DC5R Common Issues

**sleepyf1** · 22-02-2006 09:32 PM

This is the report from Hondacare

Compression all good
Bonnet has been painted
L/H front guard has been painted
front bumper has been painted
two different tyres on rear
dash blank missing
burn in carpet
missed 40000 and 50000 services
no history in car

I've been so busy I haven’t had time to post this up. It took a whole month for the dealers to return my $500 deposit!

Heres another common issue

1. Dodgy dealers trying to sell you a car with forged service histories. Buyers beware! get it checked!

I've bought a Prelude vtir instead!

**air23box** · 23-02-2006 12:22 AM

the black stuff is just normal carbon built up on exhaust bro......if you use BP or Mobile will be better.....optimax is worst on that......thats normal for DC5R....nothing to worry about.....

**eriktufa** · 23-02-2006 02:40 AM

Yeah I guess recaro's are the main common issues, probably rattles as well around the dash and boot.

Btw, if you guys have that problem, do you guys enquire it to dealer and ask them to fix those problems? I'm talking about the clutch, 2nd gear grind.

**timofytit** · 27-04-2006 05:36 PM

Mine has the 1st to 2nd Gear knock/crunch, When i bought it 66000km done, it had a slight rough idle. Honda inspected it for me and found some bent valves, luckily the dealer payed for those repairs. Cost him $3800 from Honda. Yeah, the seats do wear, got them fixed under waranty. Honda Quoted new seats and decided to repair rather than replace, as they cost aprox $8k per seat. I also got a broken engine mount, and after further reading, it seems a common problem. Rear parcel shelves clips do break too. Other than that, its bloody awesome, so fast. Oh yeah, its hard work when you push it to the limits. But the effort is so rewarding.

**X8TEENX** · 27-04-2006 09:24 PM

if that is modded with header...just feel it the engine mount might be broken

**TeMp** · 27-04-2006 10:34 PM

As Eddie said guys no need to worry about the exhaust and area around the exhaust turning black because the stock ecu tune does run VERY rich.

Mine is 27,xxx kms and its black!

**timofytit** · 27-04-2006 11:39 PM

no modded engine here, just suspension and intake and wheels. Yes the mount is broked

**matt** · 28-04-2006 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by timofytit

Mine has the 1st to 2nd Gear knock/crunch, When i bought it 66000km done, it had a slight rough idle. Honda inspected it for me and found some bent valves, luckily the dealer payed for those repairs. Cost him $3800 from Honda. Yeah, the seats do wear, got them fixed under waranty. Honda Quoted new seats and decided to repair rather than replace, as they cost aprox $8k per seat. I also got a broken engine mount, and after further reading, it seems a common problem. Rear parcel shelves clips do break too. Other than that, its bloody awesome, so fast. Oh yeah, its hard work when you push it to the limits. But the effort is so rewarding.

apart from tranny issues and seats that sounds like one abused dc5r, at least the dealer got it all fixed up for you though.

**timofytit** · 28-04-2006 12:09 AM

yeah, i was really disappointed when i found out after i purchased it. But yeah, after all the heart break and weeks in at honda, its out now and awesome. Back to the state it should be in.

**matt** · 28-04-2006 12:17 AM

for the transmission probs get the fluid changed with either oem or redline (i changed mine for oem).
mine crunched a bit when i got it and still does but new fluid certainly helped and be nice easy on the shifts till its nice and warm. i also find that after i have shifted at high rpm once or twice (5k +) that it does get far better even perfect.

**AUDMDC5R** · 28-04-2006 01:54 AM

i did have the 2nd gear crunch a few times when i got my car (2yrs 2mrw - 28th of April), and have travelled just over 20,000km. But say.... well over a yr ago... no 2nd gear crunch...?

i thought it was just me with my bad ass shifting that was causing the grind... then i changed the way i shifted........ when going into 2nd gear, put slight pressure to the left WHILE shifting into 2nd. That's it.... it may just be me... or simply a cure... but since then, no crunch what so ever, at ANY RPM...

someone try it, and let me no... i could be talking a whole bunch of bs, or it could just be my tranny being perfect, or me fixing my bad ass driving skills...

oh yeah... if this is a bad thing to do for the tranmission, let me no, huh... haha i could be destroying my transmission thinking its a cure... lol