fuel gauge problem with honda shaw

**typhoon** · January 15th, 2007 01:51 PM

Guys, I need your advice.

Dinala ko kase sa Honda Shaw yung Civic ko para palitan yung mga bulbs sa instrument panel. And when I got the vehicle, hindi na gumagana yung fuel gauge. Actually this should have been the least of my problems. Sinabay ko lang kase yung pagpalit ng bulbs sa pag-overhaul ng carb ko. I brought it to them Wednesday last week. And kung hindi ko pa sinabi, I wouldn't have gotten it by Friday last week. As in pagkuha ko, hindi pa nila na-test kung ok na idling (kase nga ginalaw carb). Tapos ang dumi ng oto! Hindi man lang nilinis! Kung sinabi lang sakin nung Service Advisor na nde pa pala 100% ready yung kotse, hindi ko sana kinuha. Pina-adjust ko na lang kina Speedyfix kinabukasan. Tapos nakalagay na nga sa recommendation na replace fuel gauge assembly. Sabi ko bakit nasira. Sabi nung SA na carburator naman daw ginalaw baka fuel floater problema. Kung hindi ko pa narealize nung kinagabihan na ginalaw nila instrument panel, hindi ko pa maisip possibility na baka nasira nila yung fuel gauge.

So I brought it back last Saturday. And today tumawag yung SA. Kelangan daw palitan yung fuel gauge worth 4k!! To think na dinala ko sa kanila in working condition un!

Possible ba na nasira nila yung fuel gauge assembly by just replacing the bulbs and cleaning the instrument panel?

Mamaya kunin ko muna yung kotse dahil yung assembly e orderin pa nila and after 2 days pa darating. I just want to know if it's justified na mag-demand ako na palitan nila yun without charging me anything.

Please help...

**Horsepower** · January 15th, 2007 03:25 PM

Medyo mahirap sirain ang Fuel gauge. or baka na-disconnect lang. I know some Benz's na more than 20yrs na di pa nasisira ang Fuel Gauge.

**starbutt** · January 15th, 2007 11:45 PM

that's pretty bad ...

tsk, tsk, tsk ...

have you tried complaining with dti about it?

**typhoon** · January 16th, 2007 08:49 AM

I'll let this one pass.

Went there late afternoon yesterday. As a form of 'consolation' they decided to waive the labor fee. Syempre bilin ko pa din yung component. It will arrive after 2-3 days daw. So I decided to get the car and balik ko na lang when the part arrives.

I'm thinking I'm still lucky compared to the brand new civic owners na may paint problems. Mas nakakahinayang yun. But I think I've had it with Honda. This will be the last time I'll deal with them. Kahit gano man kaganda mga kotse nila and mga ilalabas nila in the future, I'll always consider the quality of their services, or the lack thereof. Nakakahinayang lang talaga...

**shadow** · January 16th, 2007 11:26 AM

is your car still under warranty? kung hinde na huwag ka na magpagawa sa casa, sa amin kasi ganun as soon as tapos ang prescribed warranty ng casa, di na kami nagpapagawa s kanila...mas marmaing magaling gumawa sa labas ang mas mura pa....

**kmo** · January 16th, 2007 12:10 PM

i think wala na sa warranty .... carb daw yung engine e

**impulzz** · January 16th, 2007 01:07 PM

baka nga di na connect na maayos yung mga wiring haness sa likod try letting speedyfix look at it muna, in my 23 yr old benz the fuel guage still works but not that acurate anymore, but gives you pretty much an estimate.

**typhoon** · January 16th, 2007 02:10 PM

Actually pina-inspect ko din kina Speedyfix yung floater kinabukasan nung sinabi nga sakin nung SA na either yung floater or ung gauge ung problem. And hindi nga yung floater ang problema. Tapos nabanggit ko kay Migs na may ginawa nga sa instrument panel so balik ko na lang sa casa since sila yung huling point of contact.

Yung reason ko lang naman bakit ko dinala sa Honda Shaw is because pina-overhaul ko yung carb. Pina-overhaul ko na sya a week before sa M2M pero walang available na repair kit and to resolve a leak problem, nag-fabricate sila ng gasket. Pero after a few days may leak ulit. Kaya ayun umorder na lang ako sa casa ng repair kit tapos sa kanila ko na din pinagawa since hindi naman naghahandle ng carb repairs sa Speedyfix. Yung pag-replace ng bulbs sa instrument panel secondary na lang talaga. Turned out dun pa pala ako magkakaproblema.

After this one, never na talaga ko babalik sa kanila.

**Autobeat** · January 16th, 2007 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by typhoon

Possible ba na nasira nila yung fuel gauge assembly by just replacing the bulbs and cleaning the instrument panel?

Definitely possible.

Replacing the gauge bulbs, usually, will not damage any of the gauges. But if they opened the gauge assembly to clean the instrument panel/gauges, if the technician was not careful, he/she could have easily snapped the fragile wire connections. It can easily snap off during dismantling, cleaning, or even during re-assembly of the gauges.