CEL after 4 days of owning my 04'

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Nov 22, 2003

04civicex

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CEL after 4 days of owning my 04'

I’ve had my 04' ex for a total of 6 days and 2 days ago I went to start it and the CEL came on. Im like WTF?!?! The car is 4 days old. Anyway called a Honda tech and he said it was most likely a misfire and it threw a code. I have an appointment on MON to see what code it threw. Just think that it’s stupid for a car to throw a code on the 4th day of owning it.

Nov 22, 2003

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New cars have bugs... its just part of the fun. Go in monday and see what it is. Its most likely something dumb like a sensor malfunction or something was defective and the computer doesn't like it. I doubt its something aweful. If they think misfire, then maybe one of the coils wasn't manufactured right... but I don't think it'll be something worth worrying too much over.

Nov 23, 2003

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It's expensive fun, though. Any new car should be problem free for 4 years.

Nov 23, 2003

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Yeah, its pretty stupid that a civic, which I purchased for reliability is already throwing a code. My parents have a 4th gen Maxima with 140,000 miles thats never been to the shop. Before that they had a 92 MX-6 that was the same way. I also own a 00' Celica GT-S and its first trip to the shop was at 35,000 for a recall.