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2003 Honda Civic tires problems

17 complaints about tires have been filed for the 2003 Honda Civic, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
51,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When tires problems show up

Tires complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Civic Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 51,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 51,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 67% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 tires complaints that report mileage, the median is about 51,000 miles, and 67% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

Vehicle's steering locked up resulting in consumer hitting an embankment. The steering wheel spun to the left and locked in the left position. The vehicle did not have brakes. It felt as if the vehicle shut off. The vehicle was declared a total loss. The two front tires were bald. The sway bar was broken and could have contributed to the spin out.

April 2004 Crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 honda civic. The vehicle has four dunlop sp20fe tires. One of the tires went flat and was taken to the tire repair shop. The mechanic noticed that the valve stem on the tire was cracked and shredded. The failure was repaired and a week later, another tire flattened. The contact noticed that the other tires had cracked and shredded valve stems. All four tires were repaired. The tire size and VIN were unknown. The failure mileage was 94,000 and current mileage was 97,000.

Reported at 94,000 miles, August 2008

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