disgraced.fk8
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- Drew
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So the past few days, I've scraped getting into my driveway, and it sounds horrid. It's a bit odd as I've pulled in much faster many a time with no issues. Take a look underneath, and the two threaded screws (in the front) that hold the metal shield you have to remove to do an oil change are GONE. Now some backstory -
I leased a 2017 civic hatch when I was still in college - no place to change oil, it was a leased vehicle etc. so I didn't do anything to the car maintenance or mod wise aside from a better radio unit. One day I'm driving down the highway doing 70mph and all of a sudden there is a loud bang and a horrid scraping noise. I pull off at the next rest stop and see that my shield is hanging down and has scraped off a bunch of the metal. Go to the dealership, and they tried to convince me I went over a bump and somehow unscrewed the screws despite the fact that you need probably 10 turns or more to tighten them. I'm a machinist by trade, don't try to pull this over on me. I also didn't do ANYTHING to that car so they had to have forgotten to put them back after changing oil the last time. So that makes sense as plenty of others have had this happen to them.
Anyway... fast forward to yesterday. I'm looking all over my garage, going over the driveway and grass at the edges with a magnet, going through my tool boxes, NOTHING. I use a magnetic tray when I change my oil for the fasteners, so I am 110%positive I put them back. It's been probably 2 months since I changed my oil as well... How would this shield only pop out now, as opposed to the last 5k miles or so?? I am beyond lost. BEYOND lost.
Has anyone had this happen? I mean there is the possibility of not putting them back but again, I use a little magnet tray SPECIFICALLY to prevent crap like this.
Luckily those screws are $1.97 a piece. But for real though does anyone have a similar story??? Or am I just losing all my marbles here...
I leased a 2017 civic hatch when I was still in college - no place to change oil, it was a leased vehicle etc. so I didn't do anything to the car maintenance or mod wise aside from a better radio unit. One day I'm driving down the highway doing 70mph and all of a sudden there is a loud bang and a horrid scraping noise. I pull off at the next rest stop and see that my shield is hanging down and has scraped off a bunch of the metal. Go to the dealership, and they tried to convince me I went over a bump and somehow unscrewed the screws despite the fact that you need probably 10 turns or more to tighten them. I'm a machinist by trade, don't try to pull this over on me. I also didn't do ANYTHING to that car so they had to have forgotten to put them back after changing oil the last time. So that makes sense as plenty of others have had this happen to them.
Anyway... fast forward to yesterday. I'm looking all over my garage, going over the driveway and grass at the edges with a magnet, going through my tool boxes, NOTHING. I use a magnetic tray when I change my oil for the fasteners, so I am 110%positive I put them back. It's been probably 2 months since I changed my oil as well... How would this shield only pop out now, as opposed to the last 5k miles or so?? I am beyond lost. BEYOND lost.
Has anyone had this happen? I mean there is the possibility of not putting them back but again, I use a little magnet tray SPECIFICALLY to prevent crap like this.
Luckily those screws are $1.97 a piece. But for real though does anyone have a similar story??? Or am I just losing all my marbles here...
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