Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 09/10/2010 | 26000 | 1 | |
| This is happening right now, again.. 2012, not just in 2010 tires are abnormally wearing extremely fast. about every year someone is telling me i need new tires because they are 'chopped' and wearing really fast. this lead me to the internet to do research and found it is common with the 2006-2009 civics. something about the control arms not working properly, in turn causing this problem and a whole lot of others like suspension. i cannot afford and shouldn't have to put new tires on my new car every year or 20000 miles. i am so frustrated and at a loss of what to do. i have a call into honda but haven't heard back, i can only image what they're going to say. the other failure is my 'headlights are still on' indicator noise stopped working a year after i bought the car brand new. ugh, so frustrating. *tr | |||
| 09/10/2010 | 26000 | ||
| This is happening right now, again.. 2012, not just in 2010 tires are abnormally wearing extremely fast. about every year someone is telling me i need new tires because they are 'chopped' and wearing really fast. this lead me to the internet to do research and found it is common with the 2006-2009 civics. something about the control arms not working properly, in turn causing this problem and a whole lot of others like suspension. i cannot afford and shouldnt have to put new tires on my new car every year or 20000 miles. i am so frustrated and at a loss of what to do. i have a call into honda but haven't heard back, i can only image what they're going to say. the other failure is my 'headlights are still on' indicator noise stopped working a year after i bought the car brand new. ugh, so frustrating | |||
| 10/13/2011 | 13577 | 1 | |
| My vehicle was at my mechanics for an oil change. part of their service is to check the tire pressure. a tire was a little low. upon placing the air chuck on the valve stem, the valve stem exploded. potential damage to the car and the person who would be adding air was luckily avoided. honda had in july 09 (same month we purchased this car) issued a service bulletin concerning using only a shallow air chuck on civics as they might explode. honda and the dealership both refused to repair at no charge. claiming that the mechanic was at fault. note that the mechanic who was operating the proper air chuck at my repair shop is honda certified and only used a shallow air chuck. honda has a printed brochure in their show room that explictly states that a driver must go to a dealership or anywhere that air is available and fill to the proper pressure when the tpms light comes on. most air fill places at gas stations have the long handle version of the air chuck, which in the service bulletin is strictly prohibited! not only did honda refuse to repair at no charge, they also charged us for a front end analysis. $175.00 because of a known defective part. my wife refused to drive the car on the interstate or to go above 50 mph after that because of the potential of a rock or some other object hitting the valve stem. we had many trips where we had to use my 1990 jeep instead of the honda at extra expense. we recently were finally able to get rid of the honda and purchased a 2013 hyundai elantra limited. we were not wanting to purchase a new car for at least another two years. the potential for vehicle damage, and even more important to the person putting air in a tire is tremendous. also, what about a blow out, and then a wreck. all for an inexpensive part. we will never own another honda if they are so blatantly willing to disregard their own findings. *tr | |||
| 10/13/2011 | 13577 | ||
| My vehicle was at my mechanics for an oil change. part of their service is to check the tire pressure. a tire was a little low. upon placing the air chuck on the valve stem, the valve stem exploded. potential damage to the car and the person who would be adding air was luckily avoided. honda had in july 09 (same month we purchased this car) issued a service bulletin concerning using only a shallow air chuck on civics as they might explode. honda and the dealership both refused to repair at no charge. claiming that the mechanic was at fault. note that the mechanic who was operating the proper air chuck at my repair shop is honda certified and only used a shallow air chuck. honda has a printed brochure in their show room that explictly states that a driver must go to a dealership or anywhere that air is available and fill to the proper pressure when the tpms light comes on. most air fill places at gas stations have the long handle version of the air chuck, which in the service bulletin is strictly prohibited! not only did honda refuse to repair at no charge, they also charged us for a front end analysis. $175.00 because of a known defective part. my wife refused to drive the car on the interstate or to go above 50 mph after that because of the potential of a rock or some other object hitting the valve stem. we had many trips where we had to use my 1990 jeep instead of the honda at extra expense. we recently were finally able to get rid of the honda and purchased a 2013 hyundai elantra limited. we were not wanting to purchase a new car for at least another two years. the potential for vehicle damage, and even more important to the person putting air in a tire is tremendous. also, what about a blow out, and then a wreck. all for an inexpensive part. we will never own another honda if they are so blatantly willing to disregard their own findings. | |||
| 08/05/2010 | 37000 | ||
| Rear wheel bearing needed replacing - passenger side. now at 68,000 miles it needs to be replaced again. . | |||
| 12/13/2010 | 22500 | ||
| I own a 2009 honda civic 4-dr sedan that has a problem with ice and snow accumulating on the wheel in as little as a 2 inch snowfall condition. this ice and snow accumulation causes the front wheels to be out-of-balance and result in vibrations that make the vehicle uncontrolable in speeds greater that 50 mph. i am the original owner of this vehicle that has 20,000 miles on it and have now used it during two winters. this is the second time i have had to pull the wheels off to remove the accumulated snow and ice from the inner walls of the wheel in order to drive it safely at speeds over 50 mph. i believe this is a safetly issue with the wheel design for this vehicle. it only appears to affect the front wheel locations, not the rear wheels. | |||
| 10/08/2010 | 20000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 honda civic. the contact was driving approximately 65 mph, and encountered a small obstacle in the road. the contact drove to the side of the road and discovered the rear driver tire completely flattened. the tire rim was destroyed. the vehicle was taken to the dealer the where they stated the tire rim exhibited a three to four inch gash throughout the entire rim. the rim was replaced. the failure mileage was 20,000. js | |||