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345 messages, Last post on Sep 04, 2009 at 5:23 PM
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Thanks.....i will give it a try!  
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Someone asked about the durability of the seat fabric material a few posts ago. I have had experience with premature failure of the fabric on our 2006 EX sedan (bought new in Oct. 2005). I started to notice the disappearance of the pattern on the cloth on the seat cushion bolster (driver side) when the car had less than 10K miles, far less, probably starting at about 6K miles. This wear pattern grew until it was about 3 in.X 4 in. I had the car to the dealer for other reasons and asked the service advisor to take a look at the wear and he readily agreed that it was both bad and premature. A new seat cushion cover was ordered in the early winter of 2007 and by the time I got the time to schedule its installation in the spring of this year it had been used on ANOTHER Civic (which lead me to believe mine wasn't the only car with fabric problems) so it was reordered and installed a week later. It should be noted the seat covering was changed at about 13,500 miles and the new cover looks OK so far at 16,500 miles. So, yeah, unless we got a flawed seat cover (it looked perfectly normal) there may be a problem. It should also be noted the fabric didn't wear to the point of a hole but may eventually have, probably by now  16,500 miles currently on the car.
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| i will keep an eye on that . Thanks for sharing the information. Is the 09civic gonna have the same seat material? | |
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Replying to: targettuning (Aug 20, 2008 10:02 am) |
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Just wondering my Civic has reached 5500 miles and the oil life indicates it is at 40% of it's life. I thought I was suppose to get an oil change at 5000 miles. Should I not be concerned and let the oil change indicator to come on and then take it in for service. Just seems like it has been at 40% since it turned 4000 miles. By the way took a 500 mile interstate drive today and got 41.5 mpg, very impressed.
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Replying to: xxy (Aug 21, 2008 4:43 pm) |
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Replying to: xxy (Aug 21, 2008 4:43 pm) That's right, just follow the maintenance minder and it will keep you on schedule. I've been averaging about 7,500 miles before I hit 15% (the recommended percentage to get service.) |
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I got a new Honda Civic 08 EX coupe and the low tire pressure light came on. I looked at the tired and tested it and everything was normal. Anyone have a similar problem with the indicator?
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Replying to: robx615 (Sep 20, 2008 10:40 pm) |
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"Product Update: Water Pump Pulley Bolts May Lose Tension" 06 and 07, if you haven't gotten one of these in the mail you'd better call the dealer. It seems the water pump pulley bolts can come loose and cause the drive belt to break. I am really glad that Honda is taking care of this for me. However, this is the third or fourth item that has been recalled since my purchase of my Civic a year ago. It is a sad thing in this day and age (technologies, education of designers and manufacturers, computers etc.) to have brand new cars having problems like this. This is the oposite of the long enjoyed reputation of Japanese automobiles of years gone by not having repairs to speak of for many years of ownership......even when the vehicle was abused and not maintained. Japanese quality WAS Japanese manufactured and assembled.....100%. Honda and Toyota have sadly watered down their product quality by getting American ANYTHING involved in the production and/or design of their vehicles. |
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