2006 Honda Civic Suspension

REAR TIRES ON 2006 CIVIC HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO REAR SUSPENSION GEOMETRY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD HONDA INSTALLED REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM KIT STATED IN HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001 DATED JAN 22 2008 I HAD TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES. *TR

MY WIFE TOOK MY HONDA CIVIC 2006 SEDAN TO GOODYEAR TIRE FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATE. THEY DISCOVERED UNUSUAL UNEVEN WARE ON THE REAR TIRES. GOODYEAR WOULD NOT DO THE ROTATION AND NOTED LEFT REAR SHOCK BLOWN AND TIRES ARE CUPPED, NEEDS 4 TIRES AND ALIGNED SOON. THEY ADVISED TAKING IT BACK TO HONDA DEALER AND HAVE CHECKED. HONDA SERVICE AGREED WITH GOODYEAR THAT BOTH STRUTS ARE BLOWN AND NEEDS THE REAR CONTROL ARM KIT. THEY WANTED TO SPLIT THE COST OF THE STRUTS AND CONTROL ARM REPAIRS TOTALING $594.21 LEAVING ME TO FOOT $297.11. I WOULD PAY FOR NEW TIRES. I LATER BECAME AWARE THAT THERE IS A DEFECT KNOW BY HONDA AND THERE IS A BULLETIN OUT ABOUT THIS (08-001/NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10024687). I HAVE FOUND MANY MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES. I FEEL THEY ARE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE AND I PLAN TO CONTACT THE PA ATTORNEY GENERAL IF THEY DO NOT CORRECT PROBLEM AND DAMAGE TO THE TIRES AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR

UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AND LOUD ROAD NOISE. *TR

CAR STARTED HAVING EXCESSIVE TIRE NOISE IN THE REAR. THEN EXCESSIVE WEAR ON INSIDE OF TIRES. TOOK CAR INTO DEALER AND THEY SAID AGREED IT WAS A PROBLEM BUT COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. HAD TO CONTACT THE TIRE COMPANY. TRIED TO DO THIS BUT NOT SUCCESSFUL. REPLACE REAR TIRES AT AROUND 29,000 MILES. NOW AT 45,000 MILES THE 2ND SET OF TIRES ARE MAKING THE SAME NOISE AND HAVE SAME WEAR PROBLEM. FOUND OUT ON A BLOG SITE THAT HONDA HAS A TSB OUT NOW TO REPLACE UPPER CONTROL ARMS THAT ARE DEFECTIVE ON ALL 2006 AND 2007 CIVICS EXCEPT SI MODEL. NOW TRYING TO WORK WITH DEALER TO REPLACE THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS WITH NEW CHANGED DESIGN. APPARENTLY HONDA NOW ADMITS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ORIGINAL CONTROL ARMS. WE WILL SEE HOW COOPERATIVE THE DEALER IS WITH REPLACING THEM. I HAVE THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN COPY AND WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER. BLOG SAYS THEY WILL NOT REPLACE TIRES - EVEN THOUGH ALL THE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND NOISE IS CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE WITH CONSTANT EXCESSIVE WEAR TO TIRES. DO NOT KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE CAUSE BY THIS. *TR

REAR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS WITH MY '06 CIVIC LX LED TO PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. HAVE AN ALIGNMENT POLICY WITH A LOCAL TIRE STORE & HAVE IT DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS. EVEN THEY COMMENTED ON THE WEAR AND SAID MUST BE ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH REAR SUSPENSION. HONDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001 DATED 2/8/08 ON THIS MATTER. JUST WANT THIS PROCEDURE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM SO MY NEW TIRES DON'T SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS THE OEM TIRES. *TR

THIS 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WEARS OUT THE REAR TIRES WITHIN ONE TIRE ROTATION. THE INNER EDGES OF BOTH REAR TIRES WEAR AWAY CAUSING INSTABILITY OF VEHICLE ESPECIALLY ON WET SURFACES. HONDA IS REPLACING THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS UNDER WARRANTY AS PER A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN BUT ARE NOT COVERING TIRES WORN OUT AFTER 21,000 MILES. THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD 2 FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENTS AND 2 TIRES REPLACED BY HONDA PRIOR TO GETTING CONTROL ARMS. I AM NOW TRYING TO GET THEM TO PAY FOR THE 2ND SET OF TIRES IT HAS WORN OUT. I BELIEVE THERE DEFECT IN THE REAR SUSPENSION GEOMETRY IS PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK BY WEARING OUT TIRES PREMATURELY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 HONDA CIVIC SEDAN LX. I HAVE REPLACED THE REAR TIRES 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 50,000 MILES. THE REAR TIRES CUP SEVERELY AND CREATE EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE. I WAS TOLD THIS IS DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT IN A REAR ARM BEING TOO SHORT. *TR

WE TOOK OUR 2006 HONDA CIVIC IN FOR SERVICE AND WE WERE TOLD THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE ROTATED. WHEN WE LEFT AND GOT TO HIGHWAY SPEED THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. WE KEPT THE SPEED DOWN AND MADE IT TO ANOTHER HONDA DEALER. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL AND IT WOULD CORRECT ITSELF IN ABOUT 500 OR 600 MILES. WE LEFT THERE AND WENT TO A TIRE SHOP WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THE FRONT TIRES (THAT WERE ROTATED FROM THE BACK) AND NOTICED THEY BOTH HAD FLAT SPOTS ON THEM THAT WERE WORN DOWN TO THE CORDS. WE ROTATED THE TIRES BACK TO GET US BY. THE NEXT DAY WE REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES. THE NEW TIRES WERE FINE BUT WHEN WE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED WE NOTICED THE FLAT SPOTS HAD COME BACK WITH LESS THAN 16,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. WE TOOK OUR HONDA IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND ASKED ABOUT THE TIRES AND IF THEY COULD LOOK AT IT, THE DEALER TOLD US ABOUT SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001. SERVICE BULLETIN 08-001 IS TO CORRECT THE TIRE WEAR ISSUE BY REPLACING THE UPPER CONTROLLER ARMS ON THE REAR SUSPENSION. WE LEFT THE CAR, AND SOON GOT A CALL FROM THE DEALER TELLING US THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE SERVICE BECAUSE OUR CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY (EVEN THOUGH IT WILL WEAR THE TIRES OUT). FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A HONDA REPRESENTATIVE THERE THAT DAY THAT APPROVED THE REPAIR. WE STILL HAD TO PAY FOR THE ALIGNMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT CLEARLY STATES IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN THAT THE ALIGNMENT IS INCLUDED AND EVEN THOUGH WE BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. WE ALSO GOT NO COMPENSATION FOR TIRES EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A TABLE FOR PRORATING THE TIRES IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BACK TIRES AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE FLAT SPOTS. THESE WERE NOT DOWN TO THE CORDS, BUT THERE WAS NO TREAD LEFT ON THE FLAT SPOTS. I DON'T WANT MY WIFE AND YOUNG DAUGHTER TO BE STRANDED ON THE ROAD OR WORSE BECAUSE OF AN ENGINEERING FLAW BY HONDA. *TR

I WAS UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE REAR TIRE TREAD WAS BALD ON THE INSIDE. THE OUTSIDE WAS STILL SHOWING PLENTY OF TREAD. THE TIRE WAS VERY CLOSE TO FAILURE, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO NOTICE THE UNEVEN WEAR UNLESS YOU ARE UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE INTERNET SHOWED MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THE CONTROL ARMS ARE FAILING ON MANY OF THE VEHICLES. HONDA ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN TO DEALERSHIPS BUT HAS NOT NOTIFIED THE OWNERS. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC NEW. AT 18 MONTHS IT STARTED MAKING A ROARING NOISE FROM THE REAR END. IT ALSO STARTED VIBRATING BADLY AT 65MPH. WHEN I GOT THE OIL CHANGED IN IT, I ASKED THE HONDA MOTORWERKS DEALER IN LA CROSSE, WI TO CHECK THE TIRES FOR ROTATION. I WAS TOLD THE TIRES WERE FINE. TWO MONTHS LATER AT 37,800 MILES I AM TAKING THE CAR BACK FOR LOUDER ROARING AND MORE VIBRATION. MY SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALED THAT HONDA ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON 8FEB08 STATING THAT THE REAR CONTROL ON ALL 2006 AND 2007 HONDA CIVICS WERE EFFECTED AND NEED TO BE REPAIRED. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AND WAS TOLD THAT EACH CASE WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE DEALER ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I ASKED ABOUT THE TIRES THAT WERE RUINED BY THE DEFECTIVE CONTROL ARMS, AND I WAS TOLD THAT I THEY WERE COVERED UNDER THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. I SAID THAT THE TIRES WERE NOT DEFECTIVE, RATHER THEY WERE PREMATURELY WORN BECAUSE OF A HONDA DEFECT. SHE GAVE ME THE SAME ANSWER AGAIN. IF THIS DEFECT APPLIES TO ALL 2006 AND 2007N CIVICS, THEN IT APPLIES TO SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND VEHICLES. I FEEL HONDA SHOULD RECALL ALL OF THE CIVICS AND NOT WAIT UNTIL THE OWNERS COMPLAIN OR GET HURT BECAUSE THE TIRES WEAR OUT EARLY AND CAUSE A CRASH. *TR

VERY RAPID REAR TIRE WEAR DUE TO UNADJUSTABLE NEGATIVE CAMBER. WITHIN MONTHS OF PURCHASE, THE TIRES WERE SEVERELY WORN AND UNSAFE (HYDROPLANING AND POOR TRACTION). NOW, ON 4TH SET OF REAR TIRES WITH 40K ON THE VEHICLE AND REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS AT WEBSITES SUCH AS ( HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F0F75F0/16 ). HONDA HAS FINALLY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN IN CANADA FOR NEW UPPER REAR CONTROL ARMS BUT BURDEN OF PROOF IS HIGH AND NOT RETROACTIVE; APPEARS 2006 AND 2007 CIVICS ARE AFFECTED. *TR

REAR CAMBER COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED TO ZERO. TIRES WERE WEARING OUT EARLY ON INSIDE EDGE. AFTER MARKET PART ALLOWS CAMBER TO BE ADJUSTED TO ZERO. FIRESTONE DEALER SAID THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH CIVICS AND THE AFTER MARKET PART IS AVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL MODEL YEARS. SIMILAR STATEMENT WAS MADE BY PREVIOUS TIRE DEALER IN 2006 (30K MILES) BUT UNABLE TO ORDER PARTS AT THAT TIME. *TR

REAR CAMBER SET WRONG, NO ADJUSTMENT, PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, BAD CAR HANDLING. ESPECIALLY ON IRREGULAR ROAD SERVICE OR MAN HOLE COVERS ,CAR SIDE JUMPS . HONDA DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE TO REPAIR. *TR

I TOOK DELIVERY OF A 2006 HONDA CIVIC SI ON 1 JAN, 2006. I PURCHASED THE CAR WITH THE OPTIONAL 18" HFP ALLOYS. AT AROUND 10K MI, I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR ITS SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. MY SERVICING DEALER AT THAT TIME ROTATED THE TIRES ALONG WITH THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MAINT. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR I NOTICED A VERY LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM CHECK WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE. THE HONDA TECH TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES( ORIGINALLY ON THE FRONT, NOW ON THE REAR) WERE CUPPED AND ALSO SAID THAT I SHOULD TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE PURCHASING DEALER FOR WHAT HE SAID WAS "MISALIGNED REAR SUSPENSION". BEFORE LEAVING THE DEALER, I HAD THE HONDA TECH PUT THE TIRES BACK THE WAY THEY WERE TO GET RID OF THE HUMMING SOUND. I THEN TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE PURCHASING DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOT MUCH THEY COULD DO AND PUT 2 NEW REAR TIRES ON THE CAR AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. NOW I HAD A CAR WITH 10K MILES ON THE FRONT AND 0 MILES ON THE REAR. FAST FORWARD A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES AND THERE I WAS NEEDING NEW TIRES FOR THE FRONT BECAUSE I WAS NEVER ABLE TO ROTATE THEM AS ADVISED. AT NOW 27K THE CAR IS GOING ON ITS 3RD SET OF TIRES. I STILL CANNOT ROTATE THE TIRES AND THE REAR IS STILL TOED IN AND HONDA HAS NO "FIX-ACTION" FOR THIS. ALSO THE CAR CANNOT BE ALIGNED, HASN'T SINCE THE DAY I DROVE IT OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. I LOVE HONDA'S BUT I DO FEEL THIS CAR MAY BE A LEMON AND IS BY FAR A SAFETY HAZARD ON WHEELS. I HAVE SINCE PARKED IT IN THE GARAGE UNTIL MYSELF AND AMERICAN HONDA COME TO TERMS. *TR

I PURCHASED 2006 HONDA CIVIC 4-DR. THE REAR OF THE CAR IS LOWER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BY APPROXIMATELY 1/2" TO 3/4". THIS IS VERY NOTICEABLE AND I AM WORRIED IT MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE SEEN OTHER MODEL VEHICLES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO SEEN THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. ALSO TOOK BACK A 2ND TIME WITH NO POSITIVE RESPONSE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE GREW LOUDER AS TIME PROGRESSED. WHEN SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHANGED, SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SHOCKS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS COMMON. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 34,000. UPDATED 01/02/08. *LJ THE PROBLEM WITH THE SHOCKS CAUSED THE TIRES TO WEAR. UPDATED 12/12/07.

I BOUGHT A NEW 2006 HONDA CIVIC AND TOOK DELIVERY IN JULY 2006. FROM THE TIME OF DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS NOTICEABLE THAT THE REAR END OR REAR TIRES OF THE HONDA CIVIC WERE VERY NOISY. LACKING SUFFICIENT TIME, I DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE NOISE UNTIL OUR TRIP TO ARIZONA IN EARLY MARCH, 2007. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN ARIZONA, I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES FOR THE FIRST TIME TO EXAMINE THE REAR TIRES. TO MY AMAZEMENT, THEY WERE WORN OUT AT 21,000 MILES - TO THE POINT WHERE STEEL BELTS WERE PROTRUDING FROM THE TIRES. I TOOK THE CAR TO A AUTHORIZED HONDA DEALER IN TUCSON. AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTS, THEY CLAIMED THAT THE CAR HAD NO DEFECT - I HAD TWO DEFECTIVE REAR TIRES. I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT BOTH REAR TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE WOULD WEAR SO BADLY, WHILE THE FRONT TIRES ON THE FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE CAR WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITON FOR 21,000 MILES. I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A SERVICE BULLETION FROM ACURA - A DIVISION OF HONDA. THE SERVICE BULLETIN 05-076 DATED JANUARY 19, 2007 STATED THAT THE ACURA 2004 & 2005 HAD AN ISSUE WITH "PREMATURE REAR TIRE WEAR". THE PROBLEM WAS DESCRIBED AS: "THE REAR TIRES ARE WEARING PREMATURELY (UNEVENLY ACROSS THE TREAD). PROBABLE CAUSE: THE REAR TOE INCREASES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS LOADED" THE DESCRIPTION AND PICTURES OF TIRE WEAR IN THIS SERVICE BULLETIN EXACTLY MATCH WHAT I FOUND IN MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC. I HAD JUST CHECKED THE AIR PRESSURE IN ALL FOUR TIRES. DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE HONDA CIVIC, THE REAR TIRES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEEN WITHOUT KNEELING. WHEN I FOUND THAT THE REAR TIRES HAD BEEN WORN SO SEVERELY THAT STEEL BELTS WERE SHOWING, IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT SUCH PREMATURE WEAR CONSTITUTES A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD.

THE SUSPENSION ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC CANNOT BE ALIGNED DUE TO INCORRECT MANUFACTURING. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT EFFECTS ALL 2006 HONDA CIVICS. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY WITH EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR BUT THE HANDLING OF THE CAR IS NOT AS IT SHOULD BE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I TRIED EVASIVE ACTION WHILE THE SUSPENSION IS NOT ALIGNED CORRECTLY. THERE IS A VERY BIG ADJUSTMENT REQUIRED TO BRING THE CAR BACK INTO SPEC (OVER 2 DEGREES IN THE REAR SUSPENSION). I WAS TOLD THAT HONDA WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WAS WAITING FOR ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO BE FILED TO JUSTIFY A RECALL. I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOW THAT MY SUSPENSION WAS SO OUT OF ALIGNMENT HAD I NOT GONE TO A HONDA DEALER FOR REPAIRS.. *TR

MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC HAS EXPERIENCE FRONT END NOISES (SQUEAKING, CREAKING LIKE AN OLD PICKUP TRUCK). WE RETURNED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THE FRONT LEFT STRUT WAS WORN AND REPLACED IT. THE NOISE HAS NOT ABATED DESPITE THE CHANGE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE HANDLING OF THIS VEHICLE IN THE FUTURE. *NM

THIS CAR HAS VERY UNSAFE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS. POSSIBILITY OF LOSS OF CONTROL ON CORNERS WITH BUMPS, EVEN AT LOW SPEED. BUMP STEER AT SPEED, SEEMS UNSTABLE. LIGHT WIND BLOWS CAR AROUND, CAN'T KEEP IT IN THE LANE. *JB

LOUD GRINDING NOISE EMNATING FROM REAR WHEELS. DEALER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE BAD! THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD, 5000 MILES. TOOK VEHICLE FOR 10,000 MILE SERVICE AND NOW THE GRINDING NOISE HAS RETURNED. *JB

POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH SUSPENSION; SERVICED FOR PULLING/DRIFTING OUT OF LANE, AS WELL AS SQUEAKY STRUTS--DEALER STATED THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOW AND FILLED TIRES WITH AIR AND REPLACED FRONT STRUTS. *NM