UPDATE : brand new civic 1.8S A/T... advice needed

**samnikki2** · November 18th, 2009 08:46 AM

hi everyone! this is samnikki... thanks sa lahat ng nag post i really appreciate every word... here's an update to my problem and perhaps more detailed...

8 days ago i bought brand new civic 1.8S A/T, they release the unit around 5pm, then went home

Day 1, AM : we noticed that there's a shaking effect in the car, some call it palyado so we immediately go to our dealer and have them check the unit, they said observe it further dahil nung time n dinala nmin sa casa un car hindi siya nagshashake, normal... so hindi nila nkita yung problem

DAY 2 , AM: its ok i thought so late PM ayun nnman

DAY 3: ...ayun nanaman, nagshashake, feeling n yung car ay parang cellphone na nagvivibrate... so dinala ulit namin sa casa, yung nagreceive nung car and 2 other mechanic experienced our problem, so immediately they replace coil daw at spark plug, mind you nireplace nla without single word from us, na sir.. we have to do this, do that.. basta ginawa nla..
then they said.. ok na sir... so umalis na kami...

DAY 4-5: AM... the problems back again... upset already.. went back to casa, talk to branch manager, he asked his men to do thorough check up on the car... iniwan ang car sa casa ...

DAY 6:AM to pick the car. branch manager: ang sabi daw ng computer walang problema ang unit... sabi ko bkit ako babalik dito kung wala, test drive nla... wala daw problem... so what they do... nireset daw ang ecu... tapos they gave me a guarantee n nd n babalik yung problem... i was already asking n ireplace nla.. since wala p nga 300km tinatakbo ng car. pero ang sabi dealer lang daw sila ang dapat daw magpasya yung planta... heck... ano proteksyon ng consumer...

DAY 7: with high hopes na hindi n babalik... but it did!
so habang naexperience namin yung problem tumawag n ko sa manager para papuntahan ang unit kahit nasa gitna kmi ng daan, tinabi lang nmin kasi we fear na kapag dinala ulit nmin sa casa mwala ulit... lucky i have my video with me... video ko..pumunta ang mga mechanic nya at nkita nila, video din nila... so they did a lot of test nanaman daw khit yung gasoline check, ok. tpos tiningnan nla sa computer wala daw problem.. pero ayun ang unit kitang kita nila na may prob.. pati sila puzzled.. at yung car ko.. parang nasa operating room at nkapaligid lahat ng technician.. trying to dissect everything.. palit dito palit dun, trial and error... HORROR brand new 7 days old, ganun ang problem... hindi nla madetect... sabi ko they have to replace the unit... bkit ganyan... malaki abala for me... esp araw2 na lang ako nandun...isa pa ang binili ko bnew.. i shouldnt experience that!

TODAY DAY 8: may pupunta daw na taga honda phils to check...
gusto ko palitan na nila...

please help me... what must I do...
sabi nla kapag lumapit daw ako sa DTI, magtatagal lang daw...

**p_borj** · November 18th, 2009 09:01 AM

sir, teka, kailan mo ba nae-experience ang "vibration"? kapag naka-engage ba ang gear mo "D" or kahit naka-neutral ka lang? I assume kahit naka-idle ka lang eh nagvi-vibrate ng todo, kumbaga parang diesel ba ang Civic mo? Well that should not be the case dahil hindi ma-vibrate ang Civic unlike my kei car so obviously may problem naman talaga ang Civic mo, one they call as "Lemon".

I think hindi mapapalitan kaagad yang unit niyo ng bago. Why? Bakit? Eh consumer ako?

First things first, sorry pero kahit 300km palang ang naitatakbo, that machine has depreciated its original value. 2nd, like you said, may mga pinalitan na pala (ignition coil etc).

Para mapalitan talaga ang unit, like other tsikoteers did, nag-file pa ng complaint (what I mean here is with the power of the attorney pa), and then tsaka lang nakakuha ulit ng replacement unit. So alam mo na ang dapat gawin, kasi kung hindi repair doon at repair dito lang ang mangyayari sa iyo. Mas matagal pa sa casa naka-stay ang Civic mo kesa sa garage mo.

Ang dami nang lemon Honda na nababanggit dito ah hehe. Baka magaya ka sa isang tsikoteer dito, Had One Never Did Again.

**samnikki2** · November 18th, 2009 09:12 AM

thanks sir p_borj...
opo, kahit naka neutral lang nagvibrate yung car... kung sa manual yung feeling na namamatayan ng makina.. gnun...

paano ko po kaya sila mapupuwersa na ireplace yung unit... do you think possible na ireplace nila ang unit? kasi ang sabi ng iba tatagal at tatagal din lang daw ang case kung magfile pa ko sa DTI... may kakilala po ba kau na pinalitan ang lemon car nila ng Honda? ano po ginawa nila...

thanks po...