Dreamdtt2000

I took my car to radley acura dealer for my check engine light. The code was egr valve. They fixed it for free and the next day the check engine light is on again??? WTF? What if the same code pop up again? what do it do? What can it be?

Dreamdtt2000

second time I took it to the dealer.

DanMan1464

lol

i went at least 7 times in 10 months.

Oh well, free of charge, and free loaner

wilp99

ask them if they cleaned the carbon out of the passage. the valve is accually good, but its the carbon build up inthe passage that makes the code come on. egr-insufficient flow.

mcshade311

yeah the dealer is supposed to actually drill that passage to a larger size, do i search for egr, i posted a link for the tech service bulletin last week.

Dreamdtt2000

What do they do? The egr valve is fine correct? They just need to drill a bigger hole somewhere? I did a search but can't find it. Is it this:

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152035

For some reason I can't open the file. I have adobe reader. If it is easy to do, imma going to get my friend to do it. Thanks alot!

Dreamdtt2000

The dealer sucks. They should know what to do. I mean, shouldn't all the employers know how to fix this problem? So many first gens is having this problem.

Dreamdtt2000

I got it to work.Thanks. How long is the process to do this??? Thanks alot!

mcshade311

it took me a couple of hours, i didn't drill it out all i did was clean all of the carbon out of it. you need to have a special bit to do the drilling, but i figure it took over 100,000 mi before it first happened, so i shoudl be good for another 100k.

DJBOMBERMAN

I went to the dealership and they tell me that since I am over the 150,000 mile marker that I have to now pay for it. So because I drive more that the average person I can't get a problem fixed that didn't even come on before 175,000 mile! What is that crap? Wasn't it a RECALL? Is there a milleage limit on a recall? Any suggestions? I thought about writing directly to ACURA and seeing if that would go up the chain. What do you think? Do I have a case here? I currently have 196,000 miles on it and it runs like a horse still. The EGR valve kit that they need to install on the car is like $350! I just don't think that is fair. I want to buy another car from that dealership so you would think that they would "help" out and just cover the part since it was recalled. I got my ignition switch covered no problem....and I was at 159,000 miles when that happened. That was crazy though my car used to just shut off when making a turn into an intersection. I almost got into a bad accident because of it. Anyways....what do you think???

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Dreamdtt2000

The instructions is for the 3.0, I have a 2.2, are the instructions the same?

Dreamdtt2000

I hope the second time is a charm. I'm going to bring in my car to the dealer again on tuesday. Hope they know what to do...

yossi

what does the dealer charge to hook up a scanner to find out the codes on a cei? if its the egr and its covered under the 150k warranty, do they do the scan for free? i just got a cel and wondering if i should go to the dealer, or local mechanic who does a free diagnostic

lowpost

they'll probably charge you an hour minimum to do that, but then if it turns out to be warrantied work it's free. Maybe 60 bucks

Chinisimo

it's an extended warranty, not a recall. so it'll only covered up to a certain mileage.

to those of you that are out of warranty, i still have my extra egr valve kit for the 3.0. so let me know if you want it

DJBOMBERMAN

How much for the kit? I bought just the EGR valve and replaced it thinking that would do the trick, but it didn't and it ruined the new EGR valve I bought. I need the ENTIRE kit (has the teflon part) as well as the hose. How much for it shipped to Illinios? Also can you send me a pic? thanks!

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lowpost

When the dealer did mine a week ago, I forgot to tell them not to wash my car. And lo and behold, I get my car back and there's all these fucking scratches on it that I know weren't there before I took it in. Not even sure if can do anything since I don't have proof.

rayman1031

a little bump here...
i took in my car just now to get the egr valve done and it's gonna be free and all but the guy tells me that they have to charge me $82 for the diagnosis. uh... is that right?

Chinisimo

bull fucking shit!!! tell them if they still want to charge you, you're going somewhere else. it's an extended warranty coverage, so you dont' suppose to pay shit if you're still under the extended warranty conditions.

tell them you'll go elsewhere if they still want to fuck w/ you.

rayman1031

hmmm... that sucks... anybody else have the dealer try to charge you?