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Replying to: kero1 (Jul 19, 2006 4:42 pm) |
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Replying to: flseadan (Mar 09, 2007 6:18 pm) |
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Replying to: pcurrie (Mar 09, 2007 5:53 pm) Obviously I am not impressed 
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Replying to: pcurrie (Mar 12, 2007 4:12 pm) They can refill the freon a million times and your a/c will not work. There is a leak in the system which has to be found. Freon doesn't just stop working, it's obv escaping out of somewhere. |
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Replying to: pcurrie (Mar 12, 2007 4:12 pm)  My wife took the car in today. In November when the rear tire issue first arose, the service manager suggested that the out of round was because the Civics are so light in the back end that the tires are "bouncing" when hit bumps...I said are you suggesting they are coming off the ground, he said no but they are unloading...I thought this was bull and suggested that perhaps I make the wife ride in the back (no points there). The car was extremely skiddish at the rear on packed snow(first winter we owned it) so we added two sandbags in the trunk over top of the rear axle, since my wife does lots of highway driving by herself. Well aware that this is a front wheel drive car. Today the service manager said that there was no way that Honda was changing the rear tires again because here was according to him 150lbs of sand in the trunk and the sand bags were the problem!!! They also addressed the lack of freon by adding a dye to the refrigerant so that the "next time" I bring the car back for an oil change (at 90% right now) they will be able to find the leak...which seems lame since I might run out of freon BEFORE the oil change date....By the way the dealer is 120 miles away. I will be talking to the service manager myself tomorrow..and then the area service representative...not a good Honda experience 
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That sucks.....they should be able to find the leak as they put dye in........I am getting the Si sware bars put in for handling myself. Read on another forum it helps greatly with the crappy handling of the civic at highway speeds. Not sure if that would help you though. |
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| I've owned the 2007 Civic for four months now- and let me attest that Bridgestone Tires on these cars are horrible! At 65 MPH, the car veers from one side of the lane to the other. When I took the car in to Honda to be checked, they told me it was due to the "low profile" - ie: cheap- tires on this car. I called Honda customer service and was told by their regional customer rep that it was basically my problem. I've owned six Hondas- never again! Toyota for me next time! | |
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Have the Goodyeas RS-A's and they're just o k. Had Bridgestone Turanzas on my last ride and those were great tires. Plan to get something close to them again once I swap out the four. But just because your tires aren't the best, don't discount all Honda's in the future. Wish we were the lucky one's who had Michelins as the oem tires. Maybe next time. The Sandman 
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My 2006 CIvic recently started making a howling noise, sounds like a bearing going bad at freeway speeds. I asked my Wife to take it to the dealer and have it checked out. They told my Wife that the tires are out of round causing a vibration. The service advisor asked my wife if she had applied the brakes hard recently, she told him yes, to avoid an accident. He told her that is what caused it. The noise in the car is so loud, it is hard to talk. I have never heard of this before, and in my 40 years of driving have applied brakes hard many times. Has anyone heard of this before or should I take this up with Honda. Thanks Peter Barone Chandler, AZ |
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Replying to: baronep1 (Jun 13, 2007 4:01 pm)
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