I think a number of us will be asking why you'd buy a car just over 3 years old, average mileage and no warranty? Just doesn't make sense.

I think that statistically it might make good sense, provided that the lack of warranty reflects a reduction in purchase price. Most little-used cars are pretty reliable these days, so the odds should be in your favour. In the distant past I have waived a used-car warranty to save £100 or so.

If you are a betting man that makes sense, but you may always be unlucky.

its currently with a Honda dealer and they are making positive noises about Honda replacing the engine and turbo as a good will gesture, we'll see

I got a 1 month warranty as standard but as the one on offer from the Car Supermarket was an RAC 12 month extension for £350ish maybe more I dint think was value for money given the likely wear and tear exclusions, I think the general consensus with used car warranties is that they probably aren't worth it

the fault has baffled the Honda service techs but having replaced the belt there was no further engine damage. the belt was very worn...teeth gone completely which is bizarre considering the mileage

Seems as if something else the belt drives locked. Water pump, a/c pump, idler pulley?

You said in your original post

It appears its not a wear and tear type issue for a timing chain to break at 45k.

but now you say its a belt

but having replaced the belt there was no further engine damage

So which is it?

I have also suffered exactly the same issue on my 2017 Civic. Is there any update on Honda accepting liability please.

73000 miles. Registered August 2017. As you say, £1700 prohibitive forget change. I would definitely say AVOID.

Mee too just 3 days ago . I'm devastated

Czesc, jestem kolejnym pechowym uzytkownikiem Hondy Civic 2017 z uszkodzonym silnikiem 1,0T. Mój samochód ma ponad 6 lat i przebieg ponizej 60 000 kilometrów. Od kilku dni auto jest w serwisie Hondy i czeka na weryfikacje. Jezdzilem kilkoma hondami i zadna mnie nie zawiodla, nawet te Hondy, które mialy ponad 300 000 km przebiegu. Z poprzednich Hond bylem i jestem bardzo zadowolony, dlatego ten Civic to kolejna moja Honda. Z wlasnego doswiadczenia nigdy bym nie przypuszczal, ze silnik Hondy zepsuje sie przy tak niskim przebiegu tak wielu osobom.

Przyznam, ze irytujace sa w tym aucie kosztowne kolejne awarie ukladu klimatyzacji, ale remont lub wymiana silnika ponizej oficjalnej granicy przebiegu kilometrów na mój koszt jest dla mnie nie do przyjecia.

W serwisie otrzymalem informacje, ze Honda dla tych silników obecnie prowadzi akcje kontroli paska rozrzadu. Mam zal, ze dealer nie powiadomil mnie o tym wczesniej, byc moze mój silnik jeszcze by zyl. Czekam z niecierpliwoscia na wyrok, bo osobiscie nie zamierzam placic wiecej za bledy Hondy.

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Hello, I am another unlucky user of a Honda Civic 2017 with a damaged 1.0T engine. My car is over 6 years old and has less than 60,000 kilometers on the clock. The car has been at Honda's service center for several days and is waiting for verification. I have driven several Hondas and none of them have let me down, even those Hondas that have had over 300,000 km on the clock.

I was and am very satisfied with my previous Hondas, so this Civic is my next Honda. From my own experience, I would never have guessed that a Honda engine would fail at such low mileage for so many people.

I admit that costly subsequent failures of the air conditioning system in this car are irritating, but overhauling or replacing the engine below the official mileage limit at my expense is unacceptable to me. I received information from the service center that Honda is currently carrying out a timing belt inspection campaign for these engines.

I regret that the dealer did not notify me about this earlier, perhaps my engine would still be alive. I'm impatiently waiting for the verdict because I personally don't want to pay more for Honda's mistakes.

Edited by Xileno on 10/12/2023 at 09:18

No update. Very frustrating as Honda now admitting that there is an issue.