Pinging noise from your 09 TSX engine?
03-14-2009, 06:46 PM
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Pinging noise from your 09 TSX engine?
Quick poll: Is your car affected by engine pinging -- yes or no?
Background: I took my car to my local Acura dealer to have them look into the engine pinging noise. When the technician got in the car for the test drive, he said he knew exactly the noise the car was going to make, and sure enough he knew exactly how to replicate it.
When we returned to the dealership, the service manager wrote up the problem, said Acura/Honda was claiming it is a "normal" sound, and said he'd send them notice of another complaint. He said that was all he could/would do. He said that "lots of" 09 TSXs make this noise, even when using the highest-octane, Top Tier gasoline available. (I have used a different Top Tier retailer for every tank of gas, and have always put in 93 octane.)
My car did not make the noise when I bought it; it only began after about 1,500 miles. This seems to be the case with other owners, based on what I've read here and on Edmunds. The car sound awful when it makes this noise and appears to me to affect the performance.
I am writing to Acura/Honda to formally lodge a complaint and would like to know how many others here are experiencing the pinging problem (if you don't know what I'm referring to, consider yourself lucky).
Background: I took my car to my local Acura dealer to have them look into the engine pinging noise. When the technician got in the car for the test drive, he said he knew exactly the noise the car was going to make, and sure enough he knew exactly how to replicate it.
When we returned to the dealership, the service manager wrote up the problem, said Acura/Honda was claiming it is a "normal" sound, and said he'd send them notice of another complaint. He said that was all he could/would do. He said that "lots of" 09 TSXs make this noise, even when using the highest-octane, Top Tier gasoline available. (I have used a different Top Tier retailer for every tank of gas, and have always put in 93 octane.)
My car did not make the noise when I bought it; it only began after about 1,500 miles. This seems to be the case with other owners, based on what I've read here and on Edmunds. The car sound awful when it makes this noise and appears to me to affect the performance.
I am writing to Acura/Honda to formally lodge a complaint and would like to know how many others here are experiencing the pinging problem (if you don't know what I'm referring to, consider yourself lucky).
03-14-2009, 07:23 PM
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There's an existing thread regarding this problem. Please continue the discussion there.
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-problems-fixes-145/003-there-ignition-timing-issue-%2Aupdate-tsb-pg-12%2A-684180/
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-problems-fixes-145/003-there-ignition-timing-issue-%2Aupdate-tsb-pg-12%2A-684180/
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