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It may seem petty, but this is very annoying.

I want the vents to stay flush with the rest of the dash, but they keep tilting (up/down) and they just wont stay!
Ive got 01 EX coupe, in case that might matter.
Has this happened to anyone else?
or possibly anybody have some tips on how to make them stay?

 
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me too........everytime I hit a bump or eventually the vents start tilting

annoying as hell

 
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I don't notice anything...think mine are fine.

 
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im working on it.. just have patience

 
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I thought I had a ghost in my ride or I was just trippin but yah I have had this happen.

 
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same here i have an 01 and all the vents are moving down everytime i hit a bump. also when i trun on the ac the vents dont stay in the center or where i want it to be. it always freakin tilt somewhere else .

 
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probably need some new, or sturdier, rubber o rings in where the vents tilt up and down, see if there is a way to get in there and put some new rings in.

 
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i've got same problem, i can't angle it on me sometimes... or when i do, and then turn it on, it'll move... damn cheap civic... haha, yeah and that o ring thing sounds good, but i'm way too lazy, just put the windows down... haha

 
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The o-ring idea works very well, I installed some meaty o-rings on my vents on my old 02 EX and they never fell back down. When I bought my 03 Si it seems that Honda had figured this out because the Si vents are very tight, just like my 02 EX was after the o-ring mod.

 
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lol, Im fine wit my 02 EX

 
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i have an 02 and mine stay just fine

 
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Sounds like another of the '01 problems to me. NCStyle is the only non-01 to say he has the prob.

 
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Ive got a 02' Si Coupe and mine are very loose but stay 80% of the time. I would like to fix it so they are stiff as they should be.

 
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Yeah...my 01 EX does the same thing. The vents are very loose. On my gf's car, which is a 03 civic EX, her vents are alot more solid. I've been thinking of ghetto rigging it, by putting a few layers of black tape under the vent, to give it a little friction, so it won't move as much.

 
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this sh** happens on both my dad's 02 LX and my 02 EX... it gets annoying at times... but h*** i got the windows rolled down most of the time when im in it so... i dont rlly care

 
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my right one for the passenger does that. the rest are fine.

 
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DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE O3 VENTS WILL FIT IN AN 01 I'M THINKING OF CHANGING IT CUZ IT LOOKS NICER TOOO PLUS I'M SICK OF IT SLIPPIN. ANYONE WITH INFO IF THE 03 FIT THE 01 LET ME KNOW EMAIL ME AT GQAZIANGUY@AOL.COM

 
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This should have been posted in Vehicle Issues/Problems instead, and if you had searched you probably would have found THIS.

 
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I have no problemwith tilting up and down. But I hate trying to position them left/right. It's like I need to add oil or grease to the left/right joints. It's only for the vents above the radio. They've been stiff like that, since I bought my car. I dont use them that much though.

 
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anoter 02 EX with crappy vents here.

 
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my passanger side is like that in my 02 lx

 
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Guys, just take it to the dealer and say you want it fixed under warranty. They just ordered new vents and swapped mine out. Problem solved!

 
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I think it must just happen after some certain amount of time, because I remember this happening to my friends geo a longggg time ago. and its probably how come the newer cars arnt having as many/much problems with it

 
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One of the few things Honda didn't design so well. The vents should pivot on the vertical axis not the horizontal axis. If you have the vent adjusted just right to blow on you when you need max cooling you can't turn it off you without messing up the difficult to adjust horizontal setting. If you only tilt it the air still blows on some portion of you. If the vent adjusted up and down and then pivoted on the vertical axis you could get it just right and then just rotate it toward the passenger seat when you don't want it blowing on you. When you need it full strength again rotate it back. Much better system than what they have designed.

 
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I have a 01 lx and the passenger side do it all the time. The rest of the vents are fine.

 
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I think I need to post a sign in my car that says "DONT PLAY WITH VENTS" I am always catching the passenger, whoever it is playing with them!!!

I took it to honda and complained - they put new ones in free!!!
now they are soo tight up and down and side to side, its great!!!
also, whereas the spots on the side vents where it has the markings for open and closed were just plain, now they are marked with white, bery exciting.

 
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I put tiny O-rings on mine, and they are fine. I don't want Honda touching my car unless something major is wrong with it. Last time I had a scheduled service, they all gawked at my X-brace like they never saw such a thing.
They finally figured out they could still take the oil drain plug out without removing it.

Morons....

I get scared everytime. Once I hit 36k, they'll never see it again.

 
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really? your Honda dealer must suck. The paint/body shop at mine sucks ***, but the mechs are great. I am always taking it in for stuff and they dont even ask if I race or anything!

 
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Yeah, they suck.

 
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I had one of my service advisors ask me if I street raced when they had to put some new gears in my tranny() then next time I went in he had quit!!!