Gearbox, Enginestart .. any Problems?

siam · 10th May 2007, 19:12

Hi,

i'm from Germany (sorry for my poor English) and i have ordered the new Civic Type-R to. I think i will get the Car allready next week

To spent the time i'm reading all of information about this car. The first german FN2-Drivers writes about some Problems with the third Gear. It scratches and makes loud noises but doesn't gets in.

Second Problem that they have is to start the Engine. At some conditions to push the startbutton doesn't works.

Do you have this Problems? Do you have any infos from your Honda-Dealers how to fix them?

Harps · 10th May 2007, 20:44

no probs with the engine start, had problems with 3rd gear, slight hesitation when engaging 3rd gear when the engine was cold.

Ive done 1250 miles and its all sorted now. The gearbox is very smooth and slick gear change, Must have been part of the running in period

mw1978 · 10th May 2007, 22:48

Same problem is with 3 gear in civic SI. Change of MTF oil helps
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37769&highlight=gear+problem

Tzn · 13th May 2007, 06:57

It does happen sometimes that the car doesn't want to start when pushing the engine start button. Nothing happens really, you just have to push the button one more time and then it usually starts. Maybe not all cars are the same as mine...

THX1138 · 13th May 2007, 11:58

Only happened to me once in 1 month. Just hit Start again and it will fire. Don't believe this is a problem. Had the same a couple of times in a Laguna.

3rd gear get's smoother and smoother. Haven't missed a shift for many days now. But it feels different then all the other gears for sure. Perhaps it's in my head. If I hadn't read about it here I probably wouldn't have known.

No problems with fuel-filler cap too

Big_AL · 4th May 2008, 21:50

3rd gear is a known problem on CTR..and Honda now acknowledge the issue. My car goes in for new syncro fix on Tuesday. Car will be away for a couple of days..I'll let you now if it works. As for the starter. Interesting I thought it was only me. MAybe once in 100 starts the starter just whines. I just give it a 2nd go and its fine. I am not worried about this...Maybe I should be!!!

R-2 · 4th May 2008, 22:56

Had a problem with 3rd gear grinding but only very occasionally. Now having done just under 4000 miles it seems to have disappeared ( i hope

)

Never had a problem starting. Push the red button and away we go every time

Wasser098 · 5th May 2008, 07:34

Never had a problem with the start button. Engaging third can still be an issue from time to time (after 7,800 miles)

ReAVeR · 5th May 2008, 07:46

i had 3rd gear problem occasionaly but only the fisrt week, now its all fine.
(propably was my fault, i think my hand was faster than my foot or something

)
as for the start button, never failed to start the engine it works 100%.

10th May 2007, 19:12	#1 (permalink)
siam Join Date: 18th March 2007 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Gearbox, Enginestart .. any Problems? Hi, i'm from Germany (sorry for my poor English) and i have ordered the new Civic Type-R to. I think i will get the Car allready next week To spent the time i'm reading all of information about this car. The first german FN2-Drivers writes about some Problems with the third Gear. It scratches and makes loud noises but doesn't gets in. Second Problem that they have is to start the Engine. At some conditions to push the startbutton doesn't works. Do you have this Problems? Do you have any infos from your Honda-Dealers how to fix them?

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10th May 2007, 20:44	#2 (permalink)
Harps Supporter Car: 2007 NHB CTR Join Date: 31st January 2007 Location: Leicester Posts: 435 Thanks: 13 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts iTrader: (0)	no probs with the engine start, had problems with 3rd gear, slight hesitation when engaging 3rd gear when the engine was cold. Ive done 1250 miles and its all sorted now. The gearbox is very smooth and slick gear change, Must have been part of the running in period

10th May 2007, 22:48	#3 (permalink)
mw1978 Car: 2007 CTR Join Date: 31st January 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 381 Thanks: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts iTrader: (0)	Same problem is with 3 gear in civic SI. Change of MTF oil helps http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37769&highlight=gear+problem

13th May 2007, 06:57	#4 (permalink)
Tzn Join Date: 24th April 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	It does happen sometimes that the car doesn't want to start when pushing the engine start button. Nothing happens really, you just have to push the button one more time and then it usually starts. Maybe not all cars are the same as mine...

13th May 2007, 11:58	#5 (permalink)
THX1138 Join Date: 2nd March 2007 Location: Den Haag, The Netherlands Posts: 393 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Only happened to me once in 1 month. Just hit Start again and it will fire. Don't believe this is a problem. Had the same a couple of times in a Laguna. 3rd gear get's smoother and smoother. Haven't missed a shift for many days now. But it feels different then all the other gears for sure. Perhaps it's in my head. If I hadn't read about it here I probably wouldn't have known. No problems with fuel-filler cap too

4th May 2008, 21:50	#6 (permalink)
Big_AL TYPE_R GT in NHB Join Date: 18th March 2008 Location: Ayrshire Posts: 36 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	3rd gear is a known problem on CTR..and Honda now acknowledge the issue. My car goes in for new syncro fix on Tuesday. Car will be away for a couple of days..I'll let you now if it works. As for the starter. Interesting I thought it was only me. MAybe once in 100 starts the starter just whines. I just give it a 2nd go and its fine. I am not worried about this...Maybe I should be!!!

4th May 2008, 22:56	#7 (permalink)
R-2 aka R-3 Car: 2010 Mugen 200 Join Date: 1st October 2007 Location: deep in the shires Posts: 2,702 Thanks: 118 Thanked 142 Times in 140 Posts iTrader: (0)	Had a problem with 3rd gear grinding but only very occasionally. Now having done just under 4000 miles it seems to have disappeared ( i hope ) Never had a problem starting. Push the red button and away we go every time

5th May 2008, 07:34	#8 (permalink)
Wasser098 Supporter Join Date: 21st August 2007 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 288 Thanks: 8 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	Never had a problem with the start button. Engaging third can still be an issue from time to time (after 7,800 miles)

5th May 2008, 07:46	#9 (permalink)
ReAVeR Join Date: 21st October 2007 Location: Thessaloniki Posts: 83 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	i had 3rd gear problem occasionaly but only the fisrt week, now its all fine. (propably was my fault, i think my hand was faster than my foot or something ) as for the start button, never failed to start the engine it works 100%.