30000 mile checkup
12-30-2009, 06:58 AM
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30000 mile checkup
Had my wife's '08 6MT Nav in for the 30000 mile checkup. All was OK except battery had to be replaced under warranty - did not pass the load test of min CCA. No other issues with this car - the way I like it.
12-30-2009, 07:11 AM
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it's a car-drive it
good news-guess you do not follow the maintenance minder- My mom does not either on her 08 accord. she does not drive enough. I do follow it on my 06-still with the original battery and brakes with 96,000+problem free miles. Love it.
12-30-2009, 11:43 AM
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When my first oil change reminder came up @8600 miles I chose to follow my own schedule. I feel those reminders will eventually cause mechanical problems later down the road outside of warranty period - just MOHO. Just peace of mind for me.
12-30-2009, 02:21 PM
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it's a car-drive it
Hoping you continue to have good luck with your tsx and it gets up to the miles I have on mine without problems. Long distance highway driving helps me. (except for adding up the mileage).
12-30-2009, 04:51 PM
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12-30-2009, 05:21 PM
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It looks like Honda has reprogrammed the OLM software for 08. My 06 goes to 0% oil life at about 5500 miles no matter how I drive it. Oh well ...
And one other thing - what's with the 30,000 mile checkup? These vehicles have their maintenance schedule determined by the MID, and it's not on the basis of miles anymore.
And one other thing - what's with the 30,000 mile checkup? These vehicles have their maintenance schedule determined by the MID, and it's not on the basis of miles anymore.
12-31-2009, 11:25 AM
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it's a car-drive it
I also take excellent care of my tsx-just ask my husband who always is saying I love the car more than him (true at times) I get compliments a lot on how nice the car looks.
12-31-2009, 12:17 PM
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it's a car-drive it
As previously stated I use what works for me-I average 30,000+miles a year. I tried using premium for over 2 months, then switched to the regular-No loss in performance or MPG. My gas mileage went down slightly when I switched the OEM tires to Yoko's.
01-05-2010, 04:38 AM
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you need to go back to premium gas. You're doing harm to your engine. High compression motor requires higher octane gas to combust. If you put in lower, the PCM/ECU automatically retard the timing to prevent knocks and ping. The PCM/ECU doesnt prevent it 100%. If you keep that up, eventually your motor is going to brake down on you. 90K mile of highway doesnt mean a lot of miles. 90K mile of inner city driving means more due to stop and go wear and tear.
01-05-2010, 05:08 AM
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you need to go back to premium gas. You're doing harm to your engine. High compression motor requires higher octane gas to combust. If you put in lower, the PCM/ECU automatically retard the timing to prevent knocks and ping. The PCM/ECU doesnt prevent it 100%. If you keep that up, eventually your motor is going to brake down on you. 90K mile of highway doesnt mean a lot of miles. 90K mile of inner city driving means more due to stop and go wear and tear.
01-05-2010, 07:37 PM
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The only reason the TSX "requires" premium fuel is because that's what was used during all of its R&D and testing. To harm the engine, it would have to have a far higher compression ratio. Regular fuel is fine in all current gasoline engines on the market.
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