Honda Accord Diesel Problems...

trabpc · 07-12-2010 8:55pm

michael m wrote: »

My wife is complaining of diesel fumes in my HONDA diesel 2.2 I-CTDI sport, so i dropped into my local dealer, apparently it is a fault where the manifold has a hair line crack which caused fumes to leak into the passanger compartment.
The will cover this cost of €500 under warranty up to 125000 miles or 7 years. unfortunately i am over this, :mad:

We have one at 6yr old any more info on this Problem? As Im getting a similar smell.

michael m · 28-12-2010 2:35pm

If you are getting fumes in the car then more than likely it is a cracked manifold. The part is around €300 plus install

I had the same problem with my accord, this is a design fault.

Also you should talk to your dealer about the timing chain. this is another fault in the 2004-6 accords where the chain can break,:mad:

What mileage have you on the accord?

M

Pacifico · 09-01-2011 10:55pm

Lads, looking at a 2.2 Diesel 2008 Accord, with 60K Miles. Anything i should be looking out for?

Thanks in advance

-Corkie- · 09-01-2011 10:57pm

Pacifico wrote: »

Lads, looking at a 2.2 Diesel 2008 Accord, with 60K Miles. Anything i should be looking out for?

Thanks in advance

Better of starting a new thread. Youll get better replies..

trabpc · 15-01-2011 7:55pm

My Wifes accord is a 2005 model with 76000 miles on it. It has never given a bit of bother over the last 2 years she has owned it. I don't notice smell as much now (maybe I have go too used to it) Still waiting for Adams Garage to come back to me to let me know if or when they will sort manifold out.

roosterman71 · 15-01-2011 9:31pm

trabpc wrote: »

My Wifes accord is a 2005 model with 76000 miles on it. It has never given a bit of bother over the last 2 years she has owned it. I don't notice smell as much now (maybe I have go too used to it) Still waiting for Adams Garage to come back to me to let me know if or when they will sort manifold out.

This Adams in Portlaoise? What are they like to deal with? Was thinkin of buyin a car they have there

maidhc · 16-01-2011 1:18am

RoverJames wrote: »

I had DMF failure on a 6 month old 2005 Mondeo with only 20 odd K km on it, company car, even at that the garage said it was quite common. I really do feel genuinely sorry for folks who have bought a Mondeo, Octavia, Passat etc as a frugal family car who may well face humongous unexpected bills for DMF, DPFs etc. One or two issues wouldn't be long wiping out years of the cash saved on diesel v petrol.

I *almost* feel sorrier for the people who bought high end cars and are now stuck with them as they age. A failed heater in a "normal" car was generally a €10 resistor, a failed climate control unit (as happened one friend with an Asspat.) is about €700.

Nonoperational · 16-01-2011 1:35am

That's a very simplistic view tbh. Old cars have problems too.

trabpc · 16-01-2011 11:41pm

I have herd nothing bad about Adams. They are generally very good to deal with. They are a Main dealer though so expect to pay accordingly.

an 05 accord in 2008 with them was 20k
up north we paid 11.5 inc vrt.

prices have narrowed considerably since then though.

Adams are good to deal with when it comes to servicing. I have not checked their prices recently to be fair, but I presume they are more competitive now like all garages.

Green Hornet · 19-01-2011 10:19pm

Getting a stink of fumes on start up from mine now. Got it checked but no sign of cracked manifold and I trust the mechanic. Only seems to be noticeable in frosty weather but it is bad when it's there. Smells like inefficiently burned fuel.

gibbon75 · 20-01-2011 8:08pm

Green Hornet

Any sign of black soot around the manifold?

Green Hornet · 20-01-2011 9:02pm

gibbon75 wrote: »

Green Hornet

Any sign of black soot around the manifold?

No. No sign last week anyway but we didn't put it on the ramp. I'm going back tomorrow though because it was quite bad this evening. The problem is that it seems to be worst after starting up and comes in a waft - I think it's when the air con starts.

Strange that there was no sign of soot or no obvious smell from the engine compartment either though - although the car was warm at that stage.

In fairness to the garage they are very good and actually told me up front about the manifold issue without me having to mention it. They assumed it was cracked but couldn't see any sign of a crack.

trabpc · 15-02-2011 12:15am

We got the Accord Sorted about 3 weeks ago. Adams Replaced Manifold.

Manifold Part cost covered by garage.

Paid €80 labour.

No more Smell.

Mechanic said old manifold did not look too bad, said he saw worse. But since it was changed we no longer get the smell.

Green Hornet · 15-02-2011 9:50am

Honda changed my manifold two weeks ago. However, as I suspected, this has not resolved the problem unfortunately.

The smell only happens when it's cold outside and before the engine temperature heats up! I had a fair idea that it wasn't the manifold (as I mentioned above) but to be fair to the garage they said that they would change it as it may crack a couple of years down the line and be out of warranty at that stage.

In my case, I think it's something to do with the Gas Assisted Heater system in the diesels. Maybe the easiest thing is just to leave off the heater until the engine is warm!

taintabird · 15-02-2011 10:00am

trabpc wrote: »

We got the Accord Sorted about 3 weeks ago. Adams Replaced Manifold.

Manifold Part cost covered by garage.

Paid €80 labour.

No more Smell.

Mechanic said old manifold did not look too bad, said he saw worse. But since it was changed we no longer get the smell.

+1 had to have one replaced on an 04 estate for the same problem, didn't look too bad but once the new one was fitted problem solved

ftk84 · 24-05-2011 12:36am

i have a 05 diesel accord and from time to time when i accelerate hard the power cuts out momentarily causing the car to jerk. it then comes back and drives as normal. the car is warmed up fully when this happens.

also, from time to time power could dip slightly when accelerating. the rev counter will stay the same. this could last for about a second and then drive as normal again.

any thoughts about these issues would be appreciated....

gibbon75 · 25-05-2011 7:27pm

Did you change the fuel filter recently by any chance?
We have experienced fuel pressure issues with spurious fuel filters lately,but don't what brands are affected.

ftk84 · 25-05-2011 10:47pm

ya the car was serviced about 3000km ago and the fuel filter was changed. not sure if it was a honda one or not. its been happening since before the last service i think

lynn3569 · 04-08-2011 5:40pm

Hi, would just like little advice from you all pls. am thinking of buying 08 Honda Accord but its an import, have been told to be wary of thoes as mileage can be clocked and it does have full service history but dont suppost it to hard to forge those if dealer really wanted. just wanted to know if any one out there bought import and if they had any problems with it afterwards. also bit concerned that if it only has 120,000 miles on clock which is not much for honda engine why dealers only giving 6 months warrant on them.
Any advice or experience would be really apprecriated,
thanks

billbond4 · 23-08-2011 3:36pm

Dont be put off my people saying,ohhh its an import it will be clocked.
You have as much chance of getting a clocked car from abroad as you do from your local garage. ( they only go on about clocked imports as they have stats from them, their are no stats about clocked irish cars as SIMI dont keep them)
I have an imported car and so does my mate and they are going grand.

The main thing is to do your homework on the car and get all the necessary checks, after that its just pure bad luck if something happens to the car.

lynn3569 · 23-08-2011 6:02pm

Thanks billbond4, u make a lot of sense, apprecriate it.

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