Are you referring to 4 pads (2 wheels) or 4 tyres?
If 4 tyres, it might not be true because iinm all cars require more brake bite for front wheels to avoid skidding (that's why front rotors are bigger than rear). And if it was true, your front and rear pads would last about the same mileage.

It still means front requires more braking power. Not equal.

The engineer in me takes the meaning of "evens out" literally, lol.

Speaking of rear drum brakes, I don't find the braking power of my City lacking in any way, compared to other all-disc brake of cars I've driven. Only thing is sometimes it's a bit difficult to modulate, especially at low speeds, where the biting point becomes difficult to predict. Macam newbie braking.

You must have checked it after driving for a while. My new City had "only" 280kpa.

Your required tyre pressure is shown at the sticker at B pillar at driver's door.

I don't understand why certain people get upset when people ask basic questions. You can always choose to ignore if you find the questions too stupid for you. After all, this is a forum to share and find out information, no?

And while it is noble to try to make people learn, have we stopped to ask ourselves why we do that? People need specific answers to a specific question, so we either answer them or ignore them.

Questions like "how long have you been driving?" do not help in this situation.

You might want to elaborate how you get that sound, where it comes from (front right, front left, rear right, rear left, etc), how long you've had it, your car mileage, type of road surface, how loud it is, etc.

I haven't the faintest clue, except to suspect it's the ABS module sound at 40km/h when driving from stationary but that is only a klok, not klok klok.

Read a few complaints about the sound from rear. Some say it's from the latch where the rear seat is secured when it is not folded. When you have someone sitting on the seat, it creates a gap between the latch and "hook". A little tape wrapped over the latch/hook should solve the problem.

Then there are more serious ones involving the rear axle or torsion beam.

For torque converter CVT, the difference with traditional planetary gear system AT is mostly during pick up from stationary. Your description does not seem to be due to not getting used to cvt. In fact, it looks like a normal AT "problem".

Most importantly, you mentioned it has become more obvious. Mechanically speaking, alarm bells should ring when something deviates from the norm. More so when you can feel it. Please get a second opinion from SC.

How are you able to start the engine without activating brake switch?

Er, should be drain plug washer? From the maintenance list, the SC only changes the washer, not drain plug right?

When i changed the engine oil of my Toyota non SC workshops, I provided them with the washer bought from spare parts shop.

Threadlock, makes sense. I'll check with Honda SC during my 10k service nx month.

You will cry, bro. From lack of power.

My SA told me that usually the SC will close both eyes when it comes to mods during your normal servicing. Both eyes will auto open 100% when you want to feedback defect and potentially claim warranty.
If I were the technician/SA, I too wouldn't want to waste my time and risk offending clients by taking photos of all the mods and record down everything I see when the owner only comes in to do regular servicing.

I wasn't implying it's ok to mod and get away with it. All I was saying is just because the SC keeps mum during regular servicing sessions doesn't mean there will be no problems leaving the mods on when claiming warranty.


In fact, I'm telling myself to remember to remove the OBD door lock thing when sending the car for servicing.

Dear all, my car is due for 10k/6mth svc in mid Feb.
I checked with my SA and was told I'm allowed to drag by 1 month or 1000km, whichever first. I won't hit 10k km by Feb though.

As this is right smack in CNY period, I'm busy travelling, by air and by road.

Has anyone heard about the 1month grace period?

Thank you for your replies. I called HM hotline just now, was told "nope, we don't encourage delay > 1 week as it may affect warranty". Maybe SOP answer.

In my previous non-Honda car, the manual said it's for cabin temperature sensor for the aircon. That's why when you move from a shaded place to sunny one, the aircon will give a higher blast automatically, when set on auto.


For 10k/6mth, it's from the date of registration as the first service is only for checking and no fluids are changed. For 20k/1 year servicing, it follows the date/mileage of your 10k/6mth service.

I know that BMW in certain countries specifies 25k svc interval. Not sure what the latest interval is though.
Iinm, previous Honda City were under 5k svc interval requirement.

Thing is, how long a grace period does Volvo Msia give for delayed servicing before trying to void warranty?

Do take note that the new battery loses its charge over time.
Second, when the car battery dies, you still need to take it out to replace with the spare battery - a task not many people look fwd to in the morning, with school-going children waiting and wondering whether they'll be late.
Having removed the battery to clean the terminals, I can tell you the puny battery weighs more than you'd expect.

I'd do a preventive maintenance by replacing yearly, since I know the MTBF is 12-15 months, if I cannot afford any unplanned down time.

Edit: i realised you might be talking about power banks...
Iirc, jump-starting a vehicle with dead battery might damage some electronic or electrical component. I've damaged a motorcycle rectifier by push starting the bike.

This post has been edited by mushigen: Jan 12 2019, 01:36 PM

How often do you guys check your spare tyre? I just checked mine today after owning the car for 5 months. The pressure was only 280kPa, vs the required 420kPa.
I had assumed it would be checked during my first 1000km servicing. And the retaining bolt is so difficult to open with bare hand. I decided to place the spare tyre with the air valve facing up for ease of checking, which means the retaining bolt is not long enough to fit in.

Because Honda cars sell like hot cakes.

1. You are right. I took this into consideration viz the ease to check the pressure. Decided to do this because:

i. the spare tyre is quite heavy, which helps lessen the bounce
ii. the board in the boot has four sponges that sit on the spare tyre, which helps to keep it in place

iii. I have a PVC boot liner, which further adds to the weight acting on the spare tyre
iv. I placed a piece of redundant coil mat below the spare tyre, which cushions it from the floor

v. my previous car had this arrangement because the plastic screw that held the spare tyre seized and was removed by force to free the tyre, rendering it useless. Didn't have any issue with bouncing, granted it was a full sized spare
vi. the risk of having low pressure in the spare tyre is higher, with higher severity, compared to risk of having it "bounce around".

2. I was in the same situation as you were in! I have been a Toyota guy and I never owned a Honda before. It didn't help that people were complaining about the poor quality of CKD City. The kosong spec of the Vios put me off. My requirements are simple: six airbags, 5* NCAP, ESC, reliability.
As for AEB, I was actually seriously considering the Myvi due to this feature, but held back due to the imo questionable safety aspect.

Yup. I was trying to understand why it was mounted face down. Is it to protect the air valve? And the darn bolt is so stiff that it requires spanner to loosen. I have chosen to store it with the air valve facing the opening of the boot for ease of checking pressure.

Dear all,
My car is 6000km, 5 months old. I am experiencing mouldy smell from the aircon when I switch it on,it smells like wet clothes stored in cupboard. Sometimes it clears off after a while, but sometimes it lingers on.

I checked the aircon filter. It's still relatively clean and no mouldy smell from there.

Anyone experienced/experiencing the same thing?
Did you get charged for AC servicing when you complained to the SC?