Other wheel or tire problem on the 2004 Honda Civic
Only 3 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other wheel or tire problem gets reported
There are 4 reports of other wheel or tire problem on the 2004 Honda Civic, 3 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 60,000 miles. It is the 26th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 33,027 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
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 2013, at a median of 1,100 miles, and latest on the 1999 at 155,000 miles.
By volume the 2007 carries the most reports, with 81; the 2004 has 4. 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.
Have had a vibration and pulling in steering wheel since purchace of 2004 honda civic vp. Took into dealer at 2000 miles and they could not find vibration. At 3100 miles took to different dealer they found vibration and pulling. Did front end alignment and balance tires. Stated if continues, then possible tire defect. At 4000 miles again took to original dealership, they did front end alignment again, but stated it is a problem with a tire and since they are not a dunlop retailer could not replace. Went to sears and they state since tire was not sold by them and are original tires on car at time of sale, they could only do a comparable tread tire. The tire is a dunlop sp20fe.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda civic si equipped with good year assurance tires, model: triple tred, size: 205/55/r16 and good year comfort tred touring tires, size: 205/55/r16. The DOT numbers for both tires were unknown. The contact was driving 20 MPH when the vehicle vibrated abnormally. The steering would vibrate abnormally at speeds over 70 MPH. The contact stated that the same failure occurred with both sets of tires. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the dealer confirmed that both sets of tires were out of round and the belts in the tires were shifted. The manufacturer was contacted and the contact replaced both sets of tires. The failure mileage was 33,027 and the current mileage was 33,466.
When I took vehicle to regular fluid exchange for 80k mileage, honda service experts said, compliance bush for the front wheel has been cracked. They also said it is pretty serious to drive and need to be replaced soon. The local mechanic shop are not aware of these repairs. None other vehicles has this kind of defects and it is never mentioned in honda manual. Simple search in the internet resulted numerous complaint about this. Considering the pretty seriousness of this issue, consider safety fact on honda vehicles based on this issue. *tr
Also reported on the 2004 Honda Civic
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Other powertrain problem
Other electrical problem
Other body or interior problem
Other speed control problem
Complete transmission failure
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 4 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 4 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 2004 Honda Civic?
Across 3 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 35,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. 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 2004 Honda Civic?
4 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.0 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