CastorX
Senior Member
- First Name
- Balázs
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2019
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- Location
- Germany
- Vehicle(s)
- Civic 1.5 Turbo Sport Plus
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- #16
The rattling sound can have many-many sources: A pillar, B-pillar, inside the dash (possibly the evaporator), seat lumbar support mechanism, central console, glove box in some rare cases I think. But I'm sure there is NO 10th gen civic in exstance without rattles or noises. I'm waiting for a new seat mechanism for mine because it broke and I can't lower the seat position without forcing the lever.I just bought my 2018 1.5L Civic Prestige last week, after doing research into honda as a brand. The A/C went just after I completed the sale and after I test drive the car, where no issues came up. I drove straight back to dealership and tehy fixed the problem of the noise by pumping fresh gas in and said tehy will replace the A/C free of charge if any noise or issues still come up. I have a massive problem with a rattling sound on either drive's dash or side speaker. Going back to the dealership next week. Will ask about the oil dilution problem, I thought it only affected US/Canada/China and not Europe.
About the oil dilution. We got alost the same enigne as USA and Canada with minor modifications because of the engine Auto Idle Stop/Start and Particle Filter System, and possibly some other minor changes. However it might be that these 1.5 turbo engines have less problems with carbon deposition on intake valves because there is somewhat more gasoline vapor in the crank case ventilation system due to oil dilution... that is just a theory someone came up with.
But drive every day to work this winter and it's just 9 km from home so I had a lot of shorter trips along with some longer ones and I did see some increse in oil level 1mm maybe, but is was not much.
I replaced the Speakers in the doors because I think they were a bad joke. In a car as expensive as this a speaker like this one:
should not be used.
The speaker above comes from a 9th gen civic but it is the same in my SportPlus (came with 11 speakers!) it just has kevlar membrane. I also found some dried out mud around and below the connector. The little "Housetop" shaped plastic you see above the connector should protect the it from water droplets I think... Yeah, it's just. I don't know. Probably every manufacturer does that right. Anyways. If you want to get rid of rattle in the door you probably should replace the speakers too. I also found some places where the "rattle damper" little pads or what were in the wrong position and the door panel plastic could cause some rattle.
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