*UPDATED AGAIN* SRT-4's Falling apart before 10,000 miles!! *UPDATED*
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*UPDATED AGAIN* SRT-4's Falling apart before 10,000 miles!! *UPDATED*
LOOK AT THE SRT4 PROBLEMS/DEALERS SERVICE
http://srtforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=25
OMG THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE HEAVING, "Shifter noobs coming off" Come on they are heaving problems at 3,000 miles that honda whould never have, just look at the linky above!
http://www.srtforums.com/forums/show...threadid=14078
Didn't I say that these cars are just shitty neons!!
Thier trying to get back at us, look at that!!
http://srtforums.com/forums/showthre...threadid=26636
one of them even said
Isnt the SRT-4 built on a Lancer platform? So wouldnt it be closer to a Lancer than a Neon?
http://srtforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=25
OMG THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE HEAVING, "Shifter noobs coming off" Come on they are heaving problems at 3,000 miles that honda whould never have, just look at the linky above!
http://www.srtforums.com/forums/show...threadid=14078
Didn't I say that these cars are just shitty neons!!
Thier trying to get back at us, look at that!!
http://srtforums.com/forums/showthre...threadid=26636
one of them even said
Isnt the SRT-4 built on a Lancer platform? So wouldnt it be closer to a Lancer than a Neon?
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I dunno, if you manufacture the car and sell it at $20,000, the target buyer is 16-24. As we all know kids drive the sh it out of cars. Maybe the same thing would happen if Honda came out with a $20,000 turbo'd civic.
If anything the SRT-4 is dodges first attempt at a turbo neon, of course it will fall apart after 10,000 miles.
If anything the SRT-4 is dodges first attempt at a turbo neon, of course it will fall apart after 10,000 miles.
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wtf do you expect when you turbo a car? of course the clutch is going to get a lot more wear and tear.
People with turboes on our cars have had to get new clutches also.
SHUTUP and stop being bitter because their car is faster than yours.
People with turboes on our cars have had to get new clutches also.
SHUTUP and stop being bitter because their car is faster than yours.
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wtf do you expect when you turbo a car? of course the clutch is going to get a lot more wear and tear.
People with turboes on our cars have had to get new clutches also.
SHUTUP and stop being bitter because their car is faster than yours.
wtf do you expect when you turbo a car? of course the clutch is going to get a lot more wear and tear.
People with turboes on our cars have had to get new clutches also.
SHUTUP and stop being bitter because their car is faster than yours.
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Rep Power: 343 Originally posted by CPEasy02
Stupid honda if dodge is doing it why the hell won't honda put a turbo on an american produced vehicle...
Stupid honda if dodge is doing it why the hell won't honda put a turbo on an american produced vehicle...
Hell durring the Turbo days of F1 honda was the last to do it. They held off doin it as long as possible, till they were getting completly outrun.
I can almost garantee you will never see a turbocharged honda roll off the assembly line.
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Rep Power: 374 From what I read all it seems to be is a clutch problem with the 03s. I mean damn people, it was the first year model on the SRT-4. Of course they are going to have a few problems. Anyone remember the problem with the struts on the 01 civics? The SRT-4 is a great car. IT is the best bang for the buck. Where else can you get a new car that is turboed and make 230hp for around 20,000? Oh and the SRT-4 is not a Neon. Face it, the SRT-4 is better than our cars. Yeah it might not last as long as a civic would, but you can't go wrong for the price.
Oh and have any of your guys looked around on the SRTforums? If your have than you will see that the SRT-4 is a beast. It responds great to mods and it can hold tons of boost. The stock turbo it comes with is almost at its limits. A few upgrades and the car hangs with EVOs and STI with no problems. Some of you guys need to realize that there is some better cars out there that are not Hondas.
Oh and have any of your guys looked around on the SRTforums? If your have than you will see that the SRT-4 is a beast. It responds great to mods and it can hold tons of boost. The stock turbo it comes with is almost at its limits. A few upgrades and the car hangs with EVOs and STI with no problems. Some of you guys need to realize that there is some better cars out there that are not Hondas.
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Rep Power: 0 Just an FYI, the PT Cruiser Turbo and the Neon SRT-4 are basically the same turbo engine, Dodge underrated the HP numbers for the Neon because of the PT Cruiser. So, to bash SRT-4s you have to bash PT Cruiser Turbos too...which isnt too hard.
damn you guys should stop hating on the dodges and look at the fourm that we have thats dedicated to " Problems and Issues" our 7th gens arnt even turbo and people are having problems with their clutches. I dont own my 7th gen anymore, but when i had my 2001 civic coupe, i started having problems with the clutch when i had 300 miles on the car. Then at 700 miles they replaced the clutch, then at 4000 miles they replaced the tranny! Hondas not any better, and for the money i paid for the civic, i should have bought a dodge because atleast then i still would have had a car. I saw and heard a SRT-4 yesterday and that thing rocks any 7th gen, sounds sweet to stock... look at honda before you start hating on dodge...
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Rep Power: 0 LOL, it's funny but true. A lot of you need to wake up and realize the SRT-4 is a much better car and platform to work on than any Civic. Just reading up on how the clutch fails before 10K miles does not automatically mean that the car is crap. Well, everything I was gonna say was already said, so....
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wtf do you expect when you turbo a car? of course the clutch is going to get a lot more wear and tear.
People with turboes on our cars have had to get new clutches also.
SHUTUP and stop being bitter because their car is faster than yours.
wtf do you expect when you turbo a car? of course the clutch is going to get a lot more wear and tear.
People with turboes on our cars have had to get new clutches also.
SHUTUP and stop being bitter because their car is faster than yours.
p.s. my car rules.
Meh, there is bound to be bugs in every new line up, whether it is a refresh, or addition.
Dodge has been turboing cars for years, they know what they are doing.
Honda has been turboing cars for years as well, but they feel that a turbo can be unreliable and decided not to implement it in their cars.
To tell the truth, the Civic is not as solidly built as you are lead to believe, the shitty suspension, driver seat bushing wearing out, gears poping out of 4th, hard shifting into second, engine idling out. Fortuately I did not have these problems except for the front suspension which was fixed for free.
The build quality of the Civic has gone downhill for the past few years.
Off topic but noteworthy, even the new Tsx is having transmission troubles right now in some cars.
Quality has become more of a myth than the truth.
Dodge has been turboing cars for years, they know what they are doing.
Honda has been turboing cars for years as well, but they feel that a turbo can be unreliable and decided not to implement it in their cars.
To tell the truth, the Civic is not as solidly built as you are lead to believe, the shitty suspension, driver seat bushing wearing out, gears poping out of 4th, hard shifting into second, engine idling out. Fortuately I did not have these problems except for the front suspension which was fixed for free.
The build quality of the Civic has gone downhill for the past few years.
Off topic but noteworthy, even the new Tsx is having transmission troubles right now in some cars.
Quality has become more of a myth than the truth.
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Rep Power: 311 The neon has been a piece if garbage since it's inception. It's no surprise that the SRT-4 also is. Putting a turbo on a pos doesn't change the fact that it is a pos.
I had 2 friends with Neons that were junk before 20k miles. One leaked oil like crazy and the other I think had bad clutch problems.
People who buy SRT-4's are the same people who buy DVD players from Walmart for $39 and wonder why they don't work in a month. You aren't going to get a great sports car for 18K!!!!
The SRT-4 is not a BETTER car than the civic, it's a FASTER car. That's it. The Honda Civic has a 5 star reliablity rating and it's the number #1 most reliable economy car as rated by Edmunds. The neon got a 2 out of 5 reliability rating from JD power(if I remember right). I may lament not being able to smoke people, but I'm very happy that even if I did race someone my car will at least make it to the finish line.
I had 2 friends with Neons that were junk before 20k miles. One leaked oil like crazy and the other I think had bad clutch problems.
People who buy SRT-4's are the same people who buy DVD players from Walmart for $39 and wonder why they don't work in a month. You aren't going to get a great sports car for 18K!!!!
The SRT-4 is not a BETTER car than the civic, it's a FASTER car. That's it. The Honda Civic has a 5 star reliablity rating and it's the number #1 most reliable economy car as rated by Edmunds. The neon got a 2 out of 5 reliability rating from JD power(if I remember right). I may lament not being able to smoke people, but I'm very happy that even if I did race someone my car will at least make it to the finish line.
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The neon has been a piece if garbage since it's inception. It's no surprise that the SRT-4 also is. Putting a turbo on a pos doesn't change the fact that it is a pos.
I had 2 friends with Neons that were junk before 20k miles. One leaked oil like crazy and the other I think had bad clutch problems.
People who buy SRT-4's are the same people who buy DVD players from Walmart for $39 and wonder why they don't work in a month. You aren't going to get a great sports car for 18K!!!!
The SRT-4 is not a BETTER car than the civic, it's a FASTER car. That's it. The Honda Civic has a 5 star reliablity rating and it's the number #1 most reliable economy car as rated by Edmunds. The neon got a 2 out of 5 reliability rating from JD power(if I remember right). I may lament not being able to smoke people, but I'm very happy that even if I did race someone my car will at least make it to the finish line.
The neon has been a piece if garbage since it's inception. It's no surprise that the SRT-4 also is. Putting a turbo on a pos doesn't change the fact that it is a pos.
I had 2 friends with Neons that were junk before 20k miles. One leaked oil like crazy and the other I think had bad clutch problems.
People who buy SRT-4's are the same people who buy DVD players from Walmart for $39 and wonder why they don't work in a month. You aren't going to get a great sports car for 18K!!!!
The SRT-4 is not a BETTER car than the civic, it's a FASTER car. That's it. The Honda Civic has a 5 star reliablity rating and it's the number #1 most reliable economy car as rated by Edmunds. The neon got a 2 out of 5 reliability rating from JD power(if I remember right). I may lament not being able to smoke people, but I'm very happy that even if I did race someone my car will at least make it to the finish line.
The Civic is a reliable car the engine for example, D17 series engine requries very little maintenance, as side from oil changes, which Honda has bumped from 5000 km to 8000 km.
That is probally one of the reasons why the Civic is so underpowered for its class.
But it is the items such as transmissions, suspensions and small stuff like rattles, and bushings wearing out on the drivers seat. That can cause people to think twice about the Civics reliabilty.
Mind you, the worse move Honda made was moving the Macpherson Struts. The struts may be more cost efffective for the consumer, it may increase more room. However, I would be willing to sacrifice room, and cost to gain more handling.
Hopefully, the next line of Civics will have less problems in such little time.
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Rep Power: 304 most of the problems posted on that forum are clutch related. the new EVOs have clutch problems too, but i dont hear anyone bad mouthing them. i agree the neon is NOT a better car than the civic, just faster.
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The Neon would not be classified as sports car, it is far from it. It is classified as a compact economy car.
Hopefully, the next line of Civics will have less problems in such little time.
The Neon would not be classified as sports car, it is far from it. It is classified as a compact economy car.
Hopefully, the next line of Civics will have less problems in such little time.
I know the Neon wouldn't be classified as a sports car, but that's what they're marketing the SRT-4 as. Unfortunately that's what people think they're getting...
The next line of civics are due in '06 or '07 right?
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If you knew about Hondas heratige, they never have had or probably ever will have a turbocharged car. They've always made it their thing to keep their cars N/A.
Hell durring the Turbo days of F1 honda was the last to do it. They held off doin it as long as possible, till they were getting completly outrun.
I can almost garantee you will never see a turbocharged honda roll off the assembly line.
If you knew about Hondas heratige, they never have had or probably ever will have a turbocharged car. They've always made it their thing to keep their cars N/A.
Hell durring the Turbo days of F1 honda was the last to do it. They held off doin it as long as possible, till they were getting completly outrun.
I can almost garantee you will never see a turbocharged honda roll off the assembly line.
Originally posted by Hawk
If you knew about Hondas heratige, they never have had or probably ever will have a turbocharged car. They've always made it their thing to keep their cars N/A.
Hell durring the Turbo days of F1 honda was the last to do it. They held off doin it as long as possible, till they were getting completly outrun.
I can almost garantee you will never see a turbocharged honda roll off the assembly line.
If you knew about Hondas heratige, they never have had or probably ever will have a turbocharged car. They've always made it their thing to keep their cars N/A.
Hell durring the Turbo days of F1 honda was the last to do it. They held off doin it as long as possible, till they were getting completly outrun.
I can almost garantee you will never see a turbocharged honda roll off the assembly line.
the key to a reliable car is simplicity and since the SRT is not that anymore, of oucrse its gonna develop problems. but either way the SRT looks tight and is fast, the poeple who bought that car obviously did not get it because they needed a reliable car to get them form point A to point B.
