Civic Type R Owners With Third Gear Issues Please Read

[noodle999]

when i had my first service done, at essendon, they said it was normal, standarded , "couldn't find fault", bastards...

[aaronng]

The Euro doesn't have a hard shifting into 3 problem, so it is not a thing with the recent new Hondas.

[xtercii]

Channel 9 "Test Drive" program this afternoon had a red Civic Type R on the show. It says there are only 1200 allocated for Australia in the first 12 months.

1200 for a car like this is heaps, it's not like everyone is falling in love with this car so much. i will laugh they can actually get rid off all 1200...

[aaronng]

1200 for a car like this is heaps, it's not like everyone is falling in love with this car so much. i will laugh they can actually get rid off all 1200...

So if they perform badly and can't sell all of them, you won't laugh?

[xtercii]

hahahah excuse my poor way of expressing myself...
your presence in ozhonda not only injecting wealthy amount of knowledge into the forum, but also helping the fellow members constantly elevating their English level...

[aaronng]

LOL, nah, I just thought it was funny. Hehe.

[Bay56]

Surprised this thread got down to page 7

Has anyone had further news on 3rd gear issues in Oz?

Seems as though some bods have had the fix done on the UK forum.

[Setanta]

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your presence at Ozhonda not only injects a wealth of knowledge into the forum, but also helps fellow members to elevate their English ...

FixT

[scollops]

I called Honda Australia spoke to a guy called Mark - seems there are as of last week only 3 official people on the list for issue logged. They still do not have anything from the UK to say do the fix - so at this stage still a waiting game.

[shun]

i've had mine for about 4 weeks now and have had the 3rd gear pop out a couple times. I can't seem to replicate the problem consistently though.
I had it happen this morning as I drove to work. No enthusiastic driving was involved.
I think it's a combination of cold weather (in perth ?!), and also getting used to the clutch.
My old EG civic was very forgiving on pressing the clutch down before changing gears.
the fn2 seems to demand that you press all the way and change the gear before letting the clutch up.
I'll keep an eye on it and see if it happens regularly.

[stix]

Hi guys,

any improvements in your cars with this issue?

is the problem still persisting for those who have their civics for a while now?
is the problem present in any of the cars that have purchased very recently?

[Wazza]

Hi guys,

any improvements in your cars with this issue?

is the problem still persisting for those who have their civics for a while now?
is the problem present in any of the cars that have purchased very recently?

Still waiting for the official fix to be released in the UK and then for it to filter through to AUS.

The problem is still persisting on my car, the only improvement is from me becoming more aware of it and modifying the way I change into third...