cee_mon

This is my last time writing this up. So mods please sticky this somewhere.

If your EG has a water leak, your not alone. Honda did a recall to fix it for free.
Anyways, I am not sure if honda will still fix for free unless you make your voice heard. Here is the warrenty recall information...

Pic is blury, so i typed up what it says word for word under pic.



Bulletin No.
92-050
Issue date
feb 3, 1997
Mode [NEW]
1992 and later civic
Applicable to [NEW]
ALL
File Under
BODY
Water leak from seam under corner of dash
(supersedes 92-050, dated may 15,1995)
Symptom
A water leak into the footwell under the left or right corner of the dash.
PROBABLE CAUSE
Not enought sealer on the cowl side of the panel-to-bulkhead seam.

Here are some pics to help you get an idea of whats what.

Here is the hood cowl


Here is a closeup of the cowl as you can see, there is black gritty looking ****, which is the silicone caulk.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

thank you mr. cee_mon

imported_kIeRaN

so honda will fix this for free? cuz mine does it too

The Prophet

nice find, i havent had a problem with it but my buddy has a hatch and it is leaking a bit...

mattharper

went to honda today
its 85$ per side to get it fixed
too bad apple auto glass ****ed with mine and its prodly gonna cost double cause its all caked with polyurethane hack job

cee_mon

mattharper dont give up so easy. When i went in to get mine fixed, they said it isnt covered. After getting them to call Honda Canada. They said they will do it. No harm in trying.

imported_CIVICSI

cee_mon - Thanks for the write - up, the thing is i have already tried this with those honda bastards but they said that they will not do it for me. I went to the one on Kingston road in scarborough.

mattharper

i just tried again to get them to do it for free...no luck

and its not $8X.XX its over 250...the girl i talked to last time thought i was talking about the tail light leak!

mattharper

bahahaha! sweet!
if you take the w/s wipers,that black dowel cover, and the fender off yourself its only 40$!!
i made the appointment just now

the reason its so expensive is they charge 2 hours labour to remove the bumper and fender. why they remove the bumper i dont know,cause you can get the fender off without takin the bumper off

Surfofpink

Both of my cars do this and it drips on my shoes and in my sandals. I taked to the guy at honda. He said to me that if i don't have a factory recall from the dealership that MADE my car they won't fix it.

mattharper

call them with the bulletin number and sound real official.

imported_kIeRaN

if u really have this much trouble getting honda to fix it, just fix it yourself, it really easy, did mine myself, and kathryn, ill come over when i have my cxar back on the road and fix pinky for ya

nashall

^^ can you show some pics on how??? the diagrame not that great....what kind of sealer do you use?^^

Lo D Lo

i have a MAAAAASIVE leak on the passenger side, i litterally had a swimming pool in the front AND back seat, yet the seats werent wet, this really explained what was wrong, and if it is the case i'll be going to honda(i used to work there) and getting it fix ASAP, thanx Cee-mon

imported_precision4

Does this apply to EF's as well? was there a recall on EF's? When I leave my left side vent in he 'open or outside air' position and it rains it leaks in my car and drips just below steerinf column onto my feet. Is this this same problem? Can i fix it the same way?

imported_EH_94_Civic

i fixed mine myself. its pretty gheto but has held up for two years. i just used silicone bathroom cocking to seal water out. does the same job, and a tube costs less then 5 bux. never had the leak ever again.

why go through all that hastle. if your realy iffy get a tube of urethane and fix it.

$200 plus is retarted to pay when its an easy fix

imported_My93Civic

I have this problem on my EG too, looking at the diagram are they putting the foam around the window edge all the way down to where? the bumper of the car?

I want to do this to mine, and try some cocking I have as EH_94_Civic said he did and it worked.

imported_sergsru

it just might be that the dumb *** you talked to had no idea..

Ive worked at honda. Parts.

and i've seen the recals and bulletins they've got.
its hard to remember all of them.
but he could have checked....
either way is an *******.

Evilthorne

I had this happen and it leaked through my ECM and shorted it out. bugger.