Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 05/18/2011 | 39954 | ||
| I installed 4 goodyear integrity tires on my 2003 honda civic hybrid. on 5/17/2011 i drove it on rain grooved concrete (us 287) and when it hit the grooved pavement, it went into a violent shimmy. there was a cross wind but the tires performed normally on smooth concrete, asphalt, and in the same cross wind on e-w and n-s highways. when i came to the rain grooves i was driving between 60-65 mph and i had to slow to less than 45 mph to have any secure control of the car. it felt like the steering column had come loose or the wheels were going wildly. the car lurched 1-2 inches laterally while on the rain grooved concrete. i had to check a box for which tire position but it was at all tire positions that the car was shimmying. this tire is definitely not a safe tire on rain-grooved concrete highways. | |||
| 08/15/2005 | 51000 | 1 | |
| I wish to make notice to nhtsa that the issue in braking for prius vehicles would seem to me to be related, in general, to hybrids, built in japan, and not just toyota. i have an '03 honda civic hybrid, and it has issues. it has been in an accident back in '05 and what was the issue? braking! the car went out of control under heavy braking (though all these vehicles have 4 whl abs) in an animal-avoidance attempt. i ended up careening side-wise sliding until colliding with a utility pole, at the passgr side a pillar. raccoon didn't survive. i had noticed on several occasions that the abs, upon encountering bumps or jolts of any significant degree, will cut-out momentarily, and further, the engine-braking' associated with the hybrid motor-generator also cuts out and does not return (until after the stop has been concluded using only the available braking methods left)(no abs chatter is to be observed in these scenarios). the phenomenon is definitely reproducible; i have often found that such bumps are virtually unavoidable on certain places i commonly drive near my home. it is such an issue that i have learned to try to compensate for that when driving over these bumpy places, but one can't compensate when encountering same in a new, unfamiliar area/situation. please do look into the concept that it could be more of a japanese made abs system-fault , (possibly including engine-regenerative braking system) rather than a toyota-only thing. i would request that my note be acknowledged, myself be contacted so as to provide any further info needed, and my contact info be retained so as to be contacted regarding subsequent resolutions, ie recalls/legal cases/settlements. by the way, i had not collision insurance, thus i paid to repair my hch post that accident. i still drive the car today, though anyone would have called it totalled.tires- were the same set installed as oem, were at least 60% even at 51k, they readily woreout afterwards-post-acc alignmt issues *cn | |||