Pete-B
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I drive an 08 Accord estate 2.2 i-dtec and driving home from work on Sunday evening and the car decides to be a bit noisier and it felt like it wanted to be a in a lower gear than I was using. I nursed the car the rest of the 40 miles home, it going between louder than normal and normal, no overheating, no engine management light, no oil light, no warning lights at all and the fuel economy was what I would normal expect on the way home.
Booked the car in with the local Honda garage for their first available appointment which was yesterday and told them what had happened and that I knew it would be a wee bit low on oil as it's due an oil change next month. I asked them to find out what was wrong with it as I need a car for work
Honda sent me their 'visual inspection' video late on yesterday which basically said we've listened to your engine and it sounds like you need a new engine, not great news we know but lets move on to your tyres, brakes etc. The quote that came along with it then said that it would cost a further £530 to actually find out what was wrong plus whatever parts needed, again looking likely that it would be a new engine. So £55 later I have a report from Honda that says that my engine sounds rough, that my oil was low but not worryingly so and that my brakes and back rear tyre need replaced sometime soonish.
On the plus side the parts manager did say that it's practically unheard of for a Honda engine to fail.
So it would appear my foray into Honda ownership is done for now
Booked the car in with the local Honda garage for their first available appointment which was yesterday and told them what had happened and that I knew it would be a wee bit low on oil as it's due an oil change next month. I asked them to find out what was wrong with it as I need a car for work
Honda sent me their 'visual inspection' video late on yesterday which basically said we've listened to your engine and it sounds like you need a new engine, not great news we know but lets move on to your tyres, brakes etc. The quote that came along with it then said that it would cost a further £530 to actually find out what was wrong plus whatever parts needed, again looking likely that it would be a new engine. So £55 later I have a report from Honda that says that my engine sounds rough, that my oil was low but not worryingly so and that my brakes and back rear tyre need replaced sometime soonish.
On the plus side the parts manager did say that it's practically unheard of for a Honda engine to fail.
So it would appear my foray into Honda ownership is done for now