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angie4m · 15th April 2008, 17:35

Hi all,

I mentioned the other day that while I was sat parked up at the side of the road last Wednesday for about 30/40 mins while the ignition was on, but the engine was not running a nice bright amber light poped up onto the dash with a ping and displaying the wee man with the airbag warning light. At the same time the autolights that were on flicked on and off in rapid sucession. All rather strange and very un-nerving for me and my passenger. So I turned the ignition off, took the key out and put it back it and turned the igintion back on, this time only the SRS Airbag idicator came on, so I turned the igintion off and and removed the keys and sat there in the cold and dark for another 10 mins. I then started it and hey presto! No more light and everything seemed to be okay, but as the hand book states you should get it checked so thats what I did this morning and boy have I got issues!!!

Now when that happened I didn't panic and I didn't call Honda Assist as suggest by the guy who booked the car in to be looked at, it didn't render the car undrivable just made me decided to go home, which was only about 5/6 miles along the road.

I then take it in this morning, 8am all happy in the knowledge that I am leaving it with what I regard as the best dealer in town.....then some bloke in a suit come outs about 8.20am and I tell him yet again what I had or hadn't as the case maybe doing at the time and he says; 'According to the diagnositcs, that fault occured at 93 mph and at 9600 rpm.......did you miss a gear?' Did I miss a gear??? And excuse me the fault occured while I was parked up at the side of the road, on a 30 mph road to be exact! It was heavy rain and hail that night so me and my mate had decided to ditch the pub (as we walk there) and go to the flick (Orange Wednesdays, the cheapskate he is) Its also a 30 mph at the moment all the way there due to road works and the road surface is shocking! So am I at a lose to why it gave this reading.

I said to the guy I would phone my mate and he would confirm that we had been sat there for a good while and hadn't moved, but he said it was alright but all the time asking me if I was sure? How much more sure can I be? He then said they hadn't seen this with the FN2, but had seen this error in the EP3 but it could just be a bad connection providing bad data! Oh thanks for that so according to my car its doing 93mph at 0mph on the speedo and doing 9600rpm when its doing 0rpm!

I have also got 360 miles out of the two tanks I have filled my car with in the past month and I've only done just over 2500 miles in the 6 months. Getting 360 miles from a tank doesn't sound like i've been booting it, infact my mate was slating me only last night for driving the car too carefully and not revving it!!!!

Was really not happy with the guy who spoke to me, made me out to be a liar. Not happy at all! Luckily for him the rest of the guys there are spot on and I have even recommended them to another 3 folk in the last 2 days!!!!!

I have raised my concern with Honda UK as I would hate to see what speed and rmp reading it would give if a fault occured while it was actually moving.

I have been told that they can only really see what it causing it when the light comes on again, hopefully never....and hopefully this is not the state of things to come with my dealer as I actually love them! Sad I know but I just think they are cracking!

15th April 2008, 17:35	#1 (permalink)
angie4m Why Do I bother? Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,499 Thanks: 10 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	I am concerned!!! Hi all, I mentioned the other day that while I was sat parked up at the side of the road last Wednesday for about 30/40 mins while the ignition was on, but the engine was not running a nice bright amber light poped up onto the dash with a ping and displaying the wee man with the airbag warning light. At the same time the autolights that were on flicked on and off in rapid sucession. All rather strange and very un-nerving for me and my passenger. So I turned the ignition off, took the key out and put it back it and turned the igintion back on, this time only the SRS Airbag idicator came on, so I turned the igintion off and and removed the keys and sat there in the cold and dark for another 10 mins. I then started it and hey presto! No more light and everything seemed to be okay, but as the hand book states you should get it checked so thats what I did this morning and boy have I got issues!!! Now when that happened I didn't panic and I didn't call Honda Assist as suggest by the guy who booked the car in to be looked at, it didn't render the car undrivable just made me decided to go home, which was only about 5/6 miles along the road. I then take it in this morning, 8am all happy in the knowledge that I am leaving it with what I regard as the best dealer in town.....then some bloke in a suit come outs about 8.20am and I tell him yet again what I had or hadn't as the case maybe doing at the time and he says; 'According to the diagnositcs, that fault occured at 93 mph and at 9600 rpm.......did you miss a gear?' Did I miss a gear??? And excuse me the fault occured while I was parked up at the side of the road, on a 30 mph road to be exact! It was heavy rain and hail that night so me and my mate had decided to ditch the pub (as we walk there) and go to the flick (Orange Wednesdays, the cheapskate he is) Its also a 30 mph at the moment all the way there due to road works and the road surface is shocking! So am I at a lose to why it gave this reading. I said to the guy I would phone my mate and he would confirm that we had been sat there for a good while and hadn't moved, but he said it was alright but all the time asking me if I was sure? How much more sure can I be? He then said they hadn't seen this with the FN2, but had seen this error in the EP3 but it could just be a bad connection providing bad data! Oh thanks for that so according to my car its doing 93mph at 0mph on the speedo and doing 9600rpm when its doing 0rpm! I have also got 360 miles out of the two tanks I have filled my car with in the past month and I've only done just over 2500 miles in the 6 months. Getting 360 miles from a tank doesn't sound like i've been booting it, infact my mate was slating me only last night for driving the car too carefully and not revving it!!!! Was really not happy with the guy who spoke to me, made me out to be a liar. Not happy at all! Luckily for him the rest of the guys there are spot on and I have even recommended them to another 3 folk in the last 2 days!!!!! I have raised my concern with Honda UK as I would hate to see what speed and rmp reading it would give if a fault occured while it was actually moving. I have been told that they can only really see what it causing it when the light comes on again, hopefully never....and hopefully this is not the state of things to come with my dealer as I actually love them! Sad I know but I just think they are cracking!