So the 2012 Civic LX I bought last January started to skip at various RPMs and its been to the dealer 3 times to have this issue fixed but they can't seem to get the problem figured out. It will only do it when its under a load like going up a hill but at around 4500 rpms it will kick and buck like you wouldn't believe. But here is a timeline of events.
1st visit: Went in for an oil change at 12k miles. Told them it was skipping at low speed going up a hill. They updated the ECU and that fixed the LOWER rpm skip.
In between the 1st and second visit: Noticed that when I was getting on the interstate or accelerating sorta hard going up a hill, it would skip to the point it was noticeable to my passengers in the higher rpm.
2nd visit: Went in for an oil change at 16k and told them it was skipping again but this time at a higher RPM. Left it there all day for them to figure out with no luck. Had to run up there to the dealer to get the car to act up for them. They told me it was normal and I argued that it was not. The service manager had the nerve to tell me the VTEC was cutting up. After explaining to him that either the solenoid was bad, the computer was cutting it in and out, or something was going wrong with the oil pressure, he figured out very rapidly not to talk to me like I was retarded. So I left in the car and drove it all week. Suddenly the problem gets worse during that week.
3rd visit: I finally had to tell them it was unacceptable that my car is skipping like this. I also explained as nicely as humanly possible that there was no way on gods green earth that they could convince me that there was nothing wrong with the car. NO CAR period is supposed to skip this way. So finally the mechanic gets in MY car and we go for a ride. He notices the skip the first take off out of the dealership. For some reason, they couldn't pick up this problem before then after it had been there all day. For some reason, I am the only person that can make the car skip like this. So then he decides to get another 2012 LX exactly like mine. Well what do you know....NO SKIP in that car at all. So we get back in MY car with the lap top and go up and down the road taking snap shots of the car when it was skipping. Basically the mechanic said that the engine itself is running fine but he noticed a fluctuation in rpms when it started to skip. I now have to wait to see what Honda says about the problem.
So I talked to a lemon law attorney and he is saying I have a pretty good case. I also have a good feeling the dealer won't be finding the problem anytime soon. So right now I am without my car, Honda downright refuses to give me a loaner, and the customer service at the dealer and the Honda hotline is downright terrible. I am ready to give up but I like the little bastard of a car when its running right. From what one of the employees at the dealer is telling me is that Honda is going downhill very rapidly and he has seen 3 Si's in there with either blown engines or something terribly wrong. I see K24's on Craigslist all the time with broken timing chains and other major problems. Yall think I should go ahead and hire a lawyer or will be able to get the car lemon'd out pretty easily on my own???
Also, I took my 90 CB to the dealer to have the seat belts replaced. They told me they no longer make the seat belts but are trying to find some as we speak. If they can't find my seat belts, they will go to the junkyard and find good ones. What are yalls opinion on what they have told me?
1st visit: Went in for an oil change at 12k miles. Told them it was skipping at low speed going up a hill. They updated the ECU and that fixed the LOWER rpm skip.
In between the 1st and second visit: Noticed that when I was getting on the interstate or accelerating sorta hard going up a hill, it would skip to the point it was noticeable to my passengers in the higher rpm.
2nd visit: Went in for an oil change at 16k and told them it was skipping again but this time at a higher RPM. Left it there all day for them to figure out with no luck. Had to run up there to the dealer to get the car to act up for them. They told me it was normal and I argued that it was not. The service manager had the nerve to tell me the VTEC was cutting up. After explaining to him that either the solenoid was bad, the computer was cutting it in and out, or something was going wrong with the oil pressure, he figured out very rapidly not to talk to me like I was retarded. So I left in the car and drove it all week. Suddenly the problem gets worse during that week.
3rd visit: I finally had to tell them it was unacceptable that my car is skipping like this. I also explained as nicely as humanly possible that there was no way on gods green earth that they could convince me that there was nothing wrong with the car. NO CAR period is supposed to skip this way. So finally the mechanic gets in MY car and we go for a ride. He notices the skip the first take off out of the dealership. For some reason, they couldn't pick up this problem before then after it had been there all day. For some reason, I am the only person that can make the car skip like this. So then he decides to get another 2012 LX exactly like mine. Well what do you know....NO SKIP in that car at all. So we get back in MY car with the lap top and go up and down the road taking snap shots of the car when it was skipping. Basically the mechanic said that the engine itself is running fine but he noticed a fluctuation in rpms when it started to skip. I now have to wait to see what Honda says about the problem.
So I talked to a lemon law attorney and he is saying I have a pretty good case. I also have a good feeling the dealer won't be finding the problem anytime soon. So right now I am without my car, Honda downright refuses to give me a loaner, and the customer service at the dealer and the Honda hotline is downright terrible. I am ready to give up but I like the little bastard of a car when its running right. From what one of the employees at the dealer is telling me is that Honda is going downhill very rapidly and he has seen 3 Si's in there with either blown engines or something terribly wrong. I see K24's on Craigslist all the time with broken timing chains and other major problems. Yall think I should go ahead and hire a lawyer or will be able to get the car lemon'd out pretty easily on my own???
Also, I took my 90 CB to the dealer to have the seat belts replaced. They told me they no longer make the seat belts but are trying to find some as we speak. If they can't find my seat belts, they will go to the junkyard and find good ones. What are yalls opinion on what they have told me?
I could be way off base.
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