Hello everyone,
I have an automatic 2012 Civic Coupe EX at 36600 miles that is intermittently grinding gear. Theoretically, the powertrain warranty should cover this. However, my car was in an accident before I bought it and I am worried that the dealer will use this to deny my claim. I am hoping to get some technical advice/suggestion from you guys to at least be armed with knowledge to talk to the dealer tech.
Background info: I had been changing oil either at Honda dealer or local car shop with coupon for cheap. This time, I could not find any coupon so decided to do it myself. I used to change oil on my 2007 civic all the time so I believe I did not mess anything up.
The oil change: I have been using Full Synthetic since 3 oil change ago. I used Quaker State Full Synthetic Ultimate Durability 0W20 with a Fram Oil Filter.
After finishing, I used a high pressure air gun (at my friend's non-auto shop) to "blast clean" the dust under the hood. Wondering if this could possibly cause my problem ??
The problem: as soon as I started deiving off, I noticed something wrong. All of these started occuring intermittently:
_ When stopped with brake pedal pressed, the car felt like it just shifted to neutral (negligible engine noise comparing to with 1st gear engaged)
_ When starting off from complete stop, any gear from 1 to 4 can grind and get stuck (feeling like when u fully press the clutch and apply gas on a manual). This resulting in engine rev shooting up with my gas pedal but the car is just slowly moving with the momentum but without the power transmision from engine to axle.
_ Down-shiftting is normal, only up-shifting is showing problem. Most of the time, the gear will engage after 1,2 sec delay. Sometimes, it wouldn't, I have to switch to neutral first, the back to D, then it would roll.
and Yes, I am positive that I did not pour Engine Oil to Transmission case nor accidentally drained out the trans fluid instead of the engine oil :|
Any opinions are greatly appreciated!
Thank you
I have an automatic 2012 Civic Coupe EX at 36600 miles that is intermittently grinding gear. Theoretically, the powertrain warranty should cover this. However, my car was in an accident before I bought it and I am worried that the dealer will use this to deny my claim. I am hoping to get some technical advice/suggestion from you guys to at least be armed with knowledge to talk to the dealer tech.
Background info: I had been changing oil either at Honda dealer or local car shop with coupon for cheap. This time, I could not find any coupon so decided to do it myself. I used to change oil on my 2007 civic all the time so I believe I did not mess anything up.
The oil change: I have been using Full Synthetic since 3 oil change ago. I used Quaker State Full Synthetic Ultimate Durability 0W20 with a Fram Oil Filter.
After finishing, I used a high pressure air gun (at my friend's non-auto shop) to "blast clean" the dust under the hood. Wondering if this could possibly cause my problem ??
The problem: as soon as I started deiving off, I noticed something wrong. All of these started occuring intermittently:
_ When stopped with brake pedal pressed, the car felt like it just shifted to neutral (negligible engine noise comparing to with 1st gear engaged)
_ When starting off from complete stop, any gear from 1 to 4 can grind and get stuck (feeling like when u fully press the clutch and apply gas on a manual). This resulting in engine rev shooting up with my gas pedal but the car is just slowly moving with the momentum but without the power transmision from engine to axle.
_ Down-shiftting is normal, only up-shifting is showing problem. Most of the time, the gear will engage after 1,2 sec delay. Sometimes, it wouldn't, I have to switch to neutral first, the back to D, then it would roll.
and Yes, I am positive that I did not pour Engine Oil to Transmission case nor accidentally drained out the trans fluid instead of the engine oil :|
Any opinions are greatly appreciated!
Thank you