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 "08 Accord burning >1 quart / 1000 miles driven
Posted Thu May 3, 2012 6:26 am, by Eric S. written to Honda Motor Co, Inc.
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I own a 2008 Honda Accord that has been burning oil. It has equaled out to be approximately >1 quart per 1000 mile driven. From what I am being told - from Honda of America as well as the local Honda dealer - is that this amount of oil consumption is ACCEPTABLE! This alone furiates me. This tells me that Honda has no faith in their engines. A new car....actually a car in general, should not burn ANY oil - let alone 1 quart per 1000 miles. And then to be told that this is acceptable... I even work at Honda - and can't believe this. This would mean that by the time I am in need of a routine oil change - there would be NO oil left in the car! I have never owned a new car that I have had to add oil to in between services. UNACCEPTABLE
I would like Honda of America to offer warrenty service for the issue at hand, and back their product!
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by Kelshir Posted Thu May 3, 2012 @ 2:12 PM
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It is not a new car, it is a 4 year old car.
How many miles does it have on it?
There are some older cars that burn a quart a week. My van burns more
than a quart ever 1000 miles.
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by Back_n_TX Posted Thu May 3, 2012 @ 1:07 PM
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It does seem high.
Take it to an independent mechanic and see what he/she says. It may
be something very simple like a seal. You never know until you check
it out. Waiting and hoping that it will get better on its own is
rarely a good strategy.
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A quart of oil per 1,000 miles seems crazy high to me.
Unfortunately, unless you brought this to their attention while the
car still was under warranty, you're most likely out of luck.
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by jeishere Posted Fri May 4, 2012 @ 10:09 AM
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New Honda's come with a 5 year powertrain warranty. However, this is
one of those situations where nothing is "broke" and it's pretty hard
to prove what oil it is losing, so I don't know how this would be
covered.
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by Eric S. Posted Sun May 6, 2012 @ 1:43 PM
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Actually - on the '08 models - the computer keeps track of the oil
life by giving you a percentage of oil life remaining. This method
allows you to get much more that 3000 miles between oil changes. I
goes I mis-spoke myself in my original post - in that I continually
check the oil usage between services. With that being said - it would
have been better toy state that between services I will have added
upwards of 5-6 quarts of oil....which I find to be a little outrageous
for a car that is only 4 years old - and with only 59,800 miles. I
guess I am expecting a little to much from a top ten automobile
manufacturer. It just tells me that they lack faith in their product.
I was told by the dealer that it would have to be significantly more
that 1 qt per 1000 miles before they would do anything about it.
Reason being is that they have no way to know where to start - in
replacing components... Looks like it's time to trade it in for a
chevy!
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