brian72
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I bought a 2018 Honda Civic Touring in March of '18. I have a few odd things happening that I'm either being told are 'normal', or I'm just not sure I should invest in upgrades. So I'm hoping that others with the SAME year, model and trim as my car can see if these things happen for them, too? I'd be happy to test out stuff for others as well. If you have a different trim or something, I wouldn't mind reading your comments. While my new car's been serviced a few times already, the Honda (CRV, Accord) loaners I've gotten don't seem to have these issues, or at least not as often/noticeable.
#1 - ACC clicking. If you press the window lock button on the side of the driver's door, you can hear it engage/disengage with a click sound. I take that as normal, but that click sound itself - if you tone it down a little and put that sound coming from the left of the gas pedal near the driver's corner, can you hear it there mostly when the engaged ACC decelerates? This test works best in semi-busy traffic; I hear it mostly downtown traffic where I speed up and slow down every several seconds.
#2 - Battery life. I left the car in accessory mode, charged up an iPhone using the 12v outlet (old fashioned cigarette lighter) in the car. After 45 minutes, the car needed a jump, the battery was dead. My dealership said not to use this mode more than 5 minutes, a dead battery is to be expected. 2 of 5 bigger dealerships I called said the same thing. Honda said it doesn't sound right and have the battery replaced. 3 out of 5 smaller dealerships I called never heard of such a thing. Another online forum thread has mixed reviews and some suggestions to replace the battery with a higher capacity battery. When I get a portable battery jumper, I'll test this some more. But can anyone else test their battery drain to see if it's 'normal'? Has anyone replaced their battery with a higher capacity to find a difference? (Note: accessory mode is pressing the start button once without using the brake pedal. Pressing it twice puts it into a mode that turns on more computers, fans & etc, so this is only one push.)
#3 - ACC sensors. I can't find a pattern to when ACC decelerates gracefully versus less gracefully. Sometimes it sees a car switching lanes from my left, to mine, to my right and handles it wonderfully. Other times it sees a car switching out of my lane, and despite it driving the same speed or faster, my car will have a little harsher brake for whatever reason. And seemingly wait longer than needed before it starts to accelerate. I've caught it a couple times seeing and slowing for a car a lane to my left while I'm going around a gentle curve to the right. Several times it doesn't feel like it'll slow down for the car ahead of me so I'll have to step on the brakes myself. These issues are not that often ever since they replaced the VSA module, but they do happen and can be bothersome.
#1 - ACC clicking. If you press the window lock button on the side of the driver's door, you can hear it engage/disengage with a click sound. I take that as normal, but that click sound itself - if you tone it down a little and put that sound coming from the left of the gas pedal near the driver's corner, can you hear it there mostly when the engaged ACC decelerates? This test works best in semi-busy traffic; I hear it mostly downtown traffic where I speed up and slow down every several seconds.
#2 - Battery life. I left the car in accessory mode, charged up an iPhone using the 12v outlet (old fashioned cigarette lighter) in the car. After 45 minutes, the car needed a jump, the battery was dead. My dealership said not to use this mode more than 5 minutes, a dead battery is to be expected. 2 of 5 bigger dealerships I called said the same thing. Honda said it doesn't sound right and have the battery replaced. 3 out of 5 smaller dealerships I called never heard of such a thing. Another online forum thread has mixed reviews and some suggestions to replace the battery with a higher capacity battery. When I get a portable battery jumper, I'll test this some more. But can anyone else test their battery drain to see if it's 'normal'? Has anyone replaced their battery with a higher capacity to find a difference? (Note: accessory mode is pressing the start button once without using the brake pedal. Pressing it twice puts it into a mode that turns on more computers, fans & etc, so this is only one push.)
#3 - ACC sensors. I can't find a pattern to when ACC decelerates gracefully versus less gracefully. Sometimes it sees a car switching lanes from my left, to mine, to my right and handles it wonderfully. Other times it sees a car switching out of my lane, and despite it driving the same speed or faster, my car will have a little harsher brake for whatever reason. And seemingly wait longer than needed before it starts to accelerate. I've caught it a couple times seeing and slowing for a car a lane to my left while I'm going around a gentle curve to the right. Several times it doesn't feel like it'll slow down for the car ahead of me so I'll have to step on the brakes myself. These issues are not that often ever since they replaced the VSA module, but they do happen and can be bothersome.
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