What kind of FLAWS or PROBLEMS about your cars do you guys have, COSMETIC, MECH etc?
 

Just thought i'd see what you guys have that ISN'T good about your cars. like what you guys don't like or the boo boo's that your cars have that are messed up or the things you guys JUST don't like. cause all these civics look soooo nice but how are they behind all the shiny paintjobs and closed doors?. the pro's and con's about your civics.

i had all my small dings and dents and couple tiny scratchs other than that it's all gravy

lets see..

side air bags.. in the 01 coupes.. they flippin suck.. i hate the Occupant Position Detection System .. its been fried out 2 times and i hate the shit..
the honda dealer is replacing it under factory defect parts but they dont understand either..

thats the only gripe i have.. i havent had any other problems with mine..

well i almost forgot the occasional hard time going into reverse but the airbags are my biggest gripe..

ok i see. you don't have any rips in the seats or cracks on the dash or giant dents or messed up looking engine bays or stuff like that?.

dings, scratches, battle wounds, curbed disasters, nothing rusted so far.

I have terrible suspension problems. the stock suspension couldn't handle our ginormous house-swallowing potholes. I had 2 get it replaced twice and its a little squeaky now.

wow. do you guys have any pics of your cars problem area's?

hmm, I'd say its totally random, and mostly asshats at parking lots that cause the problems.

have you guys ever broke something while messing with your cars and then fixed it back to normal?

Im not running 9's yet! :lol:

underdamped rear stock suspension, rattle in the left B-pillar, warped brake rotors.

broken motor mounts so it rattles like a dildo and every panel has been rattled loose.......easy fix turn up the music

replaced tranny at 60K, clutch squeaks, exhaust leak, CF hood stuck on the car since one of the bolts stripped when putting it on, hole in carpet and floormat from some New Balance shoes I had, but overall i'm super happy with the car

Main problem would be the little paint chips on my front bumper from the road and a little rattle from my speakers

the only main concerns about my 05 civic
are the rattling issue inside the panels and the sucky paint job honda did...man i just bought this car more than 1 year ago and my paint is just shit, i have tons of stone chips and scratches. seemed like they just sprayed this car with one coat of paint

Every body panel on my car is a nice deep black and looks like new, except for my damn front bumper. It looks like shit from rocks, bugs, etc. oh well. :shrug:

have any of you guys ever broke any of your sheet metal on your car?. meaning the body panels (exterior), (paintjob)?

I bought my 05 vic last August and put almost 80 000 kms in a year. So far the car has impressed with its durability. Its been driven in -30c weather to upwards of +30c on a busy highway following logtrucks through a blizzard and it drives the same no matter what. After getting rid of the shitty dunlops they gave me I put on some Goodyear Comfortreads and my car now rides smoother and is so much quieter.

Of course I have a few dings on my doors, my hood is gettin chipped up pretty good but in 5 years I'm gonna want a new paint job anyways. Like someone else has already mentioned I have to sometimes fight to get it into reverse I have a loose dash light behind my A/c and recuirc buttons that works when it wants to.

I was rear ended 3 years ago at a stoplight. They replaced the rear bumper and the trunk, but it still doesn't fit right. The paint doesn't quite match even now I can see the difference. @#$#%$ resale value is for sh!t now, not that I am bitter.

Lets see:
Auto tranny is shit.
Paint on hood is shit.
Paint in general is shit.
Thats about it.

have you guys ever hit potholes and broke something?. how big of a pothole do you have to fall in, in order to break something down there? cause everytime i fall in one on accident, i swear to myself!. and i hope nothing happens. if i were to break something after falling in a pothole. would i notice really quick?.

honda put the wrong engine in my car... :(

oh yeah how could i forget my first curbage on my rims...grrrrh

Leaky trunk, and the shopping cart dent in my car cause of wal-mart asshats.

Just a few things... Of course, the obvious one. No power to speak of. But aside from that, it just minor things. The paint on the hood sucks, it doesn't want to go into reverse a lot, the reverse lights are worthless, and I hate the position of the gas tank/trunk latch. I always kick the stupid things getting into the car and have to get out and shut the door.

Aside from all that, I love it.

I got so many chips in my hood, front bumper it's disturbing!!!!

warped rotors, squeeqy clutch, and some door dings but besides that she runs great. Besides mech the only other complaint I have is my damn tan interior. I would love to have black but nooo they couldnt do that for the blue 01 civics.

Squeeky clutch, not enough power and nasty scratches from a truck throwing up stones on the highway, ohhh and rocky drivers seat, sounds like the front bush is going going gone. mehhh

4th gear is going out in the WRX, few door dings from idiots.

Manual is occasionally hard to shift. The linkage seems to get stiff when temp is less than 70. Honda says that's just how it is. Won't go into reverse sometimes. Has something loose under hood, either exhaust or motor mount that rattles sometimes in the right rpm range. Cosmetically, a sh!tload of stone chips in bumper, a small crack at the bottom too. Also, about 5 little dents around the car.

I have heard this is a common problem for the 02's, but the paint on my front bumper is chipping off in huge chunks..

Why don't you just go get your rotors machined? O'Reilly's, AutoZone, etc. can do them for maybe $10 a pop.

i think you and i are the only ones man cuz everyones got K's in their cars now..:_disgust:

the only probs i have is yea paint crap (given), but the cloth in the back is detaching from the roof of meh car. drivin with windows down 2 much. Oh yeah then theres the fuel guage thing. "01 Ex"

shit rattles all the time

seats suck!

made out of cheap metal, i get dings so easily

cheap paint.

But i can't complain.. i purchased one of the cheapest cars on the market. ;)

got a cut on my rear bumper ... more of a gash thats bout 3 inchs from rear ending someone ... and front bumper has scrapses along right side (never let gf drive the car again!!!)

I've got rock chips all over the front bumper and one inch hole due to rebar sticking out of a parking curb. It punched all the way through my bumper.

yeah, whats up with these "sqeeky clutches"?. my started to sqeek like 4,500 miles ago. it drives me crazy!. i can REALLY hear it when i've got my windows up and no music playing. although, sometimes it's doing it, and other times it's not. i wonder whats up with that. as for the paint. yeah, thats normal. i may plan on re-painting my car the same color sometime soon if i decide to keep it. my 02 Civic EX is VERY save-able:shrug: . it's just that the exterior of the car isn't perfect like the interior or the engine bay is. so i MUST re-paint it and fix whatever dings and dents i have on it in order for me to feel better about keeping it. cause lately, i've been feeling like i REALLY wanna trade it up for something else. i'd like all sorts of faster and more better quality cars but in reality, i could only really afford something like a Scion Tc. thats the ONLY car that matches as close as possible to the honda civic. and it's cheap in price for what it offers. it's like an older Si Coupe. HP and torque etc. ehh!, maybe i will trade or maybe i won't. who knows. ALSO!, i wanted to ask you guys if you knew how much a really good paintjob would cost me to get for my civic. one thats just as good or slightly even better than the factory paintjob thats on it now. i ONLY WHAT THE EXTERIOR PAINTED. everything else about the cars paintjob on the INSIDE is ok. it's the OUTSIDE i hate....so do you guys have any ideas on how much the cost for a new paintjob would be?....a GOOD paintjob?

I've allready had them machined about a year ago. I want to get some brembo blanks and just get rid of the problem rather then temporarily solve it.

http://www.geocities.com/pfeifferperformance/TSBs.html This has pretty much all the problems you guys talked about and how to fix them. It's pretty handy and it helps to know your car isnt the only one doing it.

nothing, acura builds the civic so much better..

actually wait i have that rocking chair syndrome..

The main problem I have is the dent on the passenger door caused by an inconsiderate O'Charley's customer in Lexington, KY on October 30, 2004.

There are also the scratches caused by me(oops!) on November 5, 2005.

Also, I have dents from people leaning on my car. Oh, and someone hit my car and took some paint off the bumper June 12, 2006.

^^ sucky..you are also very date orientated - stated Sept 19th, 2006

Stupid fuel sending unit (gas gauge) doesn't work right, even though i've replaced it once. Numerous rattles from the plastic along the doors and windows. Bootleg suspension that is too soft from the factory and these stupid ass potholes make it 10 times worse.

I'm about ready to trade this thing in for a VW Jetta, but the $$$ says no. :rtfm:

What's this problem with the '01 EX fuel level sending unit? Never heard about that.

clutch pressure plate went after 63 000km on my 2004 dx. just when the warranty is expired for a clutch arrrrrg:mad: