Quality niggles with new Euro

[antony]

The Jazz sounds okay.

My rattles have been more than the average sounds one hears when going over bumps,etc.

When your left door is vibrating,there is clearly something wrong......................

[natnat]

Sue Honda Aust for loss of night sleeps, inconvenience (having to go back many times to service), disturbance to sanity, etc etc.... and ask for $100k compensation. then buy an IS350 F-Sport. Fixed

[natnat]

and another thing, having almost slipped on the Woolies fruit / veg section because your mind had been severely distracted by the rattles :P (and sue Woolies too for $750k)

[antony]

Ha ha,thats funny.
No natnat,I dont want to sue anyone...and I dont want a Lexus,would prefer a Euro luxury with satnav...lol.

My dealership called today to say the left vibration has been FIXED,it was not in the door panel,but something to do with the left front seat,and is perfect.

They will keep it for another couple of days ,and try rectify the intermittant rattle.

I have made a lot of noise,but think things are finally happening............

I want my Euro back,am missing it after the Jazzy Jazz.

[Alpine]

Wow, what a story, antony. Am following it with great interest. I was about to buy a new Euro Lux Navi to replace my 1999 Civic Coupe.....but kinda put off by the idea now.

[praja6]

I dont know Alpine, i have no issues with my Euro its My10, Jan 2010 built, bought in April this year. I believe Anthony might be the few unlucky with the rattle...

SInce Honda reduced the price by 2k, you can get a very good deal with negotiation.

[antony]

Wow, what a story, antony. Am following it with great interest. I was about to buy a new Euro Lux Navi to replace my 1999 Civic Coupe.....but kinda put off by the idea now.

Well I am pleased to say that I collected my car today,and the left vibration is FIXED.

It had nothing to do with the door panel,it was the seat conrtol on the left front seat,which was vibrating.

I will update you on the intermittant RHS one,as that has not happened in about 3 weeks.

Alpine,the Euro is great,I looked at every new car on the market,but fell in love with this.It looks brilliant,is very comfortable,is great to drive,and goes so well...nippy,smooth,quiet,and reasonably economical.

It is not perfect,but which car is ???

It is such a good price now too,I say GO FOR IT,take the plunge.

[Euro707]

Thanks guys.........I haven't checked this forum for a few months. Then stumbled upon a post -I think by Irving.??

Yes, I am one of the luckless CU2 Lux owners with a pinging power plant @2000-3,500 rpm's.

Yes, I complained to
Yes, I had 3 "patch fixes"
Yes,I complained to the dealer (numerous times and threatened leal action)
Yes, I complained to Fair Trading

I always use to use Caltex Vortex 98 ROM.

But, I read some ones post here about Ultima.......ran the tank down to 15 kms.

Then filled the tank with Ultima

BINGO

Loads more power..... 7.1l /100kms(country) and LITTLE or no fkcukn PINGING.

I really gave it a good boot up Mt Ousley yesterday for the true test in S-mode and she lapped it up.

So its Ultima for me from now on. God knows whats in it ??/ I thought all petrol came out of the same Cat Cracker and we were just marketed different brands.

I still have a bitter taste in my mouth over the contempt from HA to me as a customer.
I have made damn sure lots of people know about how shite they are.

BUT- as they say in the Thai massage shops :

I got Happy Ending

[antony]

I must admit that with my dealings with Honda,they were pretty useless,and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth too....

[tumblingdice]

seems lots of CU2 owners have a few annoying quality issues. I get the occassional intermiitent rattle, but only very occassional otherwise id go nuts but stil not good enough. and my ashtray/cigarette lighter compartent is not flush and true and you needs a bit of jiggling and pushing to open and close sometimes.

my main problem now are the speakers. not even a year old and i get a distorted sound..driving me nuts.....has anyone had a similar problem or experience before i give the dealer a hearing problem?

[89superstage]

seems lots of CU2 owners have a few annoying quality issues. I get the occassional intermiitent rattle, but only very occassional otherwise id go nuts but stil not good enough. and my ashtray/cigarette lighter compartent is not flush and true and you needs a bit of jiggling and pushing to open and close sometimes.

my main problem now are the speakers. not even a year old and i get a distorted sound..driving me nuts.....has anyone had a similar problem or experience before i give the dealer a hearing problem?

There have been a few reports, in this forum, of speakers blowing, some repeatedly.
So if your's have, then definitely take it back.
They will replace it under the warranty.

[Rubes]

Wow
My friend is a racer and has his own workshop with his dad, and a while back he did some tests on different fuels. I can't remember all the results but i know BP was at the top and Caltex near the bottom. At the moment i use caltex 95 or 98, but after he told me the results and hearing your story i might make the switch.

As for Accord Euros, my Dad's is approaching a year old and it hasn't had any problems at all. I first thought it had a speaker problem but it turned out that the input volume on my ipod was too high for the car's stereo so we had to turn down the ipod and turn up the stereo, and it was all good.