r/hondacivic

27M. Existing student debt and credit card debt of $20K. My 2008 civic just broke down. I'm looking at buying a used car with 45xxx miles for like $25K. Down payment would be like $3K and monthly comes out to ~$400. I make $60K a year. Im hitting all my monthly payments right now. I could repair my new car, but it's like a $6K repair and it already is 18 years old with 180XXX miles... Curious how you balance buying a new car while in debt. Any help is much appreciated.

the car seems to start up really nice! no hesitation at all. it has a check engine code 21 which is the vtec spool solenoid. it seems to run pretty good till i give it some gas and it starts stuttering. is there something wrong with the fuel air mixture?

154k miles on the car never replaced, asked a few of the mechanics in my family and they dont know because they never worked on hondas

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Okay i'm a 20 year girl and know nothing about cars and my father not available with me until after the summer and I am suffering! a piece of wood flew out of someone's truck and hit my bumper on the interstate and later on that day my ac stop blowing cold, it was December at the time so i wasn't trying to find the issue and assumed it was a freon line issue. We get to today and it for sure is but im not exactly sure how to fix it, i know i can get the part but i dont have the money to go to a shop at the moment and if its feasible to do by myself i will to the best of my ability, pictures of the damage for advice please and thank you! my ac blows just not as cold unless its cold outside!

EDIT: ac issues are probably do dangerous to fix myself and i will be taking your advice and bring it to a shop! if it was just unscrewing and screwing back in i would but it seems to be above my basic understanding! thank you for confirming that! i assumed it might be above me but it doesn't hurt to try!

Hi!! Yesterday my Apple CarPlay wouldn’t connect when i got in the car, and I still can’t get it to connect! The Bluetooth is working, just not the CarPlay. Attached are pictures of the CarPlay setting on my phone, and what it looks like on my car as well (trying to connect the top iPhone and don’t even see the CarPlay icon anymore). Can anyone help me troubleshoot? Here’s what i tried

- turning phone off and on

- disconnecting car/phone completely

THANK YOU!! :)

hi.

any ideas why after raining I have water in the left rear door canal? when it accumulates more, it drains on the passenger floor.

any advice would help thx.

Gente la parrilla del parabrisas de mi honda civic 2007 esta rota y la quiero cambiar la cosa es que quiero hacerlo yo mismo y por eso tengo la duda si es difícil, que herramientas necesito, tips, consejos, advertencias y si hay un tutorial para hacerlo o si es mejor que la mande a colocar a un lugar.

Gracias de antemano.

Hi, so for a few months now, my honda civic 2019 EX HAS MAKING THESE ODD SOUNDS. now, like three days ago to the mechanic and they said, we need a new a c compressor they also put a new serpentine belt because it was about to rip, and they also did an ac Recover, evaluate and recharge system, and they added dye to the system and added a c system Oil.But a day before that, I had another mechanic walked by, and he noticed the sound so we checked it out for me. But it wasn't a proper diagnostic. It was just in a street plaza, but he just poked around at it.And he suggested it was the ac clutch he said we might be able to get away with it if we just replace the a clutch without the compressor. the thing is, my main mechanic is charging me $600 for the labor and just buying the compressor part itself is kind of expensive. And I'm low on my budget right now. But if If i have to save the car, then I must so, what should I do? Should I get a proper ac system Diagnosis? if you guys could help me 2 because in that video that's the sound that it maces when it's ac turn off

I had a starter that was going bad. At first it would click a few times before finally starting, so I replaced it with one from RockAuto.

After installing the new starter, the car started right away, but it makes a loud screech or grinding noise almost every time I start it. Once in a while it starts normally with no noise. A friend told me it might be “new starter noise,” so I gave it some time, but it’s been about a month and it’s still happening.

It sounds like the starter is grinding on the flywheel. I’m trying to figure out if this means the starter I bought is bad, or if there’s something else going on.

Should I return this starter and get another one? If so, should I go with another RockAuto unit or get one from somewhere else?

Also, if anyone hears anything unusual with the engine itself, let me know. I’m new to Hondas. It’s a 2002 Civic with 211k miles. So far I’ve done spark plugs, ignition coils, oil change, and the starter. I haven’t changed any other fluids yet.

What would you recommend I do next to keep this car running reliably for the next 6 months?