04 civic hesitation PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Last time i brought my 03 Civic LX to dealership for the same
problem.......they replaced the 'gear range switch' and the technician
mentioned abt the grade logic chips as well. I think there's a problem abt
this chip then.

Jacky

same problem (momentary loss of power just after you start accelerating). It
happened while I was reversing and then again several times while I was
driving. After a few minutes, when the car had warmed up a bit, it stopped
happening. The weather was not cold at all, I am in Southern California. I
am going to take the car to the dealer right away, because as Ron wrote,
this is a potentially serious problem. Especially in LA where the left turns
are notorious. If anyone finds a solution to this problem, please post it
here...

 

Jacky, so does your car still have the problem?
If so, are you going to get them to look at this chip?

best,

Stephen

 

After they replaced the chip, no problems so far. I hope there won't be
any problems afterall.

 

So it was the grade "grade logic chip" you had replaced right? I'll have to
let them know at my dealership... that is what they checked but they said
there was nothing wrong with it. Si u just want to verify that you had the
exact same problem i am.... when the car is cold, and you acellerate, within
the first second (i'm not even at 10km/hr yet) the car hesitates for about 1
second then acelerates normally...only notice it when i am at a complete
stop, and goes away when the car gets warm...

is this exactly what you experienced? How long ago did they replace the
chip?

Thank you very much

 

sorry... one more thing... so was it the gear range chip or the grade logic
chip they replaced... or was it both???

 

Yes, exactly same problem we both have. Actually they replaced both for me.
So i hope the problem won't happen again.

Jacky

 

Jacky,

I can't remember, but i thought you mentioned about having the gear range
switch replaced in an earlier post, but said that the problem was still
there.... so did you have the grade logic chip replaced after the gear range
switch, in which case i would think that i only need to get the grade logic
chip replaced.... not both.... of did you have them both replaced at the
same time. Sorry... i am just trying to narrow down which one of the two i
should be asking my dealer to replace....
Thanks

 

Jacky,

I talked to my dealsership today and asked them if they could replace both
my grade logic chip and gear range switch. They said that they could NOT
because when they hook my car up to a computer, it does not come up with any
error codes. I told them that i was talking to someone on the internet,
with the same problem as me, and that you had these two things replaced and
the problem went away. They said that they would like to talk to someone at
your dealership....and asked me to get the name of your dearler, their phone
number (i would need the area code too) and either your car's V.I.N. number,
or the invoce number off of your repair bill (work order). I would
appreciate it very much if you could help me out. Thanks a million.

Ron

 

Hey Stephen

Have you brought your car into the dealership yet....? Are you still
experiencing the problem? Right now i am in the middle of trying to
convince honda to replace my grade logic chip.... but they don't want to
because they don't get any error codes when they hook it up to a
computer.... even though they themselves have drivin the car and felt it
hesitate, they don't seem to want to da anything about it. Hopefully you
are haveing better luck. Let me go how it turns out.

Ron

same problem (momentary loss of power just after you start accelerating). It
happened while I was reversing and then again several times while I was
driving. After a few minutes, when the car had warmed up a bit, it stopped
happening. The weather was not cold at all, I am in Southern California. I
am going to take the car to the dealer right away, because as Ron wrote,
this is a potentially serious problem. Especially in LA where the left turns
are notorious. If anyone finds a solution to this problem, please post it
here...