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Old 25th February 2007, 16:56   #3 (permalink)
Lexie
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Hello all!

Another new civic owner here. Loved the car since it was launched and eventually traded in my old megane (sad to see it go, honest!) for an ex demo 1.8 EX in Alabaster Silver with 18" Altimo alloys and a reversing camera.

I still love the car but slightly irritated that there are so many teething problems with it, quite a few that I've found out through Civinfo.

On picking the car up I was told that recalls for the rear shocks, fuel filler cap and power steering had been done. Slightly concerning I thought for a car with 650 miles on the clock. Still, I was delighted to pick up the car at last.

Unfortunately this was not the end of it, one of my electric windows didn't work, neither did the sat nav ( well it did but regularly was miles out or had me in rivers etc), the dash board had a real irritating squeak and the fuel filler cap took some 3 or 4 attempts to open it. Not re-assuring when your nearly empty.

This theme seems to have continued and my car is booked in for its 3rd return to the dealer within my first 1500 miles. I must say that so far no issues with the dealer, Arnold Clark in Ayr. Well just the minor issue of scratching one of the wings the last time they had it. In fairness to them, no argument regarding this and they have stated that they'll deal with the matter when its next in. Should polish out I hope!

Not the start I hoped for with the civic but hopefully all the problems will be fixed permanently before its time to buy my next car.

Lastly, what are the current faults/ recalls in order that I can get my dealer to get them done when the car goes in next month?

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Hi Lex

I hope that you get all of your Civic's faults sorted soon so that you will finally be able to love your car, as I am sure you expected to when you first saw one.

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