2016 engine recall

[hailmary1974]

I'm about to buy a 2016 Civic LX. How do I know that they aren't selling me one of the recalled cars?

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[LX16]

Even if they were, it's probably been checked or fixed by now. There's a thread here somewhere about what build dates to look for.

 

[racinginblood]

dealer would inform you if it was recalled

 

[DarkLight]

Look through the sticky at the top of the page there's a link you can go to where you type in the VIN and it will tell you if it was recalled.

 

[hailmary1974]

Even if they were, it's probably been checked or fixed by now. There's a thread here somewhere about what build dates to look for.

Thanks!

 

[Ben&Jen]

Before you buy it, they can run a service history on it, if blank OK, if not, well, it has been fixed or will be fixed. There was a stop sale at one time.

 

[Chris G]

I would not hesitate to buy a recalled car for this issue. It was a matter of the piston rod retaining clips not being installed correctly. It's not all that difficult to remove the oil, and inspect the pistons with a camera. If everything is installed correctly than it is easy for them to fill it back up with oil and you are all set. There were only a few engines that needed to have the clips replaced and that should be possible by removing the oil pan.

 

[Clear]

If you're buying from a reputable Honda dealer, they won't even let you test drive the car if there is a recall. I wanted to test drive the CR-Z, but it was under recall, and even though they had one on the lot I could look at from the outside, they didn't even have a key to open it.

 

[Ben&Jen]

If you're buying from a reputable Honda dealer, they won't even let you test drive the car if there is a recall. I wanted to test drive the CR-Z, but it was under recall, and even though they had one on the lot I could look at from the outside, they didn't even have a key to open it.

Have you noticed that Honda has a ton more recalls that say, 10 years ago...cost cutting I think.

 

[Chris G]

I have noticed this for Toyota as well. I think the internet and higher customer expectations have increased the number of recalls. It used to be normal for a car to need a new water pump at 50k miles. Now if a car needs one at 50K that is unusual. If the majority of a particular need replacment early then customers can share this info on forums like this one. If the dealer takes care of the issue with a recall, we are all happy, but if everyone is reporting a problem and the dealer does not take care of it eventually then we consider that a real flaw.

We now expect that with most cars we should not need to pay for much other than oil changes for the first 100k miles.

 

[Deleted member 5421]

Have you noticed that Honda has a ton more recalls that say, 10 years ago...cost cutting I think.

Cost cutting or is it that the complexity of the vehicles is exponential in relation?

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