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i hope it doesn't leak again , car is only 9months with only 5000miles..... hasn't been driven a whole lot. THis is Unacceptable. The whole reason y i bought a HOnda is because i didn't wanna take it to dealer and fix things... 1st disappointment so far, hopefully nothing goes wrong in the future
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Bringing back an old thread. My wife has an '08 EX-L with roughly 12k miles on it. Just noticed some drops on the garage floor and thought that perhaps I hadn't tightened something up after the last oil change. Get under the car and noticed that it was leaking from higher up near the pumps/pulleys. Doing a little research on here and it seems that there are issues with the timing chain cover. Going to take it to the dealer next week and will update with the final diagnosis at that time.
As others stated, didn't we get a Honda to avoid these issues? My A3 2.0T has been d@mn near perfect for 40k miles even with VW quality. Ridiculous. But it will be covered under warranty, so I'm not too worried about it. That is unless it's a problem with the block as one guy on here had, and then getting the engine replaced. Yeah, that would suck. |
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Took the car to the dealer yesterday and they cleaned up the oil, but couldn't pinpoint the leak. They added tracer dye to the oil and want me to bring it back next week so that they can use a blac to figure out where it's coming from. Yay. Update to come next week.
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Well this is an interesting thread indeed. I have a 2008 Honda Civic bought in Canada, made in Alliston Ontario. I had about 46,000 kms on it and an oil leak started. Not just a little leak I lost about 1-2 liters of oil in one night. I would like to add the paint is peeling off the plastic, including bumpers, mirrors, etc. The dealer tried to fix it 3 times and finally put a new "short block" in. Well guess what the leak is worse. I barely got it back to the dealer. Now it's been in for 2 weeks and Honda Canada says, "we will fix this time". I am sick and tired of being told this time - it will be fixed. I have driven my Civic twice in the last 3 weeks. The rest of the time it's in the dealer. I think I have a true garage queen. Any advice would be very much appreciated. I will take the TSB in to the dealer tomorrow. It's going to be interesting to see how they react. This is my 4 Honda including 1 Accord and 3 Civics. Should I be ready to give up and walk away from Honda?? I am thoroughly P/O'd.
Last edited by Mooseman; 10-07-2009 at 10:31 PM. |
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