[Jayhawker]

As most of you know about the rear upper control arm issue, I had them replaced last week under warranty. I only have 13k miles on the car and 2 of the tires are cupped and feathered. It is very very noisy going down the road. I knew the tires were bad last week when the Service Adviser told me the tires would need to be replaced even with the minimal miles. He told me Honda would prorate them so I called American Honda and voiced my concerns. Today, the dealer called me and told me Honda will replace 2 of the tires.

The dealer wants $120 per tire for the other 2. Tirerack has them on sale for $53 so Discount Tire price matched the ad. I just don't understand because Discount had them retailing for $110 and they thought Tirerack had an incorrect ad. Discount had to order them directly from Continental but they still honored the $53 price, + the shipping and tax and I will pay for the mounting and balancing.

I guess I have been lucky running the higher pressure because the tires still have 7/32 of tread left. I will keep the 2 good tires as spares and Honda will take the ruined ones. On greenhybrid I have read where people were only getting 10-20k miles on the tires and then they were shot because of the control arms.