NEW 2009 Euro Luxury Auto Pinging

[Sludge]

All he was saying is that he felt (not official Honda speak) that performance could suffer and if the ping is not a big issue for you wait and see how it pans out.

No need to bag a guy you have never met or spoken to. He didn't need to say anything and I appreciated his candor.

My ping is hardly noticeable and only occurs a few times a week, so I will wait and see what effect the fix has. In the mean time the dealer has noted I have the ping so I am covered warrant wise.

Pull your head in Sludge.

Im making a comment ok, if you wanna be a precious pussy
over it so be it then.
Cant a bloke have say or what.[/QUOTE]

You can say what you like its a free country!

I just don't see the need to attack people in the process.

[VIDSEURO]

Say what you like its a free country!

I just don't see the need to attack people in the process.

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Sludge

Bit of attack never hurt anyone ok.
Anyhow enough of the frivolities.

Here is an email i rec'd this arvo from Honda Australia :

For all the pingers like myself its at least some news.
The email is in response to me asking them what's going on with this
pinging Sh**.

Dear Mr XXXXXXXXX

We apologise for the delay in responding. Honda Motor Co,. Ltd has developed a countermeasure upgrade software for the engine management system and the factory R & D engineers are in the process of conducting field testing before it will be released in Australia. We expect this revised software will be available within a number of weeks although we are unable to provide you with a specific time frame. Therefore at this point in time we are not in a position to attend to your vehicle as anticipated and sincerely apologise for this delay. We will be back in contact with you as soon as we receive further advice from the factory regarding this matter. While anticipating your disappointment we thank you for your patience.

Regards
HONDA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD


Ken Sheppard
Client Relations Specialist
Customer Services

[Sludge]

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Sludge

Bit of attack never hurt anyone ok.
Anyhow enough of the frivolities.

Here is an email i rec'd this arvo from Honda Australia :

For all the pingers like myself its at least some news.
The email is in response to me asking them what's going on with this
pinging Sh**.

Dear Mr XXXXXXXXX

We apologise for the delay in responding. Honda Motor Co,. Ltd has developed a countermeasure upgrade software for the engine management system and the factory R & D engineers are in the process of conducting field testing before it will be released in Australia. We expect this revised software will be available within a number of weeks although we are unable to provide you with a specific time frame. Therefore at this point in time we are not in a position to attend to your vehicle as anticipated and sincerely apologise for this delay. We will be back in contact with you as soon as we receive further advice from the factory regarding this matter. While anticipating your disappointment we thank you for your patience.

Regards
HONDA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD


Ken Sheppard
Client Relations Specialist
Customer Services

I don't understand whats going on. I thought thewizzrd said he already had the upgrade?

[VIDSEURO]

unfortunately thewizzard is fulla shyte....
so to thewizzard pull your head in and get real man.
These posts are for educated people who want to share
useful information not Bull Shit

[Sludge]

unfortunately thewizzard is fulla shyte....
so to thewizzard pull your head in and get real man.
These posts are for educated people who want to share
useful information not Bull Shit

You do call it as you see it, don't you!

[VIDSEURO]

Thanks Sludge

I smelled thewizzard afar off.
Mate seriously if Honda does not come up with the goods
this has the potential to really turn things upside down for them.
Their Euro has a mettalic noise and its the Car of The Year.
My euro has 4,500 and makes the noise under load and when cold.
Radio up and i dont hear it as bad.
I really enjoy this car but im disspointed that something like this has happened.
I guess we all get a reality check from time to time so
lets see what happens from here on.
I envisage little men in lab coats in Japan are working their little
arses off and flogging a Euro to replicate the problem.
Good luck to them.

[Joystick]

Yes, I highly doubted thewizzard because Honda wouldn't release firmware upgrade unless it worked.

My ping is pretty horrid and I'm going to try and capture the sound tonight because the noise is so pronouced.

I'll put a link up on youtube once available, pending if I can get the noise recorded.

I'll keep you guys posted.

[Joystick]

Went out to the shops to pick up some sweet chilli wheat grains as an excuse to capture the pinging sound but instead found a CL7 Euro in a car accident near the Gungahlin shops.

Hope everyone involved was ok.

Anyway, back on topic. The trip was a total failure, not only was I unable to capture the pining sound on tape but Coles was sold out of sweet chilli wheat grains!

[nickxau]

HAHAHA!!! What a crack up Joystick! Did you mean to say "grain waves"?

Out of curiosity, how were you planning to record the sound? Put your mobile in audio record mode and put it on the dash while you drove?

[Joystick]

Yes, I did mean grain waves! lol I've only just discovered them and I'm now hooked.

I had my video recorded attached to the steering wheel so you'ld be able to see the rev range while the pinging noise occured but wasn't able to capture the sound, too much back ground noise.

That, or mic can not pick up the freqency of the ping....?

Also, on a positive note, was able to pick up some Grain Waves on the way home from work!

[thewizzrd]

To all the doubters,
I did have the upgrade done at my dealership last Friday. They are doing some field tests with it and I put my hand up. They had engineers in from Japan while I was there, testing out the upgrade on my car. I have been driving it for a week now and as I said before the pinging has been reduced but it is still noticeable but not as much. I did mention to them on Tuesday (after driving the car fro a few days) that I felt the car had lost a bit of it's grunt. They were surprised by that comment and mentioned that on another car they had positive results and it had improved performance.
They will get back to me next week with more news.

[SPQR]

^^ Umble pie anyone?