1.6i-DTEC SE 120 2WD 5dr SUV

Has turned into an absolute lemon and Honda have little interest - luckily it is still on warranty!!

Had intermittent cutting out issues which have got progressively worse.

The vehicle will lose total power as if it has cut out. The sequence is as follows - The Honda connect will crash (so at least owner can now anticipate somethings going to happen) - then almost immediately after that some or all of the dash lights will come on the rev counter drops to zero and the vehicle will loose speed. Then normally a jolt and power is restored (owner assumes there may be some safety mechanism built in?). The problem happens intermittently but must have happened 30+ times since it started in 2017.

The first time it happened was enroute to Durham so owner dropped it into a Honda dealer there and they plugged it in and no fault codes were flagged. It has since been with the dealer for a week in Feb and again they could not flag any codes but did some "software updates". On the way back home to Oxfordshire on the 8th March whilst in one of the M25 tunnels at 60-70 mph the same problem happened again and it was the most severe occurrence yet, the car now juddering when it lost power, power steering was lost and the period of loss was longer that any time previously. As car was in a tunnel with now hard shoulder I had no choice but to drop the clutch and turn the key. Got as far as Beaconsfield services on the M40, pulled in and called the AA who recovered the vehicle and it has been at local Honda dealer ever since. Interestingly when at the services if owner flashed the lights it would instantly crash the Honda connect, but would not replicate the full fault, however when Iturned the car off and back on again it had returned to normal. Also every time the fault occurs the start/ stop system say N/A even if have driven for 100s of miles.

Honda dealer had it for 2 weeks and had "intensive" talks with Honda Japan - which resulted in an earthing wire replacement and new battery!! Then they road tested it for 181 miles - returned to me and 20 miles later the PGM-FI warning light came on - back to dealership for diagnosis of glow plug failure. Apparently unrelated to the other electrical issues - mmmmmm i wonder......Enough evidence on line leads me to believe this is just a potentially long line of upcoming faults, sounds like ECU goes next.

Still not had the car returned to me. The car was also off the road for a week in 2017 due to an emissions sensor requiring replacement, this took 3 trips to the dealer to resolve.

Enough of these issues are now coming to light to show there are clear issues with this model.

I need a reliable vehicle for my job and this is just totally useless, I cannot depend on it at all. Recently I have spent more time at my local Honda dealer, than I have with my family. :-)

Very likely I will be trading it in soon or may just simply voluntary terminate the PCP and cut my loses.

Have attempted negotiating with Honda UK for a suitable exchange but absolutely no interest from them.

Not sure if I had some of the spare McLaren F1 parts fitted to my car by mistake, as it has been about as reliable!!!

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