I am having this problem too, just noticed it once today.


I have pre facelift 520D, the engine noise is very well insulated, but the engine vibration to the steering wheel can be quite bad for older people. I love the torque of the 520D, imagine it's torque is actually stronger then F360. However do bear in mind that F10 weights almost 2 tons, and diesel is very 'head' heavy.


Yes it can, can i ask you why you asking this? Because if your ride has Air cond issues like mine, the AC is not blowing cold air during remote start, it may work only once or twice every 10 times trial.


Congrates on your new ride capriodimitri, i would advice you to go back to your dealer and make a complaint about it ASAP.

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

This post has been edited by willie: Jul 20 2016, 07:20 AM

Honda Malaysia just rang me up regarding the AC issues this morning. They yet to have the solution for it at this moment.

Agree, Honda auto hold really works better then BMW or Merc ones (at least compared to the f10 and w204). It release the brake smoothly and doesn't simply engage into auto hold mode.

Hi, here is my ride. LC TCP

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.

They are dealing with AC issues that my ride is having.

Yes, you actually have 3 settings for the auto lock.

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.

This post has been edited by willie: Jul 26 2016, 07:26 PM

I wonder any of you change the bulb of the side indicator?

Hi, A little update on my AC issue, i got my car back yesterday, Honda Malaysia has installed an updated compressor, and so far it's all positive results. I will continue my testing with it.

I am using AA quite extensively too, using note4 (snapdragon), works well, except that when i play my phone's mp3, it is quite soft.

I am not too sure what does it meant by 'updated' version. Someone actually joked that the 'updated' actually meant those working/not problematic compressor, it probably is. who knows?

This side marker is required by law in US, and this is a US designed car, so naturally our car comes with it. Ours is clear, although the buld is yellow, so it actually looks good, although i would very much prefer a white bulb, currently looking for it, anyone has any clue what socket it used?

The starter grinding sound, anyone managed to rectify it?

Yes, So far me and another member here has changed our compressor, and the AC now works well. We are still testing it out, but so far all positive results.

It is done within a day. But in my case, they have replaced my car's compressor twice while the car was with them.

Actually, i too noticed mine having some scratches on my steering wheel, i don't wear rings and my nails are short. And i always parked my car under shade whenever wherever possible.

This post has been edited by willie: Aug 22 2016, 09:25 PM

I changed mine, and a few of the forumer too changed their compressor and it works fine now. You will need to report your AC issue to your SC (preferably those SC that has experience in dealing with this issue), and make another appointment with them for the exchange of the compressor. It takes about a day to change it by the SC.