Called into a mates spray paint shop for a quote on colour coding the bumpers on my Type S. He took a look at my roof and said there is a recall on a certain batch of Honda Civic as the windscreen rubber strip cuts the paint.
Off i went to Honda and they said its covered, so a new respray and rubber strip on the roof with a brand new Honda Civic to test drive for a couple of days as a courtesy car.
Below are some pics of my roof in a mess.. ill post some photos of when its all done!
That is quite a bit of rust. I've checked under the seal on mine and it is fine. I may pop some waxoyl under it at some point just to seal it completely.
I did notice it before, just thought there ain't nothing i can do that don't involve a respray. Its strange how Honda wont say anything unless you point it out to them.
Its going in on wednesday,their giving me the new civic 2.2 to try out for a couple of days. Ill post photos soon of the roof all done i hope there are no issues with paint colour!
I went out and had a look at mine just now and have noticed that it has started to rust!!! does it matter how old the car is as mines an 2008 and out of warranty
Mine's a 2007, has signs of it but nowhere near as bad as the pictures above.
It's not been serviced at Honda since the first service so I'm not holding out much hope to be honest but I'll take it to Honda sometime soon and see what they say.
had mine done 2 weeks before the extended corrosion warranty ran out, it only had 4 stamps because I have serviced it since I have owned it.
No bother, phone them dropped it off, they photographed my service book. I took my receipts for honda service parts I have used for the just in case but they didnt ask. gave me a jazz and picked it up 1 week later all done with another 1 year warranty for the work.
just wish they did the same with the clutches:worms:
If your car doesn't have full service history and had the corrison check each yeah they can get out of doing it under warranty as it states this needs to be done. That's what I got at first but after keep pestering and threatening to go to trading standards they backed down as I brought my car from Honda as a full service history car, but Honda uk didn't like the fact the first service was carried out by ABP and they hadn't done the corrison check.
Hi
Any chance you can provide me any references as in my case the Honda is not budging at all according to them my car is out of warranty
Any thing will be helpful
Cheers
Haha best get it sorted sooner rather than later as the one on here is really bad and shouldn't have been left to get that bad really. As its a structural part of the car and worse case on his car is it may need a new roof skin so car would never be the same again
Mine had just rubbed paint off and got rust colour marks on paint so I got it done straight away and was done free of charge.
It just pushes in mate, don't even need take it out can just lift the lip that sits on the paintwork to see if you have a problem. The seal rubs through the top corner of the roof.
Just had a look at mine, MY2009 SE, and there's a lovely groove worn into the paint
Booked in for Honda to look at on Friday. The service manager said he was very surprised it had happened, because as far as he knew it only affected certain cars from 2006/7
Mine has just gone in today for a respray, there is no service history with that dealer and they didnt ask either! its Honda's mistake so they will cover it on their guarantee. Check out the new review thread on the 9th gen civic that i got for a courtesy car.
They will paint the full roof and should treat the front part of the roof with a rust protector before painting. Also make sure they fit the revised window seal so you don't have the same problem again.
I have marked the window seal so I will know if they have replaced it.
I have heard from other users that they only paint the front part as well. I have a stone chip near the rear of the roof so if that is still there they have done a cheap job
The seal I have fitted now is alot softer than before and I to had a mark on rear of roof which isn't there now. Mines been done twice as first time they just touched in the bear metal as they said Honda uk wouldn't pay for the work as it didn't have full Honda service history and the annual corrosion check which basically invalidates the paintwork warranty.
Luckily I brought the car from Honda and it was sold to me as a full service history car and after a few complaints they had car back in and painted the full roof.
Make sure you full check it and if you aren't happy or caused damage elsewhere don't accept it back.
If its starting to rust,take it back.i think 2007 models are affected
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