So, I got a call from the wife today who said "the car is making a funny noise." For obvious reasons, this is not my favorite call to receive. The van is an '07 touring, with 68K on the odometer. All service has been done as required by a honda dealer. All oil changes have been done as scheduled as well.
When she was pulling into the parking lot at the grocery store today, the CEL light came on and the car lost power. She parked and called me, so i drove over to meet her. I turned the car over and it's definitely missing and there's a _really_ bad clunking noise. Doesn't seem to be regular. CEL light stays on. No smoke, but definitely not running right.
I had it towed to the closest independent place to get a quick triage, hoping for something simple. They pulled the codes and found that #5 was misfiring, but that was all they found. Based on the knocking sound, they feel that best case it may be a broken rocker arm (!) and worst case possibly a broken valve.
My next move is to have it towed to the dealer where I bought it and have them figure out what is going on and hope for goodwill from Honda. It seems pretty unusual for such a new car to have a major issue like this.
Thoughts?
--b.
When she was pulling into the parking lot at the grocery store today, the CEL light came on and the car lost power. She parked and called me, so i drove over to meet her. I turned the car over and it's definitely missing and there's a _really_ bad clunking noise. Doesn't seem to be regular. CEL light stays on. No smoke, but definitely not running right.
I had it towed to the closest independent place to get a quick triage, hoping for something simple. They pulled the codes and found that #5 was misfiring, but that was all they found. Based on the knocking sound, they feel that best case it may be a broken rocker arm (!) and worst case possibly a broken valve.
My next move is to have it towed to the dealer where I bought it and have them figure out what is going on and hope for goodwill from Honda. It seems pretty unusual for such a new car to have a major issue like this.
Thoughts?
--b.