2007 Honda Civic Tires & Wheels Problems

THERE IS UNEVEN WEAR ON MY TIRES WHICH HAS CAUSED LARGE VIBRATIONS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND VERY DANGEROUS HANDLING IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. I JUST REPLACED MY TIRES, WHICH THE PREVIOUS OWNER (I BOUGHT IT FROM HIM IN OCTOBER 2014) STATED WERE ALMOST NEW AT PURCHASE TIME. THE INNER EDGE OF EACH TIRE WAS WORN DOWN. I ALSO BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR ALIGNMENT TODAY AND FOUND THAT THE REAR CAMBER IS NEGATIVE 2.5 DEGREES ON BOTH SIDES, BUT THAT CAMBER IS NOT ADJUSTABLE. THIS CAMBER ISSUE, PLUS REGULAR TIRE ROTATIONS, ALMOST CERTAINLY CAUSED THE INNER EDGE WEAR ON EACH TIRE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH HONDA CIVICS OF THE 06-08 ERA (SEE 2008 SERVICE BULLETIN, ATTACHED), BUT HONDA IS NO LONGER PERFORMING FIXES, AND THE FIX DID NOT NECESSARILY RECTIFY THE TIRE WEAR ISSUE. I HAVE BRAND NEW TIRES TODAY, BUT I EXPECT THAT THEY WILL ALSO WEAR OUT LONG BEFORE THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY EXPIRES... IT SEEMS THAT MY LAST TIRES LASTED ONLY ABOUT 25K BEFORE THE CAR FELT UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

I AM CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BUY NEW TIRES FOR THIS CAR, LIKE AT LEAST 2 TIRES A YEAR. THEY WEAR DOWN UNEVENLY AND IN ORDER TO PASS INSPECTION I'M CONSTANTLY HAVING TO ROTATE AND BUY NEW ONES. I'M NOT MADE OF MONEY AND TIRES ARE EXPENSIVE. I'M A STAY AT HOME MOM, SO I'M NOT EVEN OUT DRIVING DAILY OR GOING ON LONG ROAD TRIPS.

HAD A FLAT TIRE THAT WOULD NOT HOLD AIR, SO ATTEMPTED TO PUT ON THE SPARE TIRE THAT WAS PURCHASED NEW WITH THE VEHICLE (BY ME) AT NALLEY HONDA OF UNION CITY, GA. IT WAS THE WRONG SIZE SPARE TIRE. THE LUG PATTERN WOULD NOT FIT. IT WAS A 16" SPARE INSTEAD OF THE 15" THAT MY CAR CALLS FOR. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT SWAP IT OUT FOR THE RIGHT SIZE SPARE TIRE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE FIRST TIME OUT OF MY TRUNK (2007 CAR, AND 2007 DATE CODED SPARE). LUCKILY, THE FLAT HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY INSTEAD OF MY DAUGHTER BEING STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD CAREFULLY BECAUSE I TAKE THIS ROAD ALMOST EVERYDAY. THIS ROAD HAS BEEN DAMAGED FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND HASN'T BEEN FIXED YET. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR HITS A HUGE POT HOLE, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN SEEN DUE TO HOW DARK THIS ROAD IS AT NIGHT. BOTH WHEELS ON THE LEFT SIDE POPPED AND MY FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACK IN THE MIDDLE DUE TO THE HARD IMPACT. *TR

REAR TIRES WEAR BAD ON THE INSIDE. *TR

2007 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MOTOR MOUNTS UPPERS AND LOWERS CRACKED AND REPLACED TWICE IN TWO WEEKS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, SHE HEARD A RUMBLING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASH STARTED SHAKING. AT THE TIME, SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE HAD BLOWN OUT, UNTIL SHE ARRIVED AT THE REPAIR SHOP.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR 08/31/13 AND BEGAN HEARING A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEELS AND NOW I'M SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE WHEEL BEARINGS. I THINK MY CAR WASN'T PROPERLY FIXED. PLEASE HELP. *TR

ELDERLY MOTHER DRIVES THIS CAR. SHE DRIVES SLOW AND KNOWS VERY LITTLE ABOUT CARS. I BORROWED HER CAR TO FIND IT VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY FROM THE REAR WITH LOUD TIRE NOISE FROM THE REAR AS WELL. FOUND SCALLOPED REAR TIRES IN POOR, DANGEROUS CONDITION. REPLACED TIRES THINKING THEY WERE FAULTY TIRES. PROBLEM RECURRED ONLY SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. REPLACED TIRES AGAIN, DIFFERENT BRAND AND HAD THE REAR SUSPENSION WORKED ON PER HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN. PROBLEM KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND WE MUST KEEP REPLACING THE TIRES. I'M TIRED OF SEEING MY MOM BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND CONTINUOUSLY SPENDING MONEY ON PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. I'M SCARED THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SOMEONE TO GET HURT. IF THE TIRES BLOW OUT, MY MOTHER MIGHT LOSE CONTROL. YES, THIS "WILL" CAUSE ME TO FILE A LAWSUIT ON HONDA BECAUSE THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM ON THESE CARS AND I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE MECHANICS TELL ME SO. WE COULD SELL THE CAR BUT THEN SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BE IN DANGER OF BLOW OUTS. HONDA SHOULD MAKE IT RIGHT...AT THEIR COST.... BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

WHEEL BEARING TYPE NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEELS. AFTER PULLING TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CHECKING THINGS OUT, I NOTICED EXTREME TIRE WEAR ON INSIDE PORTION OF ROAD TREAD ON BOTH REAR WHEELS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HEARD LOUD HUMMING NOISE AND THE RIDE WAS ROUGH. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO HONDA DEALERSHIP IN BURLINGTON. THEY SAID THE TIRES WERE BADLY CUPPED. NEEDED TO REPLACE TIRES AND GET AN ALIGNMENT. BROUGHT VEHICLE FOR A SECOND OPINION. MECHANIC TOLD ME HONDA HAD TECHNICAL BULLETIN IN 2008 FOR UNEVEN WEAR IN REAR TIRES. THE REAR CAMBER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST $250. HONDA WON'T PAY FOR IT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND NEVER SAID ANYTHING. ADD FOUR NEW TIRES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND YOUR LOOKING CLOSE TO $1000. IF YOU DON'T GET IT FIXED THE TIRES WILL WEAR DOWN REGARDLESS IF YOU GET TIRE ROTATIONS AND BLOW OUT. LUCKILY NO ONE HAS DIES FROM THIS BUT THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE REASON FOR NOT HAVING A RECALL. LOOK AT THE BLOGS, ETC. HONDA JUST TELLS EVERYONE TO REPLACE TIRES AND GET AN ALIGNMENT. PEOPLE DO AND KEEP COMING BACK TO REPLACE TIRES. HONDA HAS HID FROM THIS PROBLEM. I HAVEN'T REPLACED MY TIRES BUT IF I LISTENED TO HONDA I WOULD HAVE REPLACED TIRES AND BEEN BACK AGAIN IN 20,000-30,000 MILES TO REPLACE TIRES. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT HONDA HID FROM IT'S OWNERS. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT REAR PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL HUB NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE FAILURE CAUSED EXCESSIVE TREAD WEAR ON THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC WEAR OUT REAR TIRES EXTREMELY FAST, CAUSING LOUD VIBRATIONS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. *TR

I HAVE A HONDA CIVIC 2007 AND I AM EXPERIENCING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR ON THE VEHICLE. THE ORIGINAL TIRES ONLY GOT 18,000 MILES. THE NEXT SET OF TIRES WERE WARRANTIED FOR 65,000 MILES AND I GOT 20,000 MILES ON THEM. THE NEXT SET WAS 60,000 MILE TIRES AND ARE ALMOST WORN OUT AND WILL NEED REPLACING AFTER 22,000 MILES. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND TOLD THEM OF MY PROBLEM. THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. WHAT CAN I DO? I AM REPLACING THE TIRES EVERY YEAR. *TR

FRONT LEFT WHEEL BEARING AND LEFT REAR WHEEL BEARING NEED TO BE REPLACED AFTER 80,000 MILES ON THESE 2007 HONDA CIVICS. *TR

SIDEWALL OF TIRE CRACKED AND SPLIT FROM THE RIM. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 HONDA CIVIC LX. TODAY I TOOK IT TO MEINIKE TO GET MY OIL CHANGE AND TIRES ROTATED. THERE WAS NO TREAD LEFT ON THE INNER TIRES. I'VE ROTATED MY TIRES EVERY 6K MILES AND NOW I'M AT 28K MILES. THE MECHANIC SAID I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU MADE IT HERE. HE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THEM BACK ON BECAUSE THEIR WORN TO THE CORE. THERE IS ALSO NO TREAD LEFT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, BUT WHEN I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH I FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT. HONDA SAID THEY WOULDN'T PAY TO HAVE THE TIRES FIXED FROM THEIR DEFECT. *TR

MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC SI APPEARS TO WEAR OUT REAR TIRES FASTER THAN FRONT TIRES. THE CAR IS FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. REAR TIRES BECOME WORN UNEVEN AND GET BUMPS ON THEM, THIS CAUSES MY CAR TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE VERY BAD, ALSO MAKES IT HARD TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN. APPEARS LOTS OF OTHER PEOPOLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

IN JANUARY 2009 I NOTICED A SHAKING/VIBRATING COMING FROM THE BACK OF MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC LX. THE PROBLEM WORSENED UNTIL I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER IN MAY. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE CAR AND INFORMED MY THAT MY BRAKES AND REAR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AT 30,000, THE REAR TIRES WERE PRACTICALLY BALD. THE DEALER MADE NO MENTION WHATSOEVER OF THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED ACCORDING TO SERVICE BULLETIN 8-001. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION AND WAS TOLD I SHOULD BRING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE MY SHOCKS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I FELT VERY DECEIVED BY THE DEALER; THEY DID NOT WANT TO LIVE UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE WARRANTY. *TR

TIRE BLEW OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRE WHEN RETURNING HOME TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE THE VALVE STEM WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH ONLY ATTACHED BY A SMALL AMOUNT OF RUBBER. INSPECTED OTHER VALVE STEMS AND ALL WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH. TIRES WERE RECENTLY REPLACED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2007 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE IN AUGUST 2007. I NOTICED A LOUD VIBRATION/THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE BACK OF MY CAR AT AROUND 15K MILES. I KEPT AN EYE OUT AND DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I AM NOW AT 25K MILES AND I JUST HAD TO GET MY TWO REAR TIRES REPLACED DUE TO SEVER CUPPING AND UNEVEN TREAD WEAR ON THE TIRES. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 CIVICS IN REGARDS TO UNEVEN OR RAPID REAR TIRE WEAR AND ALSO FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM HONDA ADMITTING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS. I REALIZE THAT THE FACTORY TIRES THAT ARE PUT ON NEW CARS ARE NOT THE BEST TIRES BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE SO SEVERELY CUPPED AND WORN AT 25K MILES. I SPENT $400 ON TWO NEW TIRES THIS PAST WEEKEND AND I AM AFRAID AFTER READING HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE TIRES AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER 20-25K MILES IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. I BELIEVE IT IS HONDA'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND IT IS ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING ON TIRES THAT ARE SEVERELY CUPPED AND UNEVEN. PLEASE HELP IN DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS IT IS AS MUCH ABOUT SAFETY AS IT IS FORKING OVER THE MONEY TO REPLACE TIRES EVERY 25K MILES. *TR