NEW 2009 Euro Luxury Auto Pinging

[aaronng]

thats what i initially thought because the noises come out around jsut the before when the gear change and after the gear changed how ever was informed by techs so im going what has been advised to me hopefully the guy is able to tell me what it is how ever i was told by the director of cosumer relations that they have had a few hondas owned by the company which has had the pinging noises removed from better fuel how ever i find it hard to belive that. i have my fingers crossed as iam pretti peed about driving a new car with noises and i still want to enjoy it while its new

Yeah. Keep us updated on what Honda Aus says. I reckon it is BS having such problem on a new car and being so widespread! They need to do something about this.

[Bobjones]

Frank,

Despite the noise "appearing" to come from the drivers side, reasonance may mean that it is actually the passenger side. The fact is that it does not "rattle or ping" under all load conditions and occurs significantly on up changes and just there after leads me to believe that there is a gearbox issue. There may also be a contributing issue in relation to the engine re tuning and pinging, put this should not occur on a N/A engine running 98 octane fuel. Our track car has over 350awkw out of a 2.2L running on BP 98, you cannot tell me that a major manufacturer has fudged up the tuning that bad that it happens low in the rev range, thus more load inclined, producing about 100 fly wheel kw, and not occur under heavy acceleration which would lead more towards higher loads and greater chance of detonation. i find that hard to believe and I have built some N/A motors in my time and even on a standard base tune I have never had pinging under light loads even on a run in tune...

[quenjose]

regardless of the well intentioned opinions,
theres isnt much else frank can do other than wait for Honda to respond with a fix.

hope the problem gets solved soon.

[bk212]

Guys, can those of you who have contacted Honda Australia provide contact details of who you're dealing with? I want to add my voice but don't want it to get lost by dealing with a general inquiry email address. Seems like talking to the local dealer is going to be a waste of time.

Cheers

[eur001]

Guys, can those of you who have contacted Honda Australia provide contact details of who you're dealing with? I want to add my voice but don't want it to get lost by dealing with a general inquiry email address. Seems like talking to the local dealer is going to be a waste of time.

Cheers

The guy i contacted name "Hine" or something sound like that.
Sorry, i was too angry to remember his name at the moment...hehehe
I am sooooo happy that more and more owners make thier voice heard by Honda Aust!!
Come on guys, let share all information around and keep up the pressure.
Thanks!

[yfin]

u r right. most petrol comes from singapore, but they are modified locally.. as in, additives and octane, ethanols, others are added here.

I don't think that is right - some of the crude oil may come from Singapore by ship - but most of the petrol in Australia is actually refined in Australia.

Imports of petrol is only 25% of the total market.

[MiSloVic]

I don't think that is right - some of the crude oil may come from Singapore by ship - but most of the petrol in Australia is actually refined in Australia.

Imports of petrol is only 25% of the total market.

Slipped of the pen.. I meant to write 'u might be right'.. It is really tough replying on a mobile phone. I think 'a significant portion' of oz petrol is imported. Some say around 60%. And the petrol companies are creaming us off, by pegging our petrol prices to singapores!

[SPQR]

I don't think that is right - some of the crude oil may come from Singapore by ship - but most of the petrol in Australia is actually refined in Australia.

Imports of petrol is only 25% of the total market.

Slipped of the pen.. I meant to write 'u might be right'.. It is really tough replying on a mobile phone. I think 'a significant portion' of oz petrol is imported. Some say around 60%. And the petrol companies are creaming us off, by pegging our petrol prices to singapores!

Guys, what I said was that petrol in Darwin comes from Singapore since their refineries are closer to Darwin (via shipping) than Australian refineries. Southern cities get most of their petrol from Australian refineries; although I believe that Woolworths brand petrol stations get their petrol from Singapore. I was just envious of the choice of petrol brands and octane grades you guys get down there in the deep south.

[MiSloVic]

speaking of ww petrol, anyone notice that the euro exhaust will smell like fart? Mine does. Changed petrol and the smell disappeared. Just wondering how much sulphur there is, in ww petrol.. Didnt try the proper caltex stations, so, not sure if it is caltex or ww.

[aaronng]

speaking of ww petrol, anyone notice that the euro exhaust will smell like fart? Mine does. Changed petrol and the smell disappeared. Just wondering how much sulphur there is, in ww petrol.. Didnt try the proper caltex stations, so, not sure if it is caltex or ww.

WW = Caltex. Same petrol.

[frank87]

to be honest my field work is in IT so i don't know too much about cars weather where the noises comes from or what's causing it but to my general knowledge but saying the fuel im putting in is not upto scratch i find it hard to believe previously i owned a 05 evo 9 which i use the excat same type of fuel poured from the same station had no problem running that

had to sell the evo due to p plate restrictions and got busted so had to buy a euro and thought might as well buy a brand new 1 it seems appealing

all i really want is for the noise to disspear i couldnt care less of whats casuing it or why it is making the noise but telling me bollocks like fuel quality i just cant accept that as an cause of the pinging thats how i feel anyways from my common sense

the person i have contacted her name is

Irene Price
Assistant Manager
Customer Relations
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Irene Price | Assistant Manager - Customer Relations | Honda Australia
T: (61 3) 9285 5555 | F: (61 3) 9285 5500 | E: irenep@honda.com.au | W:
www.honda.com.au/cars

very helpful lady relpied emails on a fast pace and promptly, even thought i got abit peed sometimes but cant blame her she dosnt own honda. i guess we all gotta understand these people are just told what the problems are and are rlying to us seeing they are a customer service spepcialist. When we speak to them please keep our cool and know that they are only our first point of contact but i guess gotta be pushy to get results.

and just on a note my EURO has never even touched 95Octane unless on Delivery thats what it had but ever since first tank went empty the car has been running on MOBILE 8000 and Shell V-Power
When was told the FUEL quality i even Tried the V-Power Racing 100Ocatne which i put in the evo sometimes when i go on cruises
that did not stop the pining either that basically kept me on thinking its the gear a few of my mates said it's the gear as well when i told them to test drive but o welps i aint no mechanic lol. just have to go by what im told by the techs i guess

[Bobjones]

I have emailed Irene, the guy I have spoken to at Honda Australia via telephone was a tool, end of story. Like you Frank, all I want is the rattle to go. Mine has gotten so bad that now people I have not told about it can hear it and I feel the vehicle may in fact be unsafe, to the point I do not like my partner to drive it...sad really when you can get a i30 from the ugly H that does not make this noise...