2008 Honda Civic

REAR TIRES WEAR OUT PREMATURELY DUE TO REAR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS (UPPER CONTROL ARMS? INCORRECT FACTORY REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT SPECS?). AT ONLY 80,000 MILES, I AM ON MY FIFTH SET OF NEW TIRES -- ALL DUE TO "ABNORMAL WEAR PATTERNS ON REAR TIRES." A MECHANIC AT THE LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE SUGGESTED THAT THE REAR WHEEL TOE-IN BE SET @ 0 DEGREES INSTEAD OF THE STATED FACTORY SPECS, BUT HONDA HAS ALREADY RECALLED MY 2006 CIVIC LX AND FIXED THE REAR SUSPENSION UPPER CONTROL ARMS IN A RECALL (ITS REAR TIRES HAVE WORN OUT PREMATURELY, ALSO, BUT THIS PARTICULAR RECALL DID NOT COVER MY 2008 CIVIC, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A WORSE CASE OF THE SAME PROBLEM). WHY DID THE RECALL NOT COVER MY 2008 CIVIC, TOO?). *TR

THERE ARE WHITEST, SILVER LOOKING PLACES ON ROOF AND TOP OF TRUNK. THIS HAPPENED SOMETIME WITHIN PAST MONTH OR TWO BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE RIGHT AWAY. CAR STAYS UNDER CARPORT COVER. HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR OVER A YEAR, SO CAR HAS NOT BEEN SITTING IN SUNLITE AT WORK. SHOWED SERVICE MANAGER ON AUGUST 09,2013 AND HE TOOK PICTURES AND SAID HE WOULD CONTACT SOMEONE AT HONDA SINCE THERE WAS A 'GOODWILL' ALLOWANCE FOR THIS AND MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY NOW. I HAD A 93 ACCORD FOR 16 YEARS AND NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. GOT THE USED 2008 CIVIC IN 2009 WITH VERY LITTLE MILEAGE. IT IS TO LAST ME REST OF MY LIFE, I THOUGHT. HAVE ALWAYS TOOK MY HONDAS TO HONDA SERVICE DEPT. FOR ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM SERVICE MANAGER. WHAT TO DO?? *TR

IN JULY 2012, I STARTED NOTICING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I WOULD TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. A FRIEND OF MINE WHOSE HUSBAND OWNS A GARAGE TOLD ME THEY HAD RECEIVED A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS SAME THING. IT WAS DATED JULY 16, 2009, SERV. BULL. # 262286. (STEERING GEARBOX MOUNTING BOLTS NOT TORQUED CORRECTLY). I CALLED HONDA'S CUST. SER. #. SHE INFORMED ME I COULD TAKE IT TO MY HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD INSPECT IT FOR ME FOR 75.00 I ASKED HER SINCE THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN THEY HAD SENT OUT TO GARAGES, WHY I HAD TO PAY A FEE? SHE SAID THAT WAS PROTOCOL. I ASKED THAT IF IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS ON THE SERVICE BULLETIN IF I WOULD BE REIMBURSED. SHE WOULD NOT SAY YES, ONLY SAYING, "POSSIBLY." I DECIDED NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE. MY FRIEND'S HUSBAND TOLD ME TO BRING MY CAR IN AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE MOUNTING BOLTS TO SEE IF THEY WERE TORQUED CORRECTLY (FOR FREE). THIS WAS THE SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUE, AND SOUNDED LIKE THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. HE INSPECTED IT AND SAID THEY WERE TORQUED CORRECTLY, BUT IT IS STILL MAKING THE NOISE A YEAR LATER. IT IS USUALLY WHEN I TURN SHARPLY LEFT OR RIGHT. MY CONCERN I EXPRESSED TO MY FRIEND'S HUSBAND WHO LOOKED AT MY CAR WAS THAT I DIDN'T WANT THE PROBLEM TO BE TEARING SOMETHING ELSE UP, AND I DIDN'T WANT SOMETHING TO FALL OUT AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD, OR FOR MY STEERING MECHANISM TO FAIL AS I WAS DRIVING. HE ASSURED ME ALL OF THIS WAS OK, BUT I STILL WONDER?? SHOULDN'T HONDA REPAIR ISSUES FREE OF CHARGE, THAT THEY PUT ON SERVICE BULLETINS? THIS IS A DEFECT IN HONDA'S MANUFACTURING, NOT THROUGH ANYTHING I HAVE DONE. I FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD INSPECT MY VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE AND IF THIS SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUE IS THE PROBLEM, THEN THEY SHOULD REPAIR IT FREE OF CHARGE AS WELL. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN GIVE ME ON THIS MATTER. *TR