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Honda Civic Hybrid Interior & Passenger Comfort Concerns
From seat comfort to cleaning tips to strange noises youcan't explain, dicuss issues with the interior of your HCH here.
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In the off chance it is related to what you and PAMCV are reporting, here's an update on my saga which hopefully ends today.
I brought my car in to have the leaking shock replaced. I mentioned the creaking noise, and was able to demonstrate it for the ride-along mechanic. He proclaimed it was most certainly associated with the bad shock.
After waiting 3 weeks for the 06 shock to arrive (from Japan!) they replaced it. I jumped in the car to drive off and got about 20 feet before I heard the familiar creaking. After another ride-along, the new mechanic decided the entire strut assembly on both sides needed to be replaced - but he wanted to take it apart and see first.
A couple of hours later they called to say they had found the problem. The strut bearings at the top of the strut that allow it to turn with the wheels were bad. Of course they didn't have the parts.
This morning I dropped the car off to have them replaced and I should get it back in 2 hours. We'll see. Makes sense to me though that it could be the source of the noise.
I'm astonded that the car has parts like these that are already failing basically right off the show room floor. Thank god for the warranty and that the honda dealer is 2 blocks from my office!
Piece by piece, they are replacing the entire front suspension of my car. I was thinking not to go for the extended warranty because all my other Hondas have been zero hassle - now I'm going for the 8 year warranty.
joe ...
I am a newbie to this. My 2003 HCH has 97k miles. The dealer said the struts
need replacement and would cost around 950$.
Questions:
Is that a fair price? What other repairs would I need with that?
Is it worth to buy car maintenance insurance at this point?
Would you recommend any local shops - I live in Northern Virginia.
Because I had some paperwork to review, I started the car, moved it to a shady spot and left the engine and air conditioner running, on floor vents only, not the windshield.
I heard a crack and looked up to see the windshield cracked horizontally at eye level, from the driver's side edge to about half way across.
Has anyone else had this experience?
Anytime I hear about a spontaneously cracking windshield, my thoughts go right back to stress being on the glass. The glass itself can withstand pretty wide temperature changes without cracking and it feels like the temperature change MIGHT have been enough to push it over the edge. It's also possible that the window frame normally puts a small amount of stress on the glass and that there was an unseen crack at the driver's edge just waiting to let go and it happened to let go at that moment unrelated to the AC coming on.
Now that you mention it, I think I lowered the drivers side window at the time of the stress crack.
Even though the window is in the drivers door, lowering it took stress off the front door frame, which pushes against the windshield frame, so the minor pressure difference could have triggered the crack.
Only the outside sheet of glass cracked so it also could have been the result of an stone strike just waiting to happen.
But now that you add that the crack is on the outside, you Do throw in the possibility of a stone strike and all that.
Isn't car ownership wonderful? :P
Appreciate any hint.
Thanks.
This module has a soldered thermal fuse which was blown in my case. The fuse specs are: 2 amp, 114 degrees Celsius, glass type. I could get a replacement at an electronics store for 25 cents... But I guess replacing the whole module should not be too expensive. It is surprising that this little fuse was disabling the A/C and the blower altogether.
I hope you were kidding about replacing the glass because it will start again immediately on the new glass.
I think I must buy the 3 knob Auto controller but how do I get to it?
How do I get the radio/CD/Cassette player out?
Any advise is appreciated.
EJO
Still no constant heat. As we had 5" of snow today the car is now worthless as I can't defrost the windshield.
Any suggestions??? :confuse: :sick:
Learned from this; apparently air can trap in the coolant system and even though the engine temp shows fine it doesn't reach the heater core. Weak water pump?
E-JO