Is it just me or does our turbo engine feel out stamina on really hot days? Today is the second time I encountered this. It was about 35-37 degrees outside (based on the temp indicator in the meter) and the car has been in the sun for 1.5 hours. I got in, started, switched the AC to 21 degrees and drove on normal mode. When I reached the highway about 5 minutes later, I felt like the car was struggling to get past 100. I had to push it harder to even keep up with a Vios in acceleration.
This is the second time in a month that I've felt this way....both times after lunch on a hot day. No such issues in the mornings or nights so far.
Any thoughts?

Nope. I'm at 7k now. Just did my Service A and 10k 2 months ago.

Nope. No change of petrol during that time. But I do feel that BHP and Caltex gives me much better performance.

Lol....I was on Eco. Took it off Eco when I realized the car felt sluggish, then after trying a bit, switched to S-Mode.....then gave up and slowed down.

I'm beginning to feel that this car gets affected by hot weather more easily vs my older cars, all of which were NA. Anyway, I don't accelerate hard often so it's fine for now. I love how smooth the car is in the mornings though. So silent and smooth.

Ha!! So I'm not alone. What a relief. Lol
It doesn't happen often though. Only on very hot days with blistering sun.

I'm using stock 0W-20. Didn't change oil type on the previous service.

This post has been edited by Newbie838: Oct 9 2017, 09:39 AM

I wonder if the turbo engines in other makes exhibit the same characteristics. This is my first turbo car so I can't really be a judge of that.

De-carbo the engine is the best way to clear carbon build up. I don't know of any way to prevent it on a DI engine. When to decarbo is up to you. Some folks recommend every 40k while others say that's overkill and every 100k will do just fine.

Got magazine. Quarterly I think. Need to go update your info first.

https://www.honda.com.my/owner/update_profile

Does our Civic have AHAS? Anyone knows?

I wondered the same during my 10k service too. With Toyota, they will fill the details up and provide the measurements but for Honda, I see nothing.
Also, car jerking when first start? Does it feel like a bit of a shudder when it's finished starting and disappears after a couple of starts?

This post has been edited by Newbie838: Oct 31 2017, 04:20 PM

Hey guys, I need some input.
Not sure if my gearbox is developing a problem but these past couple of days, it's been behaving weird. It feels almost like a manual gearbox driven by a learner driver where the clutch is released too early when driving off and pressed too late when stopping. It sort of jerks a little bit when coming to a stop or when pressing the accelerator.
Any thoughts?

This post has been edited by Newbie838: Nov 16 2017, 02:28 PM

So, I sent my car in to the SC and as expected, the response was "it's normal". I don't think it is though. It's beginning to happen more often now especially when coming to a stop and I ease off the brakes, the car will jerk forward. The only way I can prevent this is to come to a full stop and continue to hold the pedal a bit.....and no...this isn't the vibrating jerk you feel when brakehold tries to engage. The SC advised to just continue using it until it happens every time, only then it'll be considered an issue.

On another note, does your arm rest shake a bit if you nudge it left to right? Mine feels loose since I got the broken seat clips issue fixed. Reason I'm asking here instead of going to the SC is if it's normal, I really don't want to waste my time.

I'm kinda losing hope on Honda SC already. Maybe on the next service I'll try another SC and bring this up.
What's the wrong CVT fluid fiaso?

Did you ever get this resolved? I've got the same problem too.

Thanks man. Guess I"ll just have to keep at it until someone finds a solution. Either that or it gets bad enough that the SC can't say it's normal anymore.

Problem is it's intermittent so the SC tai chi.
I knew i wasn't just imagining it with the armrest. Damn it. Fix one thing, break another.

It's exactly as you described. More pronounced when you're braking a bit hard but it's not an emergency braking by any standards. Funny thing is I didn't get this before. Mine's Feb'17 with 11k mileage. Started happening at 10k.

Mine varies in it's intensity. Sometimes it's like you described it while other times it's a bit more violent. Sometimes no jerk at all and is very smooth.