Today, while backing out of a parking spot, I heard a thump. I thought I hit something even though I was checking in my rearview mirrow and back up camera. Checked again, saw nothing so I drove off. Later, my friend pointed at the muffler and asked me what happened. I looked and was surprised. The left muffler was hanging as is someone kicked it down. I looked and saw the exhaust pipe broke off just after the joint. No sign of anything. I'll again tomorrow since it was dark and raining. My car has 49,693 miles on it now.

 

shit that sucks its tge stock one right

 

You just gave yourself a good excuse for a mod exhaust.

 

what the fuck....

 

wtf is right.

 

Judging by the pic i'd say that is a warranty issue .

Jens

 

I think the exhaust has a lifetime warranty. Pretty sure it's longer than the regular warranty anyway.

 

that blows

 

Jens,
Thanks for the input.

 

Sorry to hear it Mike. You just got bad luck with headers/exhausts... Time to go HKS or comptechs :-)

 

Made in America, got to love it!
Dan

 

Ben,
I know ... it sucks ... I just cant believe the OEM pipe broke in half like that.

 

Damn man, that is crazy, sure the dealer will be scratching their heads also, good luck.

 

Thats a first!

 

:o :o Mike,
I am having bad feelings about this, it does very much appear to be a warranteable issue. Let us know what happens.

 

Didn't you notice a Difference in sound while driving?..

 

Well, from the time I heard the thump to the time my friend saw it, I drove for about 5 miles in stop and go traffic with no hard acceleration with loud music. After I knew about it, the exhaust sound was obvious. I even tried to punch it and my car sounded exactly like a civic with fart can.

 

I had this happen to me in a 74 Cougar (yeah, yeah, I know, I'm old). Backing up I heard this tremendous sound like there was something coming through the floorboards. The muffler fell off and got jammed under the car and as I backed up it forced forwards and up. Just so happened I was on my way to the airport, had good clothes on and it was shitty out. Tied it up w/ a string and hit the bricks!

 

That should be taken care of free of charge.

 

I agree w/jens since it looks like it cleanly broke off where the weld is.

 

From what I see, I've been having a leak for a while ... see the black mark caused by exhaust gas at the bottom of the pipe ... will see what they will say tomorrow morning.

 

i think this is from are exhaust shaking and moving soo much, the pipes just got weaker and weaker then broke

my best guess

 

Car is at John Eagle Acura now. Roman took care of me.

Thank you, Mr. Stumpy

 

Sweet! Are they gona just re-weld it or give ya a whole new muffler???

 

sooo weird...looks like a perfect break...no jagged edges or anything

BTW, i think that's the most perfect looking bumper cover i've seen after all those miles

 

A new muffler was ordered overnite. Then I would have 1 new and 1 old muffler

 

John Eagle Rocks!!! My car was shaking when braking from higher speeds 60mph+ I took it in on sat.. they put on new rotors for me and new braked pads... i also had my 7500mi we care service done... took frikin 3.5 hours sittin there before i got my car back but i paid 0.00 so it was all good she runs like a champ now.

 

Not a problem, Mike. But not all of the credit can go to me. My svc mgr did give the okay on it. Sucks that it happened though. But like Dan said, American made, gotta love it. Strangest damn thing i've seen though.

 

Sorry it took so long to get you handled. Glad to have helped you.
If You need anything, Just call!
Thanks, Eric Y

 

Egads!!

Attack of the John Eagle Service advisors Glad to see both of your guys on board

 

Becareful of what you say. We're watching you!

 

I just saw this post. The same thing happened to me at 40,000 miles. It even broke at the same weld point.

I called and told the dealer what happened and even considering the circumstances, the earliest they could get me in was 2 weeks later. Well, when I got the car in and they looked at it, they agreed to replace the muffler under warranty, however they had to order the part. They insisted that I leave the car there until the part came in, since it was "dangerous" to drive it around like that!

 

2 weeks? I guess THAT'S the difference between a good dealership and a crappy one. And if they insisted that you leave the car, they had better offer you a loaner for that time period!!!

my 2 cents

 

I know I should be studying...but God Damn, that is some F*cked up sh*t. Is there any chance that your OBX header causes that? ehhehehe

 

Shut up John or your mummyfied OBX header will crack

 

remember he's not in nyc. mine is still new and original and no scatches with close to the same mileage

 

But I'm in a city with construction going on 365days/yr. I guess the Z shield really works

 

The Chinese call if "Wun Hung Lo" syndrome.

 

 

Even though I got an excuse but no dough to follow up with it