Honda Earth Dreams Engine Oil Dilution Problems: What You Should Know
Every warning a car gives you about a fluid is a warning about a shortage. Coolant runs low, brake fluid runs low, oil burns off and the level on the stick drops. Oil dilution is the single complaint that runs the other way, and the reading climbs above the full mark on an engine that […]
Honda Sticky Steering EPS Recall: What You Need to Know
The envelope from Honda arrives with a safety recall notice inside, and the language in it is careful. It says the steering gearbox on your vehicle can make the wheel harder to turn, that the added effort raises the risk of a crash, and that a dealer will correct it at no charge. What the […]
Honda Odyssey Tailgate Problems: Why Owners Are Suing Honda
No recall covers the Honda Odyssey power tailgate, and the class action brought over it is still unresolved in a California federal court with nothing announced for owners. No letter is coming to explain a rear door that lifts a foot and then drops back onto the groceries. Families notice that gap immediately, because the […]
Honda Infotainment Popping Noises Lawsuit: What You Should Know
The technician drove it for twenty minutes and could not make it happen. That is the sentence most Honda owners hear at the end of the first visit, and plenty of them hear it again at the end of the third. What sent them in is a sharp electrical pop through the speakers, loud enough […]
Honda Odyssey 9-Speed Transmission Problems and How Honda Responded
How many trips back to the dealership does one transmission complaint have to take before something changes? Odyssey owners ask a version of that in service lanes all over California, usually on the second or third visit that produced nothing. There is the lurch at the end of the block and the pause before the […]
Honda Pilot Transmission Complaints: What You Should Know
Three years or thirty six thousand miles on the basic coverage, then five years or sixty thousand on the powertrain. Those two numbers sit in the warranty booklet that came with your Honda Pilot, and hardly anyone opens it until the transmission gives them a reason to. From that morning on, those numbers decide more […]
Honda’s 9-Speed Transmission Problems: What You Need to Know
Most owners call an independent transmission shop only after two or three trips to a Honda dealer that ended with the same vehicle and a printout saying nothing was found. The shifting is still wrong. The service advisor was polite about it. By the second or third printout, a second opinion starts to look worth […]
Honda Idle Stop Engine Defect Lawsuit: What You Should Know
Your Honda or Acura shuts the engine off at a red light, exactly the way the system is designed to. The light turns green, you lift your foot off the brake, and nothing happens. If you have sat through that, you know firsthand this is no quirk to laugh off. That is the Auto Idle […]
Honda CR-V and Accord Battery Drain Lawsuit: What You Should Know
The click is the part owners remember. Not a crank, not a slow stumble, just a fast run of clicks under the hood and a dashboard that lights up and quits at the same moment. It is a weekday, the car is parked where you left it, and nothing about the night before suggested anything […]