Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Honda Civic - part 1

Premature wear and cupping of tires resulting in unstable dangerous tire performance and loud distracting noise apparently due to a manufacturing defect in upper control arm design.

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Left front lower control arm right front lower control arm left front strut assembly right front strut assembly power steering fluid leak engine oil leak gasket needed to be replaced rear brake light failed starter failed alternator failed air filter gets clogged prematurely power steering pump hoses cracked and leaked power steering air pressure hoses cracked and leaked power steering intake hose cracked and leaked power steering return hose cracked and leaked master window power switch on driver side window went out and had to be replaced rear brake light went out needs to be replaced so many problems with this car that are v very costly and known manufacturing defects at Honda corp air bags were faulty and contained metal fragments that could kill occupants because they puncture a person's heart and kill them instantly if they get into an accident with unrecalled air bags many people have died from unrepaired recalls on the air bags because of the metal fragments puncturing their hearts causing them instant death or death after five minutes many chp officers have told me they have seen too many deaths from the airbags being unrepaired air bag light comes on even after Honda repaired the air bag on passenger side a few years ago on a recall lighting- on the inside of the car to entry light on the right hand went out window wipers go out often and cost alot of money window wiper container/reservoir failed suspension shocks and struts gone alignment tires cupping and uneven wear and tear and tread lug nuts and wheel studs failed and caused the tire to fall off the axle and flew into traffic causing a very dangerous situation inside passenger and driver side window visors failed immobilizer failed and made the car alarm keep going off without stopping for three days car batteries prematurely fail multiple times starter failed multiple times alternator failed multiple times spark plugs failed multiple times emergency brake came out from the housing trunk light.

My rear lower control arms need to be be replaced with the correct ones stamped "c". Honda dealers in southern California are refusing to correct the mistake at no cost to me. Please help!.

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It's been going through tires quickly. Back wheels converted top side inward. Had to change wheel bering. Fixing to replace upper arm control arm. It has 65614 milage on it.

The rear lower control arm snapped while driving straight on the highway at approximately 65 mph. This could have caused a significant accident, and upon investigation I realize that this is what has been causing significant tire wear on my car over the years as well as shaking and loud buzzing while driving at higher speeds. The tow truck driver had a significant amount of difficulty loading and unloading the car due to the rear bumper coming within inches of hitting the ground because it was no longer being supported by the control arm. This is a serious safety hazard.

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One of the control arms, I believe it is called, went bad and cracked. The front ones went bad and had to be replaced, but were under warranty. These would be the arms that connect and hold the tires/brakes but not the suspension. I may have referred to them wrong, but they went bad nonetheless.

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My car was wearing out tires every 20,000 to 30,000 miles. I have had my car aligned 5 times. Twice by the dealer and 3 times by so called expert shops. $2,200 later in tires & alignment costs neither, fixed my problems. I did the troubleshooting myself. I stopped rotating the tires and discovered that the rear tires were the culprits wearing the tires out. Due to a negative upper control arm setting. Rear camber on this is not adjustable. You must replace it with a dealer upper control arm marked "c" that sets it at -1. 50 deg (-0. 75-+1. 08). Found this out when I located a recall for only the 2006 to 2009 Civic. My Civic is a 2010 model. It is suspected that the rear tire wear is made worse when you carry extra weight. I live on base (ridgecrest CA) and visit grandma in pasadena CA often with my 2 kids and wife a 2 hour round trip. The passengers must have made this worse. The reason for my post is that the recall does not include the 2010 Civic! I had to use an after market rear upper control arm and set to -1. 50 to correct spending $600 on tires every 20,000 to 30,000 miles. Now my tires last ~70,000. Come on Honda! waiting for a lawsuit to make you do the recall & keeping the 2010 out of the recall is just irresponsible. You have lost my respect and I will now go back to the ugly more reliable Toyota corolla. I have all my records for every alignment. Unfortunately, I forgot to keep the tire receipts for the number of time I replace all 4.

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I never got informed about this settlement claim. . Read more...

I purchased 2006 Honda Civic ex from person from TX. And I live in la. It had brand new tires on it and 73,000 miles and was in great condition. At 75,000 miles I started hearing noise in rear end like roaring noise. Each time I had it service at local Honda dealer the service advisor said tires or alignment. They knew about the class action law suit and TSB 08-001 but never informed me about it. It took me 4 years and 2 worn out $130 michelin tires each to find the problem online and from my brother. The Honda dealer should have informed me about Honda bad design rear upper control arms earlier and I could have saved myself 2 new tires and lots of headache. But I had it fixed at local shop in bossier city alignment shop for $560. No more noise and car rides like new and tires sit straight as an arrow not cocked out like they did.

I bought the car used and found out there has been a settled class action law suit because the rear control arm causes excessive wear on the rear tires. I guess I am stuck having to make this repair on my own.

Rear upper control arm kit needs to be replaced. Currently causes uneven, rapid tire wear. I bought the car new in 2007 from this dealership and have it serviced by this dealership since then. A service bulletin 08-001 was issued 1/22/08, but I was just told by the dealership on 8/18/14 about this. They refuse to cover the cost of repair.

Original rear upper control arms (oem) need to be replaced due to known camber misalignment from factory. This well-known issue from Honda (on 2006 - 2009 Civics) causes uneven wear and shortens the lifetime of tires. The only option available to bring the alignment specs (camber) back into a safe range is to replace the upper control arms and tires.

Bad control arm causing premature. Tire wear.

I experienced asymmetrical cupping and rapid wear on my tires due to a defective rear upper control arm. This is a known problem for Honda (they issued a technical service bulletin in 2008 regarding the issue and there was a class action lawsuit in 2013). Since the deadline to file a claim with the class action suit has passed Honda will not pay for the repair of this defective part.

A faultily designed upper rear control arm causes uneven tire wear and alignment & braking issues.

The Honda dealership will not replace the control arm in my 2006 Honda Civic for free even though this is a known defect in the manufacturing of the car and a class action lawsuit was recently settled regarding the issue.

I just had to replace the tires for the second time on this car. The car is expiring uneven tire wear. This does effect braking of the car as well. Honda has admitted that the rear control arm is to short effecting suspension and tire wear. This is dangerous because the visible part of my tire looked fine, plenty of tread and about 38000 on a 90000 mile tire. The inside of the tire was so worn it actually had a hole worn in it. This wear issue could cause a tire to fail while traveling at a high rate of speed. Please help the owners of these vehicles get a recall from Honda before someone is hurt.

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the control arms causing the inner tires to prematurely wear. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the control arms needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.

Tire wear has been uneven in the rear tires, I had received a repair notice a couple of years ago but I was out of the country for a long time and missed out on the repair window for replacement of tires and super control arm? I think the resulting tire wear is the fault of known defective parts and Honda is acting very responsibly in not recaling for this failure/defect.

Replacing several sets of tires despite rotation and dealer maintenance. Passenger side tires experiencing excessive wear. During service, dealer suggested replacement of upper rear control arms and 4 wheel alignment. Took to non-Honda mechanic for 4 wheel alignment, but mechanic said upper control arm assembly had excessive negative camber which could not be adjusted to proper setting. Mechanic replaced with Honda parts, but still could not adjust camher to correct 0 setting. Vehicle unable to set to proper specifications. Found that issue appears to be the same as that detailed in Honda service bulletin no. : 08-001, also detailed in NHTSA id number: 10024687.

Honda knows this is an issue with these cars. I have two for which i¿ve brought several set of tires. It is very obvious that this is an engineering design flaw. Tires wear out very quickly. Road noise us tremendous with heavy thumping. Rear upper control arms are the problem.

Excessive noise from rear end of vehicle unrelated to normal higher noise from all season tires. The noise is so bad that passengers cannot converse in the car with the windows closed. Excessive unusual wear on tires requiring frequent replacement. Honda put out a service bulletin 08-001 Feb 5, 2009 about this problem but has not issued a recall. I think that Honda should do a recall or offer to pay something toward the corrective action they mention in their service bulletin. A rear upper control arm kit, new tires, alignment and labor charges are needed to be done and parts will need to be shipped to me from the us so I can have the repairs done where I am stationed here in germany. I'm frightened to take the care out on the autobahn. Thanks.

I have had my vehicle for 2 years now. In that time I have put only 20000 miles on the vehicle. I have had to replace my tires twice already on the vehicle due to uneven wear on the tires. The camber of the tires is affected by the rear control arms. This also caused the rear suspension to wear, which I have already had to replace on the vehicle. When breaking my steering wheel shakes affecting my steering. This is caused by the uneven inner tire wear on this vehicle. I am concerned for the safety on this vehicle and I believe other similar vehicles might have the same issue. It is also become a quite expensive problem for me to have to deal with on this vehicle. To whom it may concern, thank you!.

Design failure of the rear control arm that is too short resulting in improper camber setting causing abnormal wear of rear tires. . . . Excessive wear on inside of tires and cupping. 2 sets of tires in 43000 miles. Had to replace with after marked "adjustable" camber arms.

Passenger side tires experiencing excessive wear on inside edge. Took to mechanic for 4 wheel alignment, bu mechanic said upper control arm assembly had excessive negative camber which could not be adjusted to proper setting. Mechanic indicated assembly needed to be replaced. Found that issue appears to be the same as that detailed in Honda service bulletin no. : 08-001, also detailed in NHTSA id number: 10024687.

Rear tires have abnormal wear which is causing vibration and noise due to a faulty rear control arm. This may cause safety problems.

Rear tires wearing very rapidly/poor handling over bumps due to factory defect of rear upper control arms. This causes camber to not be adjusted properly without replacing arms. Honda not willing to stand behind their mistake if vehicle is out of warranty. This can become dangerous because tires at first glance (without being underneath the car) will look like they have plenty of life left but on the inner edge the steel cords may be showing. Also with taking a bump as your turning at highway speeds this can cause you to lose control.

I have found out that the reason for my irregular wear on my tires has not been alignment problems but a problem that Honda has had with not having the right rear upper control arms. I have went through multiple sets of tires and alignments before finding this out. I contacted Honda after this find and they are not willing to help in the cost to repair this.

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the rear upper control arm caused the tires to couple. The failure was caused by normal wear and tear when driving the vehicle in cold weather. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who inspected the failure and advised that there was no recall for the failure. The contact was advised that the upper control arm would require replacing. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 101,000.

The rear wheels had excessive and uneven tire wear on the inside of both tires, because of the rear upper control arm being too short, causing the camber to be out. This in turn, caused misalignment and excessive tire wear. I had no warning of how fast my tires were wearing out, and they almost wore to the steel belt, which could have caused an accident. I regularly service my Honda Civic at the Honda dealer for each oil change and inspection, but was not notified of any problems at the last service appointment. I believe this is a known manufacturer problem, that needs to be addressed and recalled to be fixed.

Both upper rear control arms on this vehicle are faulty. They cause the tires to ride on an angle causing excessive ware on the tires.

I've had this car since new and it absolutely eats tires in the rear. The tire wear is not adjustable and eventually leads to premature tire failure. I've had this happen to me 2 times on highway driving, where the tire has had a blowout. Honda is aware of the issue with a design flaw in the rear control arms that causes the wear, but refuses to fix the problem. They have redesigned the control arm, but it does not fix the issue. It is just a matter of time before this design issue kills someone from a tire related failure. You can't see the problem because it's on the very inner most part of the tire. It isn't just that it makes the tire bald - there is severe cupping and the tire is more worn in some spots than others. So even if you visually inspect the tire, by getting on your hands and knees and putting your head under the car, you could miss where the tire is almost worn through, if the car is sitting on that part of the tire. This issue is very dangerous! it makes rotating the tires unadvisable because it ruins all 4 tires instead of just the rear two. It makes it so the performance of the tires is considerably less because parts of the tire are severly compromised.

3rd set of tires due to tires wearing unevenly due to rear control arm problem Honda knows about.

Rear control arms too short, causing rear tires to wear unevenly and prematurely. [known issue with several hundred complaints noted online in various forums]. Could contribute to an accident, especially on wet roads if condition of tire is not noted. Same issue also caused excessive road noise and "wobbly" rear end at freeway speeds. Again, could contribute to an accident.

Rapid tire wear occurred on the inner portions of both rear tires. The problem was discovered after noticing much road noise and having the tires rotated. Two new tires were purchased and the rear upper control arms were replaced. The problem still exists to this day after consulting two different Honda garages they both confirmed that the rear control arms were installed correctly and are within spec. Both garages recommended replacing the tires again, but this is becoming very costly. The ride of the car over the last year has gotten significantly worse and now I'm noticing braking problems. The car hops in the back when applying the brakes at highway speeds. Honda is denying the problem and has offered no compensation.