignment and replaced the defective wheel control but mentioned that the noise will continue till the wheels wear evenly (approximately 2months). I drove again for four months with that noise and vibrations, I didn't see any change and in fact the noise has been increased. I brought the car again to dealer and technician verified and said, I need to replace all 4 tires in order to get ride of that issue. I filed a compliant to honda customer service claiming that, the wheels has been premature wear of tires due to the defective wheel control arm from the manufacture. They took week time and informed me that, the tires were not covered my honda warranty and they could not help on this. I argued with the manager who handled the case, the life of the tires was reduced to half because of the defective part from the car,..no use..

Filed Aug 20, 2008 · Suspension · 12,800 miles · MI

I purchased a 2007 honda civic hybrid in september of 2007. I follow regular maintenance schedules as recommended by my dealer. As of 8-18-2008, my vehicle had over 12000 miles on it. The day prior to a regularly scheduled oil change, tire rotation and misc. Inspection, I encountered a flat tire. Upon inspection of the flat tire and other rear tire, it was noted that both rear tires were completely bald. Both tires were replaced that same day. On the following day, I took my car to my scheduled appointment at the honda dealer. I expressed my concern that I felt there was a problem that LED to premature wear on the rear tires and that I also wanted to be reimbursed for the cost of the new tires. In my conversation with the service manager, I was told that they suspected the problem was due to a "control arm" issue and he told me that they have seen this issue many times beginning with the 2006 model. Ultimately, they replaced/ repaired the control arm at no charge, photographed the tires, retained the damaged tires and offered to attempt to secure a refund to cover the cost of new tires. I expressed my strong opinion that honda should have made this potential problem aware to all honda customers. I believe it is a huge safety issue and I feel fortunate that my family and I were not involved in an accident due to rapid wear of the tires. After this experience, I did some internet research and was astounded to read of many incidents that were nearly identical to mine. It looks as though this issue is very common to the honda civic and many people have the same complaints. This issue needs immediate attention and I am concerned about the safety of all individuals riding/driving in these vehicles. I am considering selling my civic hybrid. I will continue to try to bring attention to this issue.

Filed Oct 2, 2007 · Fuel system · 1 miles · MD

The 2007 honda civic si (manual transmission) includes a "drive-by-wire" fuel throttle system that simulates leaving your foot on the accelerator even when your foot has been removed from the pedal when attempting to shift gears or attempting to decelerate. This condition presents a safety threat as well as necessitating excessive braking force causing unnecessary premature wearing of the brake lining and rotors. A tsb was released for the 2006 honda civic si that attempts to address this same issue. However, this correction is either not addressed on the 2007 model or not sufficiently addressed to correct the safety threat caused by this condition.