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How is your neck? lol
The other driver's insurance should be paying for all the resulting dmage from being rear ended. Talk to the other driver's insurance and tell them you are taking your car to Honda. See what they say.
I skipped the "TYPE B" service that the Honda dealerships recommend at 16,000 km. I was supposed to do the "TYPE C" service that they recommend at 32,200 km, but all I had done was an oil change.
Should I go for the suggested TYPE C maintenance, or will I be getting ripped off? If I go somewhere else to do the maintenance, what should I have done?
Any help is much appreciated
thanks
Brandon
Any help is much appreciated
thanks
Brandon
You probably have to remove the whole rear shelf, or get to the speakers from the trunk.
I skipped the "TYPE B" service that the Honda dealerships recommend at 16,000 km. I was supposed to do the "TYPE C" service that they recommend at 32,200 km, but all I had done was an oil change.
Should I go for the suggested TYPE C maintenance, or will I be getting ripped off? If I go somewhere else to do the maintenance, what should I have done?
Each dealership has its own money making schemes. What does each "TYPE" include?
Go by what the manual says. If you don't have the owners manual sign up at Honda owners link
https://www.ahm-ownerlink.com/login.asp?brand=honda
You can look up the Honda receommneded maintenance items.
When I call my local dealer to schedule a mileage based service, I'm always told that's a "Service X" package and quoted a price. Every time I've asked for details about what will be done it turns out that the list of service performed exceeds the Honda recommended services listed in my owner's manual. And I am talking about the Honda "severe" schedule, not the "normal" schedule. That's deceptive practice on the part of the dealer, since they're recommending services that are neither required or recommended by the manufacturer.
Yes, the owner's manual does give the owner a general idea of basic maintenance, but when a vehicle is used in city stop and go traffic on a daily basis, you can throw those suggestions in the owner's manual out the window.
So you as a dealer know more about servicing Hondas than Honda does? Even though Honda has two service schedules listed in the Owners Manual, severe and normal? You think they should add a "very severe" category of services?
But if the vehicle suffers from a major malfunction, due to a lack of maintenance, the customer must assume responsibility.
But we weren't talking about lack of maintenance, but the dealer deciding that service items needed to me done that are not what Honda, the manufacturer of the vehicle, recommends for that particular interval. If I follow the schedules in the Owners Manual based on the way I drive my vehicle it will be covered by the Honda warranty, regardless of whether I allow the dealer to do extra services or not.
I've learned to take a list of things I want done to the dealer when I take my vehicle for servicing, and insist that they only perform those services. I give them a copy of the list, and make it clear that I have a duplicate copy for my records, and that I will not pay for anything that is not on the list.
They have yet to complain, although it does take longer to drop off my car, since they have to enter the information in their computer, rather than just select one of their service "packages".
JM2C
I got my Honda Civic from one of the area's highest volume sales dealer. If I had to take it to a dealer for maintenance, I would take it out of preference to this one.
In closing the deal, one inevitably gets to the person who fills out the financial paper work. You pay "doc fees" for this so called "service", so negotiate this fee as low as possible for you wind up sitting the majority of this time listening to a sales full court press.
In addition or should I say the real task of this person is to UP SELL. One of the up sell products, germane to this discussion was the 5,000 mile oil and filter change. So I asked what oil and filter they use and the sales person could not tell me!!!??? (long time employee, I come to find out)
This finally came to a head and I would ask ahead of time what was specified for the particular interval that I knew I needed based on mileage. This seldom matched my cars needs and always included services that were not listed at all in my manual.
Fortunately my town is big enough to have two dealers. I called the second one on the next service interval, asked what would be performed and they replied they perform what is listed in the owner's manual. What a pleasant surprise and I was not disappointed up to the 60,000 mile interval when I began servicing the car myself.
For those who cast dispersion on the owner's manual, I have the Honda shop service manual (the Helms manual) and it list the service requirements. They match the owner's manual.
I am approaching 180,000 happy miles in my 2001 Civic Coupe EX and I'm sure that it will go far beyond my original goal of 250,000 miles with the suggested owner's manual service intervals.
any help is much appreciated
thank you
brandon
This may fall under emissions control, which should be covered by Honda up to 8 years. Check with the dealer, or Honda corporate and the owner's manual. And, no you don't need to replace Catalytic converter, if it is fully functional.
any help is much appreciated
thank you
brandon
If they are stock Honda rims they are most likeley painted with clear coat to prevent aluminum from oxidizing and turnning yacky shades of gray. I wouldn't try to remove it.
Since they're doing fewer services less time is involved, and thus less cost. In every case I've paid less than the original quote; at least once it was several hundred dollars less.
JM2C
Battery and Alternator have had to be replaced almost every year for the last 3. For some reason it seems as though it's getting worse.
Symptoms: The battery can only maintain enough charge to drive once - past that the battery does not keep a charge. When they test it, it shows that the alternator is bad, and the battery is bad. It doesn't make sense for the battery and alternator to be bad every year.
Is there something else that I should be looking for?
You may want to have your mechanic change the thermostat, and have the timing checked, as it may be off a little. Also the distributor cap and rotor may need replacement. Even consider retorquing the head bolts to be sure that they are not loosened up.
Try checking to see that there be a wire harness unplugged or improperly connected that runs between the alternator and battery.
My wife used our 2001 Civic EX and left the light on while she went up to her office in the morning (I still don't get how she didn't hear the alarm). Anyway, the battery was dead at the end of the day, and someone else in the parking lot helped her jumpstart it.
However, now the radio does not work. It says 'Err E' in the field, and none of the buttons affect anything. It first used to say 'Code X' where 'X' was a number, but after pressing the radio channel selection buttons a few times, even the 'Code X' does not work and 'Err E' is all I get.
Has anyone seen this before? Is there any way to return this to normal without spending a lot of money?
Any help is much appreciated
thanks
brandon
Maybe one of you guys have it and can send it to me... my email address is hernan_naya_naya@hotmail.com
Please advise,
Thanks a lot and I'll appreciate it.
Hernan
The other way, the most cheapest way its just installing a power chip on the motor computer, you can get from 7 hp to 15, and this chip its around 20-30 bucks on ebay also...
I hope i was a help..... (just check on ebay...write HONDA DEL SOL on the search).
Hernan :lemon:
to pull the DTC and it's P0135 (primary heated oxygen sensor heater circuit
malfunction) my question is the O2 sensor under warranty ? I know the warranty for
the car itself is up (3/36) but aren't the O2 sensors part of the emmision system which
has a longer warranty (42,000 miles, Texas here)
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/warr95fs.txt
I have a 2004 Accord LX which has a problem with the interior weatherstripping (the one inside that goes around the entire area of the door). It was coming off and the dealer attempted to repair it four times unsuccessfully. It is still under the CA lemon law. Now, on the fourth attempt, they glued part of the weatherstrip and the strip is not even properly mounted so that the strip is actually unattached in the lower area by the door jamb. I'm worried about water intrusion, noise and rattles coming from the Any thoughts. Does the BBB third party work?
The original Honda radio, right? They have a security feature that if power is removed from the radio (like if someone tried to steal it) you have to entry a security code to reset the radio. When you bought the car you should have received a small plastic card with the radio security code on it. There might also be a sticker in the glove box, or under the cover of the main fuse box in the engine compartment. If you can't find the code the dealer can look it up for you, but they'll probably charge you.
Good luck.
RE: Lemon Law and Weatherstripping issue
Go back to dealer and demand new weather stripping installed properly. There is no excuse for this. Not a car this new or older ones either. Even 20 year old cars still have weatherstripping that doesnt leak.
Now the car won't start. :confuse: I'm thinking that something got wet and there is no spark to the egine or there is a sensor that got wet. Does anyone have a suggestion or experience with this before I start removing the distributor cap and spark plugs? Are there components in that area that need to be dry to work properly (sensors, electrical units, etc?)
Any help would be great. I'm trying to remember what I learned at that one semester in high school. Thank you!
I have a 1990 honda civic si and I just put a new motor in it.
For some reason I have no fuel pressure now?
I have power and everything to the fuel pump, ground is there too.
I'm stumped and don't know what else to do. I never had a problem with the fuel pump until right now. The car started up with the blown motor and now NOTHING.
VERY CONFUSED, SORRY I EVER DECIDED TO CHANGE THE MOTOR MYSELF. The computer isn't sending any codes either. Please help me out.
My wife used our 2001 Civic EX and left the light on while she went up to her office in the morning (I still don't get how she didn't hear the alarm). Anyway, the battery was dead at the end of the day, and someone else in the parking lot helped her jumpstart it.
However, now the radio does not work. It says 'Err E' in the field, and none of the buttons affect anything. It first used to say 'Code X' where 'X' was a number, but after pressing the radio channel selection buttons a few times, even the 'Code X' does not work and 'Err E' is all I get.
Has anyone seen this before? Is there any way to return this to normal without spending a lot of money?
Did you have the car since new? If so, you should have the card with the numbers on it. It says keep in safe place. You should also have gotten an owner's manual, where it would explain how to enter the security code for the radio.
We should have a quick link button to say: "RTFM!"
Hair dryer and dental floss will remove the "civic" and "ex" badges. The "H" badge has pins on the back and will leave holes behind. Unless 1998 was different from 1999.
Thanks!
The other items on the list were moisture condensing in right headlight (they replaced the headlight), paint damage from the front mudflaps rubbing on the body (scheduled time at their body shop which they contract out), and front seat belts do not retract without being "helped" (they've ordered the parts). While there they took care of the low beam "safety campaign" which apparently there can be a fire in the steering column if not addressed.
"The problem is the noise that occurs when depressing the clutch, about 3/4" of pedal travel to nearly the floor. It sounds like plasticy metal on metal, like the hinge point is tearing itself apart. It doesn't happen all the time and seems to occur more consistently/frequently with warm weather (heat causing expansion?). I'm aware of a recall on the hydraulic line connection that creaks/pops when using the clutch - the fix there is to remove the hydraulic line, grease the fitting, and reassemble."