Tire Valve Problems of Honda Civic

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.

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Driving on I-84 during a rainy morning rush hour, at 70mph, my Honda Civic's front left tire experienced an immediate loss of air. I pulled over to the next exit and changed the tire. Took the tire to the local tire shop for repair, and they discovered that the valve stem had failed. At that speed, the tires were ruined, so I had to buy a new tire.

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2 valve stems failed on vehicle. First one caused the tire to be damaged beyond repair. The second one was noticed before damage was done. Had the damaged tire replaced and all valve stems replaced. I have 2 of the valve stems that were replaced.

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I had a blowout at highway speeds due to a failed valve stem in my rear left tire. The tire was ruined by riding on the rim to exit the highway.

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One evening, I found my parked 2002 Honda Civic had a flat rear left tire. There was no apparent damage to the tire, and when the tire was replaced, the technician confirmed that the tire suffered a valve stem failure. The next day, as I was driving on the freeway at 65 mph, the rear right tire blew out. Again, the tire had a valve stem failure. I bought both these tires (goodyear weatherhandler LS) at the same time. They have now been replaced, but I am concerned about my two front tires, which are the same brand, and which I bought about six months after the two rear tires.

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One evening, I found my parked 2002 Honda Civic had a flat rear left tire. There was no apparent damage to the tire, and when the tire was replaced, the technician confirmed that the tire suffered a valve stem failure. The next day, as I was driving on the freeway at 65 mph, the rear right tire blew out. Again, the tire had a valve stem failure. I bought both these tires (goodyear weatherhandler LS) at the same time. They have now been replaced, but I am concerned about my two front tires, which are the same brand, and which I bought about six months after the two rear tires.

Tire valve stems cracked,this caused a slow air pressure leak to the tire while driving only. This has happen to me twice in one week, causing damages to two tires and had to be replaced. This is not only a costly expense,but very unsafe driving.

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Tire blew out on the highway at 65mph. After inspecting the tire when returning home to determine root cause of the failure the valve stem was found to be cracked all the way through only attached by a small amount of rubber. Inspected other valve stems and all were found to be cracked almost all the way through. Tires were recently replaced in the summer of 2008.

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Two months ago my sons 1999 Honda Civic experienced a flat tire. The tire shop said the valve stem was defective and replaced the stem at a cost of $26. On April 16, 2009, my son experienced a sudden loss of air pressure on a different tire, left front tire, while driving on an interstate highway. He said the car suddenly pulled strongly to the left and he almost lost control of the vehicle. I remembered seeing information on a valve stem recall last summer and gave my son information about the dill valve stem recall. The valve stems were the ones manufactured and recalled by dill, ref. Odi defect investigation ea08022. The tire shop denied any knowledge of the recall and the Honda dealer that installed the tires 2 years ago also pleaded ignorance. After further persistence, my son was able to get the Honda dealer to replace all of the defective valve stems and replace the tire that was damaged beyond repair. He is still out $26 due to the first valve stem failure which should have been covered by the tire shop if the spirit and intent of the dill valve stem voluntary recall was being followed. My complaint is that the voluntary recall by dill is inadequate and not accomplishing its intended purpose. Odi defect investigation ea08022 was prematurely closed. The recall should be mandated by NHTSA and backed up by the law! the tire companies are not following the spirit and intent of the dill voluntary recall. This is resulting in unnecessary expenses to the public and a very dangerous condition. I feel it is very unsafe to drive on a two lane highway not knowing if oncoming traffic will suddenly swerve into me because of a defective valve stem. There are millions of defective valve stems in service. Something more needs to be done.

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I have had four flat tires within three months due to valve stem failure. These were tires purchased from sears at the end of 2006. Fortunately, the deflations occurred when the car was parked, so there were no accidents as a result. Sears replaced the valve stems for me, but their personnel professed to be mystified concerning the reason for the repeated valve stem failures. After the fourth failure, I did some research online and found about the defective stems made in china and sold by dill. I examined what I could see of my valve stems; three were chrome, but one was rubber, and the cap said "dill. " I returned to sears with a news release about the valve-stem recall. The man who waited on me kept saying that the problem had occurred a long time ago and couldn't be affecting my tires now. I kept pointing out that I had bought the tires during the period when the bad valve stems were in use. I wanted him to assure me that the rubber valve stem on my tire was not one of the defective ones; he did not seem able to do that, but finally offered to replace it with a metal stem for free "if that would make me feel better. " I agreed to have it replaced. I don't blame sears for the initial defect, but I do blame them for not knowing (or pretending not to know) about the problem, and for not changing all of my valve stems when the first problem occurred. Their negligence could have caused a bad accident. As it was, it caused me a great deal of inconvenience and paranoia (I was beginning to wonder if my tires were being vandalized). I will not go back to sears automotive again, even if I have to travel further and spend more to patronize a difference dealer.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic. The contact noticed that the front passenger side tire lost complete tire pressure. Several weeks later, the rear passenger side tire lost pressure because the valve stem cracked. He identified the location of the failure as being between the rubber and the steel rim. The contact called national tire and battery (where the tires were purchased) and was informed that they could not assume any responsibility unless they received authorization from the corporate office. The contact never received notification of a recall that would enable him to take preventive measures in avoiding potential failures. He had to assume financial responsibility for the replacement of the tires. The serial number and part number of the valve stems were unknown. The failure and current mileages were 79,107. Updated 11/10/08 updated 11/13/08.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic. The vehicle has four dunlop sp20fe tires. One of the tires went flat and was taken to the tire repair shop. The mechanic noticed that the valve stem on the tire was cracked and shredded. The failure was repaired and a week later, another tire flattened. The contact noticed that the other tires had cracked and shredded valve stems. All four tires were repaired. The tire size and VIN were unknown. The failure mileage was 94,000 and current mileage was 97,000.

I have a 2001 Honda Civic whose front tires were replaced about 3 years ago at sears. About 3 months ago, I blew out my right front tire on a highway and when I took it to the garage, I was told that the valve stem had blown out and I could see that the valve stem was cracked. I went to sears and complained but they claimed that if the valve stem was faulty I should not be able to drive but this happened on a highway and they did not believe me. I got a replacement tire from them to match the front left which was a sears tire. About 2 weeks after my front right tire blew out, I went drive my car and I noticed that my front left tire was flat and suspecting the valve stem I checked for it. I noticed that the valve stem was cracked. I took my car to a local garage to get the valve stem changed. My rear tires are older than my front tire and the valve stem is fine. My gut feeling is that the sears valve stem are defective because they both cracked, the front right on a highway and the front left in my driveway.

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I purchased new tires in January 2007, they had approximately 10,000 miles on them. There had never been any indication that there was a problem with the tires, or valve stems. They were balanced and rotated on a regular basis, and maintained as they should be. The first incident occurred in August 2008 while driving home. Shortly after getting on the road and while traveling approximately 70mph, I received a flat tire on the left rear tire; the flat tire occurred very suddenly and left the tire damaged beyond repair. After taking the tire to the repair shop I was forced to purchase a new replacement tire. About 3 weeks later, under almost the same circumstances, the right rear tire suddenly lost pressure and went flat. Upon taking it to the repair shop, I was told I was sold tires with faulty valves stems but was never made aware of any recall. I then had to purchase a two more new tires as a result of them not having the correct replacement in stock, and had the valve stem replaced the in the only original remaining tire. The damaged tires were disposed of by ntb, where they were originally purchased and where I bought new replacement tires.

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. The vehicle has tech International, model tr418 valve stems. The contact stated that she had two valve stem failures on two of her tires. The first failure was noticed while driving approximately 50 mph. She noticed that the rear driver's side tire was flat when her vehcile started to lean. Someone assisted her with placing a spare tire on the vehicle. The following day, she took the vehicle to a tire shop and they placed air in the tires and stated that she must have driven over a pothole. The contact purchased another tire at the cost of $161, but later had the tire company rectify the issue. Two days later, she heard a thumping sound while driving and pulled the vehicle over. The front passenger side tire was flat and she noticed that the valve stem appeared to be cut. She called aaa and they changed the tire. The contact asked the tire shop if they purchased their valve stems from dill and they stated that they did not. The contact called the tire manufacturer and they refuted that their valve stems were from china. The purchase date, serial number, and part number were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 59,900.

I, janadan jay naidu, was driving on highway 405, south towards los angeles after a trip to solvang at about 6pm, on 10 August 2008. While coming back, I was about to reach los angeles county, I could feel my car was not going straight, has it should while driving. I knew I had bought new tires from scott ribinson, Honda in torrance California. So I thought there is nothing wrong with my tires, so I continued to drive home. As soon as I reached home with my wife. I saw my rear back left tire has a flat. I inspected the tires could not find anything wrong. I changed with the emergency tire, and went to the 76, gas station to refill the tire with air, again cant find the leaks on the tire surface, suddenly I noticed a leak coming from the tire, dill valve. Omg I was shocked when I saw this, because I just got replaced my tires about a year ago. The tire which I have is firestone. I will be taking a picture of the defect. Thanks to my lucky day, when something bad may endanger my life and my wife's. Thanks to god to safely bring us home. I'm completely shocked, why do many defects are coming into new product just and its endangering american citizens, please advice. Thanks so much. Iam going to change all my tire to some other brand ASAP. Sincerely janadan.

Valve stem failure on three tires resulting in flat tires that needed to be replaced.

Tire valve stems cracked and caused tire to go flat. "town fair tire" the installer claims the stems they used were not involved in tech int'l recall. The sidewall of tire was destroyed. Two other stems on vehicle (3 of 4) were similarly affected. All valve stems were replaced along with two tires as set had wear.

A set of 4 yokohama as 430 tires were purchased from merchant's tire in glen allen, virginia on January 17, 2007. Memphis-based tbc corporation owns merchants tire. On April 12, 2008, the front left tire valve stem catastrophically failed causing the tire to go flat while traveling at highway speed on I-81 near staunton, virginia. It was damaged beyond repair. It had only 10,000 miles service. The tire and valve stem were replaced at the owner's cost. On June 4, 2008 the rear right tire valve stem catastrophically failed in a similar manner. The tire was again destroyed and was replaced. Upon inspection the remaining two original valve stems were failing and were also replaced. I claim that defective valve stems were being installed on tires by the tire dealer during January 2007.

I had all four tire stems that went on my car blow out on 95 a major hwy. I have filed a complaint with the better business bureau and the attorney general updated 9/10/08 updated 09/11/jb the consumer stated the valve stem on the tires caused the blow out . Updated 09/22/08.

Problems with michelin tire equipment on 1998 Honda Civic. During the past nine months, the consumer has experienced 6 flat tires. Two flats have occurred while commuting on a dangerous highway. The problem began when the consumer purchased a full set of michelin tires. The common factor of the flats, stemmed from a cracked valve stem, with the crack always located near the base of the stem on the wheel axle side. The valve stems may be too long for the rims.

My back left tire blew out while driving at approximately 70 mph (speed limit) on the interstate. My tires had just been rotated and balanced, and the air pressure adjusted on Saturday, January 11, 2003. At that time, no problems were reported. I had 33,000 miles on the car/tires and had the tires rotated every 7500 miles. My tires were firestone fr680, p185/65r14 85s. This happened without warning, causing the car to begin a sudden spin across the interstate. No one was injured, unbelievably. I returned to the place where I had my tires rotated and balanced just two days before. They were very helpful and replaced the tire at no cost. They also inspected the valve of the tire that had a blowout and found it to have a leak.