"takata recall" while dealer has told me air bag was completed, it was sold to me with an open entry or questionable completion. Upon driving the car I found it felt shaky & was told they would fix any problems however now that I have taken it in twice and it has stayed there over a week, and then taken home (without my approval) by service manager, when I still complained that it doesn't feel so stable and maybe we should call off the deal or trade for another car, I was told.."deal is done, the car is yours, we've spent $$ to fix things". my response was "whatever items done were items that should have been done pre-sale and were agreed to be done". the axle ended up being bad and something still feels like the car staggers however I got tired of complaining. I'm not entirely sure that I'm driving a safe car and that it was not in an accident. Not sure what to do as now I owe a loan & have been driving car. My main concern has always been safety. I brought all this to the table pre purchase. I brought car in again because it was shaky, struggling & staggering to go up hill, would not properly accelerate, and was having a burnt smell. What they found was bad axle and something with rotor (which was not caught on first time I brought in that it spent a week there). Car fax did not indicate accident but drivability seems questionable. I bought car 12/31/17, brought back in first week to complete the open items (one being the air bag issue) I brought all concerns up pre-purchase w/agreement they would take care of all. I brought it in & it remained about a week. Picked up 01/13/18. Had to bring in again 01/30/18 due to staggering & burnt smell. Picked up 2/02/18 & when I brought up that I think we should just trade car as I felt maybe I got burned, they said: Car is yours, you bought it (in a nutshell). I have all emails of concerns brought up. Just want to be sure.

- Daly City, CA, USA

Like others with this problem we noticed a noise from the tires when we were on a newly paved road on an extended trip. When we returned home, I was told by the dealer that the rear tires were cupped and the car would need an alignment. We ended up replacing all 4 tires with 20000 miles on them...a lot sooner than anticipated. Researching the problem I saw there was a correction for 2008 civics, but not for 2009. Either the problem was not corrected, or we were unfortunate to purchase a 2009 early in the production run that was not corrected. Honda assumes no responsibility for this problem that many have experienced....updated 09/22/15

- Saint Charles, MO, USA

While driving, noisy rear tires were heard. I also observed uneven and rapid rear tire wear. This prompted me to get it checked at russel & smith Honda at 2900 South loop West houston, tx 77054 on 02/23/2011. Four wheel alignment was done after 2 rear tires were replaced at my expense. On 08/02/2011, I observed that the rear tires continue to have abnormal wear (22780 miles), prompting me again to get it inspected again at same dealership. The 19 point inspection done found that tires were okay, even though there was obvious uneven wear. I took a photo of the tires for proof of this. I took the car back on 05/31/2012 to them (33346 miles) due to the same problem, feeling that it is not safe to keep driving this car. I was advised to replace the two rear tires, but I believe that unless something is done to correct this, it will be useless to keep replacing the tires. This is the reason for filing this complaint that Honda has not done anything to solve the problem.

- Houston, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2009 Honda Civic hybrid. The contact stated that the rear tires were wearing prematurely as a result of a defective rear suspension. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who performed a wheel alignment as a temporary remedy. The repair however failed to remedy the problem. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 18,000 and the current mileage was 23,406.

- Missouri City, TX, USA