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125 messages, Last post on Oct 22, 2009 at 6:32 PM
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Hello all, Im just another customer who got ripped off by Honda...bought a 08 EX with 10 miles only. Started hearing the pings at abt a 100mi or so. Dint know what it was just like everyone else so I took to my local dealer. 1st mech heard it loud and clear...agreed with me but when we got back to the shop he denied it...I thought this guy was joking. Anywayz, the srv mgr and a 2nd mech confirmed the noise. Gave me the good ole line abt how normal it is. The ping continued for a while almost everyday. But now its like maybe once a 1wk..but its still there. Im using reg gas and nothing else done to the van. The only thing different I've done is stop filling gas at BJs wholesale club...it maybe just really poor quality cheap gas at BJs. I do agree with yall on this engine problem and sympathize with many of you who have gone thru a lot of hardships with this van. But, Im not the type of person who is gonna sit quitely on this issue and none of u should either because this is ur hard earned $$ on the line which Honda has decided to play with. Here's my 2 cents on hitting Honda where it hurts. The reason Honda doesn't care abt us right now is because we are a small minority on this forum and some more like this. The majority are new customers who have no clue unless they are looking at our forum before they decide to purchase or not...therefore Honda is enjoying there great sales per quarter. The point is that we need to get our voice out there by using the power of www...now I dont know abt u guyz but I can right now send a mass email out to a 100 active email boxes with this Honda issue. IF enough of you participate Im predicting in 90 days apprx over a 100K ++ ppl will be aware of this issue across U.S and Canada...and trust me Honda will find out. Here's another thing, Im gonna cc Honda America and Canada on this email to show them what we can do if they dont fix this issue very soon....to be cont on item #4. 1.) we are already filling complaints with our local dealer and Im sure they are communicating with Honda..but maybe Honda doesn't care. 2.) File a complaint on the website http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov ...like someone suggested earlier but I dont know how affective this is gonna be. 3.) Practice the lemon law and file a class action...requires time and $$...u may get some of ur $$ back if u win..maybe. 4.) I will take the time to create a firey letter to Honda abt this particular problem and others which are being disscussed in other Honda forums. I'll run the letter by my attorney for some legal terms. When the letter is ready I will then share it on this forum and if u are ok with it then share ur email with me...i will then email all my contact and u guyz. From that point on all Odyssey owners will print/sign and move it fwd...non Odyssey owners will just do us a favor and fwd the email to everyone they know. Its past 1am here on the East Coast right now..gotta get some sleep. Pls give me some feed back on this forum and or email me directly at eric61775  hotmail.com.....sorry abt all this long reading u had to do...thanks.
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Replying to: naam4ever (Sep 16, 2008 9:21 pm) yahoo.com). A FYI to all on this topic. This is a rumor at this point and has not been 100% confirmed but Honda's regional service manager stated that Honda is planning a new TSB release in a few months to address this issue. I have been fighting for a little over a year and they finally admitted it is a serious issue and they working on finalizing the TSB before letting it loose into the public. We will shortly see if this is true. I guess this means no more knock sensor replacements HAHAHAH.
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Replying to: hvacrman (Sep 17, 2008 5:06 am)
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Replying to: annoyedowner (Jun 27, 2008 3:10 am) You bought at Scott right? If so, let me know if you are still there. I had a meeting with Scott this week..... |
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Replying to: pcullen (Sep 17, 2008 10:36 am) |
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Having searched this thread, you'll see cases where replacing the knock sensor either did not help or cured the problem. Now in the case of it not helping the issue, I have to wonder whether the dealers have actually replaced the sensor in some cases, or have determined that there's no fault code sent by the sensor to the engine computer, therefore, they dont' feel justified in actually replacing it - they don't want to just start replacing stuff because of the cost - and are left with no other options. When I brought my Ody in to the dealer a couple of months ago, I asked the mechanic to check the knock sensor but he said there were no error codes so he didn't replace it. Check out what Jyro's saying on an ody club forum thread about this link title It sounds convincing to me. Though what puzzles me is that if the claim in the bulletin "The knock sensor may have been damaged during engine assembly" is true, then how has it happened in so many cases? What is it about their assembly line procedure that could account for the sensors getting damaged so often? In any case, Honda has put out a bulletin for this and it can't hurt to have the dealer perform the service. What stands to get hurt is the engine and the resalue value if I don't act.
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Replying to: pcullen (Sep 17, 2008 7:02 pm)
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Replying to: hvacrman (Sep 17, 2008 7:16 pm)
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| Hello all... just wanted to apologize for suggesting an idea of all bad ideas with that long email. Sending an email out to the whole world abt this issue will hurt Honda for sure but its also gonna hurt the current owners re-sale value...duh. Anywayz, i hope this new sensor replacement works! | |
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Replying to: fiend_bear (Sep 19, 2008 5:33 pm)
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