Honda Fit Noise - wind, rattles

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• cmk (Jun 08, 2006 12:39 pm)
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Replying to: munchie1 (Jun 08, 2006 12:02 pm)

Replying to: munchie1 (Jun 08, 2006 12:02 pm)

Yeah, since you are sitting on your gas tank, you pretty much don't have a choice.

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Replying to: kagedude (Jun 08, 2006 1:59 pm)

That's surprising!
Next time you fill up for gasoline (the sound is much more pronounced on a full tank), go to a parking lot where you can safely make some quick stops and sharp turns, and you will definitely hear it.
 
Either that, or the dealership installed the "platinum soundproofing package" for you.

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Replying to: hungarian83 (Jun 08, 2006 9:51 pm)

... or it could be my ears going deaf. I did try to look out for this symptom and I'm usually good with noticing idiosyncrasies of cars but not this one.
 
Other things I noticed so far with 3800 miles:
-No rattles yet.
-Sometimes, downshifting gears lets say from 4th to 3rd, the RPM jumps up so much that it feels like the transmission is slipping.
-The engine's racy sound is more noticeable now.
-I find the intermittent wipers to be useless. The speed never jives with the rain - either too slow or too fast. My old Hyundai Accent had variable intermittent wipers and it was perfect.
-The wipers are leaving scratch-like marks. A few times already that I had to wipe the windshield with windex to make sure its not an actual scratch. It also leaves lines when it wipes. Could it be since the driver side wiper is so long that it doesn't have even pressure on the windshield?
-I always avoid high ramps or those concrete parking slabs because of the low Sport bumper.
-Car feels a little sluggish right now. The car doesn't feel as peppy or sprints as well when it was new. Wait... its still new.

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Replying to: kagedude (Jun 09, 2006 6:08 am)

"Could it be since the driver side wiper is so long that it doesn't have even pressure on the windshield?"
 
To me the pressure seems fairly even since I haven't noticed any scratch-like marks or areas where it doesn't wipe. I have never had the luxury of variable intermittent wipers in my two previous cars, so I am not missing much there.
 
The "racy" sound is more noticeable now, but I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary with the shifting in the transmission. It might be that you are getting used to the way the car runs?

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Replying to: hungarian83 (Jun 09, 2006 9:11 am)

We've been getting a lot of rain here in NYC the last 2 weeks so for my commute, I've had my wipers on at least 2 hours a day for the last week to get this symptom. Aren't you in sunny California? How often do you use wipers? When I was in Las Vegas, the rental agency thought I was weird when I complained they didn't have washer fluid in the rental car.
 
After trying hard to hear the swishing sound I finally did. I had to go to a quiet area, turn off everything and did abrupt stops and zig zag turns to hear a really really muffled swishing sound. Haha. It sounds like a water bed.

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Replying to: kagedude (Jun 09, 2006 6:54 pm)

I haven't used the windshield wipers in a significant rainstorm yet, but when I commute to work in the morning on the interstate 5, it goes along the coast. It is usually cloudy and sometimes there are spots with very heavy fog that leave mist on the windshield, and the wipers do an excellent job of keeping it clear. Of course, they are brand new.

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