[CU2] To all the new Euro Auto owner out there!!!!

[buddah51au]

WOW! a non euro accord got this problem as well?? What is this??? the new K24Z is a fail????

I would not be worried about this problem, only a small number of vehicles are effected. The Cylinder Head on the new K24Z engine is a new design and it appears there are some problems, but not all cars are effected.
I stand by my belief that this is a timing chain / tensioner problem and not pinging. I had full knowledge of this apparent problem prior to getting my CU2 & there is no such problem on my car, or 2 others o personally know of.

Honda Japan will no doubt find this problem and rectify it, that is why we have warranty on cars. people need to be patient.

[timetorelax]

Hey SteveH
Could you tell em what build date is your Euro.
Mine is 1-May-2008.
Im just curious due to the fact that certain May build cars have had this NOISE that everyone is talking about.
Mine has it as well.
Apart from that the car is awesome.
Love taking it over 4000RPM blows me away...
It has 3,200 kms

Just for a "reference" my CU2 lux navi auto is build date 08/08, done 2300km in its first month and can't hear any "pinging" noise. I remember when I had my P's my first car was a 1984 manual Holden Camira now that pinged like crazy! Oh BTW that was Wheels COTY in 1984.....

[Euro_CU2]

I dont seem to recall the clicking noise, but maybe i will keep that in mind and see if there is any noise.

[jbowly]

I would not be worried about this problem, only a small number of vehicles are effected. The Cylinder Head on the new K24Z engine is a new design and it appears there are some problems, but not all cars are effected.
I stand by my belief that this is a timing chain / tensioner problem and not pinging. I had full knowledge of this apparent problem prior to getting my CU2 & there is no such problem on my car, or 2 others o personally know of.

Honda Japan will no doubt find this problem and rectify it, that is why we have warranty on cars. people need to be patient.

Gee whizz ive only had myEuro 2008 for 6 pinging months and 10,000 kilometers how patient do you think someone should be that spends $45,000 on a motor car and lives with such an annoying engine noise every day and gets treated like a leper by Honda. How long do you expect owners should wait..till the warranty runs out. Get real

[buddah51au]

Gee whizz ive only had myEuro 2008 for 6 pinging months and 10,000 kilometers how patient do you think someone should be that spends $45,000 on a motor car and lives with such an annoying engine noise every day and gets treated like a leper by Honda. How long do you expect owners should wait..till the warranty runs out. Get real

Honda Australia's hands are tied, They can do nothing without approval from Head Office in Japan who WILL come up with a rectification.

While it is no doubt an annoying problem for you & others that have this problem it is something that unfortunately you will have to live with until a remedy is found. Once the problem has been noted bye your dealer within the warranty period your car is covered for that problem indefinitely.

[jbowly]

Honda Australia's hands are tied, They can do nothing without approval from Head Office in Japan who WILL come up with a rectification.

While it is no doubt an annoying problem for you & others that have this problem it is something that unfortunately you will have to live with until a remedy is found. Once the problem has been noted bye your dealer within the warranty period your car is covered for that problem indefinitely.

Ah yes you work for Honda and you have no idea what it is like to spend hard earned money only to be told in the honda scheme of things we are not that important and we should wait and do as we are told.

[buddah51au]

Ah yes you work for Honda and you have no idea what it is like to spend hard earned money only to be told in the honda scheme of things we are not that important and we should wait and do as we are told.

LMFAO, sorry to inform you I work for know one, but after a lifetime in the Motor Industry I think I know a little about how things operate, unlike you. Oh, by the way, I spent my money on a Honda as well & I am sure Mr Rudd pays me a lot less than those who work.

[Bobjones]

Well car in for the 10K service today, no rectification in sight, I will just be glad if they replace the rear door garnishes after its second visit to have that done and the rear parcel shelf rattle after its third visit to have that rectified...

The engine now sounds more like a rattle and not pinging everyday, in fact it is more and more evident and prevalent, but oh well it blows up it blows up...just will never buy another Honda product ever, and that is what our entire office will now do, we have already strated by getting rid of the MDX and replacing it with a Q7, civic replaced with a new corolla and so on...

[timetorelax]

[QUOTE=Bobjones;just will never buy another Honda product ever[/QUOTE]

Sorry to hear your bad luck bobjones.

I know how you feel when buying a new car and it turns into a lemon. About 4 years ago I bought a new Hyundai Sonata V6 elite ( I know I know) thinking yeah warranty is good, quailty seems good, great price for a 3.3L V6 and huge car so I bit the bullet. NEVER AGAIN will I buy a Hyundai. After numerous electrical, interior and engine problems (incl. piston slap!) I traded the car within 9 months and cut my loses and went back to Mazda.

Now I bought my CU2 3 months ago (which is my first Honda) and it has been fantastic. Its strange how car manufacturers build 1000's of cars a month and 1 or 2 are unlucky that not 1 but numerous faults occur.

[LNG292008]

What should we do? mail them letters all over the world 09 Euro Owners are experiencing the same problems this annoying and scary pinging sound

my euro has been in for its first service they knew about it and played along as if my car was the first case,they told me to use 98 premium unleaded blah blah blah the problem will go away. as Ive read from other various sites it its not a fuel problem, this is so F**KED i payed over 45,000$ for this car

the dealers and Honda assure us that its not a mechanical problem that's just a load of bull crap the manual states that if the pinging keeps going untreated it will stuff up the car.

OTHER PROBLEMS i had with this 09 euro apart from the engine problem is that the right hand side speaker is a dud it dose not work, sure they fix it but it wasted my time i had to make arrangements etc to drop my car off.

My front bumper after a the first week was loose( it was probably loose when i picked it up from the dealer but it was not noticeable on suburban roads and speeds but on the freeway it rattled like crazy) still all these issues shouldn't have been prevented long before they got to the hands of the dealer and the owners

and another thing is this car is not very big in fact i dare say that my jazz is larger* in way but that's something i can live with but the "pinging" its faint but driving me insane!

Im deverstated that i award high credits to Honda when they called me for the customer service survey, if i knew they were keeping me in the dark the whole time and how crap this car really is.... Arrrhhh!!!!! i should have brought the FN2 , 2000>05 Ep3 or Dc5Rs instead of this euro, how can they expect to compete with BMW/etc if they're struggling to compete with local rivals such as Mazda, Toyota and maybe even KIA

What should we do to stop this shit? and stop happening to other people and most importantly stopping them getting away with our money!

[LNG292008]

Hi according to Honda they were suppose to fix the solution buy the end of July 2009, that's what they told me today at Peter Warren Honda that it could take up to 12 months for them to find a solution.

Ive been driving Honda's all my life but after this i really have to think and research hard the next time i buy a car

[LNG292008]

i agree with you how do we make our complaints and feedback count i don't want to complain to the dealer and have my feedback ignored

i.e whats the best method if getting the message across to them please post on this fourm