NEW 2009 Euro Luxury Auto Pinging

[buddah51au]

Praja6, don't be too gentle with it as that is not a good way to run it in. A nice long, hard drive will do it more good then harm. I am not saying take it to the redline, but you should be treating it to some spirited driving in the 4000 to 6000RPM range.

[praja6]

Just curiously guys is this true what they mention in BP site regarding BP ultimate cleans the engines/valves much better than other premium ULPs. The pictures in the site rememebrs me when some dealers try to sell paint protection with showing clean steel vs a rusty steel side by side..

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarti...tentId=7028155

Doesn't matter i already started to fill my EUro with BP ultimate, yes today the BP ultimate cost me $1.40 in Western suburb in Sydney...

[Type R Positive]

Maybe you guys ought to buy yourselves Lottery Tickets.....LOL

You make out that every cu2 has this issue? You would be one of the unlucky ones mate, not the other way around.

[albii]

mine is heading for fix number 2...

[newedition]

Agreed. I think people with this issue would have googled it, seen ozhonda, joined up and joined the band wagon?


Me too? How is it a safety issue?

the concern was with over taking cars on single lane two way roads.
in my particular case, after the fix was applied for pinging, accelerating stalled at 5000rpm, drops to 4750 then climbs up moderately instead of the usual aggressive rev. Its abit like sitting in a euro but over taking cars in a 1.6 litre civic, itll stuff up your driving judgement. Someone else posted earlier about rev surging problems which i think might be the same thing.

[praja6]

That means everyone's euro applied for the ping issue patch reduce the acceleration of the car?

[newedition]

That means everyone's euro applied for the ping issue patch reduce the acceleration of the car?

no... just me and the user "Joystick" so far.

[OranparkAddict]

That means everyone's euro applied for the ping issue patch reduce the acceleration of the car?

ABSOLUTELY!

Havent posted about the issue for a while. Families CU2 has done 48XXX kms and has had the problem 'rectified'. The car has the very very occasional ping but not very often at all. So much so that when I do hear it I doubt my hearing.

The 'fix' has slowed the car down considerably and it has lost its edge. Feels very soggy and not sharp at all. You floor it and it just struggles to build revs if going up hill on an express way, say. The fix, in my experience is absolute sh#t and has caused the car to lose power.

[buddah51au]

Once again I must assume it comes down to the Technician who applies the software update as I still have no problems anywhere from idle to 7000RPM, nor have I noticed any decrease in performance. If anything I believe it pulls harder now.

[praja6]

Once again I must assume it comes down to the Technician who applies the software update as I still have no problems anywhere from idle to 7000RPM, nor have I noticed any decrease in performance. If anything I believe it pulls harder now.

Buddah,

What i can see here is few dealer service centre mechani were not experienced enough in applying the patch and sorry for these people had the slow in acceleration.. is there anyway get a liste of dealers where they applied patch for the EURo got the ping issue rectrified and no change in acceleration. This would be helpful for any of the people's EUro needed to apply for the patch in the future(why including My euro as well, its going good so far, who knows after another few months mine may be ping as well)..

Thanks
Thanks.

[praja6]

Hi GUys,

Found the below link someone posted in Honda Jazz forum explains the benefits or premium fuels and Ping issue..

http://www.cartalk.com/content/featu...estions.html#1

[Zapped]

Once again I must assume it comes down to the Technician who applies the software update as I still have no problems anywhere from idle to 7000RPM, nor have I noticed any decrease in performance. If anything I believe it pulls harder now.

Buddah I think you are right but how do we know if the technician at the dealership is good or not?

My Jan 09 Luxi navi seems to ping only for few seconds in the fist couple minutes of driving than it does it infrequently and randomly. My dilemma is whether is worth risking making the car worse for a pinging that is even less frequent if I use RON98 fuel.

I have already postoponed twice my booking with Essendon Honda. Has anybody here had any experience with them? Any advice will be very welcome.

Cheers