NEW 2009 Euro Luxury Auto Pinging

the strange thing is my noise was brought to my attention from a passenger that i had in the car i didnt really think of much at the begining untill my mate a mechanic told me i should get it checked out thats when it all happened mine's gettin pretti bad too the noise is getting louder and more constant havn't really thought about the issue not being safe guess never really came to my attention. but if one of us does get hurt due to this problem im pretty sure HONDA AUS will be all over the headlines eg: the jeeps that blew up when it was brand new

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Originally Posted by frank87

the strange thing is my noise was brought to my attention from a passenger that i had in the car i didnt really think of much at the begining untill my mate a mechanic told me i should get it checked out thats when it all happened mine's gettin pretti bad too the noise is getting louder and more constant havn't really thought about the issue not being safe guess never really came to my attention. but if one of us does get hurt due to this problem im pretty sure HONDA AUS will be all over the headlines eg: the jeeps that blew up when it was brand new

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thats very true... Of cause i hope no1 get hurt. However, there are companies out there who take action only after incident happened. Its sad!!
I was wondering is there anything else we can do?! Anyone has any suggestion??
I am glad that i put up this issue here months ago...otherwise we might not know the whole issue and how wide it affected.

maybe we could only wait untill product recall/fix or the new batch coming in and compare your first batch to the new version... or sumthing like that...

too bad by that time my car wont be new anymore i wanted a new car to enjoy driving it while it's new lol ah well learnt my lesson beware of Honda's and not to buy the first batch again unless the customer sastisfaction and service is up there

yeah... this is bad... I was thinking to trade in my FD2 for one of this but now, I have to wait till next year (or until they fix it) or maybe get the Thai version

just thought i'd post some info about my car. im bored @ work so yeah here it goes

Car Type: Accord Euro Lux Sat Nav
Date of delivery: took the delivery of car on the 12/August/2008
Kms atml; 4000kms on the clock atm
Price:$49300 including elegance pack with out the wood trim on stearing wheel and the non stndard gear nob i think that was it
the price does not include leather protection and paint protection which i forked out after doing the deal, at the end the actual price was $50.500 around there.

Back to dealer twice rang on the phone number of times the service advisor is a douch bag if there were no law launch a RPG at him

first time rang dealer via phone about 1 week after delivery dealer advised to use better fuel and the car might not be run in

1000km service Dealer told they will look @ it almost had car locked there over night because service advisor told me will call me once its done never got a call i went to the dealer as they were closing and picked up my car. they answer to pinging was. still not using good enough fuel.

2500kms called dealer booked in for pinging noises. this time was advised they are aware of issue however unable to perform because honda has not advised them how ever they offered to reinstall systems, i agreed had the system reinstalled car almost locked over night again after service advisor advised me he will call me once its done after work raced over to the dealer and got my car out.

second time to the dealer. i tried to gain acess to an coutersey car, the ass service advisor advised me it is $50 perday. argued with him abit and he replied saying come in and we see what we can do.

got there on the day was told to wait around for 15mins so they can reinstall the system. waited for 1 hour and 45mins and was advised there are experiencing a problem with the software. was asked to leave car @ dealer and pick up in the arvo as i had work still would not offer loan car untill i spoke to the mechanic. he advised me it was 15mins i guess he felt bad for me and he spoke to the advisor and only then was i able to get a loan car and guess what i was expecting a new car or a demo or somthing along that range but i got a old accord euro with was dirty inside lol my worst experience with car dealer ever only been driving for 4 years though but yeah.

called dealer in the arvo was told the car is done and went on a test drive. advisor told me he will call me back never got a call. arrived to the dealer in the arvo to pick up car systems was reinstalled, noises still there, but i discovered both side on my front lip got scratched. brought this to the advisor's attention, his reply to me was and this was his excat words " yeah its probly the hump on our ramp its pretti sharp, dont worry its only plastic when u come back next time i'll touch it up for you... was shocked out of this response they do not give a flying Fu#K at all.

aaronng edit: removed business name

will change dealer after this booking with the honda tech

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Originally Posted by frank87

just thought i'd post some info about my car. im bored @ work so yeah here it goes

Car Type: Accord Euro Lux Sat Nav
Date of delivery: took the delivery of car on the 12/August/2008
Kms atml; 4000kms on the clock atm
Price:$49300 including elegance pack with out the wood trim on stearing wheel and the non stndard gear nob i think that was it
the price does not include leather protection and paint protection which i forked out after doing the deal, at the end the actual price was $50.500 around there.

Back to dealer twice rang on the phone number of times the service advisor is a douch bag if there were no law launch a RPG at him

first time rang dealer via phone about 1 week after delivery dealer advised to use better fuel and the car might not be run in

1000km service Dealer told they will look @ it almost had car locked there over night because service advisor told me will call me once its done never got a call i went to the dealer as they were closing and picked up my car. they answer to pinging was. still not using good enough fuel.

2500kms called dealer booked in for pinging noises. this time was advised they are aware of issue however unable to perform because honda has not advised them how ever they offered to reinstall systems, i agreed had the system reinstalled car almost locked over night again after service advisor advised me he will call me once its done after work raced over to the dealer and got my car out.

second time to the dealer. i tried to gain acess to an coutersey car, the ass service advisor advised me it is $50 perday. argued with him abit and he replied saying come in and we see what we can do.

got there on the day was told to wait around for 15mins so they can reinstall the system. waited for 1 hour and 45mins and was advised there are experiencing a problem with the software. was asked to leave car @ dealer and pick up in the arvo as i had work still would not offer loan car untill i spoke to the mechanic. he advised me it was 15mins i guess he felt bad for me and he spoke to the advisor and only then was i able to get a loan car and guess what i was expecting a new car or a demo or somthing along that range but i got a old accord euro with was dirty inside lol my worst experience with car dealer ever only been driving for 4 years though but yeah.

called dealer in the arvo was told the car is done and went on a test drive. advisor told me he will call me back never got a call. arrived to the dealer in the arvo to pick up car systems was reinstalled, noises still there, but i discovered both side on my front lip got scratched. brought this to the advisor's attention, his reply to me was and this was his excat words " yeah its probly the hump on our ramp its pretti sharp, dont worry its only plastic when u come back next time i'll touch it up for you... was shocked out of this response they do not give a flying Fu#K at all.

aaronng edit: removed business name

will change dealer after this booking with the honda tech

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OMG....what an experience!!!!!
I really want to slap them with a copy of their company vision!

I imagine you all had a test drive before you purchased your vehicles. Did you notice the "pinging" during your test drive?

i test drove 1 after i signed the dotted line stupid me but yeah drove it anyways. but a test drive was too short to notice things such as pinging noises for us everday people we were prolly more focused on the handling the smoothness of the car and testing out the visuals and stereo's etc the pinging can only be heard under slow accleration and it is quite faint if u have the music up sometimes itsh ard to hear down the track it gets obvious though

hi new to the thread guys, own an auto cu2, is this like the rattling u hear like as if it sounds like rattling of a house window when its windy or thundering sorta thing? cause i get that when i first accelerate from a complete stop. only happens once a week maybe something like that, random, could that be it?

oh yeh forgot to mention, it doesn't last any longer than say maybe the first 2 seconds of the acceleration from a complete stop.~

No this happens also under maintaining speed and under light acceleration as well. To be honest it is intermittent but obvious so obvious that any "tech" whom is "having difficulty in replicating the noise" needs a hearing test or one in honesty...

The demo car did not exibit the noise, and nor would most people listen for it unless they know about it at that point in time.

the noise can be constant depending how you drive as i experienced when i kept my rev at about 2-2.5 my pinging can be constant for about 5-10 secs there is a friction point which u hit in my opinon that sets off the rattle.