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Honda Civic: Problems & Solutions
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1)The " Shift interlock " does not release.
2)The seatbelt and door ajar light beeps and signals when I apply my brakes and other times.
Help, Any Ideas? Ground problem? I feel I'll have to dissassemble the trunk area to search around for loose or corroded connections. D~
v/r
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I hope someone can help us. Our new Honda is doing the exact same thing that the the civic in message # 1836 is doing. It makes this extremely loud whistling noise when at highway speeds going into the wind. It's so loud we can't hear the radio or conversation. It continues until we change direction or the wind stops. The dealer can't hear it, and won't look into it until he does. Has anyone else had this problem? Maybe we can show the dealer a solution. It was not difficult to hand the dealer the $$$ for this car....
I am replacing the muffler assembly on a 99 Civic EX with the V-TECH engine. When taking the muffler off, I tried unbolting the hardware from the muffler side of the flange (where the small coil springs are on the special bolts). Well, both of the "bolts" broke off just where the threading starts on the. Yes, the muffler is off, but the remainder of the hardware is still in the nuts that are on the flange coming from the resonator. My question is this. Are the nuts on the resonator side of the flange welded on to the flange itself or are there supposed to come off? I got onto them pretty well with a 15mm wrench and they didn't want to budge. If these are welded onto the flange, how do I go about removing the rest of the bolt? There is about 3/4" of the bolt sticking out the back of the nut and I tried, with no luck, to spin them out with a pair of vise-grips. Any help will be graetly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Todd
not too long ago I bought a radio on ebay the guy did give me the code ,Ok, six month later I have no idea of where I put the piece of paper with the numbers. I do not want to know what it might happen if I have to disconnect the battery. Is there any way to get the code.
v/r
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If you remove the radio and take it to the dealership, they will give you the code after they verify your identity and ownership.
before I take it to the dealer to be checked out i wanted to see what you guys thought about this. Well heres my situation. I drive a 2003 Honda Civic Coupe EX and I love it to death. The only problem is that often after long drives the downshifts arent smooth as normal. For example, if im driving for an hour and i have to stop at a stop light, when i brake you can feel a noticeable jerk. im thinking maybe it has something to do with the anti-lock brakes but im no mechanic. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks.
the problem is the car going from D4 to something much lower, in a fast manner. i would often get to the stop sign, be stopped, THEN the car would downshift. the whole car would move (felt like the entire transmission was loose).
i dumped the car. made me nervous. it also had strut issues. apparently all 01 Coupes had rough ride issues....
engine was great, gas mileage great, but the rought tranny was a little much for me.
I don't know what the owner's manual calls for transmission fluid change intervals, but look it up and see if you are due for fluid change. You should only use Honda ATF ZF1 (I think) from the dealer or online dealer, or you will be looking at getting a new transmission. If you fall under any of the severe schedule instances, then look it up for severe schedule.
If your "Check engine" light is on then you have fault codes stored in the computer. You can go to Auto Zone nad get the codes read for free.
Also anyone with a 2003 Honda Civic coupe EX, could you pull your car into a garage or on a flat parking lot, and tell me if one side of the body looks taller than the other from the back of the car. This would help me find out if my car is messed up, or if it is normal. Thank you
I can't really believe that such leak can happen so early, of course I am not very pleased with the road conditions I drive in the city. Can this be the cause of the struts wear that leads to the leak? Do I need Honda shop to fix it or get help from a non-Honda shop because of the original parts concern?
I also noted some steering wheel vibration at about 55 mph, though I had the tire shop checked and rebalanced before, but the vibration is still a bit evident. Can this vibration be anything to do with the strut leak? Thanks.
As far as brakes go, what brands have you guys been happy with on the Civic?
1999 Civic HX BTW, didn't realize that cars were available without power steering in 1999!
Any and all suggestions appreciated, thanks!
-B
Thanks.
My dealer said this noise is related to the engine vacuum. Any other owner out there experiencing a similiar noise and is it normal?
Thanks much.
Thanks a lot.
We have a 96 Civic 5sp (152k orig clutch) that occasionally has trouble getting into first gear either from neutral or other gear after a stop. The clutch feels funny when this happens at random/non predictably. You try a few times then it works and clutch feels normal again. When it normally goes in the trans feels as if brand new, my gfriend has been very careful with it, very smooth.
Any ideas?
Has anyone attempted to replace clutch on recent Civic?
Big Al