Medic!!!! Matrix Down!!!!

[ArmyofOne]

Sooo...i finally figured out my gas mileage myth...only took 2 years.

I was minding my own business, driving on fort drum on my way home for my lunch break...no big deal right? i stop at a stop sign and go to get going again and sputter sputter sputter...die...crank sputter sputter sputter...CEL...sputter...i take my ass (at 25 MPH, spitting smoke and gasoline out of the tailpipe) the 10 miles to the dealer i go to (Dealmaker Honda, where i bought the car) and have it diagnosed...im not gonna screw with it, it has a 100,000 mile Honda Care extended service plan. 2 hrs later i find out that it has a shitload of stuff wrong with it...

First, the #1 fuel injector went out, then coincedentally (and unrelated) the #1 ignition coil pack went out... then as a result of the Dead Cylinder, it spit out the fuel through the exhaust and blew my O2 sensor, the cat was burned up also as a result.

Technician said the Injector was probably faulty from the start and eventually got stuck open...hence my bad fuel mileage...in 10 miles, i burned/spit out about 4 gallons of gas...

soooooooo....$850 of someone elses money later, im in a loaner honda civic and i owe these guys nothing cause i bought that warranty...its already paid for itself!

anyway, we will see how my mileage improves when i get the car back on tues...

[Smar969905]

i feel sorry for you...having to roll around in a civic. i think i would rather walk or take a bus.

anyway good to hear that the dealer isnt being a complete f*cktard about your car, and really is doing what they say they will. now only if we could get politicians to start on that concept as well