Think 4-5 faults for a new car is pretty bad? try TWENTY-SEVEN

[IAMVTEC]

I think its just bad luck for you.

Ive had my car nearly a year and drove 16k. So far no problems except the drivers window one. I know 3 friends who have the same car, no issues either.

[bangers178]

yeah sorry about your car,
but im pretty sure it ur bad luck casue i had no problems witht the car wat so ever.
but yeah, couple of the problems are probably due to u ripping everything out when u first got it and maybe didn't put it back together right.
i have a couple mates with civic sports and they love the thing. no probs.

[andyhui01]

i tried to get honda to fix this at my first service but they didn't do anything about it.

what you have to do is locate the adjustable rubber stoppers on the door, there should be 1 in the middle and 1 down the bottom. turn these clockwise a quarter of a turn and try your door again... if not then another quarter, etc. worked for me

thanks... will give that a try

[LXRY]

I know where your coming from as I too am disappointed with my car, service and customer relations.

And I own a euro lxry AT 2006.

Going through what you are going through from 1000klm mark till now 36,000klm's.

I have to say that I expected alot more from Honda.

I own 2 mercedes sprinter vans, both 2001 models (no problems with vehicles or dealer), The mrs drove a nissan pulsar q 1993 model till 2006, done 600,000 klm (bullet proof, no problems with dealer too) and of course 2 toyota corolla's one 2003 model the other 2004 (also bullet proof, excellent service) All bought from new.

problems with my car.....

riddled with vibrations/rattles - right hand drivers air vent, steering coloumn, glove compartment, rear cabin (somewhere?), passenger power window switch (fixed thanks too Aronng DIY), drivers side door (somewhere?), centre of my dash board toward windscreen(somewhere?). Passenger airbag area somewhere, dashboard above speedo making a creaking noise and I've only done 36,000klm

huge cracking noise left hand pillar (fixed, warranty)

I have a problem with my car pulling to the right (major problem).......Denial, Denial, Denial claimed fixed never fixed, claiming nothing wrong, other euro owners have same problems.

steering wheel not straight..........caused after k-frame adjustment by dealer
after supposed drifting to the right problem, several alignments done still not staright.

squeeky driver side seat.....claimed fixed, never fixed

sunroof constantly rattles........fixed 3 times waiting for the 4th soon.

foul odour when I turn on heater or a/c...Honda put a deodirizor through the heater a/c this only worked for 5,000klm now deodirizor gone foul gas smell back again Hondas band aid solution only masked the smell (fools)

glove compartment not aligned can see light through the gap- never fixed

I can't get over the denial and the arrogance of these ppl at Honda. They are manipulative, they colaborate together to get their stories straight, between Honda Aust. representatives and dealerships.

Never experienced anything like it in the whole time I have owned new cars.

I am a first Honda owner and the last the way it's going.

To think euro lxry recently won an award for best car under $50,000 the ppl who do these reviews should do a follow up review after 10,000klm's. It's easy to make the call like that when you get given a brand new car too drive for the reviews.

believe me you are not alone.

My advice to you is exhaust all avenues with your dealer first, then go to Honda Aust. if that fails most important consumer affairs or fair trading as a last resort. Everything gets stored in there data base (consumer affairs or fair trading) once s few complaints get recieved they can act. Which won't take long the way Honda going.

Hope this helps

[JasonGilholme]

shouldn't have accepted it if it was wrong to begine with.

Once you've got the car they don't really car about you anymore.

you chould just park the car infront of the dealer on weekends with a big sign saying "My car has 27 problems and this dealer will not fix any of them!" see what they do then.

[chylld]

My advice to you is exhaust all avenues with your dealer first, then go to Honda Aust. if that fails most important consumer affairs or fair trading as a last resort. Everything gets stored in there data base (consumer affairs or fair trading) once s few complaints get recieved they can act. Which won't take long the way Honda going.

thanks for your post, LXRY... glad to know i'm not alone with this many Honda problems. i've already exhausted 2 dealers and am already up to honda australia (the district manager Tony Martin stated that he was from Honda Australia.) i've looked into the dept of fair trading etc. but i've been told they won't actually do anything.

the only way to change the perception of the fact that i am only one customer is to walk into the dealership with either a lawyer or an ACA/TT film crew. it would be very interesting if it comes to that.

shouldn't have accepted it if it was wrong to begine with.

Once you've got the car they don't really car about you anymore.

indeed i would be kicking myself if this was my mistake, unfortunately there were only 3 problems at delivery; the other 24 reared their heads afterwards.

you chould just park the car infront of the dealer on weekends with a big sign saying "My car has 27 problems and this dealer will not fix any of them!" see what they do then.

i've thought of doing something like this, i'm not sure if it's legal though. if they don't get their act together, i'll ask my legal advisor if it's permissible

[czy_sol87]

I have a problem with my car pulling to the right (major problem).......Denial, Denial, Denial claimed fixed never fixed, claiming nothing wrong, other euro owners have same problems.

steering wheel not straight..........caused after k-frame adjustment by dealer
after supposed drifting to the right problem, several alignments done still not staright.

are u sure this is a "real problem" and not the car simply tram lining ie following the rd, i notice mine does the same as well, depends which lane i drive in it pull a little that way

[Zdster]

I think it would be particularly interesting to see the media response that you would get considering the recent review of the introduction of lemon laws.

That being said, I do agree with you that Honda's post sale service is very poor. Have a look at my paint thread in the lounge to see my issue. I would be very interested to see what happens if you were to get the media involved in some of this. That being said, I would speak with a lawyer first just to make sure there are no issues/conflicts.

[aaronng]

This is why Lexus is able to charge almost twice the price for a car with the same specs as a Honda.

[Zdster]

This is why Lexus is able to charge almost twice the price for a car with the same specs as a Honda.

The sad thing is that there should be at least a basic standard to meet. When you get fobbed off without any particular acknowledgement that is when you have to question the company you purchase products from.

[denot]

Actually...

a friend of mine who owns a 06 Sports got most of your problems as well (anything related to interior crackling sounds) after he install dynamat on it...

hm... kinda strange eh?

PS: well I'm dissapointed with my '06 sports as well but not because of its faulty, just becoz of its Price vs Quality comparisson...

[chylld]

a friend of mine who owns a 06 Sports got most of your problems as well (anything related to interior crackling sounds) after he install dynamat on it...

it is clear that if a part becomes a noise source after being removed and reinstalled during some owner modification, then that is the owner's fault. e.g. my driver's door trim crackles when i pull it, but i didn't list that as a complaint because i acknowledge that it is my fault.

the thing is, i didn't dismantle any part of the dash... so i can't see how i possibly could have caused that.

as a side note, the jazz rental car that i have has the same problem - crackling dash. note that honda america has published a fix for this which simply involves isolating the dash pieces with honda foam tape... i dug out this article, gave it my honda dealer, but then they fobbed me off.