Honda City Fan Club

[fawadakbarkhan]

Today a strange thing happened. As I changed the oil yesterday it was my first morning drive with new oil. I started the car exactly at 8:12 am and the blue light in meter stayed on till 8:23 am at that time I had also driven 2.6 kms. One thing is that heater was on but it was not blowing that hot air, one would say that if I open the heater the car would not heat but I do it on regular basis on on previous occasions it used to turn off within 5 minutes. So does that happen to you guys as well

The blue light of my car goes off after 5 or 7 minutes of the cold startup in the morning. (idling) It turns off hardly after 500m drive if driven cold.

and this never happened to me though. :S may be its because of il change. Did u change the brand?

[a_n_memon88]

The blue light of my car goes off after 5 or 7 minutes of the cold startup in the morning. (idling) It turns off hardly after 500m drive if driven cold.

and this never happened to me though. :S may be its because of il change. Did u change the brand?

yup before I was using havoline now am using valvoline. Today it stayed on for almost half the time it did yesterday because today heater was turned off. Just a day before oil change and it went off in exactly the time you mentioned

[sheikh_wah]

My bro, the auto transmission always needs a good mechanic to sort out the problem. First, u tell us that what exactly is the problem with ur transmission? what do u mean by a slight problem?

Does the car have problems in moving?

Bro ur city vario uses CVT transmission which requires very special person to be opened and repaired. so take a lot of care as to ensure if the mechanic is really capable of doing the job.

U r very right brother, this CVT is no doubt a very delicate issue and thats why I took it to Honda Classic (a famous dealership of Honda in Islamabad) assuming that they have the capability of judging and repairing such problems.
Issue with my car is that when i shift it from N to D it gives a 'Grrrr' sound, this sound remains only for 1 or 2 seconds and does not appear every time I shift it to D. No other problem is noticed so far as a result of this sound. Mechanic was saying that it may create problem in summer when using AC. Now I am testing it with AC since yesterday and its found that while using AC this sound also appears (multiple times and for 1 to 2 seconds) when shift is on D and break padel is pressed and RPM gets dropped slightly when this sound appears.
So this is what I'v experienced so far. I m planning to visit another mechanic in Islamabad, recommended by some fellow here on Pakwheels, to get his openion as well.
What do u suggest in this regard? what other option u think I have?

[KLINCH]

nice diy... can u tell me how can i uninstall the stereo ...???

bro post some before and after pics of your cabin with changed lights rs 50 is not much

[KLINCH]

ahmad bhai can u tell me da color of speaker wires ...

a correction here bro... there ARE wires present for rear speakers already. i got new speakers on the rear phatta for the very first time (6-8 months ago) and the guy took just 5min for wiring. i think he took the wires out from the same wiring harness that brings in power for rear headlights and licence plate lights.. its located on the upper right portion of the trunk...

[a_n_memon88]

nice diy... can u tell me how can i uninstall the stereo ...???

I think ahmad can tell you better but what I remember is it can be done by pulling that plate out that has AC controls ofcourse you have to remove the knobs first. When the plate comes off there are 2 screws on either side you unscrew them and you can take out the stereo

[shazi_00]

@ahmad & all
Bro i reqd advice from u , i m feeling that steering of city is a bit hard .pl tell me what is remedy for it ..is there any oil or any thing reqd for it ...

[coolsmart]

yup before I was using havoline now am using valvoline. Today it stayed on for almost half the time it did yesterday because today heater was turned off. Just a day before oil change and it went off in exactly the time you mentioned

I think with heater on in morning, it will always behave the same way.
Bcz u were actually cooling the dashboard radiator core by doing so.

I guess When a car heats up, u can cool it by turning heater on.

[huzaifaa]

no 1 is selling his city?

[a_n_memon88]

@ahmad & all
Bro i reqd advice from u , i m feeling that steering of city is a bit hard .pl tell me what is remedy for it ..is there any oil or any thing reqd for it ...

City has eps so no need of oil. As for hardness when do you actually feet the hardness if in stationary the car is fine than its ok if in stationary position its getting hard than you can have diagnostic checkup done. But if you are experiencing it during driving so I tell you that its ok because city is equipped with eps that has its seperate ecu, what it does is that it senses cars speed continuously and as the vehicles speed increases it decreases the assist and on high speed there is no assist at all provided by the motor its just the speed that makes the steering. Whereas in conventional hydrolic power steering the steering pump continuously builds up the pressure and it produces virtually same assist at every speeds. Secondly it can be that your car has probably more than usual toe out in the front wheels. Its basically done to give the car stability when driving at high speeds so when you go even till 150-160 km/hr you will feel the car going dead straight. If you are feeling it a little harder while you are driving than to me citys power steering becomes hard at higher speeds to give you feeling of more control on the road. Just give a try and get your cars steering assembly i.e gadri washed from underneath and notice if you feel any difference most of the times the steering gets hard because of dust accumulation

[a_n_memon88]

I think with heater on in morning, it will always behave the same way.
Bcz u were actually cooling the dashboard radiator core by doing so.

I guess When a car heats up, u can cool it by turning heater on.

Today heater was off but it stayed on for quite a long time I think the oil I am using has lesser friction thats why engine not heating much thats a good sign for summers

[a_n_memon88]

@all. This was the latest mileage achieved by me in a tank full, while there was still some gas remaing and the fill was complete i.e true 220 psi and by 220 I mean 220.

off those all 5 kms were done on petrol and rest all in conjusted areas i.e I travel 8 kms in 20 mins so you can imagine traffic around me. Well I can say partial of it is because of valvoline and partially because of hypermilling but this time I got around 18km/kg now lets see if it does improve or not

[Skt_Z4]

Hi Fan Club Members!!
The Reverse light of my City has Broken. What is the real Price of DEPO or Honda Geniune Light. My Freind Told Me Its Price is Rs.4500

[ahmadbila]

oh nooooooooo!:$:( never ever and I mean it never ever try to sell your city. keep it rolling for next 5,10 and even 20 years, and from the condition of your car after 220k I can safely say that its not a halki car that hear ever other man says that honda na lena halki hai. I think the maintenance schedule you are following and mashallah your cars engine is as good as new it can easily last till 500k and may be even 1000k

Yeah thats what i plan... selling a car like mine at this time of artificial prices is not a wise thing to do, specially when the car is in top notch condition...i'd keep it for as long as possible

[ahmadbila]

Here you go people... I have done this to my car and u can see the whole procedure over here. Its pretty much confusing to write in here so created another thread.

https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/d-i-y-projects/186201-diy-honda-city-04-08-instrument-cluster-opening-cleaning

oh, u already posted a new thread
i thought i ll do the whole thing and post a new thread anyways, im gonna put this and my console paint thread link in the main post... thanks for this thread

[ahmadbila]

Guys I need your expert openion on the issue. there is a slight problem in transmission of my city vario. I got it checked by Honda people. they say although its not a serios problem and will no effect the performance but if I want to get it fixed, it needs to overhaul the transmission including changing of a part in it (don't remembe the exact name of part, it was some kind of wheel/disk in trnasmission) which will cost around 18000/- after which its performance will be back to guaranteed 100%. Based on your experience or observation, plz suggest is it ok to go for this overhaul or is it just vaste of many. How much is it possible to re-assemble the whole transmission 100% corretly (as being claimed by Honda people).
Thanx

as far as i have researched about the CVT, i got to know that they are non-repairable!! once something goes wrong, the only thing u can do is to get a new one... i dont know whats wrong with ur tranny but before spending 18000rs on it, i'd say get its transmission oil changed if u havent already. get ORIGINAL HONDA oil ONLY... will cost around 2000rs... and the problem might just go away... it does, most of the times...

[ahmadbila]

Hi Fan Club Members!!
The Reverse light of my City has Broken. What is the real Price of DEPO or Honda Geniune Light. My Freind Told Me Its Price is Rs.4500

sad to see that i'd say dont get a brand new light... go hunt for it in bilal ganj or sumthing similar in ur area. or just go to a few bumper repair guys, they might have on for just 20-30% price of new one. and if its not broken/dirty, its as good as new...

[ahmadbila]

no 1 is selling his city?

This is the worst place to look for a city being sold... we here, love it

[ahmadbila]

City has eps so no need of oil. As for hardness when do you actually feet the hardness if in stationary the car is fine than its ok if in stationary position its getting hard than you can have diagnostic checkup done. But if you are experiencing it during driving so I tell you that its ok because city is equipped with eps that has its seperate ecu, what it does is that it senses cars speed continuously and as the vehicles speed increases it decreases the assist and on high speed there is no assist at all provided by the motor its just the speed that makes the steering. Whereas in conventional hydrolic power steering the steering pump continuously builds up the pressure and it produces virtually same assist at every speeds. Secondly it can be that your car has probably more than usual toe out in the front wheels. Its basically done to give the car stability when driving at high speeds so when you go even till 150-160 km/hr you will feel the car going dead straight. If you are feeling it a little harder while you are driving than to me citys power steering becomes hard at higher speeds to give you feeling of more control on the road. Just give a try and get your cars steering assembly i.e gadri washed from underneath and notice if you feel any difference most of the times the steering gets hard because of dust accumulation

yaar i ve heard that speed-to-assist thing about EPS too but im not sure if thats present in all EPSs. n i really doubt that the city or any other local car has it. i tested an audi (which was installed by OPTIONAL extra called servotronic, which is the same feature that u pointed out) and i could really tell that im having variable assist from the steering. at 160km/h the steering felt soooo damn good , it was kinda solid, stable... and at slow speeds it was very light... my point is, if a car like audi a5 provides this feature as an EXTRA, do we expect to get it in our city as standard?

i think the best way to test that wud be by lifting a city on a jack, speeding upto good speed and then try to turn it and feel the difference...

[ahmadbila]

@all. This was the latest mileage achieved by me in a tank full, while there was still some gas remaing and the fill was complete i.e true 220 psi and by 220 I mean 220.

off those all 5 kms were done on petrol and rest all in conjusted areas i.e I travel 8 kms in 20 mins so you can imagine traffic around me. Well I can say partial of it is because of valvoline and partially because of hypermilling but this time I got around 18km/kg now lets see if it does improve or not

This is very good... i got 140kms from my cng tank today. its good, considering the fact that i havent got it serviced for the past 200,000kms