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 Official Honda Civic 10th Gen Owner/Fans Club V2, Turbo still kicking yo!

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post Jul 20 2016, 10:51 AM

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QUOTE(willie @ Jul 20 2016, 07:13 AM)
I haven't properly described my AC issues, so let me talk about my story first. My ride is TCP, Lunar Silver. On the first day after i left the showroom, i noticed that the AC was not very cold, but my ride was not tinted and I didn't feel very warm because i picked up my car on a rainy day, first thing i do was to check my tire pressure at petrol station, true enough, it was 40+PSI, and when i get back to the car i feel that the AC seems to be turned off itself but it sort of turned back on when i started driving, it turns on and off itself during the drive, and i set the temp to LO to force the AC to work, so it is not supposed to turn off the AC. When i reached home, i started driving it in town, hoping to observe the AC behavior.

The next day, early morning, i was driving the car to send my sisters to a destination about 1 and a half hour from my house. AC feels cold, although still turns off intermittently. it is almost 100% trunk road, while early morning, i was driving pretty fast, i would said that the car is very well balanced, does not really feels like driving a FF car, the tires' dry grip is a bit on the low side, noise is acceptable. Any way after reaching destination, i went to do my tinting. After tinting, it was a hot sunny saturday afternoon, then i noticed that the AC is not blowing cold air at all when i came out from the tinting shop, during the drive home i noticed that the AC still on and off itself despite i set the temp to LO. The AC seems to blow cold air for like 20 seconds then AC off itself, i forced the AC screen to stay on and noticed that it is actually showing AC on despite it is not blowing cold air. Occasionally, when i press AC off then on again, i will be able to get back the AC but it only lasted for a while. After i find a safe place to park my ride, i did a factory reset to the HU (it took about 10 mins, it's exactly like resetting a android tablet), but no changes after the reset.

Sunday i went out again in the morning and night (when the outside temp was low), and i notice that the AC seems to work better. So i tried to adjust the "showed" outside temperature on the dashboard, sees whether that it can affects the AC (although in my mind i don't think it does, but heck, what else can i try right) but still i am having the AC issues. Immediately, i made an appointment with the dealer i got my car on Tuesday (that's yesterday).

Appointment was in morning, so i drove again in the morning, because the outside temperature is low, the AC issues is not problem. Reaching the dealer, they had a check on it, the AC actually works fine when the mechanic was checking it, i was like why la it behaves so well, naughty car. But i insisted they plug in to the computer to check, not too sure that's a issue but through OBD2 the computer doesn't seems to be able to get the temperature setting i set to the AC. At the end of the first session, the AC runs smooth like it should (actually i also noticed that during P or N or D on hold, the AC seems to work fine if you able to get the compressor working at the start of the mode that i mentioned), so i though maybe i should give it a try for another few days. However, before i even drive out of the dealer, the AC stop working, i immediately went back to the mechanic that was working on my car, and they noticed that the AC is not working at all. After about 1 hour plus of checking, the service manager actually told me that the system check shows no issues at all but they noticed the issues and contacted Honda Malaysia. Honda Malaysia's response to them is that, they have received a few complaints on this very same issue, instructed them not to further dissemble or touch anything, they will be sending specialist to work on this issue. So no solution found, i drove the car back. I love the pull of the engine so i punished the pedal a bit, and i used S mode (about 45 mins drive back to my home from the dealer). I noticed that the AC will auto restart back when the Rev is over 3k RPM and stayed there for at least half a second, err, pls give a try with safety as your priority. After i noticed this, i used S Manual mode all the way, and i noticed that the AC will indeed be back on if Rev over 3k RPM, and once the AC is on back, keep RPM above 2k for the AC to maintain. With this new 'discovery' in mind, i drove back to my work place yesterday night on NS highway at a bit of the high speed (Oh yeah, i think our TCP speed is electronic limited at 208km/h, saw someone mentioned about this in the first tread, personally i feels that the car is planted and can go even higher speed, BUT that's a big BUT, i really don't think that the tires can handle the speed that well, and personally i don't feel that confident at that speed in that car, but heck i was comparing it to conti so no comment here, brake was pretty good though). One more thing, the CVT noise is quite obvious when you rev over 2k, but to me is bearable.

So conclusion, i love the car's engine pull, i kind of like the roar of the engine, cabin noise is not that bad either. Now, the only issue is the AC!!!!!!!!! I want to get it done ASAP. Can i suggest that any owner with AC issue PM me, i would form a closed group so that we can discuss further on the updates on the issues. Of course would update to this tread too, but sometime this tread gets too carried away biggrin.gif
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Thank you for taking your time to update us about the AC issue, it is truly a bummer that the TCP suffer from such a fundamental issue. I have ordered a Lunar Silver TCP myself and I would be furious if my brand new car was not able to produce cold air. Do update us when you have any follow up. Finger crossed.

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post Jul 21 2016, 10:51 AM

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QUOTE(willie @ Jul 20 2016, 08:27 PM)
Honda Malaysia just rang me up regarding the AC issues this morning. They yet to have the solution for it at this moment.
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This is concerning for TCP owners.
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post Jul 22 2016, 09:15 AM

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QUOTE(willie @ Jul 21 2016, 11:01 PM)
Latest update:

Today Honda Malaysia offered me a courtesy car while asking me to leave the car at the dealer for them to work on, not sure will need to leave it with them for how long, hopefully they can get back to me ASAP.

Love it, initially intended to use it as daily commuter. But after driving it for a few days, it's power band is very usable in city. Sakit hati to be parted from it for unsure duration.
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Thanks for the update, do keep us posted.
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post Jul 23 2016, 05:46 PM

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QUOTE(SheldonCooper @ Jul 23 2016, 05:35 PM)
Hi all. Future owner of the tcp white soon. Had been following the thread since v1.
Regarding the offer on group discount for RV Damansara coating job, is it still open? Whats the final price? Can I book first? Will only received my car on september 😅
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Yes, you need to PM bcw
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post Jul 27 2016, 12:32 PM

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QUOTE(pigin @ Jul 26 2016, 11:04 AM)
I think you will need an amp to use this.
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post Jul 29 2016, 09:22 AM

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QUOTE(willie @ Jul 26 2016, 07:26 PM)
Thanks for trying to figure out how to deal with our AC issues. Yes i did try this before sending my car in, and no AC still not cold.
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Hi willie, did you manage to get any update regarding the AC issue from Honda Malaysia?
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post Jul 29 2016, 04:53 PM

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QUOTE(dirtrun @ Jul 29 2016, 03:59 PM)
On tis,

I do believe the pros outweigh the cons in tis .. l mean nvr ever suffering a dead battery cos forgot to off de head lites is sooo usefull...
So ya .. u do lose sum kms per ltr when it comes on when its a bit light..

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Ermm...what are you talking about?

BTW, I think it will be easier for the people here if you could join discussion with lesser of that shortform/shortcut English icon_rolleyes.gif

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post Aug 1 2016, 12:46 PM

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How about those who had AC affected? The last time I see there is one of us who was contacted by HM for a fix. How did it go?
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post Aug 1 2016, 02:56 PM

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QUOTE(hihihehe @ Aug 1 2016, 02:40 PM)
some screen protector will make the touch screen go wonky just like smartphones. the screen might think there is pressure on the screen
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I don't think we use pressure-sensitive touch screen in 2016 anymore. Most, if not all touch screen are capacitive touchscreen, which mean the object that has contact with the screen need to be electric-conductive to have the 'touch' to register. Screen-protector are plastic, so they wouldn't able to register input to the screen by itself, so I don't think their pressure would affect the screen in anyway. That is unless there is some water trapped between them.

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QUOTE(teelim @ Aug 1 2016, 09:24 PM)
In case anyone looking for boot tray, I bought mine from here. Good value, considering the original costs like RM100 more

http://www.mudah.my/Honda+civic+fc+2016+ca...ay-46638468.htm
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I got a fake leather one from China. Cost about RM80 something as well, but much better looking I think (Subjective).

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post Aug 17 2016, 09:21 AM

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QUOTE(Jade Lieu @ Aug 17 2016, 08:46 AM)
I has installed it at Kulai, beside the public bank.
Thailand Brand, so far not experience that the pedal lock hit my knee/legs during a frontal collision.
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You already had a frontal collision? laugh.gif
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post Aug 23 2016, 10:21 AM

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QUOTE(shinchan^^ @ Aug 23 2016, 10:04 AM)
so does the hill assist help?
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Hill start assist is preventing your car from rolling backward on a hill, not helping you to climb a hill easier.
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post Aug 29 2016, 02:48 PM

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QUOTE(ramnkc @ Aug 29 2016, 12:58 PM)
Folks,

I don't understand why Malaysia variant does not have RDS in our head unit - radio. Should we wright a official petition to honda or am i wrong about this? As i had confirmed with others members that we do not have RDS features.

Even Proton have the RDS on their radio unit and it's really ashamed that Civic cost as mush as double and full of infotainment HU does not have a simple RDS feature?
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Yes, I have asked this before, and also verified with the SA, our Civic doesn't come with RDS. Bummer I know, you would have to tune manually when you're on a move (especially in a long drive), and you also can't get the Radio station name.

The main reason HM remove RDS, I assume, would be reception issue. The Civic doesn't come with shark fin, the antenna is printed on the rear windscreen. Maybe that alone is not powerful enough to receive radio signal that pack with RDS data. I could be wrong though, so do take it with grain of salt.

Anyhow, there is nothing we can do about it, the HU is closely integrated with the car, you can't just switch to an aftermarket HU. Hopefully the RDS is merely soft-disabled by the HU software, then maybe we can somehow retrofit a RDS capable antenna. (Unlikely though)

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