My Civic is Effed UP
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My Civic is Effed UP
okay everybody peep this!! for about 3 weeks now my cruise control light flickers off and on with out me even pushing the crusie control light!!! NOw when it flickers everytime it flickers on the SPEEDO drops to 0 and then when it flickers off it goes back up to the normal speed!!! NOw what it does lately is that the cruise control light will be on and the SPEEDO will show the correct speed but when the cruise control light is off it will drop back down to 0 and stay that way and this is all while i'm driving and the cruise control switch isn't even activated!!!!!! Maybe i should buy a new SPEEDO and just get it calibrated and wired up and place it on the dash like a TACH or something but does Anybody got any suggestions before i pay dis money to HONDA to find out what's going on? Has anybody expeirenced this kinda problem before or does anyone have problems similar to mine to wear they just have to live with it or something? that would make me feel better if people did lol 
Last edited by Mr.Modify; Aug 6, 2003 at 05:08 PM.
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Rep Power: 468 welll ummm no i just bought it like 4 months ago....it's just last time they charged me like 80 bucks for a dyno or whatever to check to see why my check engine light was on and turned out that one of the wires from my alarm was spliced into the gear shift something dun remember!!
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Take your car into the dealership where you bought it. Tell them your car doesn't work and you want it fixed for free! (Under Warranty!) If they give you the run around ask to speak to a manager. When you talk to the manager tear a strip of him! This should be taken care of for free and if they need to take your car from you for a certain amount of time they should provide you with a loaner car! (FOR FREE)
JMO
I have a few problems with my car. Everytime I take it into the dealership I have it fixed under warranty and for free...
Rob
Take your car into the dealership where you bought it. Tell them your car doesn't work and you want it fixed for free! (Under Warranty!) If they give you the run around ask to speak to a manager. When you talk to the manager tear a strip of him! This should be taken care of for free and if they need to take your car from you for a certain amount of time they should provide you with a loaner car! (FOR FREE)
JMO
I have a few problems with my car. Everytime I take it into the dealership I have it fixed under warranty and for free...
Rob
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Rep Power: 0 Yeah, I'm with rkot.. theres no way you should pay anything to have that fixed.
In the case of your engine light, they might've charged you if it was an aftermarket alarm that you're talking about, in which case, that money should really come from the alarm installers if it's worth it to you to persue that.
In the case of your engine light, they might've charged you if it was an aftermarket alarm that you're talking about, in which case, that money should really come from the alarm installers if it's worth it to you to persue that.
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Rep Power: 468 ummmmmm well i had tv's put into my car but he said he only used the wires specifically for the radio!!! he said he knows it wasn't anything he did!!!
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Rep Power: 468 why would Tv's in the car though cause a problem i dun see why they would have to splice into the cruise control or anything!!!
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Rep Power: 310 Depends on where he connected the wires for the tv's to. Alot of installers will look for connections around the fusebox area and under the instrument cluster. Maybe he connected the tv to the cruise control wiring.. dunno.
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Well even if they wanna check it, they might say like "We're gonna charge you $80 to check it, but if its covered under warranty then it's gonna be free. If not, your $80 are not refundable."
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Rep Power: 468 mannnn now guess what is happening to my **** , first the check engine light, then the cruis control stays on, now my speedometer doesn't work and NOW my fuel gauage bounces up and down!!!!!
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by rkotlowski
Take it to the dealership....
Make them fix it....
Don't take "NO" for an answer!
Take it to the dealership....
Make them fix it....
Don't take "NO" for an answer!
Mr.Modify should ask for his money back or get it fixed *PROPERLY* for FREE.
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This problem is purely the installers problem. If he goes to his dealership, it will not be covered under warranty because the issue was never there until it was modified by the installer.
Mr.Modify should ask for his money back or get it fixed *PROPERLY* for FREE.
This problem is purely the installers problem. If he goes to his dealership, it will not be covered under warranty because the issue was never there until it was modified by the installer.
Mr.Modify should ask for his money back or get it fixed *PROPERLY* for FREE.
I would still go to the dealership and talk to someone...
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Rep Power: 468 well i went to the dealership today and basically they didn't even wanna touch the thing cause they said they had wires running everywhere including the "BRAKE" light ....i'm like whoa!! So now i'm just gonna ****ing go to car toys have them rewire it all and jus be done with it !!! does that sound like a good idea to ya'll?
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by rkotlowski
I was under the impression that the dealership had to prove that the aftermarket parts caused the problems other wise it had to be covered under warranty.
I would still go to the dealership and talk to someone...
I was under the impression that the dealership had to prove that the aftermarket parts caused the problems other wise it had to be covered under warranty.
I would still go to the dealership and talk to someone...
Yes, take it back to the installer. I think that's your only choice right now. If your car wasn't going nuts before the TV install, then I'm pretty sure it's their fault... get them to re-wire everything for free.
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