After doing tons of research and searching...



I know its a long shot but a friend of mine has a 2008 civic ex-l that was assembled in Canada. I have been doing tons of research because she keeps having normal maintenance problems with the car but there seems to be a huge difference in the parts that Honda shows for her car and the ones that are actually on the car. A local shop has insisted on the fact that its because the car was made in Canada. But after doing some research it seems like this is a normal thing so I'm unsure of where the difference in parts is coming from.

Some examples of things she's encountered is a huge difference between the location of the e-brake inside the rear disk. The local shop ordered the disks for her rear brakes, for her exact model civic but they were completely wrong. They ended up ordering the right ones after months of research but I'm not sure of exactly where.

Another thing is she wanted to do was replace her center console arm rest but the latch and lock are completely different from the one that was ordered and showed up. So much so that it would t work. I ran the part # through majestic and it is indeed the center console for a 2008 civic ex.

I'm not new to Honda's own 2 myself but I have never e countered anything like this. Has anyone else? And if so, is there a website that you used to order parts? Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on other that. The fact that "its made in Canada" like the shop has told her.

Sorry for the long *** post I'm just stumped and wanted to go into detail about what is going on so I could maybe get maximum help.

Shane

 

I am curious if the shop was ordering the lower cost " aftermarket" parts that most dealers default to in these cases.

All of the 8th gen Civics up to 2011 were made in Alliston Ontario, Canada. My 2010 FA5 Si sedan was made there.

The brakes you mentioned is interesting because the trim designators between the US and Canada are diffeerent. The EX-L in Canada has two levels, one with an a and one without. The centre console latch thing is baffling, but if it is the telescoping centre console like the Si one, get the Si latch.

The brake disc situation is similar. The EX-L uses larger rotors ( discs ) than the base trim, but not the same size as the Si, so it is possible that there was a mix up. Maybe they ordered the wrong year model rotors, I don't know. I am not a resident in that particular skull.

I hope this helps, but the 'made in Canada' thing is not always an easy question to answer.

 

I never used it. Have you import it?