2005 Honda Civic Suspension Problems

MY HONDA CIVIC BEGAN TO SHAKE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HIGHER THAN 35MPH, THE REAR TIRES ARE BALD. THE MECHANIC I TOOK IT TO SAID THE WHEELS COULD NOT HOLD THE ALIGNMENT AND SUGGESTED ADDING A PART TO HOLD THE TIRES IN ALIGNMENT AND TO ALLOW FOR TIGHTENING OF THE ALIGNMENT. *TR

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 97V140000. COMPONENT: SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. DETAILS: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. ROAD GRIT AND GRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS CAN PENETRATE THE RUBBER OF THE LOWER FRONT SPRING MOUNTS AND ACCUMULATE IN THE MOUNTS CAUSING NOTCHES OR PITS TO DEVELOP. THESE NOTCHES CAN DEVELOP CRACKS RESULTING IN BREAKAGE OF A BOTTOM COIL OF THE SPRING. CONSEQUENCE: THE VEHICLES RIDE HEIGHT COULD BE AFFECTED CAUSING NOISE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. THE VEHICLES DYNAMIC STABILITY CAN BE AFFECTED REDUCING THE DRIVERS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: DEALERS WILL REPLACE BOTH FRONT SPRINGS AND LOWER SPRING MOUNTS. *KB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT WATER IN THE WHEEL BEARING CAUSED THE WHEEL TO BREAK. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

ON 2/26/10, I HAD 4 NEW TIRES INSTALLED IN MY 2005 CIVIC; AT 56,000 MILES. EVEN PURCHASED THE WARRANTY. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER, I FELT A VERY MILD VIBRATION BETWEEN 48-52 MPH. I DIDN'T MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OF IT THEN. THE PAST 6 WEEKS OR SO, ABOUT 60,000 MILES, THE CIVIC'S VIBRATING HAS GOTTEN WORSE BETWEEN 48-52MPH. I TOOK IT FOR IT'S MAINTENANCE, HAD EVERYTHING DONE, ESPECIALLY THE BREAK ROTORS AND ALIGNMENT. THE VIBRATING HAS NOT STOPPED. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. ACCORDING TO THEM, THE CAR WAS CHECKED, AND FELT THE VIBRATING. CAR WAS RE-ALIGNED, THE SAID IT WAS THE REAR STRUTS. I HAD THEM REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT AUTO MECHANIC, THEN HAD IT RE-ALIGNED ONCE MORE TO ANOTHER AUTO MECHANIC. STILL VIBRATES. BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO INSTALLED THE REAR STRUTS. HE DID A TEST DRIVE, AND BALANCED THE TIRES. THE VIBRATING IS STILL THERE. NOW IT'S BETWEEN 48-60MPH AT RANDOM. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT, SOMETIMES IT'S MILD, SOMETIMES IT STRONGER, DEPENDING AFTER MY APPLY THE BRAKES. THE VIBRATING OCCURS UNDER THE SEATS, FLOOR, REAR, SOME IS FELT VERY MILDLY ON THE DASHBOARD. COULD BE SINCE THE REST OF THE CAR IS VIBRATING. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED. *TR

2005 HONDA CIVIC WITH 60,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. REPLACED REAR TIRES ABOUT 10,000 MILES AGO, AND THE NEW TIRES ARE CUPPED ON THE INSIDE, CAUSING EXTREME NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR AND SOME VIBRATION. THE ORIGINAL TIRES WORE VERY WELL. REAR TIRE WEAR IS SIGNIFICANT. NEW FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING EVENLY. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON IN HONDA CIVICS. *TR

2005 HONDA CIVIC SEVERAL FAILURES. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED SUDDENLY AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION COLLAPSED. HE STATED THE BALL BEARING CAGE COULD NOT BE LUBRICATED. WITHOUT LUBRICATION, THE BALL BEARINGS CAN GRIND THEMSELVES INTO DUST. THE ALUMINUM KNUCKLES FRACTURED BECAUSE THE WHEELS WERE NOT SUPPORTED. *JB

FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED IT, THE NEEDLE ON THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD PERIODICALLY FLUCTUATE. IT WAS ONLY EVER NOTED ON THE SERVICE REPORTS ONCE. THIS MENTION OCCURRED BEFORE THE FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THE ONLY NOTE FROM THE DEALERSHIP WAS THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE NEEDLE FINALLY FROZE ON 80MPH IN 12/06. THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $80 JUST TO TELL ME THE SPEEDOMETER'S ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THAT IT WOULD COST SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THAT NONE OF THE WORK WOULD BE WARRANTED, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT HAD BEEN A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. WHEN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THIS EITHER, I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THEIR ONLY OFFER WAS TO PAY FOR THE PARTS, NOT THE LABOR. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE. SOME TIME LATER I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL NOTIFYING ME OF A CLASS-ACTION LAW SUIT FILED AGAINST AMERICAN HONDA FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS I'M HAVING WITH MY CAR. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR TO TRY ONCE MORE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A SECOND DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD BE UNABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT AN INCONVENIENT LOSS OF TIME, IT'S ANOTHER $80 I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME BEFORE. TALKING TO AMERICAN HONDA IS AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME. THE SECOND ELECTRICAL ISSUE INVOLVES THE RADIO AND CD PLAYER. I HAD A NEW CD IN ONE DAY WHEN IT SUDDENLY STOPPED PLAYING AND THE DISPLAY FLASHED "HOT", SPITTING THE CD OUT. THE CD ITSELF WAS SO HOT IT MELTED THE TOP PORTION. STILL UNDER WARRANTY, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY ROLLED ME RIGHT ON THROUGH SERVICE, BRUSHING THE PROBLEM OFF AS INSIGNIFICANT. THIS CAR IS A FIRE HAZARD. BECAUSE OF AMERICAN HONDA, I AM OPERATING A VEHICLE WITHOUT A PROPERLY FUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER, WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO TACO BELL TO GET SOME LATE NIGHT FOOD. WELL I GET THROUGH THE LIGHT THAT LEADS INTO THE PARKING LOT...(I'VE HAD SOME SQUEAKING COMING FROM MY FRONT END EARLY IN THE AM AND ONCE ITS REALLY WARMED UP B.T.W.). SO, I GET THROUGH AND GOING ABOUT 15 MPH A SQUEAK THEN A KIND OF POP AND NEXT THING I KNOW IM PULLED INTO THE CURB, HOP IT, AND TAKE OUT A BUSH. I WAS SO MAD! MY CAR HAS 4600 MILES ON IT! SO I BACK IT OFF THE CURB AND PULL IT OVER. THERE WAS BAD CURB DAMAGE ON THE WHEEL AND MY WHEEL IS VERY. LOOKED LIKE VERY POSITIVE CAMBER. NOT TO MENTION THE NICE SCRATCHES AND GREEN MARKS THE BUSH GAVE TO MY BUMPER. UGH!!! I LOVE MY BRAND NEW CAR SO MUCH! I WASH IT TWICE A WEEK AND WAX ONCE EVERY 2-3 WEEKS. ALWAYS CHECKING FLUIDS, ALWAYS TAKING GOOD CARE OF IT. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND....WELL I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, FIGURING THIS WOULD ALL BE TAKEN CARE OF CONSIDERING THIS VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANT AND NOT EVEN DUE FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE YET. WELL, I GET THE CALL BACK FROM THEM TELLING ME THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE PARTS TO BREAK OR COME LOOSE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS FROM ME HITTING THE CURB AFTER OR NOT. TO ME, SINCE THEY DIDN'T KNOW, THIS SHOULD BE REPLACED. MY CONCERN ON TOP OF THE $1,500 THIS IS COSTING ME OUT OF POCKET TO FIX, IS WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY??? GOING 65 MPH, THAT WOULD HAVE SENT ME INTO THE MEDIAN AND POSSIBLY CAUSED DEATH. I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT IN COLLEGE WORKING 2 JOBS SO I CAN PAY FOR THIS NOT EVEN FOUR MONTH OLD $20,000 CAR. I AM OUTRAGED THAT HONDA DID NOT TAKE CARE OF ME WITH THIS. IS THIS WRONG? I AM SEEKING ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE I CAN GET AND POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION. THANK YOU, ~[XXX] *NM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR