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I had the same problem for a year and tried cleaning, lubricants etc, but eventually gave up and rigged a rope to the boot catch and through the luggage ring on the nearside, so I opened it 'manually' every time. This was OK, and after several months I gave it a try with the key button and it...

My lovely 2004 2.0 EX Tourer petrol Automatic was happily (as usual) on the motorway yesterday at about 60mph, but when I got to a fairly innocuous hill it seemed to change down 2 or 3 gears and the engine screamed, but without much acceleration. It has never done this before, just changing...

Hello. I've read all the stuff here, tried a few things within my very basic capabilities, and I am now giving up! The tailgate latch sometimes doesn't work - this could be immediately after resetting or up to 8 weeks, or anything in between. I am rigging up a string to pull the latch so...

Well they seem to have fixed themselves, so all is good. Thanks all

Well spotted Channel Hopper! There's still some useful stuff in the threads to get me started

I have the same problem and I too am looking for a solution - shame you got no responses.

Thanks for that Channel Hopper. The headlight washers have worked a couple of times over the last few months, but usually they don't - but it got through its MOT recently :-) I'll spend a few hours working on it sometime soon.

Many thanks treboRRRR.

We had that very cold spell a few weeks ago and I had to drive, and found that my whole washer system had frozen. I tried it several times, expecting it to thaw after a short while, but it took more than an hour before it started working. Now that things are back to normal, the windscreen...

Update - My Honda main dealer has fitted new calipers, discs and pads @ £1,060. It is driving beautifully and generally feels more spritely, so I'm keeping the car and I bought 4 new tyres today. Service and MOT next week (by my local garage), so all is good. I am 'in discussion' with my...

That's what I thought too - will do.

Stellamon - you are absolutely right. I shall be asking the Honda mechanics to confirm that the discs run 100% freely before they reconnect the flexible pipes. I think I am starting to clutch at straws though - the N/S rear disc got to >300°C yesterday after 5 miles at 50mph (the slowest I...

Thanks all. I am hopeful that the expensive new Honda calipers will do the trick, but they won't be available for a couple of weeks. If they don't work, I guess new hoses will be the final thing to try.

No, it's being done by a Honda main dealer. They recently did a 'diagnosis' of the brakes (£104) but couldn't find any reason for the calipers to be sticking. They hadn't come across this before and could only think that the cheap replacement calipers might have some sort of manufacturing...

In case anyone is following this thread, we test drove a Civic Tourer SR (uncomfortable ride), a HR-V EX (quite nice but a bit big), and a Jazz SE (quite nice but a huge step down). Our Accord, going to and from the dealer, was by far the best drive of the day. I was offered £830 for...