Other wheel or tire problem on the 2006 Honda Accord
2 crashes 2 of the 15 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
Owners of the 2006 Honda Accord report other wheel or tire problem at a median of 80,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 2,100 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles, from 10 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 11th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 5 miles at the tenth percentile to 155,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 153,895 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
40% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 miles | 2,100 miles | 77,727 miles | 97,997 miles | 153,900 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 2 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $200–$1,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 24 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2012, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 1996 at 125,000 miles.
By volume the 2017 carries the most reports, with 39; the 2006 has 15. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Driving our 2 month old 2006 honda accord sedan ex special edition on a stretch of smooth road the right front tire suddenly and without warning lost air. We had not seen anything in road, hit a pothole or curb or anything else. There was no indication that anything influenced the tire to blow. Upon inspection of the tire a 1.5 inch hole was in the sidewall. There was nothing in the road that could have caused this event. Fortunately, we were able to pull off the road out of traffic and change the tire without further complications. Two michelin authorized tire companies told me that we must have hit something that caused the puncture and that michelin would not offer any warranty on the tire. I was stunned that this could be possible on a 2 month old tire with less than two thousand miles on it and without any identifiable event that might have caused the tire to fail. I am very pleased that there was no resulting crash but I am not happy that I had to spend almost $200.00 to replace a tire on my new car when I believe there was not any way I could have avoided it. If I had hit a pothole, curb or anything, if there was evidence…
On two separate occasions, I had a blow-out while driving my 2006 honda accord se. The first incident was roughly in march of 2006, and the second one november 16, 2006. In both instances, the car was traveling on a straight road at about 65 MPH both blow-outs occurred on the passenger side, the first one front and the second rear. The first blow-out nearly put me into the guard rail and caused damage to the alloy rim. The other blow-out did not cause any loss of control. Both blow-outs occurred accompanied by a loud sound, not sure if it was from the release of air or the rim slamming to the highway at 65 MPH. Both blow-outs resulted in a gaping hole in the sidewalls of the tires. The initial failure happened with 3000 miles on the car and the second with 9000 miles. All 4 tires constantly appear to be low on air although within the recommended psi range. Neither tire could be repaired and both tires needed to be replaced. I have spent $400 replacing these damaged tires on a car that is less than a year old. *jb
On saturday, july 17th, 2006, I had routine maintenance completed on my 2006 honda accord. The dealership told me that I needed 4 new tires. They installed 4 falken ziex ze 912 tires along with a front end alignment. I left the dealership, got onto to the freeway and my brand new right front tire exploded when I was traveling at 55 miles per hour. I immediately contacted the dealership and they requested that I have my car towed to them and they would investigate the situation. I spoke with the dealership today (monday) and they stated that the new tire was defective. They replaced the tire at no charge and reported that they would be sending the tired back to the factory to investigate the defect issue. *tr
Also reported on the 2006 Honda Accord
Other steering problem
Other electrical problem
Other brake problem
Other powertrain problem
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Other body or interior problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 15 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other wheel or tire problem happen on the 2006 Honda Accord?
Across 10 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 80,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 2,100 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other wheel or tire problem on the 2006 Honda Accord?
15 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed