This is long, but I'm at a loss as to what to do with my wife's 2018 Honda Civic with a little over 37,000 miles.
The rear tires were worn on the outside. It somehow got out of alignment badly. Wife said she remembered cutting a corner and hitting a curb with the rear tire. But she was pulling out on to a street and not going very fast.
So we put a new set of tires on it and got an alignment. The guy at the shop said he could not get the rear aligned. He thought there was something bent in the suspension and suggested we take it to a dealer.
The dealer sort've laughed and told us it was a bushing that was worn and the tire guy probably tried to tighten it too much. So he ordered a new bushing and we scheduled the work.
Then after doing the work, the dealer tells us it was not the bushing and did not charge us for the work. He thought there was something bent in the suspension and recommended a local frame shop. He thought they could straighten what was bent or put on a new part.
We go to the frame shop and we're told there's nothing bent. They want $1,000 for " adjustable upper control arms ". Its an aftermarket item. I asked him, what did Honda do, build a car that cannot be aligned ? He told me they see it every day. Said the rear suspension just " gets worn out " . That its common with Civics.
Well, we called the dealer they say its not common. The guy at the tire shop said nothing about it being a common occurrence. I've searched the internets and there's nothing about this being a complaint with 2018 Civics. Even ChatGPT can't find anything .
Monday, we're gonna go back and talk to the dealer. But I'm not optimistic. I don't know who to believe and what my options are. If its not far out of alignment, we might just drive it. Or I might trade it.
I've never run across anything like this.
The rear tires were worn on the outside. It somehow got out of alignment badly. Wife said she remembered cutting a corner and hitting a curb with the rear tire. But she was pulling out on to a street and not going very fast.
So we put a new set of tires on it and got an alignment. The guy at the shop said he could not get the rear aligned. He thought there was something bent in the suspension and suggested we take it to a dealer.
The dealer sort've laughed and told us it was a bushing that was worn and the tire guy probably tried to tighten it too much. So he ordered a new bushing and we scheduled the work.
Then after doing the work, the dealer tells us it was not the bushing and did not charge us for the work. He thought there was something bent in the suspension and recommended a local frame shop. He thought they could straighten what was bent or put on a new part.
We go to the frame shop and we're told there's nothing bent. They want $1,000 for " adjustable upper control arms ". Its an aftermarket item. I asked him, what did Honda do, build a car that cannot be aligned ? He told me they see it every day. Said the rear suspension just " gets worn out " . That its common with Civics.
Well, we called the dealer they say its not common. The guy at the tire shop said nothing about it being a common occurrence. I've searched the internets and there's nothing about this being a complaint with 2018 Civics. Even ChatGPT can't find anything .
Monday, we're gonna go back and talk to the dealer. But I'm not optimistic. I don't know who to believe and what my options are. If its not far out of alignment, we might just drive it. Or I might trade it.
I've never run across anything like this.