Car Advice - Honda Civic

DA9

Recently had an issue with indicator lights, they were becoming intermittent, Installed new battery after check revealed it was on its way out. Still have the problem, checked the fuses and they are fine, and indicators work on main lights and door mirrors when I turn the hazards on and walk around the car to check, so it's not the bulbs. When we drive they become intermittent again, and not showing up as flashing on dashboard panel, then 1 minute later they work again, any advice please?

Lincsaddick

Something in the wiring loom .. get a qualified motor sparks to check it .. and the new(ish) Civic ? .. sorry... one of the worst Jap cars in the last 20 years

cafcfan

Flasher relay I expect.

DA9

Cheers

DA9

Ps.... Always loved the civic, had two, never let me down, no, it's 2004 civic sport

Lincsaddick

DA9 said:

Ps.... Always loved the civic, had two, never let me down, no, it's 2004 civic sport

Ah .. thought you had a new one. Electrical problems in a 10 year old car ? .. nothing too unexpected there, probably water/damp getting in somewhere .. good luck in sorting it .... Flasher relay I expect.. or this

DaveMehmet

Possibly a bad earth, check connections.

ForeverAddickted

DA9 said:

Ps.... Always loved the civic, had two, never let me down, no, it's 2004 civic sport

Since I passed my test in '03 I've had three Volkswagen Golf Mk.3's (no not all at once for the smart arses on here) - Needed to get a new car last May because my final Golf was falling to pieces

Realising I couldnt afford one of the better Golf's I decided to go round all the Garages, now there is a running joke at home (Dont know why) with people always suggesting that I buy a Honda with my response always the same "I DONT want a Honda", same thing happened in May but to shut them up I decided to go to the Honda garage... Within minutes of arriving saw a lovely 08 Honda Civic, took it for test drive and absolutely loved it and havent regretted it since lol!

tangoflash

Indicators are intermittent, as in keep going on & off?

Are you taking the piss?.............

DA9

Lincsaddick said:

DA9 said:

Ps.... Always loved the civic, had two, never let me down, no, it's 2004 civic sport

Ah .. thought you had a new one. Electrical problems in a 10 year old car ? .. nothing too unexpected there, probably water/damp getting in somewhere .. good luck in sorting it .... Flasher relay I expect.. or this

Thanks Lincs, If it was damp, why would they work on the hazard button?

DA9

Car is 10 year old, it was the mother in laws, she only put 40k on the clock from new, perfect condition, flys through its MOT, but then again electrics do erode I suppose.

DA9

tangoflash said:

Indicators are intermittent, as in keep going on & off?

Are you taking the piss?.............

Lol, if only

Lincsaddick

DA9 said:

Lincsaddick said:

DA9 said:

Ps.... Always loved the civic, had two, never let me down, no, it's 2004 civic sport

Ah .. thought you had a new one. Electrical problems in a 10 year old car ? .. nothing too unexpected there, probably water/damp getting in somewhere .. good luck in sorting it .... Flasher relay I expect.. or this

Thanks Lincs, If it was damp, why would they work on the hazard button?

now THAT .. might be the question .. ask a sparks to stick his voltmeter on the various wiring .. he'll have an answer in two minutes .. you say the problem only occurs when the car is moving ? .. so 'motion' is the problem .. loose wiring, damp wiring, bad connections, whatever .. that'll be £50 please ((:>)

tangoflash

I've got a 12 yr old CRV (which I love by the way) and I've just had to spend £200, as the central locking on the back door refused to unlock. Wear & tear sucks...........

DA9

Lincsaddick said:

DA9 said:

Lincsaddick said:

DA9 said:

Ps.... Always loved the civic, had two, never let me down, no, it's 2004 civic sport

Ah .. thought you had a new one. Electrical problems in a 10 year old car ? .. nothing too unexpected there, probably water/damp getting in somewhere .. good luck in sorting it .... Flasher relay I expect.. or this

Thanks Lincs, If it was damp, why would they work on the hazard button?

now THAT .. might be the question .. ask a sparks to stick his voltmeter on the various wiring .. he'll have an answer in two minutes .. you say the problem only occurs when the car is moving ? .. so 'motion' is the problem .. loose wiring, damp wiring, bad connections, whatever .. that'll be £50 please ((:>)

I did turn the engine on and try them when stationary, still intermittent, looks like a Sparks is the answer, I assume the hazard button and indicator arm work off different circuits, hence why one works and they other doesn't, cheers lincs.

DA9

tangoflash said:

I've got a 12 yr old CRV (which I love by the way) and I've just had to spend £200, as the central locking on the back door refused to unlock. Wear & tear sucks...........

Drivers window mechanism went before Xmas, that cost us nearly £100, and 3 door parts are hard to find

tangoflash

The main reason I went for the CRV was so I could put the dogs in the back, without getting mud all over the upholstery, so pissed me off when the door refused to open. The big problem is there's no key or interior handle to use as a back up. Buggered if I know how the mechanic managed to get it open, but it was better than the crowbar method I was contemplating.........

WayneK

Had a CRV, loved it although not very quick.
Get yourself a Ralliart. :-:
El, I'd have thought you'd be driving a gold Caddy convertable by now.

DA9

WayneK said:

Had a CRV, loved it although not very quick.
Get yourself a Ralliart. :-:
El, I'd have thought you'd be driving a gold Caddy convertable by now.

Weekend car

Robbo on the wing

Agree with the others, swap the flasher relay.

cafcfan

Had a weird phone call from the local Honda dealer yesterday.
He said "Good Morning Mr cafcfan (don't know how he knew that was my name!), this is just a courtesy call to find out how you are getting on with your Honda Jazz."
Well, I said, not very well, as I don't have one. I did pop in to look at a CR-V four years ago but I didn't buy one. Hope someone hasn't nicked my identity and bought a car - I'm waiting for all the speeding tickets and parking fines to start dropping on the door mat ...

BTW, however good it was, I couldn't own a car which sounds like it was named after a town hall.

JohnBoyUK

I've driven the two Civic's that my parents bought. They had one of the new shape Type Rs when it first came out. Definitely a case of speed over comfort. Then they replaced it with a top of the range executive model which is like driving a sofa its so comfortable. Not great fuel consumption though but its a nice drive.

We did have another version with flappy gear paddles on the steering wheel which was a courtesy car with a fairly naff semi-automatic gear box. You'd change gear and sometimes it could take 2-3 seconds to change up/down and it was a proper pain in the bum. Put me right off.

DA9

I've just noticed that they seem to want to "warm up" before they start working, I only knew about the intermittent part from the Mrs, drove the car myself last two days and noticed that once the engine starts the hazard and indicator arms don't work, then start again after a few minutes driving.

cafcfred4

Shamless self promotion - I work for Honda if anyone wants to buy one!!

seth plum

cafcfred4 when does the flash new Jazz come out?

cafcfred4

Not confirmed yet but summer time! Along with the new HRV.

DaveMehmet

DA9 said:

I've just noticed that they seem to want to "warm up" before they start working, I only knew about the intermittent part from the Mrs, drove the car myself last two days and noticed that once the engine starts the hazard and indicator arms don't work, then start again after a few minutes driving.

Don't turn left or right for the first few minutes of any journey and you'll be fine. Buying a house in a long straight road will help

ForeverAddickted

Thing is no one uses their indicators anymore anyway... they're simply there as an accessory on a car now

cashncarry

Move to Bexhill nobody uses them there,sounds like a relay problem had the same with a peugot.Remember years ago driving around Lewisham area for a day when my indictators packed up on an old escort lots of interesting hand signals from people that day