That's what I would do... I had mine in 3 times for this problem but the dealership couldn't feel it like I could apparently but finally after an email they dug a little deeper and found the update! My car is now running smoothly and I'm back to 40 mph highway! It dropped to 24 mph when it was surging!Just say you have the symptom and say you want it done, shouldn't be something they need to try to duplicate.
The sad part is how we have to push them to 'dig deeper' to find the update. It's as if we're asking them to find a needle in a haystack. Like seriously, it's not like there are thousands of TSB's. They should be able to find it with a simple keyword search.That's what I would do... I had mine in 3 times for this problem but the dealership couldn't feel it like I could apparently but finally after an email they dug a little deeper and found the update! My car is now running smoothly and I'm back to 40 mph highway! It dropped to 24 mph when it was surging!
Go back to the begining of this thread and print out the SB and bring it with you. This is what I did and it made all the difference.The sad part is how we have to push them to 'dig deeper' to find the update. It's as if we're asking them to find a needle in a haystack. Like seriously, it's not like there are thousands of TSB's. They should be able to find it with a simple keyword search.
Thanks, I already did that a while back and got the update. Basically did all the work for them. The members of this forum know more about the Civic than most service advisors. Sad.Go back to the begining of this thread and print out the SB and bring it with you. This is what I did and it made all the difference.
Depends on the dealer - best to let them know you have an issue as they likely won't hook up the diagnostic machine, or use a real tech, to do an oil change (too much $$ for a tech to be a grease monkey).Haven't told the dealership about it as I forgot while I was getting my oil change done. Do they automatically apply the fix or would you have to tell to do so? I haven't tested if it's still there or not yet.
Just had mine serviced for this issue. So far so good! They also did the software update for the electronic brake issue.
If the car is still surging I'd go back to the dealer. I sat with the service manager and we looked up the service bulletin together. It wasn't an easy one to find. If I didn't know the bulletin number (from this forum), I'm not sure we would have been able to find it. Keyword searches didn't seem to work.I went recently to the dealership as I had a message on my Honda App that a recall was needed for the e-brake. Requested they complete this TSB as well. They didn't know a thing about the TSB. They also said the update had already been completed by the manufacturer and wasn't available for the car. I said well the car has the surge at high speed and why did the app show I needed the recall? They gave me the rundown why and now after 5 days later the app no longer has the recall notice. Makes me think.......
One day there will be an app that lists all of the software TSB's that are available for your vehicle. You will be able to select and install any of them over the air, without a trip to the dealership. You will also be able to do map updates over the air. In fact, they will occur seamlessly in the background as soon as they become available.Yeah,
It's just such a pain with work etc having to do that and they found the TSB once I provided the info for them. They said they couldn't update the ECM if the update had already been applied. However, the surging still occurs.....
Did you get it resolved??Would be nice if that were possible on the civic now....oh well... we will just have to wait.