2008 Honda CR-V Tires & Wheels Problems

I PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES FROM LES SCHWAB ON 11-29-17 (102T ROAD CONTROL NW3 ALL SEASONS BW TIRES). SEVEN MONTHS LATER, ON 6-20-18, ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT. I HAD DRIVEN FOR 1-1/2 HOURS IN 80 DEGREE WEATHER, AND WAS IDLING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE TIRE BLEW (LOUD EXPLOSION). I DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARNING. THE TIRE WAS SPLIT OR SEPARATED NEAR THE RIM. THE TIRE HAD BEEN INFLATED CORRECTLY AND WAS OTHERWISE IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE HADN'T BEEN ANY CASES OF IMPACT TO THE TIRE OR AN OVERLOADED CAR. I DIDN'T SUFFER ANY DAMAGE, BECAUSE I WAS VERY LUCKY TO NOT BE ON THE FREEWAY. LES SCHWAB REPLACED THE TIRE FOR FREE, AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I ASKED WHAT THEY THINK HAPPENED TO THE TIRE, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I MIGHT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE REMAINING 3 TIRES, AND THEY DIDN'T RESPOND.

I HAVE 4 COOPER DISCOVERER SRX SIZE P225-65-14 TIRES AND NOTICED A RECALL ON COOPER TIRES..I HAVE BEEN NOTICING THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT IS ON IN MY CAR BUT THE TIRES HAVE "PROPER PRESSURE" AND I NOTICED IT'S SEEMINGLY HARDER TO STEER WHILE MY CAR IS IN MOTION.MORE SO STARTING AND STOPPING.OR LOWER SPEEDS.THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS WITH SHORTER DISTANCES OF ABOUT 30 MILES OR LESS

ZORIGINAL WHEEL SARE SO CORRODED AROUND STEMS AND RIM THAT THEY LOOS AIR WEEKLY, ONE 10-12 LBS EACH WEEK. HONDA SEEMS DISINTERESTED AND SAYS IT IS NEWS TO THEM. MY MECHANIC WAS AWARE IOF AN ISSUE AND WE ALMOST LOST A WHEEL FROM THE CAR ON THE HIWAY AFTER HAVING A WHEEL REPLACED ON THE CAR AFTER SOME WORK. MECHANIC SAYS HOLES FOR THE LUG BOLTS CORRODE MAKING THE IMPACT WRENCH THINK THE WHEEL IS SECURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,000. .... UPDATED 10-17-13 *BF

THE CONTINENTAL TIRES HONDA PUTS ON THE CRV ARE POOR QUALITY. I WAS INFORMED BY HONDA'S MAINTENANCE PEOPLE THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES SOON LAST YEAR. I HAD TO REPLACE 4 OF THEM AT 39,000 MILES NOW. GOOD QUALITY TIRES SHOULD DRIVE MORE THAN 39,000 MILES. *KB

2008 HONDA CRV- TWO OUT OF 4 BRIDGESTONE TIRES WERE DOWN TO THE WEAR BARS AT 21K+ MILEAGE AND COULD NOT BE ROTATED. *TR

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM "SYSTEM FAILURE" ICON ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY. HONDA UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR AFTER 7 SERVICE VISITS AND 72 CUMULATIVE DAYS OUT OR SERVICE. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER THE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONAL. *TR

WHERE TO START. I BOUGHT MY NEW 2008 HONDA CRV IN JANUARY OF 2008. IN FEBRUARY I HAS A LOW TIRE INDICATOR LIGHT AND BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL GARAGE FOR A TIRE CHECK. NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES, BUT THEY PUT AIR IN THEM. I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITHOUT FAIL ABOUT 6 TIMES IN ADDITION TO MY REGULAR MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENTS. I HAVE HAD MY SERVICES AT EACH SERVICE INDICATOR AND PERFORMED ALL OF THE INDICATED CODES. TIRE ROTATIONS AT EACH SERVICE BY A HONDA DEALER. AT MY SECOND SERVICE ON 1/30/09, 16,000MILES MY TIRES WERE MARKED AS 6/32 WEAR TREAD REMAINING. AT MY THIRD AND MOST RECENT SERVICE 9/5/09 THE TIRES WERE MARKED AS 4/32 REMAINING, AND I WAS ADVISED THAT I WOULD NEED TO BUY NEW TIRES AT LESS, THIS IS WITH 26,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED BRIDGSTONE/FIRESTONE REGARDING THE SHORT LIFE OF THE TIRES AND THEY SAID THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT THAT IT IS HONDA THAT IS BUYING POORLY MADE "CHEAP" TIRES AND PUTTING THEM ON THEIR NEW VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WARRANTY THEM FOR MILEAGE. THEN HONDA MAKES OUT LIKE BANDITS FOR SELLING YOU NEW TIRES IN 18,000 TO 32,000 MILES WITH AN ADDED COST FOR MOUNTING AND 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT JUST ABOUT $800.00. THE HONDA SERVICE TECH SEEMED TO GET SOME HUMOR IN TELLING ME THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRES AT 26,000 MILES AND WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING AS FAR AS PROVIDING ME A PRICE FOR THE SAME EXACT PIECES OF CRAP THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE, PLUS MOUNTING AND BALANCING FEE, PLUS A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT FEE. IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS BEFORE I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT FROM HONDA. I TOO WAS LOOKING FOR A VEHICLE THAT WAS GOOD IN THE SNOW WE SEE IN NEW ENGLAND WINTERS AND HAD GOOD GAS MILEAGE. WHAT A SCAM HONDA HAS GOING! *TR

I PURCHASED MY HONDA CR-V IN JUNE OF 2008. I HAVE APPROXIMATELY 27,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THE TIRES SHOULD NOT HAVE WORN SO FAST AND THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TIRE. THE VEHICLE NOW PLUS STRONGLY TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NOT DUE TO THE TIRE WEAR. THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL HONDA'S AND CAN SAY I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS ONE AND WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER. *TR

EXCESSIVE WEARING OF REAR TIRES ON HONDA CRV. "CUPPING" HAS OCCURRED ON REAR TIRES @ 16K MILES. ACCORDING TO DEALER, THIS OCCURS WHEN TIRES AREN'T ROTATED EVERY 3K MILES. I KNOW I REQUESTED AND BELIEVED THE DEALER HAD ROTATED MY TIRES @ 5K INTERVALS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RECORDS OF THIS.????? IF THIS IS THE CASE, WHY AREN'T THE OTHER TWO TIRES "CUPPING"? THEY HAVE 7500 MILES ON THEM SINCE THEY WERE ROTATED TO THE REAR POSITION.THE "CUPPED" TIRES WERE MOVED FRONT TO "ALLEVIATE" THE CONDITION AND ALLOW THEM TO WEAR IN, ACCORDING TO DEALER. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN AND THE CONDITION HAS WORSENED! THEY CLAIM THERE ISN'T ANY DEFECTS ON THE VEHICLE TO CAUSE THIS CONDITION?? I HAVE OWNED AND DRIVEN CARS FOR 43 YRS. AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS CONDITION!! I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM IN WHICH HONDA DOESN'T WANT TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR. WE HAD PURCHASED A USED CRV IN THE PAST, FOR OUR DAUGHTER AND HAVE HAD TO BEG, PLEAD AND BATTLE THEM TO HONOR THEIR "MULTI POINT CHECKS & PRE-CERTIFICATION" CLAIMS AND WARRANTY! THEY ARE RUNNING THEIR ADVERTISING "SCAMS" AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE TIRE PRESSURE, VSA AND ABS WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL SENSORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE STILL RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

MY STORY BEGINS (2/14/09) WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OFF THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. DURING REMOVAL, USING A MANUAL LUG WRENCH, HE SNAPPED OFF TWO WHEEL STUDS. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, (2/16/09), WE TOOK THE CRV TO THE ORWIGSBURG SERVICE CENTER, OUR LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, TO HAVE A STATE INSPECTION PERFORMED AND REPLACE THE BROKEN WHEEL STUDS. WHILE AT THIS SHOP, OUR MECHANIC PULLED ALL FOUR WHEELS, AND INFORMED US THAT ALL THE WHEELS STUDS, 20 IN TOTAL, WERE BENT OUTWARD, IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL PATTERN. WE WERE THEN ADVISED TO CONTACT AMERICAN HONDA, AS THIS WAS CERTAINLY DUE TO SOME TYPE OF PRODUCT DEFECT. DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION WE HAD, AT OUR EXPENSE, THE CRV TOWED TO LEHIGH VALLEY HONDA FOR INSPECTION, AND WE ASSUMED, A WARRANTY REPAIR. IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE, WHEN LEHIGH VALLEY HONDAS' SERVICE ADVISOR INSINUATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THAT WE HAD SOMEHOW THROUGH OUR OWN CARELESSNESS, DAMAGED THIS VEHICLE. HE THEN DETERMINED THAT SINCE HE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH DAMAGE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN OUR MISUSE OF THE CRV THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE AND THUS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE HONDA WARRANTY. I SHOULD POINT OUT AT THIS POINT, THAT THE INSPECTION WAS THOROUGH ENOUGH TO OBSERVE THAT THERE WERE THREE BROKEN STUDS, & FIFTEEN DAMAGED ONES. REFER TO ATTACHED REPORT. I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THE ADDITIONAL BROKEN STUD WAS, AND WHY ONLY 18 OUT OF A TOTAL 20 STUDS WERE DETERMINED TO BE BENT. WE HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION, THE 18 BENT STUDS, WHICH WERE REPLACED BY OUR REPAIR SHOP. FURTHER, THEY REFUSED TO RELEASE COPIES OF PICTURES THEY ALLEGEDLY TOOK TO MY HUSBAND WHEN HE REQUESTED SAME. MY LOCAL MECHANIC SUGGESTS THAT EITHER THE WHEELS ARE DEFECTIVE, OR PERHAPS THE TIRES. HE HAS, AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE, REPLACED ALL 20 WHEEL STUDS AND BEARINGS WITH GENUINE HONDA PARTS. HE HAS INFORMED ME THAT WE MUST BRING IT IN AT 1,000, 3,000, 6,0000 ETC. INTERVALS, AS HE BELIEVES THAT THERE IS SOMETHING INTRINSICALLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND THAT THE BENT STUD SITUATION WILL REOCCUR.*TR UPDATED 04/12/10.*JB

BOUGHT NEW HONDA CRV 2008 IN AUG 2008 FROM THE DEALER. SIDEWALL BLOWOUT, 1075 MILES ON THE CAR. TRAVELING AT 30MPH WHEN THE TIRE BLEW. NO INCIDENT PRIOR TO THE BLOW OUT. MY NORMAL DRIVING IS TO/FROM WORK--8 MILES R/T AND OTHER LOCAL DRIVING. LAST WEEKEND WENT TO ATLANTIC CITY--300 MILES ROUND TRIP ON HIGHWAYS. DIDN'T HIT ANY POTHOLES ETC. GOOD THING THIS DIDN'T BLOW OUT ON THE HWY WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR! THE ACTUAL TIRE IS CONTI 4X4 CONTACT--THIS WAS NOT IN THE LIST FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA CRV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL CONTINENTAL TIRES WOULD CONTINUOUSLY LOSE PRESSURE AND THE TREAD WAS SEVERELY WORN. THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE LINE SIZE OF THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

HONDA 2008 CRV HAS VIBRATIONS IN THE TIRES AND IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT (LEFT WHEN TIRES ARE ROTATED). IT APPEARS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF HONDA 2008 CRV WITH MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. THE MAINTENANCE CENTER BLAMES THE TIRES, THE TIRE SHOP BLAMES THE WHEELS. BOTTOM LINE IS HONDA KNOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THE SAME RESPONSE IS NOT THE WHEELS IS THE TIRES! REALITY IT IS THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE WHICH HAS NO FIX. NEVER EVER PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA AGAIN. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW HONDA CR-V WITH BRIDGESTONE DUELLER P225/65R17 102T ALL-SEASON TIRES. TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THAT HAVE SLITS/GROOVES IN THE SURFACE FOR RAIN RUN OFF. THE VEHICLE STARTED SWAYING ERRATICALLY SIDE TO SIDE ON OTHER SURFACES IT HANDLES FINE. I CONTACTED THE HONDA DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THE SERVICE TECH INSPECTED AND TEST DROVE IT, BUT FOUND NOTHING WRONG. IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST FRIDAY THAT ANOTHER PERSON EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING ON THE SAME STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WITH A 2008 CR-V WITH THESE TYPE OF BRIDGESTONE TIRES. THE HONDA TECH TEST DROVE THE CR-V WITH OTHER TYPE OF TIRES AND BRIDGESTONE AND DISCOVERED THE SWAYING OF THE VEHICLE ONLY HAPPENS WITH BRIDGESTONE DUELLAR. AT THIS POINT, THE SERVICE DEPT. AT THIS PARTICULAR DEALER HAS REALLY NOT ADDRESSED THAT THIS VEHICLE WITH THESE PARTICULAR TIRES ON THIS TYPE OF SURFACE IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE NOR IS IT A PRIORITY. I'VE BEEN DRIVING ON THESE UNSAFE TIRES FOR A WEEK NOW WITH NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT. *TR

CONTINENTAL OEM TIRE ON HONDA CRV CAUSES VEHICLE TO SLIDE OUT OF CONTROL ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AND CONSTANTLY LOSE TRACTION IN REAR. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS NEAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE POORLY DESIGNED LOW RATED TIRES. MY WIFE IS AFRAID OF DRIVING THE CRV NOW. (2) HONDA DEALERS INSPECTED VEHICLE FOR POSSIBLE VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST PROBLEM AND BOTH DEALERS CONFIRMED THAT VSA WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. DEALER #2 STATED THAT HE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES WITH OTHER CRV OWNERS BECAUSE OF THE TIRES. LOOKING AT TIRE REVIEWS ON LINE THE CONTINENTAL CONTACT 4 X 4 IS RATED AS A VERY POOR TIRE THAT WEARS OUT VERY QUICKLY AND WITH SIMILAR ISSUES AS I HAVE STATED. EVEN THE AUTHORIZED CONTINENTAL DEALER IN MY AREA SAYS THE TIRES ARE POOR QUALITY AND HAS RARELY SEEN THEM MAKE 20,000 MILES. HONDA WON'T ADMIT THEY MADE A POOR CHOICE PUTTING THIS UNSAFE CHEAP TIRE ON THE CRV. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES AT 5000 MILES. I NOW HAVE 8000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. HONDA AMERICA WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY NO HELP WILL ONLY REFER YOU TO THE TIRE DEALER EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THEIR CHOICE TO PUT THIS UNSAFE TIRE ON THE CRV AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. HONDAS SUGGESTION WAS THAT I RUN CHAINS. OUR WINTERS HERE IN NORTHWEST PA RUN FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE OTHER THAN THE US MAIL VEHICLES AND PLOW TRUCKS THAT RUN CHAINS. WHAT A STUPID SUGGESTION. I BOUGHT THE CRV 4 WD FOR PEACE OF MIND, FUEL ECONOMY AND SAFETY. HONDA NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT THEY CAN'T PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER BECAUSE OF SOMEONES DECISION TO PUT LOW GRADE TIRES ON THEIR VEHICLES. *TR