DC5R Common Issues

**sleepyf1** · 29-04-2006 04:16 AM

Originally Posted by tron07

How do you get Honda or Hondacare to check the car? Ask the owner to bring it in and you pay for it? Any honda service center would do?

You can basically get any mechanic to check a car for you, as long as the seller agrees to take the car there for you. just show that you are really interested so they don't feel like they are waisting their time.

I like to choose a Honda specialist because they can better tell you hidden conditions on the car. I rang Hondacare up and made a booking that was convienant for the owner. There was no log book and the mechanic was able to tell that the car missed 30000 and 40000 service because a few parts had not been adjusted. Only a Honda mechanic could tell you this level of detail

hope this helps

**timofytit** · 29-04-2006 03:56 PM

yes, mine did miss those two services. All the details of each car is on www.hondaone.com i think. Well my cars history is. Oh yeah, about that 1st to 2nd, holding it to the left seems to make things all good. Though i'm not a fan of wearing out the gates and having a sloppy box.

**45SET** · 29-04-2006 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by AUDMDC5R

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

i only the 2nd gear crunch when the car is "cold". once everything has warmed up (mornally after about 10 min from first start, or 5 min after its been sitting for over 30 min)

i have heard its also the type of gearbox oil you use...

**chi R** · 12-11-2007 08:19 PM

hey guys im on my red P's got my dc5 R like 1 week ago...im still a noob ...
but i realise that my car hits v-tec at 6000rpms ....and i jus love the sound of it ..coz it screams..and im kinda getting into the habbit of it everytime i see an open road i jus hit it..... is that bad for the car.? to hit vtec alot?

and im also having troubles wif 2nd gear ...why? can u guys help me out...

**air23box** · 13-11-2007 12:21 AM

The 2nd gear problem is normal for DC5

**Ray_mon** · 14-11-2007 10:43 PM

Revival of the ANCIENT..thread

**2002 TeGgY** · 14-11-2007 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by chi R

hey guys im on my red P's got my dc5 R like 1 week ago...im still a noob ...
but i realise that my car hits v-tec at 6000rpms ....and i jus love the sound of it ..coz it screams..and im kinda getting into the habbit of it everytime i see an open road i jus hit it..... is that bad for the car.? to hit vtec alot?

and im also having troubles wif 2nd gear ...why? can u guys help me out...

no, hitting vtec is not bad for ur engine lol as long as its warm enough that is...

**XP02ED** · 15-11-2007 09:57 AM

hittin vtec is only bad if u hit a tree :P

**Chi** · 15-11-2007 01:14 PM

So VTECking and hitting a car or a person or a house or anything else besides a Tree isn't bad?

LOL

And WTF @ Chi R nickname.... please don't tell me your car is Chamopionship White as well lol