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bamboo

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« on: February 09, 2025, 01:56:27 PM »

I have test driven a 3 yr old 1.5 manual. The battery was flat and traffic congested so will go back for another test as couldn't go above 30moh! Its covered 30k miles. I wondered what guarantees Honda give in their cars now?

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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2025, 01:58:17 PM »

I have test driven a 3 yr old 1.5 manual. The battery was flat and traffic congested so will go back for another test as couldn't go above 30moh! Its covered 30k miles. I wondered what guarantees Honda give in their cars now?
Used from an Honda dealer, 12 months I guess. New cars are still 3 years I believe. 


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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2025, 02:09:10 PM »
Thanks. I thought engines were up to 90k miles...hoped so! Anyway i think mine is a mk 4 maybe as its 3 years ild.

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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2025, 02:12:38 PM »
Thanks. I thought engines were up to 90k miles...hoped so! Anyway i think mine is a mk 4 maybe as its 3 years ild.
If it’s manual it’s not a Mk4, they are all Hybrid Autos. Mk3 last production was early 2020 so  5 years old, so not sure what you’re looking at.


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Re: Guarantees
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2025, 02:15:03 PM »
MK3 only 3 years old ?
Let's be careful out there !

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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2025, 03:35:55 PM »
A  mileage limit on a warranty/guarantee is normally an upper mileage  limit within a time period. For example   3 years OR 90,000 miles, whichever comes first. It would end at 3 years even if the mileage was much less.

It could have the remainder of Honda  3 year manufacturers  warranty, or the remainder of  Hondas 5 year extended warranty, (available to buy at an additional cost  or sometimes given as a freebie as a sales incentive). Or whatever period the used car warranty given by the dealership.   You might be able to negotiate an even  longer period with the dealership as part of the deal. 

If its 3 years old it must be a mk 4 and a  hybrid. If you ended the test early because you were concerned  the High Voltage battery indicator was only showing say 2 or 3 bars (out of 10)  you have missed the point of a hybrid. The  engine would  have restarted automatically while you were on the test drive to charge it up again.    This gauge  quite often only shows 2 or 3 bars , especially in cold weather, and doesn't often go above 7 bars.

If its the  cars  display that shows a worryingly small remaining range in miles (or km)   it means someone (you or the dealer) needs to put some more petrol in the tank.  Nothing to do with bars on the  HV battery gauge.

Incidentally I was once given a civic as a courtesy  car during a service. The petrol  tank was almost empty.  I put 5 litres in to cover the mileage I chose to do that day.   This was too little to register any change on the remaining range. I returned to the dealership with 0 miles range remaining, although I knew there was still at least 'my'  5 litres left in the tank. (enough for 60 more miles) 

I can understand not wanting to drive an unfamiliar, and in some ways very different, car  for the first time   in heavy traffic.  But once you get used to them the mk4  excels in city and other stop/start traffic.   
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Re: Guarantees
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2025, 03:39:59 PM »
If it’s 3 years old it must be a mk 4 and a  hybrid.   

The OP states it was a manual, so can’t be a Mk4 surely?

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