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3321 messages, Last post on Dec 21, 2007 at 4:11 PM
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| How well is the fit of the carpet in your Si? In the footwell of the front passenger the carpet in my Si is ill fitted and does not lay flat. It is somewhat crumpled. Is this normal? | |
| Interested in comments regarding wind noise in the Si. Do you find it acceptable? I am used to VW which was very quiet. My Si has quite a bit of wind noise at 60 mph or above. I think it is from the hatch/spoiler or antenna area. | |
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| My check engine light isn't on, the carpet isn't wrinkled, and the road noise is pretty minimal in my car. | |
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Agreed. The wind noise surprised me from the start. I remarked on it on our test drive. I'd expected less with modern design. On the other hand, the overall noise, relative to our '99 Si, was diminished at highway speeds. The drivetrain is astonishingly quiet. The engine hums like a sewing machine, reminding me of nothing so much as my old Mazda RX7 rotary. This '02 Si engine must be the smoothest 4 cylinder in history. But about noise at speed: How about driving in the rain at interstate speeds? It sounds like hail is pounding on the side windows. Weird! Never heard the like of it before. Love this car, though. I'm at a total loss to understand why they're not selling. This is one fine driver's machine. It's a wonderful car. So far, our only problem is that the center rear view mirror has come off. |
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If more people knew you could get them for $16,000 they would be selling at a much faster pace. Alot of people probably got turned off by the $19,400 sticker. I also hear the tapping noise the rain makes on the side of the windows. I thought it was just me .. guess it's one of those quirks. |
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frederic92025, I had the exact same problem that you described. What happened is that the car ate all the oil during the first 4,000 miles. The dealer first claimed that it was a leak, but I did not see any evidence of this after the initial problem. I changed dealers. I wish I had better news for you. I have over 21,000 miles on my car and have had to check the oil every 500-1000 miles since it consumes so much. I would expect that you will have the same problem. Here's my advice: document every dealer encounter, and have them check, add and change your oil. Depending on your state, you will need to give the dealership an opportunity to "fix" the problem (typically 3 or 4 attempts). Once you have done this, you will be eligible for a legal claim. The manufacturer will tell you that it's OK to use 1 quart of oil every 1,000 miles. (This is no joke!) If you follow the manufaturers guideline for oil changes (one change every 10,000 miles under normal circumstances) you will have to add 6-10 quarts of oil between changes! The most important step is to get the dealer to run an "oil consumption" test. They will accurately mark and measure that level between oil changes such that they can say determine exactly how much oil is being used. Once this is done, they will get an official response from Honda (make sure this is documented in your invoive) regarding the excess consumption after the test is completed. I have a current legal case against Honda. If you need any more information about my experience or how to get it resolved , let me know. |
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| Maybe you should've treated the car better during the initial break-in period. | |
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| Could be caused by the incomplete sealing of the system...I.E. a loose gas cap. | |
| I took delivery of my Si on Thursday. Overall, I think it is a great car - based on 300 miles of driving. However, a couple of "problems" have shown up. The first one is a loose fitting trim piece at the front of the passenger side arm rest - in front of the handle. It seems like the two separated pieces should snap together but they won't. The second and more distubing item is after going through a car wash today I had a fair amount of water streaming down on the inside of the rear glass. It seemed to be coming in by the high brake light but don't know for sure. I thought it was on the outside (where it belonged!) until I ran the rear wiper and realized it was not clearing the water. I will wait a week or two before returning car for warranty work on these two items to see if anything else shows up. Neither is a big deal but together they take a little of the excitement off of the new car experience. There is a lot to like about the Si and am still happy with it - just wish these hadn't shown up. Hopefully, there will be easy resolution of both items and they'll be the last! I'm especially interested in whether or not anyone else has had the water issue on the inside of the rear hatch glass?? | |
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The mechanic at the dealership stated that loose fuel cap would not cause the specific code that was stored. I've noticed in this Civic discussion that owners problems are often automatically blamed on owner ignorance and stupidity. Same thing in the Toyota area. In the VW areas the problems are almost always blamed on poor quality of VW even when the owners are clearly to blame. No wonder Honda has such great reliability reputation, when the cars break it is the owners fault;) |
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