SUV still need to be afraid of speed bumps?

Coz this thingy seems low lol

In case you go to Honda Service Centre and the Service Advisor recommends to add on Honda Engine Oil Treatment and Honda Fuel Injector Cleaner which are optional items, you can read this. Some excerpts:

• Using oil additives: Your vehicle does not require oil additives. In fact, they may adversely affect the engine performance and durability.
• Fuel injection cleaning/flushing: This procedure is not recommended by American Honda, as it is an unnecessary maintenance procedure and improper repair procedure. If a Honda vehicle is experiencing a fuel injector malfunction, the faulty injector should be replaced.
• Extra oil changes: Oil changes should be performed in accordance with maintenance minder and the Honda owner's manual. Only a relatively small percentage of Honda owners routinely operate their vehicles under severe maintenance conditions which might necessitate more frequent changes than are typically recommended.

So don't waste money ya. Just follow the official maintenance schedule and just reject any additional items, definitely won't void warranty - unless you want la, up to you. I every time visit the SC, surely got lots of additional items tacked on, and I have to fight to remove them. The Service Advisor always say "recommended by Honda Malaysia" or "recommended to do this procedure every 10,000km", or "to prolong your car's life" to guilt/pressure you into accepting them. I bolayan them, and stay firm to reject all items, except balancing/alignment/rotation that I request them - pay slightly higher but they have the correct setting for my car.

Don’t go over speed on speed bumps will do. Besides Honda has been placing fuel tanks in the centre underneath back in 2003 with their City iDSi for ultra seat.

I took my HRV turbo two weeks ago, as now I enjoy every single ride on this car. my feedbacks as follow:

Pro:
- Acceptable fuel consumption: average 13.6km/L (50% city, 50% highway)
- Acceleration is good
- NVH is good (compare to my other cars)
- Handling is good for suv
- Nice exterior & interior (I like the simple dashboard design)
- Great active safety features (Honda Sensing), tested most of the features except CMBS & LSF

Cons:
- Suspension a bit stiff
- No BSM (blind spot monitoring)
- Low reverse camera resolution
- Only 4 adults in the car, middle rear seat not suitable for adult

the no 1 and 2 were well known on Honda, Proton and Perodua SC. Hello owner, put strong words and skip these unnecessary things when servicing your car. use that money for a great lunch with family and kids instead.

what car? or u upgrading from another Honda as well

City & Vios (not latest models).

How's the noise level on highway speed? Any visible wind noise?

Considering the car is still under 1k mileage, so I only cruised at highest 110kmh. Minimal wind noise at this speed, not sure for 110kmh above.

Finally got my car today. What a suprise, my SA wasnt even aware that V spec comes with Honda Connect until I shown him the official brochure. He said he will asked the admin to get it enabled for my car.

Anyone can share whats the actual process to get the honda connect enabled on my apps?

I believe if you have installed the Honda Touch app, then most likely you can see the Honda connect button in the app. I do not have Honda Connect because my car is turbo E type.

Your role is just to install the app & register. The subsequent steps, need to be done by the dealer. You just need to share your phone number + email address used to register the Honda Connect app. If dealer don’t do, you need to kejar them

2 weeks ago was queue 40. Now, my SA says queue no.6
should be quite soon, car plate also bought.

the moment i get it, gonna go quote wrapping price.

Do you mean this? Yeah I can see it, but when I click it says:



I guess I will start chasing my SA then, thanks for sharing!

Alright thanks man, i'll be sure to chase my SA down until this is resolved.

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That aside, after getting the car most people recommend to check on the tyre pressure due to check the pressure and I did, guess what its way lower than recommended pressure. The tyre was at 180 kpa - 190 kpa on all side... 😅

Anyway loving the ride and no regret getting it so far. Haha

I assume you also installed the Honda Connect app right? There are 2 apps, Honda Touch (servicing / maintenance) and Honda Connect (car remote + tracking).

I really sakit mana seeing the old HR-V graphics for the Honda Touch app

Yeah I did, and this is what it shows.



May I know if it really worth it to go the hassle of chasing dealer to get it resolved everyday? What feature does Honda connect for HRV offers if you don't mind to share.

You already paid for the feature as it’s included with the price of the car. It’s a 3 year subscription, although i’m not sure if it starts from the day it is activated, or the day you get the car as it’s supposed to be activated when you receive the car.

The app tracks your car gps activity (distance, max speed, average speed & location tracking) and also remotely “find your car”. You can also use the app to:
1. Lock / Unlock the door
2. Turn on headlights (e.g to be used at night and you forgot where the car is)
3. Remote start/turn off the engine.
4. Find out car status: battery, airbag, fuel level, car range & door lock

Oh man, that is some useful feature that I could use of.. but you were saying 3 year subscription, after that what? I need to pay for the subscription?

Just drive it a few rounds and it should be available, provided that your dealer had keyed in the info into the system. Thats what my dealer told me. I collected my car on Saturday, on Sunday it became available already.

This post has been edited by Area51SE: Aug 24 2022, 10:02 PM