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Hello everyone,

I have a 2001, 2 door Honda Civic. I've been having this humming tire issue for some time now. After doing some searches on these forums, I thought I had an issue with a worn out wheel bearing being the culprit.

Anyways, I recently had an oil change and had my tires rotated. Driving home from there, I noticed the tires were a lot louder (just at 50km/h), the foot pedals and steering wheel vibrated much more and the humming noise could be heard also when coming to a stop. It got slightly better as I continued to drive though. I took it back a few days later and they took it out for a test drive. They showed me the tires on the front - the tread looked bumpy and uneven. They looked at my struts, I think it was, and said they looked weak and was probably the cause for the uneven wear in the back tires, which are now currently in the front.

I should also point out (and I know I'm going to get sh*t thrown at me for saying this) that I believe I've only rotated my tires once in the passed 55,000km.

My questions are:

Is it possible the bumpy tires on the front will wear back to a normal condition or will there remain like this and my back tires will eventually do the same with my weak rear suspension?

Am I better to rotate my tires now every 5,000 or 10,000km? Would this help?

Should I have my struts or whatever it is, fixed and have new tires put on? Or is it not worth that being an 11 year old car and should just run it to the ground?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Side question: I try to keep my tires at roughly 32psi and I check my tire pressure at least once every 2 weeks and noticed one of the bumpy tread tires loses tire pressure. It might be at 22psi and yet it looks properly inflated. Why is this?

 
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Is it by any chance the Bridgestone Potenza/Ecopia/Integrity tires.
They make very loud noises and is to be expected.

 
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No, they are Michelin tires. I've had them on the car for about 3 years now and I don't recall them making this type of noise before. Then again, my car was 3 years newer. :P

 
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Wow! No one has any ideas??

 
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our old accord has michelins almost worn bald and they hum like crazy. if the sound changes when you rotate the tires, then the tires are the only thing to blame.

 
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Once the tires are scalloped they will likely remain noisy.

I rotate at 5k miles.

 
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This screams wheel bearings. I just had to do mine so I know what it sounds like, I thought it was tire noise at first also. And just from opinion stand point, I keep my tire pressure at 35 all around. I find the ride is noticably smoother.

 
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That was my first thought also as I've had a wheel bearing replaced some time ago. Is it even possible for a weak rear suspense to cause the tires to become scalloped/bumpy?

 
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Just ran out in the pooring rain to find potenza tires on my new car that is making a humming noise . any reason why these tires specificly ?

 
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Some tread pattern designs are much more prone to chopping than others.

 
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that would be Bridgestone/Firestone Potenza G019 whose tread pattern design is so worse the costco dealer i bought it from warned me ahead of buying but did not listen and those make so loud noises on my civic its pathetic.also, in just 4 months of use, those tires are already looking real awkward.
Atleast Costco gives hazard warranty so if I get so lucky that its covered under warranty i would never really have put that back again.