My @!%$^@! actuator is out again....
03-09-2004, 08:04 AM
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My @!%$^@! actuator is out again....
For the 3rd mutha !#@!%$! time :angry: First time was a month after I got the car then again about 6 months later and now again maybe a year later. AND to top it all off I just called my acura dealer and the guy who I have dealt with since I had my 01 and went through ALL the trannys and other problems and then the crap with my 03 is NO LONGER THERE
He kinda had a clue as to WTF was going on and would actually listen to me because I usually knew WTF was the problem. Now I have to bring the car is and I am SURE I will have to re explain WTF an actuator is and why I know its out! I am sure they don't have any other CL's on the lot to so I can show them what it should do.
So does any one know how much this part cost because I am almost at 40k so I am wondering with this track record if it goes and I am out of warrantee what would it cost?
He kinda had a clue as to WTF was going on and would actually listen to me because I usually knew WTF was the problem. Now I have to bring the car is and I am SURE I will have to re explain WTF an actuator is and why I know its out! I am sure they don't have any other CL's on the lot to so I can show them what it should do.So does any one know how much this part cost because I am almost at 40k so I am wondering with this track record if it goes and I am out of warrantee what would it cost?
03-09-2004, 11:25 AM
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That sucks man. I’ve never had one fail. Even on two different CL-S’s.
I used to check my actuator from under the hood every few weeks by manually revving the engine, but I don’t have to do that any more.
Since I removed the Bypass Valve on the intake I can clearly HEAR the tone change when the actuator opens up about 1000 RPM before VTEC kicks in at 5-Grand.
I used to check my actuator from under the hood every few weeks by manually revving the engine, but I don’t have to do that any more.
Since I removed the Bypass Valve on the intake I can clearly HEAR the tone change when the actuator opens up about 1000 RPM before VTEC kicks in at 5-Grand.
03-09-2004, 12:07 PM
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Yeah I had a 01 cl-s for over a year and the actuator never went out...now this 03 has been 3 times! The first time was literally like one month after I got the car with nothing modded on it. I can tell almost as son as it happens...I can hear it with the intake or I can feel the lack of power. It fuken sucks...I am concerned when I have no warrantee what it will cost to fix if they wont for free! These are things I will ask them tomorrow once I go and RE EXPLAIN WTF is wrong. Who knows they might know about them by now...but they didn't the first time I went.
03-09-2004, 12:14 PM
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mine went out once and I knee right away. took it to the dealer and they didn't even know what I was talking about even when I showed them. didn't want a dealer to mess with the car if they couldn't catch on. so i took the car to PAA and they had it fixed in an hour. they even went as far as to take the part off of a new car and replace the new car's part when the ship ment arrived so I didn't have to wait. great service!
03-09-2004, 12:16 PM
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Originally posted by rondog
so i took the car to PAA and they had it fixed in an hour.
so i took the car to PAA and they had it fixed in an hour.
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