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2008 Honda Civic Problems and Repairs

329 messages,  Last post on Nov 12, 2012 at 6:18 PM

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#320 of 329 Re: Outside temp readout for LX-S [jodar96] by bluetoothless

Jan 29, 2011 (6:22 am)

Replying to: jodar96 (Jan 29, 2011 5:50 am)
Don't know about that individual part, but schematics/diagrams are provided for various subcategories at this website. Prices are very reasonable versus retail and John/JP is very eager to help.
http://www.manchestermotorsports.com/

#321 of 329 Leak by sandman_6472

Jan 29, 2011 (11:12 am)

Having a clearish sugary sticky liquid coming out by the front drivers side tire area...any idea what this is? Mine is an '06 model, but basically the same car.Looks to be one of the fluids...just not sure which one. Car is over 4 years old but doesn't have much mileage, under 31k, due to not driving much.
 
Any help with this matter would be helpful. Plan to take it into my mechanic on Monday morning.
 
The Sandman

#322 of 329 MILEAGE DROPPED LIKE A STONE by pamski

Jan 03, 2012 (2:38 pm)

I bought a used 2008 Civic. The dealer put on crappy tires so at 38,000 miles I replaced all tires with new Michelin. They were the recommended size and are properly installed and inflated. The same day they were installed my mileage dropped from 40 mpg Hwy to 31 mpg Hwy. The city mileage is even worse. Any ideas would be appreciated as to why this happened. I did take it back to the tire shop that installed the new tires, and they assured me that everything was in order. HELP??!!

#323 of 329 Re: 2008 Civic SI clutch burn out by klomen

Jul 09, 2012 (10:24 pm)

Replying to: glogo (Oct 04, 2008 10:51 am)
I just heard the same crap from the Honda dealer in Anchorage Alaska. I have been driving my 2008 Honda Civic SI for 2 years. Suddenly I get an electical type smell and bring the car immediatly to the dealer. They racked it and said I must have ridden the clutch too long but said everything looked normal and fine. Less then a week later the clutch started slipping and the clutch was "completely burned up". I had the car towed into the dealership and now I'm being told it is not covered by my extended warrenty because 'I was at fault' " I have been driving manual vehicals for over 40 years and never once have I burned out a clutch. I drove one little manual Ford Exp well over 150,000 miles and never once had a clutch issue. So what have recourse has anyone had? I'm am being told it's not going to be covered by my warrenty because it's "my fault". Of course that is typical but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

#324 of 329 Engine mount vibration by aztony

Oct 02, 2012 (10:39 pm)

I was wondering if anyone else has this problem? I was getting a very noisy vibration on my 2008 Civic EX. I had a local repair shop look at it and they diagnosed it as being caused by the motor mounts settling and picking up the vibration from the engine. The shop lifted the engine a bit, I assume to resettle the mounts in a different orientation. The vibration isn't as loud as it was but it is still there. I find it particularly disturbing to have an engine mount problem on a 4 year old Civic with only 84,000 miles on it, 95% of those miles are highway miles. I seem to remember reading about a recall on 2006 & 2007 Civics for motor mounts but not '08'.

#325 of 329 Re: 2008 Honda Civic [larryl2] by csween

Oct 02, 2012 (11:25 pm)

Replying to: larryl2 (Nov 20, 2010 9:34 am)
That was one of my problems. I think there was something intrinsically wrong with the brake system. Sometimes when I hit the brakes while going over a bump, it felt like they were slipping and not stopping. Very scary. I just traded it in for a Hyundai Elantra. Here are some of the problems I had besides the brakes. I actually needed a new engine after it overheated, it was still under warranty, I had to replace two axles and it was making noise again, I had to put in a new starter , battery after a year and a half, the last thing, the air conditioner died while it was 90* outside. I was lucky to get what I owed for the trade in. I feel really bad that someone else will buy that car. I just couldn't afford to keep it any longer. My payments are lower and I have a new car.

#326 of 329 Re: 2008 Honda Civic [civicowner3] by csween

Oct 02, 2012 (11:39 pm)

Replying to: civicowner3 (Apr 30, 2010 3:56 pm)
Sorry I didn't see this message 2 years ago. Honda said I must be driving in bumper to bumper traffic which I do not. I work at 5am just to avoid that. Of course they saw nothing wrong and just ignored me. I was upside down at the time. I just got $6000 for the trade in(even exchange). I feel lucky yet bad because the car will be cleaned up for another poor sucker to deal with.

#327 of 329 Re: MILEAGE DROPPED LIKE A STONE [pamski] by mtdzwill

Oct 06, 2012 (10:15 am)

Replying to: pamski (Jan 03, 2012 2:38 pm)
My daughter has an 2007 Civic EX and we put a set of Michelin Pilot Sports on it. They were the original size. She also has had her mileage drop like a rock. She was getting 40mpgs and now around town she is getting about 19mpgs. She lives in Boston and I am in NJ. So I asked her to check the tail pipe. She ran her finger inside the pipe and said it was real black. I thought it might be running real rich. But she just took it to the Honda dealer this morning and they said everthing was fine. My brother has the same tires on his Passat and he has no loss of mpgs with them. I am puzzled too. I fwe come up with something I will get back to you.

#328 of 329 Re: MILEAGE DROPPED LIKE A STONE [mtdzwill] by evped2

Oct 28, 2012 (6:21 pm)

Replying to: mtdzwill (Oct 06, 2012 10:15 am)
The original Bridgestone's on my 08 returned a little under 40 mpg. The replacement Yokohama Envigor and now Kumho Ecsta 4x barely get 35mpg. The oem tires were crap, but the mileage could not be beat.

#329 of 329 Re: Engine mount vibration [aztony] by amorelli

Nov 12, 2012 (6:18 pm)

Replying to: aztony (Oct 02, 2012 10:39 pm)
hey tony my name is artie have 08 civic coupe automatic and when car is cold and rpm is high and you put in in reverse the drive train shutters or vibrates badly it sounds like you have same problem since you said repair shop addressed issue by trying to adjust motor mounts you say it did not eliminate problem. since then have you had the problem corrected completly and what repair cured the vibrating in reverse. hope you can help me out.

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