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Local Honda dealer wasn't helpful.
Anyone knows or installed remote door locks on 2003LX? How do I find out if the car is pre-wired or not? ..... take off the door panel and look for what? ....a bunch of wires?
I am not sure if that option was offered to us when we bought the car in July of 2003.
Any hints and ideas would be greately appreciated.
2000 Civic EX. Last year about this time, the check engine light came on. I'm told it was the Catalytic converter. The car kept cutting out on me...mostly when I got up around 65mpgh. I got it replaced at Midas ($300), the light went out and I was able to pass my emissions test.
A few months later, it came on again. Midas says the CAT was burned clear thru so 'something' was causing this...but the replaced it with a new CAT since it was still under warranty.
A week later, the light comes on again.
I take it to a Honda dealership. They say "Give us $1200 and we'll replace your CAT...and then can see if something is causing it to go bad. Midas took out your heat shield too". Yeh, right - 6 month warranty and then it's probably SOMETHING causing the CAT to fail!
Anyway, I haven't had them replace it. I need to pass emissions by the EOM. The car still cuts out when I drive it hard and then get to a light...so I keep it below 60mph and it purrs like a kitten.
Anyway, might be your CAT failing. Anyone else have this problem?
I live in Florida now and have never had rotors warp and I've got a '99 CRV with 119K miles.
I presume you've had two standard tests done:
1. Pressurized the cooling system and removed spark plugs to look for a coolant leak in the cylinders
2. Has the coolant tested for combustion gases.
I don't know what to say if all those people cant find the problem.
Honda should be ashamed for not owning up to all of the problems I am now seeing.
It's OK as long as their thickness is within specs after turning, the rotors on my 99 CRV have been turned twice. All they do is grind a small amount of the surface off so they're perfectly smooth and flat.
I have replaced the sparkplugs and the distributor cap. It helped for a little while but the problem is definately still there.
Is it possible that the distributor is bad, if so how do you test it? also the plug wires... Would it be a good idea to replace the fuel filter?
Please help, I cannot afford to replace all of these parts...
The panel was completely dead, gauges would not work, fuel indicated empty, temp gauge stayed at Cold, no tach rpms, no speedometer, no shift indcator for the trans, no odometer.
The last time it did this (two days ago) was for about 20 miles of stop, restart, errand running over about 3 hours. After sitting overnight in my garage the next day, it works fine. This happened during the day, so I cannot tell if the panel lights were working.
I have not had it to a mechanic, as it will not go dead when it goes to the shop?
A service advisor told me he thought it might not be getting a feed from the ignition switch, so he told me to jiggle the ignition key.
Any other thoughts?
Sincerely,
A Honda customer who is thorougly disappointed.
problem #1: my air conditioning is leaking water inside of my car instead of outside. the water is leaking onto the passenger floor in the front seat. whenever i make a left turn, my blower almost completely stops, there's a slight screeching sound, and water pours out. my father said it might be a blocked or unconnected hose. either way, its slightly annoying because after a long trip with the a/c on (my car is black and its been too hot to drive without it on) the floor is completely saturated. does anyone know what this problem could be?
problem #2: i bought the car used and about a month after i had it, the in-dash cd changer stopped working. right now, i have 4 cds inside that it wont give back! when i push the cd button, the screen flashes ERR and it wont load any of the disks. i asked honda about it and they said they would have to take it out and look at it (for the low low price of $99). i'm not sure if its worth paying them the money to have them tell me something i already know. my options are to just get a new cd changer (i found one online for a reasonable price) or to pay the diagnostic price and cross my fingers that its something minor that isn't costly to fix. what does everyone suggest?
thanks!
Auburn63 and/or Others: The AC compressor on my '85 finally died. It's time to throw in a new system that will include at the minimum a new compressor; I don't know about the condenser, evaporator or any other ancillary parts. Additionally, there will be some sort of conversion kit for the Freon (or whatever the new chemical is called).
Honda of America still has a couple of parts in their inventory -- both Keihin and Sanden. A local Honda dealer will do the installation.
My Questions to the Outside World:
(1) Is there a preference to Keihin or Sanden with respect to the compressor and condensor?
(2) Are there any other considerations worth mentioning with respect to other parts, including the conversion kit?
Thanks in advance.
j.w.
I have the exact same problem on my 2004 Civic. I took the car to the dealer b/c I was suckered into the extended manufacturer's warranty and thought this was a covered item. I was told that the problem was with some sort of gauge module, which wasn't covered on the warranty afterall, and would cost me $750 to fix. I'm not at all handy with cars and wouldn't be able to fix it myself. I'm in MI and was told that the part needed to be ordered from the west coast and so now out of a car for 7+ days (!) and broke. Sorry to not be of much technical help, but good luck in finding a solution that works for you....
cyndi