My civic's engine blew up Part 2

[Banzai69]

this last page makes me really crack up.. lol brake caliper and cd stacker..

ekdez, i think you give honda too much credit by saying and generalising "they make a car a certain way for a certain reason". sometimes manufacturers do things a certain way because it is cost effective and for no other reason related to quality or warranty. Sometimes, they do things for the wrong reasons as well which can then be termed as "management fk ups". An example, the previous generation Civic was wrong in so many ways. Just because they came up with that model, with xyz parts and engine, doesn't mean that it's a good thing.

Now, i should really think twice before putting in the K&N air filter :p

[dmx]

^^^ nah... not that extreme lol

yeah warranty is 70% useless... they even give me this excuse when i told them that my CD stackers stuff up... "There's a chance that this is because you replace the OEM rims with 2 inch bigger and lower profile tyres, it makes the car bump hard on the speed hump and thus stuff the CD stacker..."

Can you believe that? :confused:
unbelieveable, that's Honda dealer sacrificed their pride for saying that http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u283/jasperdmx/10_6_81.gif
next time they will say " coz ur bigger rims and low profile tyres make ur car more bumpy in result loosen the engine seal and causing the oil pumping everywhere, and that's why the engine blown up !"http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u283/jasperdmx/10_1_1321.gif

[markCivicVti]

yeah ok fair enuf, i was generalising.. but really, think about what i said..

the smaller tire you run the more road you feel, therefore there will be more which "could" affect your cd stacker/stereo.

im not saying it happens to everyone.. but its a valid reason. dont be narrow minded.

stock cars stereos, when hitting pot holes or bumps dont normally cut out because of the suspension being soft and the tire having give, in the chunk of it, but when, the suspension or wheels have been changed its a different story..

have you ever run a 40 or below series tire on stiff suspension? and hit a bad patch in a road..


I hear you, but having gone from 15" to 18" with lower profile tyres, there really isn't that much diff. Mind you I'm yet to lower it, that I'm guessing will have a bigger effect than low profile tyres.

Still I think you give too much credit to Honda, they are after all just trying to make a buck, not the perfect car.

From what I've seen, they seem to try and wiggle out of any possible warranty claim they can. No wonder the sales guy told me "Honda have never had to replace an engine on warranty - thats how good they make 'em!". Obviously what he meant was, Honda WILL not honour the warranty, since they'll find something to void it... maybe with "Oh, you once revved it to 6.5k rpm, which is higher than you should have revved it to."

Not so sure my next car will be a Honda. Especially now that the only "sports" car they have will be a civic type r - a half-arsed UKDM one at that.

[JOhnnyFD]

guys... remember.. cars made in thailand


I think service centre's just tick all the boxes anyway... I once went in for a service with one HID light flickering, no spare wheel and one license plate light that died=. And guess what... car passed the so called "Safety Inspection" with flying colors, Spare Wheel Safety Check, Headlights Checked... lol

haha.. usually when i come in to service my car, they ask me if theres any problems with it and so they'll probably actually go check out the problem rather than the entire car... if u say no problem.. then half-ass inspection job... and so probably next time, go say the entire car is the problem to get a proper service :p

[fab4272]

I logged onto www.ozhonda.com after a 2 month layoff and even though the topic has changed from page to page I can't believe this thread has hit 22 pages long.........................!!!

Its been going from the 2/5/08, and it is in response to another from even earlier.........

[040501912]

guys... remember.. cars made in thailand



haha.. usually when i come in to service my car, they ask me if theres any problems with it and so they'll probably actually go check out the problem rather than the entire car... if u say no problem.. then half-ass inspection job... and so probably next time, go say the entire car is the problem to get a proper service :p

AHAHAHAAH dude u got a point there.. next time i should do that LOL!!!!! :wave:

[FD2mugen]

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[Honda_machine1]

obiviosly you work for honda... its easy for you to say since its not your car.

obviously you nor honda don't give a rat's ass about their customers well being, only about revenue and profits. every since this incident happen, i had to quit my job, my parents had to buy another daily car. and did honda give a crap about all this? Nope. Offer any kind of solution to solve this problem? Nope.

their solution? point the finger at the stupid kid who modded his car. they must be thinking 'this little kent modded and blew up his own car, lets milk him for all his worth'. and they truly expect him, a 21year old struggling uni student to cought up 11g on his own. hows that for common sense?

do you even know why i left the car in the dealer? if i towed it back out do u think they are gona to let me tow in back in? and hows paying $420 for their 'diagnosis' of the engine problem, when they even havn't determined if it was under warranty or not?

when you buy a new car from them, they promise you the world. try go back to them with a problem, and they don't even want to know you. :thumbdwn:

Mate,
1) Why mod a car, If you want a fast one buy a fast one intially. What does modding do...lets see...it costs money. It makes you look like a wanker, it voids your warranty and it also makes a whole heap of noise (generally) with no power output.
2) dont buy a car if you cant really afford it. Sounds like in your situation you cant.
3) Im a uni student, times are bad yes, if so why spend the coin on a cold air intake. Spend the cash on taking the girl out for dinner.
4) The money you spent on all this shit...you couldve had the stock car and more time on your hands to get yourself a gf which is what you need to talk some sense into you.
5) Girls dont really care about mags and CAI...most girls would ask what is a CAI? Most girls dont really want you to go fast either. And if you want more torque...Get a girl and there will be plenty of talk.

Basically get over modding and wake up and smell what you shovel in

[johnprocter]

wtf are you talking about Honda_machine1 ? If you were in his position i HIGHLY DOUBT you would see things that way. fkn idiot.

[xtercii]

hahahhaha @ honda machine...that's why ozhonda is a fun place to hang out..

[cracker]

more torque get a girl to talk to?...jesus christ man ur so lame...u knwo what...infact...**** you for making a lame comment like that...u deserve to be banned for ur gayness and ur unempathetic nature

[bennjamin]

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