'00 CR-v Check Engine Light (valves)

[Snake]

Does everyone know about all the message traffic regarding valve adjustment on the 1st Gen. CR-v? Evidently, if you follow the manual and adjust the valves using its schedule you stand a good chance of burning your valves and needing costly maintenance. I only know this because at 49,000 miles my Honda is in a shop getting 2 valves ground and "I'm up to around $1500" already on this repair!!! My tech "pleaded" with Honda to make this warranty work since THERE IS A HONDA BULLETIN REGARDING BURNT VALVES! The dealership tech, or course, said NO way.

Please advise if you know of a class action lawsuit or any other recourse with Honda! Thanks, Mark

 

[motsco_ _]

Does everyone know about all the message traffic regarding valve adjustment on the 1st Gen. CR-v? Evidently, if you follow the manual and adjust the valves using its schedule you stand a good chance of burning your valves and needing costly maintenance. I only know this because at 49,000 miles my Honda is in a shop getting 2 valves ground and "I'm up to around $1500" already on this repair!!! My tech "pleaded" with Honda to make this warranty work since THERE IS A HONDA BULLETIN REGARDING BURNT VALVES! The dealership tech, or course, said NO way.

Please advise if you know of a class action lawsuit or any other recourse with Honda! Thanks, Mark

How long have you been out of warranty?

Honda knows the manual is incorrect. They know the valves tighten on the gen 1.. Saying 'Adjust if they get noisy' doesn't work for valves that get tighter. The UK version of the manual says 50,000 Km (30,000 miles) I think. Sign in and start your search here:

http://www.hondasuv.com/main2/viewtopic.php?t=7133

'Curly'

 

[Snake]

Curly,
Thanks. It is because of hondasuv that I even know there are others like me out there. There was some talk, maybe you, about a Class Action Lawsuit regarding this issue on hondasuv. I have been out of warranty for a long time, just ask my wife <G>! My CRv has been out for 13Kmiles and a couple of years, I've had it since Nov '99. As I said, my tech called the local Dealer and talked to the service department and asked them to do this job as an extended warranty since there is the bulletin on it. They told him, "we know there is a bulletin but it happens so infrequently we aren't going to cover the work out of warranty"... Why they don't just issue a bulletin regarding the Manual I don't know... I'll let you know what happens by posting this over on hondasuv. My plan is to print out the message traffic and take it to the dealership. Thanks again, Snake