GoLowDrew

Get your money if you already paid for it.

http://settlement-claims.com/enginem...ClaimForm.html

Pharaohe

Does this apply to you if your from Canada?

GoLowDrew

The "Payout" is just a reimbursement of the service cost (plugs, labor, etc). If you don't have the problem, you get nothing.

Three options.

1. If it happened to you, get your reimbursement (read the details, not sure when they will actually send the $$$, legal bs, etc, etc.)

2. If it has not happen to you, your warranty has been extended. Take it the dealership if-when it happens.

3. Change the plugs yourself, and it will never happen. Do we really expect the plugs to last 100,000 miles?

I have read that are some owners with bad plugs much sooner, often, and it's a repeated problem. But that may be a different case, as the exception.

idriveahonda

LOL, click it and it says "Seattlement."

Glad someone is proofreading.

GoLowDrew

Got my settlement.

Hondakris

i definitely need to tell my dad back home. Do you know how long the process will take?

GoLowDrew

In my case, judging from the date of my posts. 8 months. But I'd imagine it be faster now as IIRC, they had to wait for other approvals.

RickAutzen

When I told my dealer about my rough running "misfire" feel they did a software upgrade and said that would solve my issue. I was told that if my check engine light doesn't come on I do not qualify for the settlement. I am watching my oil consumption closely.

Officer

I had the same issue last August, my wife's 2010 Crosstour left us sitting on the side of the road in a po-dunk town in Alabama. I had to tow the car 1.5 hour to Columbus GA Honda. The Honda dealer told me that it was a recall and I was getting new spark plugs and a software update. (I thought WTF)

Lets fast forward to lets say today 04-27-15, same dang thing happened today while my wife was on her way to work. I drove to her work had the car towed again to my local Honda dealer and now they are saying its the same issue except I didn't need a software update. Honda told me they would be replacing the piston rings in the engine this time. Honda advised everything would be covered under this extended warranty.

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!!!

I haven't been to this site in a very long time and honestly did not know the issues these cars have had until today. I'm so shocked that Honda has had so many issues.

GoLowDrew

That's "great" to hear. Most dealers would pretend they know nothing...

Officer

Yeah pretty fortunate, i went ahead and had the timing belt change too.

GoLowDrew

And for two plugs. Oh and the software update. Even thou I read about this, and it's "common" knowledge for J35 (Ody) owners, I went ahead a did it because of the class action lawsuit.


Of course, the dealer have no idea. Never heard of it. No idea what I was talking about. The class action decision. Charged me. And I wasn't going to make a stink about it - cause I knew I could get my money back.

Officer

I picked mine back up from the dealer today, so far so good. I sure hope this is the end of this issue with my crosstour. I had to have the rings replaced this week and i went ahead and had a new timing belt and water pump installed while it was apart.

king06

iTrader: (1)

How did it kill the rings so fast?

Officer

No Idea, mine never smoked or used oil. Honda suggested that as the fix and it cost me nothing, that however was the 2nd go around with the dealer. First time was plugs and software update. It all started with a simple mis-fire and the check engine light coming on.

tony_2018

This **** makes no sense.....I fear for the boosted 2.0l motors...

Officer

From what I have researched and spoke with Honda about, they say this issue was only in the V6 engines....So who knows when it comes to the 2.0

tony_2018

They're not going to release any other info unless its the v6 specific. So what was different in 13-15 that the v6 in wasn't part of the recall? Aren't they all running the j35

Officer

Not sure whats different with 13-15's... I did find this site talking about the lawsuit, its has some good info in it.

Client Settlement Site > Home

GoLowDrew

The J35s now uses 0-20 oil. The official answer is that it for emission purposes, etc, etc. But the rings had to have changed. IMO, I do think the current J35 are "better" than the past. My 2014 Ody uses NO oil at all - the way I remember all my past Hondas were. So there has to be some changes-improvements.

Both my 09 Ody and 10 Accord burns some oil. The Accord more than the Ody. I just accepted them as that's how it is.

Officer

I understand the use of oil, I had an old 91 CB7 that would use a quart a week...lol just because it was crap...I ended up motor swapping it...but that was many years ago

Newer vehicles should not be using oil in my opinion

mrgreen

This thread may be long abandoned, but seeking out any insights on my situation detailed below...

I have a 2009 Honda Accord EX-L V6 with 210,000 miles (primarily cruise-control freeway miles). After a recent diagnosis, my local mechanic thought the car might be eligible to be repaired by a Honda dealer at little-to-no-charge under the misfire lawsuit extended warranty...so he sent me to them.

The Honda dealership service department diagnosed my car with significant issues, including a compression test that showed cylinder 4 with only 60 pounds of compression and cylinder 3 with 6 pounds less than normal (the #3 cylinder didn't show up on my local mechanic's test the day prior). So dealership service said they could replace the spark plugs and re-ring at no cost to me under the settlement...but that everything else was unrelated and would be at my own cost.

They gave me an open estimate at roughly $3600 to tear it apart, replace the 6 coils, the 2 extra plugs not covered under warrarnty, replace rocker arm switch, replace two gasket sets, and resurface the two cylinders (or whatever that service is called). And that it could potentially be much more if the cat or cam shaft or other items looked bad once they got in there, or if the cylinders needed to be replaced as opposed to just the shop work.

My primary question is whether any of the additional repairs are related to the misfire malfunction, and whether Honda would reimburse a dealer for any of those services.

m.bedardnh

I'm having the same issues cited above. 2008 Accord V6 VCM w/ 112k. Had the 2nd misfiring/fouled plugs breakdown in a year last Friday (dealer replaced plugs and update computer about 9 months ago). Now they're telling me over $3,000 to replace the rings.

Shouldn't this be covered under the class action settlement? The dealer is trying to tell me there's no recalls on my VIN so there's nothing they can do...

GoLowDrew

Part of the class action includes extending the warranty 8 years and unlimited miles. Was the delivery date of the car in 2007? You could be out of it the extended warranty.

m.bedardnh

Yeah, I need to dig up the info. Was my Pop's car that I bought off my mom when he passed. Since he was frugal to say the least I'm thinking he bought it later -- he always tried to get the leftovers dealers were trying to unload...