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I have a 2011 Honda Civic. The front driver-side wheel has a very slow leak, such that it lost maybe 5 psi in the span of a week. I took it to an (admittedly really lovely and useless) auto repair place and they said they were unable to find a leak. Is it possible for a leak to be too small to find, yet still result in a loss of pressure? Is there a way for me to find the leak myself? Or is a leak of this size not something I should bother fixing unless it gets worse?
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Jul 5, 2017 17:33
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None of my tires have their air plug caps anymore, from what I can see. Only the one tire started going flat. They did the "submerge in water and look for bubbles" thing, but they didn't seem to try very hard when I watched them. I'll try another place.
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Jul 5, 2017 17:57
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I got a postcard thing in the mail regarding a Honda/Acura class action lawsuit: https://www.autoairbagsettlement.com/en Apparently it applies to me since I have a 2011 Civic. What's the deal with this? I remember something regarding airbags a few years ago, is this the same thing? Is there something I should do, like contest the settlement, or just ignore it?
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Dec 29, 2017 20:08
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IOwnCalculus posted:Yes, it has to do with the airbags that could kill you. Step one is see if your car is actively recalled and if so, GET IT FIXED. Whether or not you want to include/exclude yourself from the settlement is a whole different issue. Geoj posted:Also be prepared to wait upwards of a year or more if you don't live in the south. Due to the nature of the defects airbags in high temperature and humidity climates are more susceptible to turning into bombs, so they're higher priority. Balls, my car is in fact impacted. Alright, I gotta get that fixed up then. Do I just get the airbags replaced, or do I need to replace the entire thing? The car was also in Florida for a couple years, so maybe that helps me jump to the front of the line.
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Dec 30, 2017 04:02
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Came home to find my car's front bumper torn off and lying on the sidewalk. It's drivable, and I managed to get the bumper almost all the way back on (it tore off at the screws), but I definitely don't feel secure in driving with it on. I put in a claim with the auto insurance and they said not to make any repairs until a representative gets back to me "sometime by end of day tomorrow", but I gotta pick someone up on Friday and I'm leaving for over a week on Saturday. What are my options? Do I try and drive with it anyway, or should I leave it the hell alone? I gotta repark it too, cause it's on the side of the street that's getting cleaned. gently caress my life.  UPDATE: It survived the reparking, and it's more or less back as it was before, but I still don't feel safe taking it on the highway. What do? Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Jul 19, 2018 |
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Jul 19, 2018 01:04
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Deteriorata posted:It's probably just the plastic bumper cover, which is only cosmetic. If you're afraid it will come off while you're driving, then pull it off and leave it in the garage (or throw in the back seat). There's no safety issue in driving without it, it just looks tacky. What about the front license plate? What about the exposed antifreeze/cooler tank, as seen here? There's some stuff that worries me.
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Jul 19, 2018 02:09
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It's probably fine, yeah...my main worry is the bumper suddenly falling off when I'm on the highway. I either need to get it even more secure as it currently is, or get it off again. I can probably do the latter... I'll get that done tomorrow morning.
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Jul 19, 2018 02:16
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I might have to drill some holes for the zipties to work, but yeah, that's also an option.
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Jul 19, 2018 02:30
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I can yell real good yeah I'll break out the drill tomorrow. Why the gently caress not. Just hope I don't accidentally drill into something important.
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Jul 19, 2018 03:48
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Fine, bumper off it is. I’ll yell at Progressive. What a start to my vacation. Edit: threw my hands up and took it to a body shop. They were super nice, and let me keep my car there until I get back. They’ll call a Progressive dude and handle insurance...in the meantime I gotta handle other poo poo. loving cars, man. This poo poo is gonna be expensive. Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Jul 19, 2018 |
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Jul 19, 2018 12:28
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Managed to get a chunk of my front right bumper ripped off by some icy snow or something while trying to get onto the road. Doesn’t look like the internals we’re busted. Is it worth it to try and duct tape it back together if it’s just the outside bumper, or should I get the whole thing fixed immediately? It would only be temporary anyway.
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Jan 21, 2019 20:38
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Bumper cover AFAICT but I’m not an auto expert so I really have no idea. What worries me the most is the lack of protection for the antifreeze or wiper fluid or whatever that is there. Images in case someone smarter than me knows wtf.  
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Jan 21, 2019 20:57
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Is duct tape good enough or do I need specialty tape or something?
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Jan 21, 2019 20:59
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Lol if you think I can be trusted with a drill. Part affixed (I think the tabs still work) and packing tape applied. Will replace with duct tape once it warms up. Thanks guys! Turns out the service light is on so I need to take it to a Honda dealership anyway 
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Jan 21, 2019 21:25
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Pollyanna posted:Lol if you think I can be trusted with a drill. So guess what? I never reported this to Progressive, and I only ended up at the Honda dealership around October of last year. I really put this off. When I let the Honda guy know about the damage, he said that it was something insurance would cover. Now, it's been over a year since the damage occurred, and I doubt Progressive would still take this. I assumed that I would have to pay out of pocket to fix this anyway, but should I try reporting it to Progressive anyway? Their online claim submission says that the incident has to have happened within the past year, but I only learned that it was covered by insurance late last year. (The other option is to claim that it happened this winter, but I know better than to lie to insurance.) And yeah, I did drift stitch it in the end. It's been fine so far, but it's time to get it fixed. Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Mar 25, 2020 |
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Mar 25, 2020 17:19
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STR posted:If you have collision, then yes, it will be covered, but your rates may go up. Well, it wasn't a collision, as much as the bumper got caught on some ice. I guess insurance doesn't care.
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Mar 26, 2020 01:22
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Collision is a catch all bucket for damage to your vehicle that isn’t covered under comprehensive. Alright, I'm gonna do it. I bet my rates are gonna go up  E: Yeah no, they won't take it. Ah well. I'll save up for a fix once we're out of quarantine, even if it'll end up being expensive. Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Mar 27, 2020 |
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Mar 27, 2020 19:58
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Mar 27, 2020 21:01
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Is there a way to tell what exactly is broken with the front of my car? About a year and 2 months ago, I tore open the bumper cover while pulling off the curb after it got stuck on some hard ice, and I did a patch job on the bumper cover itself - but I can't tell if anything else is broken. I'd like to know how much a repair will be once this pandemic subsides and I can get it checked out at the dealership/service center. Is it easy to tell if it's just the plastic cover or if it's deeper hosed up poo poo with the metal or wires/cables? 2011 Honda Civic, if it helps.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:31
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It’s really just that the bumper cover corner got ripped apart thanks to some hard ice. I don’t think the backing metal would have gotten bent or broken, otherwise I think it wouldn’t have survived the highways it’s survived so far. It sounds like this won’t be too expensive. Good! But I’m no good at auto repair, so I’ll be going to a shop.
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Apr 2, 2020 15:31
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PainterofCrap posted:If you've torn the cover, you can stitch the tear together by drilling holes on either side and pulling the tear together with zip ties. Such repairs are surprisingly robust, if visually startling (try to avoid crowds with torches & pitchforks). I ended up drift stitching it, yeah. I'm just turbo lazy and prefer to have someone do it. One time a car literally tore the whole thing off of my car and I tried to put it back on myself and  no.
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Apr 3, 2020 02:53
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The AUX port on my 2011 Honda Civic seems to be broken. It can't detect when a jack is plugged in anymore, which I've confirmed by testing multiple different jacks on it. Supposedly you can replace it with a new part, but I don't know how reliable that fix is. If I do go with that fix, where do I get the part I need? Will this work, or do I need to go to a Honda dealership for a replacement or something?
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Sep 7, 2020 23:39
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STR posted:That'll work fine. Thanks, ordered. Hopefully I can get this completely fixed before my 3.5 hour drive on Saturday 
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Sep 8, 2020 14:29
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STR posted:There's a tiny little slider thing inside it that makes it detect the cable - does it work if you kinda get it ALMOST all the way in? If so, you might be able to do that on your drive, though you may get audio out of only one side unless you get it juuuuust right. STR posted:That'll work fine. The fix worked like a charm - thanks a bunch!
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Sep 9, 2020 19:29
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2011 Honda Civic, about 32k miles. Anybody know what might be causing the TPMS sensor to go off? I recently had a leak in my rear right tire and I went to an Official And Presumably Trustworthy Honda Dealership to get it fixed. Apparently, it required repairing/replacing the pressure input and TMPS sensor on the wheel. It looks like this right now:  (Pressure readings gave me about 35psi.) The fix went in about a week and a half ago or something. Recently, I was driving to a friend’s house, and the TPMS sensor suddenly came on. I was loving pissed at first, but I checked the pressure on the tires and all of them still seem to be well pressurized, including the one that was fixed. So now, I’m just kinda confused. When I was checking the tires, I noticed that the tire that got its sensor replaced was harder to get a pressure reading for. I have to push into it a bit hard and it’s not a blast of air like the others, it’s slower and quieter. I’ve never seen this before, and it’s real weird. While I’m waiting on the dealership to call me back and let me ask them what the gently caress they did to my tire, any idea why this might be happening?
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Mar 15, 2021 18:04
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It got pretty cold yesterday, but it’s gotten cold before, and this seems relatively new. Change in temperature didn’t mess with the tires as far as I can tell. If it’s the temp change it’ll resolve over time, if it’s retraining I’ll look that up and try it.  If there’s nothing conceptually wrong with the fix I’ll see if I can squeeze the dealership and make them take a look.Anything I should watch out for in case it’s not just temperature/retraining? I definitely don’t wanna blow out a tire or anything.
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Mar 15, 2021 19:33
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Krakkles posted:If your tire pressure is good (meaning, verify it with a gauge on the tire - which it sounds like you did), what TPMS thinks is irrelevant. The only real path I can think of from what you've described to blowing out a tire is if the sensor/stem is somehow bad enough that it physically fails. I wouldn't worry about it. “Physically fails” is why I included that note about it being kinda hard to get a reading, which I’ve never had to do on anything else ever. I have no idea what would make a valve like that be so annoying to work with, hence my suspicion about the repair’s quality. I’ll keep an eye on it...very sus.
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Mar 15, 2021 20:22
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Any idea why this might be happening?  If it helps, here’s what’s directly above the leak.   Is it something I can fix myself, or do I have to take this thing to service again?
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Mar 28, 2021 19:25
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No sunroof, no.KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Your door seals appear to be rotted to poo poo. It's a little annoying but not difficult to fix, you can DIY it for sure. Not sure what kind of car it is except some kind of Honda. You'll want some kind of plastic trim removal device to pry out the old one or a plastic knife will do. Don't use metal tools. The new one has little plastic pushpins on it that hold it in place, you just line up with the holes and go. Drape the thing all the way around and get it lined up, then start with the tricky corner at the top on the hinge side when you secure it. Got it, looks like it's a matter of replacing the door seals on a 2011 Honda Civic. I might try my hand at it by looking the steps up on Youtube first. Is there anything else that could contribute to it? Maybe something around the windshield like in the third picture?
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Mar 28, 2021 21:44
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You know what, I just answered my own question.    Some sort of weather stripping along the windshield has separated from the body, and it's opened up a hole that water flows into. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo25FJl5EUE Maybe I can get away with just a bit of duct tape.Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Mar 28, 2021 |
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Mar 28, 2021 22:15
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kastein posted:Windshield leaks are very rare on modern cars because generally the windshield is glued in and the trim is just for looks, sure about that? It's probably the door opening or weatherstripping, especially if the windshield hasn't been replaced recently. Sorry, I'm fuckin' hopeless with cars. I guess I might be looking in the wrong place, then? Just to confirm, the part where the windshield's side connects to the body is weathertight, right? And circled in red is what you're figuring is actually letting the water in?  Is that not the same part as this, then? And as a short-term fix until the part comes in, I could just put some duct tape over the holes here? 
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Mar 28, 2021 22:47
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Got it. So the door seal on a Honda Civic is what stops water from leaking in and soaking the A pillar cover? (that part that’s soaked in my photo) So it’s basically the exact part that’s getting replaced in those videos that I need to fix. Alright, I’ll see if I can hunt those parts down. By the way, when they call parts “right” and “left”, is that from the head-on perspective, or from the driver’s perspective? vvv thanks! Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Mar 29, 2021 |
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Mar 28, 2021 23:29
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I’m considering upgrading from my 2011 Honda Civic. I’d like more cargo space, so I’m thinking either a hatchback or a station wagon. Which of those is a better fit for my use case? I’m the only driver and usually the only person in the car, so I’m not going to be hauling a bunch of people very often. Cargo space would be for hauling medium-large cargo like flatpack furniture, grocery runs, etc. And in the meantime, would it be worthwhile to invest in some detailing and maintenance/upgrades to my Civic? Would that command more value on a trade-in?
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Apr 11, 2024 16:44
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Hatch sounds good to me. Though I’m also realizing I’m deeply car-stupid, especially considering I’ve had a starter Civic for 13 years. I’ll research durable and reliable hatchbacks then and not worry too much about my current car, thanks!
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Apr 11, 2024 17:14
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3213538 Yeah, I’ve heard good things about all of those (maybe less so the Subarus). One point got brought up regarding the advantages of hatchback-form crossovers over hatchback-form sedans. Think Mazda 3 vs. Mazda CX-5. I hear that it might be worth getting a car with higher lift and tire size due to the roads in my area being poo poo and badly maintained with potholes and garbage. I’m not really sure how crossovers compare to standard hatchbacks otherwise. What else would I be trading on? Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Apr 11, 2024 |
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Apr 11, 2024 18:36
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Speaking of upgrading, I got to thinking about longevity. Is there such a thing as a modular buy-it-for-life car? I like the idea of getting a solid reliable vehicle and going full Ship of Theseus on it, replacing any old or worn out part with newer compatible ones. I know that cars have a lifespan and everything dies eventually, but maybe there’s some enjoyment and cost savings to be had out of continuous upgrades and replacements instead of buying a new one every ten to fifteen years or some expensive bullshit.
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Apr 13, 2024 17:31
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Maybe I’m just really bad at sourcing parts for my existing car. trilobite terror posted:it’s called being an AI poster, and yes, as long as you protect your car from rust there’s theoretically no limit to what you can baby and replace. There are Honda Accords and whatnot hitting a million miles. The biggest limiting factor for a car where you live is rust and nothing else comes close. Ugh, yeah, I’m honestly surprised my Civic hasn’t flaked away into nothing by now. But drat it needs a hell of a deep clean and some new hubcaps n poo poo. Though supposedly Civics are disposable starter cars, no? Are they intended to be scrapped rather than maintained or upgraded? Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Apr 13, 2024 |
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Apr 13, 2024 17:43
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I don’t even know how to get under a car to check. I’m extremely car ignorant. Best I can do is change a wheel if necessary (and my spare is currently stuck under a rusted and broken nut I can’t undo). This sort of stuff would definitely be easier if I had a garage or something, but I just have an apartment with a 4-car parking lot out the back. Hell, I patted myself on the back last winter for figuring out that I could just go to Autozone and buy new wiper blades when my old ones got worn out instead of asking them to change them out whenever I went in for maintenance.
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Apr 13, 2024 17:58
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trilobite terror posted:I mean, just like look underneath it. Look at the bits connected to the wheels and also look at the underbody. Is it like hella rusty where big chunks are breaking off or is it relatively fine? Ehh… https://youtu.be/AcvlgX2uNNY https://youtu.be/DaXjD6grzCg It’s getting there. Under the hood: https://youtu.be/EDmQvPfT0kw https://youtu.be/S6Q9YN108zk If it matter. PainterofCrap posted:First-generation Mustang Maybe I should invest in my car education with a My Summer Car playthrough Eric the Mauve posted:The richest person I know on a day-to-day basis, who was the CEO of a small pharma company that was bought out by a gigantic pharma company, is still driving the 1994 Ford Expedition he bought new 30 years ago. I think it has about 900,000 miles on it. There's not an original part left on it besides the frame and some of the body. He likes it. He doesn't want anything else.  That guy’s got it figured out.
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Doing more research on hatchbacks and I’m glad there’s more of ‘em now but - man, I honestly prefer the classic vertical door design instead of the angled liftback style. Nothing wrong with boxy in the back IMO. The Civic is just such a good, reliable model though…if it had the Mazda 3 look, it’d be a no-brainer. Especially strange considering there’s apparently more cargo space in the Civic hatch than the Mazda despite the liftback door. Honestly I keep coming up Civic, so it’s probably gonna be that. Maybe when I have a house and garage of my own I’ll trade into a Type R
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