2009 Honda Civic: rotors or pads wearing out early

Filed Jul 16, 2013 · Brakes · 32,000 miles · CA

Second time brake pad worn badly: first time was just over 20,000 miles on the car as filed in my complaint # 10525136. Now just over a year later and only 12,000 miles more (32,700) I find my left front outer brake pad is worn to 10% while the inner pad is at 85%. Right tire pads at both at 90%. Noise started abruptly two days ago sounding horrible. Have to spend nearly an additional $200.00 for new pads again. Noise continues even when not braking - leading one to believe there is no retraction of the pad against the rotor.

Filed Nov 22, 2011 · Tires · 12,000 miles · TX

Car has 58,000k miles on it and replacing tires for the 4th time. The car continues to cause premature wear on tires even when car has a good alignment, tires are kept at correct air pressure level and rotated on a regular basis.

Filed Jun 18, 2011 · Brakes, Suspension · 22,526 miles · 00

Purchased car dec 18/2009 upon driving it home noticed that there was a vibration. Did not think too much about it as there was alot of snow, assumed that there was snow in the rims, drove the car very little at first. Busy life continued to drive in the spring assuming that maybe the vibration was due to the mud on the country roads. June 10/10 . Had the wheels balanced at 5505 km because of the vibration. At 9842 km had oil changed note says tires do not need rotation front @ 8.5/32 and back at 8/32. At 22,526 km front 2 and left rear tires all at 7/32 but rr rear tire at 5/32 premature wear,was told that problem due to mud impacted in tire. Replaced rr rear tire with used one , date june 25/10. Odometer now reads 32,606 and it is sept 15/10- time for winter tires. Replace summer tires for winter ones. Keep summer tires for 2011 summer. Drive approx. 10,000 km and take to tire shop for rotation only to be told does not need rotation. Bring back car at 52,547 km for rotation only to find out rr rear tire has a flat spot . Took to honda who told us that the tire needed replacement and they checked the rear and front suspension., adjusting the rear suspension to the max. At the same timethey mentioned that the front and rear rotors needed machining- premature wear on these as well. They said that they could tear the right rear suspension apart but that would take awhile, I said go ahead. They then decided not to do it. So we took the car home after the alignment and told the tire shop that they needed to provide us with a new tire. The tire shop manager was very , very angry. He prorated the old tire and we had to paid for the used portion. Drove the car just under 10,000 km with new tire, so no wear to report at that time, odometer now 61915. Changed over new tires to original summer ones. Odometer now apprx. 64,000km , right rear tire upped and inside worn. Currently trying to get in contact with honda dealership once again.....

Filed Jun 13, 2011 · Suspension · 20,458 miles · GA

Premature wear of rear tires. Rotated ties after 20k miles and noted significant road noise coming from the tires now mounted in the front. Dealer indicated the cause was irregular tire wear caused 'cupping' of the tires when they were mounted in the back. I experienced even worse tire wear with my 2006 honda civic. Honda issued a tsb to repair the rear upper control arms in that model. I would have thought honda engineers would have rectified this problem in newer models but the problem still persists. This car still "eats" tires.

Filed Dec 10, 2010 · Brakes · 28,085 miles · TN

2009 honda civic lx - 28,085.00 miles. Front driver's inside brake pad worn down to 1 millimeter. I noticed the squealing sound last week and it has progressively gotten worse. The inside piston on the driver caliper is not recovering after brake is applied therefore causing pad to wear out prematurely. This is an ongoing issue with honda accords but after researching this, it is an ongoing problem for honda civics as well. Honda dealership said brakes/tires are not under warranty so they will not replace them for free or even discount the price and said they were not aware of a problem with the civic's brakes.