2007 HONDA CIVIC Complaints

DEFECTIVE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS ON THE 2006 - 2007 HONDA CIVICS. HONDA CHOSE TO WITHHOLD THIS INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS AND ONLY TO ISSUE A SERVICE BULLETIN TO DEALERSHIPS. THIS ISSUES CAUSES YOUR CAR TO GO OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND YOUR TIRES TO HAVE AN IRREGULAR WEAR PATTERN. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CREATES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF NOISE FROM YOUR TIRES AND MAY IMPEDE YOUR ABILITY TO STOP AND TO TURN. THIS CAN BE DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE, AT IT CAN ALSO CAUSE PREMATURE WEAR TO YOUR SUSPENSION SYSTEM. HONDA'S DECISION TO DELIBERATELY WITHHOLD THIS INFORMATION FROM CONSUMERS PUTS CONSUMERS AT RISK WHEN IT IS LEFT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE THE ONES TO DETERMINE WHICH CARS ARE INVOLVED/AFFECTED. THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WHERE ONLY A FEW CARS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND NUMEROUS CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THEIR TIRES RUINED DUE TO THIS DEFECT. HTTP://HONDA-TECH.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2225229 MY TIRES ARE 60,000 MILE ALL SEASON TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED AT 24,000 MILES. THEY ARE EXTREMELY LOUD AND ALTHOUGH THE TREAD DEPTH IS EXACTLY THE SAME ON ALL FOUR TIRES. BECAUSE I ROTATE THE TIRES EVERY 4,000 MILES, NO ONE AT HONDA EVER DETERMINED THAT MY CAR WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAD THE DEFECT. I BELIEVE THAT HONDA DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO PUT OUT THE EXPENSE TO DO SO AND FELT THEY WOULD DEAL WITH CONSUMERS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM CORRECTED AND HAVE HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER DRIVE MY CAR, SUBSEQUENT TO THE REPAIR. HE DOES NOT DISPUTE THE FACT THAT THE TIRES ARE LOUD AND THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE TIRES WAS DONE SPECIFICALLY DUE TO THE DEFECT. HOWEVER, HONDA IS STILL REFUSING TO REPLACE MY TIRES. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING MY FAMILY ON TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN RUINED SOLEY BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT AND FEEL THAT HONDA NEEDS TO NOT ONLY ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE DEFECT BUT ALSO NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO THE DEFECT! *KB

I BEGAN TO HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR IN APRIL 2011. OVER TIME THE NOISE PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAS BEEN WEARING IMPROPERLY. I CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS ISSUE. WHILE RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, EVERY HONDA CIVIC WEBPAGE AND FORUM THAT I WENT TO WAS FILLED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM (RIGHT REAR CONTROL ARM CAUSING RAPID WEAR OF THE TIRES). I FOUND THAT HONDA HAD EVEN SENT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN ON 2-8-08 REGARDING THIS ISSUE. I FIGURED WITH THIS MANY COMPLAINTS, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A RECALL NOTICE THAT I DID NOT RECEIVE. IN JULY 2011 I BROUGHT MY CIVIC TO MAJESTIC HONDA OF RHODE ISLAND TO HAVE MY VEHICLE CHECKED AND ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL BUT THEY DID CONFIRM THE PROBLEM AFTER PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH COST ME $111.02. MY CIVIC NEEDED A NEW CONTROL ARM, 4 NEW TIRES, AND AN ALIGNMENT. THESE REPAIRS WOULD COST AN ADDITIONAL $1066.75 OR MORE PLUS TAX. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT, HAD HONDA JUST SENT OUT A SERVICE NOTICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY FIRST NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A CONTROL ARM ISSUE, WE COULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE FOR ONLY $455.00 -- THE COST OF A CONTROL ARM AND AN ALIGNMENT. MY SPEECH FELL UPON DEAF EARS. I COULD TELL BY THEIR DEMEANOR THAT THEY HAD HEARD MY STORY BEFORE AND DID NOT CARE AT ALL. ALL I GOT WAS, "WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE; CONTACT HONDA AMERICA." AFTER WRITING TO YOU, I WILL BE CONTACTING HONDA AMERICA. *TR

CPSC# I1160082A 2007 HONDA CIVIC EX COUPE DRIVER'S SIDE SUNVISOR BROKE OFF. *LN

HAD TO REPLACE TIRES DUE TO UNEVEN TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDE TREAD AFTER 22,000 MILES.. HAD THE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS REPLACES AS WELL. PURCHASED PIRELLI TIRES RATED FOR 85,000 MILES. PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN AT 27,000 MILES ON THE TIRES AND 65,000 MILES ON CAR. SEEMS LIKE THIS CAR GOES THROUGH TIRES EVERY 20-25,000 MILES. HONDA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. *KB

2007 HONDA CIVIC. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TIRES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE REAR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS A KNOWN DEFECT AS HONDA ISSUED A TSB TO THE DEALERSHIP DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM, BUT NO NOTIFICATION WAS EVER SENT TO THE CONSUMER. *JB

2007 HONDA CIVIC 4DR EX REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. THIS IS CAUSING LOUD TIRE NOISE AND UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE WEAR. *TT

BOTH SUN VISORS ON 07 HONDA CIVIC EX SPLIT, VISORS WILL NO LONGER STAY IN THE UP POSITION. VISORS CAUSE A DISTRACTION AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. YOU CAN GET THEM REPLACED AT HONDA DEALERSHIP BUT THEY GIVE YOU THE SAME VISORS THAT THEY KNOW ARE DEFECTIVE AND WILL NOT LAST. VISORS ARE VERY CHEAPLY MADE. *TT

I OWN A 2007 HONDA CIVIC LX WHICH I PURCHASED FROM DEALER NEW. RECENTLY MY DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR "RUPTURED" OPEN, AND NO LONGER STAYS IN THE SECURE POSITION. IT DROPS DOWN IN FRONT OF ME WHILE DRIVING AND OBSTRUCTS MY VISION. I AM TALL, SO THIS IS A SAFETY VISIBILITY ISSUE FOR ME. APPARENTLY HONDA ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, AND ALSO SETTLED ON A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AND ACKNOWLEDGED A DEFECT IN THE VISOR. HOWEVER, THE RECALL ONLY EXTENDS UP TO 100,000 MILES AND I HAVE MORE THAN THAT, SO THE DEALER SAYS HONDA WILL NOT COVER IT AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. THAT IS VERY WRONG, PARTICULARLY WHEN HONDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED DEFECTIVE PART, AND IT IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR IN OUR 2007 HONDA CIVIC BREAKS IN THE SUMMER TIME. IT CRACKS AT THE JOINT THAT MOUNTS TO THE ROOF. CAUSES VISORS TO HANG DOWN ALL THE TIME AND HAMPER VIEW. APPARENTLY A DEFECT IN THE MATERIALS. *KB

1.- 2007 HONDA CIVIC REAR TIRE CONTROL ARMS ARE DEFECTIVE, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH TIRES. ALIGNMENT GEOMETRY OF BACK TIRES IS NOT PROPER, TIRES ARE NOT VERTICAL. 2.- TIRES WEAR OFF UNEVENLY MAKING THEM UNSAFE. 3.- I REPLACED TIRES A FEW MONTHS AGO AND HAD TIRES ALIGNED. NEW TIRES ARE RENDER USELESS/UNSAFE IN A FEW MONTHS. *TR