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Replying to: nova11 (Jul 19, 2008 10:52 am) |
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(posted in the 'other' probs/solns board with no bites, so recasting here) The 99 LGT has developed a new one... this car has so much personality  The best description I can provide is that it's a mechanical ticking sound, that is MPH related, not RPM oriented. Starts after a few minutes at freeway speeds, frequency varies with speed, then goes away as I slow to about 40. Sounds a bit like a variable-speed fan would if there was a clearance issue with one blade. It's just subtle enough that I can't tell where it's coming from, but just loud enough to be a bit annoying. Car drives fine/as usual. I'm thinking a CV joint/wheel bearing is trying to tell me something vs. (I hope it's not) the front transaxle. Turning the volume up in the meantime... Cheers! Paul |
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Hey Soob Crew, I'm going through the motions now to purchase an `09 Legacy 2.5i SE. I've done my research over the last year or so (originally was after an `08 but once I learned VDC was standard on `09 I decided to wait), but I'm having a heck of a problem getting my trade-in, a 2000 Honda Civic LX Sedan Automatic Transmission, ready to be, well, traded in. My two options are to sell it to my cousin, who's just turning 16 and is in the market for a car, or two trade it in to the dealer. There are two mechanical issues going on with the car that I must get taken care of if I'm going to sell it within the family: 1. The speedometer needle appears to be stuck at 20mph. This doesn't affect the transmission, and cruise control will hold a mileage above 20mph. Depressing the trip odometer reset button several times while the car is in motion will correct the issue and it remains functional until the next time you start the car up, where it immediately pegs itself back to 20mph, even in park. It was suggested that the speed sensor is operating properly because Cruise is holding a speed above 20 mph. While the speedometer is stuck at 20, the odometer and trip odometer do not function. After it begins working again, the odometer picks up to where it was prior to the stuck needle (in other words, if it's stuck and I drive 10 miles, when it starts working again, it doesn't add the 10 miles on, it starts at 0.1) I've been in a lot of conversations with the helpful people on the Honda forum, but I'm wondering if you've heard of anything familiar on this side of the forum. 2. The compressor belt will intermittently squeak when the A/C compressor turns on. The squeak's severity depends on the actual RPM of the engine (between 1.5-2.5k RPM upshift, a squeak will be heard for 0.5-1.5 seconds depending on how fast I get out of the 2.5k RPM range) but only occurs with the A/C on and was told this is not a transmission issue. I recently had the belts changed - about two years ago - and it was suggested that this is a tensioner that is probably bad since those weren't replaced. I was also told that I can go ahead and let this fail because it'll only affect my A/C and not anything else, and after it does fail, to get it fixed. Thanks! Moderators: Please do not move this to the Honda Civic forum as the thread already exists. If you feel this thread is inappropriate for the forum, please delete my post. |
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Replying to: pilot1226 (Jul 22, 2008 7:03 am) 2. Try replacing the tensioner on the belt. They are not very expensive.
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Replying to: samiam_68 (Jul 22, 2008 3:41 pm)
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Replying to: pilot1226 (Jul 23, 2008 6:48 am) |
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Replying to: pilot1226 (Jul 22, 2008 7:03 am) The mechanic just heated up the needle a little (after removing it),not too much or you could melt it. Then he reshaped it to straight. Put it back on and I never had another problem.
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Replying to: sgloon (Jul 23, 2008 9:37 pm) Pics here fwiw.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 24, 2008 6:54 am)
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Replying to: pilot1226 (Jul 24, 2008 7:00 am) Upon first startup, it looked good, no jumping, just 0 mph. I'll try again when I go to work in a few hours and we'll see if it holds. Thanks for your recommendation, hopefully this is it.
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