I was made aware of the asymmetrical cupping and the rapid tire wear late in 2013 by a Costco Tire Service Center. At their recommendation I had a four-wheel alignment done in December 2013 at the FLOW Honda dealership in Winston Salem, NC at the cost of $69.00 plus tax. I mentioned the asymmetrical cupping to the technician as the reason for the alignment. They did not make me aware of the class action lawsuit nor did they suggest looking at the rear upper control arm.

I just installed the third set of tires on this vehicle at 73800 miles.

I have driven Hondas all my adult life.. but have been treated horribly over this car.. they could not fit me into there schedule to fix problem, when I explained there was a time limit was told it was no problem it would be taken care of. Then told no when I was past the date because " I wasn't loyal" because I purchased my new tires elsewhere when they wore out after only 20,000 miles. So to fix now I must pay the labor fees. Never thought I would own anything but a Honda, but now I don't think I will ever buy one again.

Purchased from my regular mechanic who sells a few car in front of his shop. The cars are decent and mechanically good condition for used cars. Took the car out for a test drive and noticed the steering was extremely sensitive and noisy tires. I figured cheap set of tires because with a 118,000 km might be the need for new tires and they looked new.

After driving a couple thousand kilometres, the rear tires sounded out of round with wa...wa...waa... noise. Then the noise increased extremely in the car. Then it sounded like the bearings in the rear were done. Tried swaying the car side to side to see if it varies the noise, but no change. Talked to my tire guy and said it's the tires, ya need a Michelin's. Yes tires can be noisy, so I went on line looking for answers, car complaints described all my problems.

Changed the rear control arms. A Honda person said a adjustable 3rd party arm work better. Went back to my tire guy and discovered right wheel cupped on the inside, and note only 2000km on new tires. With right rear control arm and 4 wheel alignment, 370.00 Canadian dollars or appox 330.00 us dollars repaired. Alignment in the front was way off, and able to correct the rear alignment with one right control arm. The left rear got missed, but able to settle within specs, but no extra for wear and the tire, no signs of cupping. Best to do right and left for an extra 150.00 dollars. Car works well, but the low end tires sound like heavy lug snow tires. They will wear and get nice Michelin's or a good Good Year.

Honda Class Action Administrator is responsible for mailing the refund checks for the uneven tire tread wear. The checks were initially scheduled to be mailed in March 2014, which was extended to the end of March 2014, now extended to the first week in April 2014, and finally until the end of April 2014. The "Lead" is always in a meeting and did not return my calls within the promised 48 hours, but alleged that "messages" were left on my answering machine. I received no messages.

The attorneys refer customers to the Honda Class Action Administrator, for a ride on the merry-go-round to nowhere. One of my claims was rejected stating that there was no "diagnosis" for the replacement tire.

Honda Corporate in Torrance also refers all complaints to the Honda Class Action Administrator "hotline."

Only through my own research did I find out that there was a problem with uneven tire wear, relating to the rear control arm (no wonder my car ride was hard and uncomfortable from the beginning!).

American Honda offered me a one time "good will" repair but it cost me $141.00. When it comes to the class action lawsuit, Honda is getting away with murder because even though I have paid for two new full sets of tires and the rear control arm, the only repair that will qualify under the ridiculous settlement parameters is the $141.00 repair. I will not receive reimbursement for the almost $1000 in tires I have replaced and not to mention all of the many, many alignments I have paid for because I thought the car was just out of alignment! The alignments are not mentioned or covered in the law suit.

The biggest problem I have with Honda is not the rear end issues and tire wear...the biggest issue is their unwillingness to admit the problem they know exist. I will not buy another Honda for that reason.

The tire adjustment settlement is a joke on the proration side as well. The customer service reps are sometimes rude and unwilling to help...I guess that happens when the top dogs won't admit the problem... Where do the reps. go from there. I have also talked with other owners with the same problem as well as the jerky transmission issues. All that said..I guess the settlement is better than nothing.

Well I bought a brand new civic from Matt Honda it was a 2007 civic! I notice my car was making a loud noise in the rear when I was driving over 55 miles or higer! So when I took it in for service they told me that thier was a recall on the upper control arm issue with my civic! So they replaced my contol arms I guess under my vehicle warranty! The technician told me my rear tires needed to be replaced asap .Cause the control arms wore out my rear tires ! I had the car for about 5yrs and change tires a least 4 times! I heard thier was a law suit against honda that agree to pay all of the consumer who had issues with rear tire wear that they were going to compensate the customers who bought an paid for upper control arms and tires wear! I never received a notice about the class action suite from honda! So I called honda and they told me that It was only good up to January 16th 2014! I feel that I should be I sure be able to still fill a claim cause they never sent me one !!!

My 2007 Honda Civic LX had loud road noise from the date I purchased it (May, 2009), and I brought the car back to the dealer shortly after purchase for the same road noise. At that time, I do not believe that there was a recall on the control arms. Fast forward to 2014. As of today, I have spent several thousand tires replacing tires that cupped, wore unevenly, and vibrated the car tremendously at highway speeds. Not only was this expensive and annoying, but very dangerous as well, as the cupping and premature tire wear cause traction problems that resulted in the car to skidding and sliding during driving conditions that could in no way be described as perilous. In 2013, I learned that Honda had issued a recall for the control arms. In December of 2013, I brought Civic to the Honda dealer, who confirmed via documentation that the rear tires of the vehicle were wearing unevenly due to the control arms. After submitting the proof of defective control arms to American Honda under the Honda Civic Tire Wear Class Action Suit (Keegan v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.), my claim was denied for exceeding the mileage on the tires that was allowed for -- and in one case not submitting proof of payment for tires (which is bogus). Except for one set of fifty thousand mire tires (that only lasted about twenty thousand miles), all sets of tires were eighty thousand mile tires and wore out far, far before eighty thousand miles. Please be aware that American Honda does not stand behind their products and is being allowed to act as judge, jury, and executioner in deciding claims, even when one of their own dealerships substantiates their defective product.

Honda was forced to accept a class action settlement and sent out letters to owners in June 2013. See ControlArmSettlement.com for details. However, since I owned the car for many years BEFORE Honda agreed to settle and send out notification letters of their faulty control arms, I paid to have aftermarket adjusters installed on my car to try to prevent the grossly premature tire wear.

Now, after contacting the settlement administrator, I'm told that since I modified their faulty arms, they won't replace or reimburse me. They will replace tires on a prorated basis, but not if I put > 25K miles on the tires, which I always did since I didn't want to buy a new set of tires with less than 25K miles on the previous set!! So ... bottom line is that even though Honda admits they installed a faulty set of upper rear control arms (the replacement arms have 0.75 camber added and are stamped with a "C"), they won't recognize anyone who put up with extreme tire noise for 25K miles or who undertook their own initiative to fix the problem.

Shame on Honda. While I like other aspects of my car and am otherwise satisfied with the car, I'll never buy another Honda given their lack of owning up to their mistake. Again, shame on you Honda!!

I bought the vehicle 2 years ago with NEW tires. As part of the purchase, I was required to buy the tire warranty for $700.00 at time of sale. Tire rotations were completed every year as part of my regular service. (Birchwood Honda, Winnipeg, Manitoba). I put less than 25,000 kms on the vehicle. One tire wore so unevenly that it had to be replaced. The second tire had structural problems where the bands were separating and had to be replaced. Honda covered the cost of one tire. However the 2nd one cost me a fortune and they charged over $100 CND for balancing alone!