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Originally Posted by Jisch
Since I started this thread, I thought it only right to publish my "fix". I have had my Fit into the dealership 5 or 6 times for this problem. The service managers have felt the problem a couple of times, but its so intermittent its really hard to determine if the fixes (valve timing adjustments, injector cleaning, loose connectors) really did anything.
We have three drivers and two cars in my family, so it was really difficult to give them the car for more than a day each time - though my son just went to college which gave us a bit more flexibility. EVERY time I brought the car down there I mentioned this site and the reported fixes by replacing coil packs. The service managers never took it seriously. They supposedly checked with Honda and couldn't find any references to bad coil packs, they rolled their eyes and reminded me how unreliable information on the internet is. I tried to reason with them and at least get them to consider it might be a coil pack at issue.
So this time I printed out the success stories from this thread and sent my wife down to "reason" with them. She scheduled a test drive with a service manager, they didn't even get the car out of park before the first hiccup. They took the car in hooked it up to a diagnostic computer and saw misfires on two cylinders (this has been seen several times before). They moved coil packs and the misfires moved with the packs. They replaced two of the four coil packs. I've only had one short ride home from the dealership, but the car is running smoother (or maybe I'm imagining that). Time will tell if its resolved.
The good news is that they replaced them for free despite the fact that my car is at 70,000 miles - well beyond the warranty. Personally I think that's only fair considering they have been chasing this problem since before the warranty expired.
John
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Good story and solution by the dealer. Everyone with a Fit over 50k ought to be aware. And those under, too.
Its in our reference file.