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Re: Inside tire wear [hchowner1]
by aue
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Mar 04, 2009 (6:07 am)
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Replying to: hchowner1 (Mar 03, 2009 10:56 pm)
Have you had the control arms replaced?
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- #134 of 148
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Re: Inside tire wear [hchowner1]
by lyninmaine
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Mar 04, 2009 (10:45 am)
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Replying to: hchowner1 (Mar 03, 2009 10:56 pm)
go back to my previous post. my claim number for the 4 new tires honda bought me is listed. use it. get rear control arms replaced first. my local dealer did mine free - and - a 4 wheel alignment. complain to consumer reports and any other consumer agency you can think of.
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- #135 of 148
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Re: Inside tire wear [hchowner1]
by mgrantaz
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Mar 04, 2009 (4:22 pm)
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Replying to: hchowner1 (Mar 03, 2009 10:56 pm)
In addition to the other advice you are getting here, if you have to buy new tires, don't buy the OEM make (I forget what they were). Buy Falken 912's--I love them and have 9K miles on them now (see message #94, July 2008, before/after). And find a good frame shop that does alignments--NOT the dealer. You want (and need) an unbiased opinion. I asked Discount Tires for a recommendation on a good shop a couple of years ago and they are great (I'm in Phoenix). Then you'll really know if your Honda is aligned properly. If done properly, the inside tread should not wear. I had alignment problems with a Nissan 300ZX that caused inside tire wear--twice--so I traded it in. My Falken's are wearing fine: no inside wear, no cupping, no vibrations, smooth as glass at 35 PSI.
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- #136 of 148
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Re: Inside tire wear [aue]
by hchowner1
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Mar 04, 2009 (6:52 pm)
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Replying to: aue (Mar 04, 2009 6:07 am)
No, I havn't had the control arms replaced. I will call my dealer tommorow. Thank you also for the tire claim number. I will try to use that. If not I will definately not buy the oem's anyway. They are horrible when it rains here in So Cal. Thanks !!
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- #137 of 148
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2008 HCH rear tires
by rkbates
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Mar 25, 2009 (12:20 pm)
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Took hch to tire shop to rotate ad balance tires because of excess vibration. The rear tires are worn out on inside and the toed out. The honda dealership in Tyler Texas just said you need new tires without even looking at it. It has 16k miles on it. honda says it isn't in the service bulletin. Is this the control ams? I guess the fight is on.
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- #138 of 148
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Re: 2008 HCH rear tires [rkbates]
by mgrantaz
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Mar 25, 2009 (1:59 pm)
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Replying to: rkbates (Mar 25, 2009 12:20 pm)
To rkbates:
My story started the same way...noise, rotation, balance, but it did no good. Got louder and louder, wore out uneven, and shook. Dealer looked at everything, said all was okay, just replace tires. I did, but not with same ones. See my other posts here. Good luck.
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- #139 of 148
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Re: 2008 HCH rear tires [rkbates]
by 74apollo
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Mar 26, 2009 (4:27 am)
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Replying to: rkbates (Mar 25, 2009 12:20 pm)
It sure sounds like tire control arms. We had same problem only we complained about road noise & vibration at 10,000 miles and they found the bulletin. They replaced the arms and tried to tell us that we would have to pay for new tires. Because we had all of our service done at the same dealer where we bought the vehicle, we continued to press the issue until they called Honda regional office and then agreed to replace the tires free of charge.
Keep in mind that they are not required to bring up bulletins issued on their vehicles unless the customer complains. A bulletin is not the same as a warranty recall in their minds.
You may have to look through the other threads on maintenance issues cuz there are a lot of complaints about the tire control arms.
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- #140 of 148
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Honda Civic Hybrid rear control arm issue
by janestadler5
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Mar 26, 2009 (6:55 am)
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Mar. 27, 2009
Because I have found this blog to be so valuable in my struggle to deal with this issue, I want to update what happened with me, since last blog. After ~5 phone calls to American Honda in Torrance, CA and the dealership that sold me the car, they basically ran me around the block. I then went to another mechanic who ran the car up on the lift and told me that the arms on the car did NOT have the "C" that the definitely correctly manufactured arms have on them. I ended up buying the new rear upper control arms kit, and having it installed, and buying 4 new tires and having the tires balanced and mounted, all at my own expense.
Now, when I called an alignment guy for the final step, he wants to sell me another "adjustable" set of rear control arms for another $500. I have already been told by Honda and ~4 other mechanics that no such "adjustable" arms existed.
I must admit that this whole business has made me very very angry with Honda.
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- #141 of 148
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Re: 2008 HCH rear tires [rkbates]
by rkbates
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Mar 30, 2009 (5:53 pm)
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Replying to: rkbates (Mar 25, 2009 12:20 pm)
Took hch to jack o diamonds honda in tyler tx today. They replaced the control arms, balanced the ruined tires and aligned under warranty. Would not replace tire that has 14000 miles on them. Now it rattles. Before we drove off we called honda cus serv and the rep said the tires were bad. Asked for supervisor and will call in 1-2 days. While waiting on phone a young couple was looking at the new cars and hubby yelled 'don't buy a honda they won't stand behind it'. Saleman promptly took them inside. Good laugh anyway! And yes the fight is on or they can have this hch back! Also my hch surges when accelarating. But they can't get it to do it. Surged about 20 miles from dealer. I get about 35 mpg.
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Re: 2008 HCH rear tires [rkbates]
by mgrantaz
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Mar 30, 2009 (9:18 pm)
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Replying to: rkbates (Mar 30, 2009 5:53 pm)
If you look back at my messages from July 2008, you'll see that my tires grew worse and worse, got louder and louder, and the vibration/shaking became unbearable at 70-80 MPH. New, different tires solved the noise and vibration problem. The OEM tires are horrible.
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