NardoGrey
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I’ve been wanting to share my story on an engine failure that I’ve had with my brand new 2024 Civic Type R for quite a while now. For context, I am based in the state of Virginia.
I bought the car on 2/17/24 brand new from the dealership. Three days later, I was midway through my commute to work when my check engine light turned on and other errors popped up on my dash. A few seconds later, I started hearing a faint rattle coming from the front of the car. The rattle became more prominent and louder as a few seconds passed. I noticed white smoke coming out from the exhaust through my rear view mirror and I immediately pulled over as fast as I could as I was on the freeway and turned off the engine. I immediately thought that I had just blown the engine and I had the car towed to the nearest Honda dealership to diagnose the problem.
The next day, my advisor from the dealership informed me that a “catastrophic engine failure” had occurred with the engine and they had to get a master tech to diagnose the car. After a few days they had diagnosed the problem as a valve keeper that had somehow gotten loose in the engine which had thrown off the timing and ended up blowing up the engine. The car is in the process of getting the entire engine replaced and has been there since I had it towed on 2/20/24. I was told a few days ago that the parts had finally arrived for the replacement and that it would be up and running by the end of next week. I will have more information on the damage and hopefully some pictures when they have a full write up of the repair.
This had been such a massive fluke as I had only had the car for three days and the odometer only had about 185 miles on it as of the engine failure. The car is completely stock and most of the mileage had been from driving on the highway. Of course I babied the car and followed the break-in procedures as well; kept it under 4000 RPMs and never floored it. I’m wondering if I’m the only person that has blown an engine in a FL5 CTR up to this point.
I’m wondering if I have a lemon law case in my hands as my car has been in repair for more than a month (which is a criteria in the VA lemon law). I had contacted the dealership where I bought the car to request a replacement of the vehicle and of course they were of no help. A little bit before I hit the 30 day mark of the car being unusable in the dealership, I contacted Honda America for the same request and had made little progress with them. At this point, I am contemplating on going forward with an attorney so I can get a replacement for the car.
I would love to hear if any of y’all had ever experienced engine problems with the FL5 and if you guys have any advice for my situation.
I bought the car on 2/17/24 brand new from the dealership. Three days later, I was midway through my commute to work when my check engine light turned on and other errors popped up on my dash. A few seconds later, I started hearing a faint rattle coming from the front of the car. The rattle became more prominent and louder as a few seconds passed. I noticed white smoke coming out from the exhaust through my rear view mirror and I immediately pulled over as fast as I could as I was on the freeway and turned off the engine. I immediately thought that I had just blown the engine and I had the car towed to the nearest Honda dealership to diagnose the problem.
The next day, my advisor from the dealership informed me that a “catastrophic engine failure” had occurred with the engine and they had to get a master tech to diagnose the car. After a few days they had diagnosed the problem as a valve keeper that had somehow gotten loose in the engine which had thrown off the timing and ended up blowing up the engine. The car is in the process of getting the entire engine replaced and has been there since I had it towed on 2/20/24. I was told a few days ago that the parts had finally arrived for the replacement and that it would be up and running by the end of next week. I will have more information on the damage and hopefully some pictures when they have a full write up of the repair.
This had been such a massive fluke as I had only had the car for three days and the odometer only had about 185 miles on it as of the engine failure. The car is completely stock and most of the mileage had been from driving on the highway. Of course I babied the car and followed the break-in procedures as well; kept it under 4000 RPMs and never floored it. I’m wondering if I’m the only person that has blown an engine in a FL5 CTR up to this point.
I’m wondering if I have a lemon law case in my hands as my car has been in repair for more than a month (which is a criteria in the VA lemon law). I had contacted the dealership where I bought the car to request a replacement of the vehicle and of course they were of no help. A little bit before I hit the 30 day mark of the car being unusable in the dealership, I contacted Honda America for the same request and had made little progress with them. At this point, I am contemplating on going forward with an attorney so I can get a replacement for the car.
I would love to hear if any of y’all had ever experienced engine problems with the FL5 and if you guys have any advice for my situation.
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