Accord coupe - washer fluid container

For the second time I needed to refil washer fluid in
my 2004 accord coupe. I got the 1 gallon jug from the
store when the washer nozzles stopped delivering fluid.
Poured the bottle but before the bottle was empty
the container in the car was full and overflowing.
2-3 inches of the fluid left unused in the bottle.

Is this what you get? Or my pump is not sucking all
the fluid from the container?

Why would you design a car with a washer fluid
container just smaller than the widely available
container the fluid is sold in the stores?

Would you consider it as a bad design?

 

If your preferred method is to suck the reservoir absolutely dry before
refilling it, thus risking being without washer fluid at some point when you
really need it, then yes, I suppose you might consider it a bad design.

If, on the other hand, you do what a lot of people do and add fluid to the
reservoir periodically before it's completely dry, and then put the bottle
back in the garage for next time, then it really doesn't much matter how big
either the reservoir or the bottle is, does it?

 

I can see you are an old fashioned guy who likes to spend time
with his car and keep the garage full of funny bottles...

Good design in my opinion would be low fluid warning light
on the dashboard and reservoir big enough to hold FULL bottle
when the warning ligth comes on to minimalise required mainenance.

The only warning I get from my accord is that the stream of
water is weaker, but then I have 2-3 more attempts and it is dry.
Even then it does not hold the full bottle, which is sad...

Don't get me wrong, but I am comparing this accord to my old
1995 camry, which it happens had the reservoid big enought
to hold the full gallon of fluid in one big gulp.

 

For the same reason you don't design all cars with a 200 gallon fuel tank.

Only if you expect to have a lot of owners without the technical skills
required to reseal a container and stow it away.

 

some cars do. If they all did, then you'd be whining that it
doesn't hold a 5 gallon drum puchased at costco.

 

My '01 coupe has a warning light, and when it comes on I can put an entire
jug of washer fluid in and still have room left for more... Maybe it's
because I'm in Canada (the frozen white north and all), or maybe the design
of the '04 required a smaller reservoir.

 

Not really, you can use the extra to clean your windows.

 

Bad argument, since 1 gallon jug is *the smallest* amount
of washer fluid you can buy in a retail stores...

 

In my user manual there is a note about warning light for
Canadian models, even for 2004. I think I will look around
for a Canadian version of the washer reservoid then )

 

This is your second stupid analogy in this thread...

Where can you buy fuel in 200 gallon barrels in retail?
I would suggest you think your responses trough before
you hit the send button...

I am sure you have technical skills to get up from the
couch and walk to the TV to change the channel but you
still think it is very convenient to use the remote...

It is not that I cannot put the cap back on the bottle
and store the bottle - I just see it as very inconvenient.
If it was - let's say - half bottle left unused - then
I would understand, but we are talking about 10-15%.
Do they REALLY had such a hard time squizing this extra
pint into the very slightly bigger reservoir? Doubt it.
They just did not care. Lack of attention to details?

 

I would prefer to have a choice: pour whole bottle
or leave couple of drops on the bottom for cleaning.

I know it is a small think, really a detail, but
it is showing that Honda does not care about details.

 

Maybe it's

Yeah, and you guys (and girls) get the heated mirrors. We don't. Even
my old '85 Scirocco had heated mirrors, but not this new Civic. Grr....

 

Perhaps it was designed with a metric volume in mind.

 

I wonder how much savings honda got not doing these things.
I got EX-L trim, you would expect it to be fully loaded - such a wrong idea.

 

No. You're just too stupid to get it. There are compromises made in
designing cars. It's lovely to have a 200 gallon fuel tank, but size
and weight make it impossible.

 

Well, the reason for this design decision is unknown.
Toyota designing camry could also just get lucky...

 

You completelly missed the point, and that is why your
analogy is simply stupid. I am not arguing I want
20 gallon reservoir for a washer fluid to keep me going
for two years - I am complaining that the reservoir is
unable to fit a STANDARD RETAIL PACKAGE of the product.

Get it now?

 

I personally am finding much of the "fancy" electronics to
be more trouble than they're worth.

I am on an extended visit in a house with a heat pump with
too many electronics to it. Four visits so far from the
repair technician in one year. Contrast this with my own
house's furnace: Four years and no problems whatsoever.

Same deal with newer cars. So much of the electronics are
bells and whistles or break too often.

 

my 2008 civic LX (canadian version) has heated mirrors and a washer jug that
accomodates 4L (just over 1 gallon) no problem.

My 98 civic also takes over a gallon of washer fluid.

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I work for a company that makes master cylinder reservours for the
brake system manufacturers and we also make a few washer bottles. The
whole thing comes down to space. The master cylinder reservoir and the
washer fluid reservoirs are one of the last things designed for the
engine compartment. All the hardware that must be there and has to be
in a particular position are put into the envelope and the the master
cylinder reservoir is designed and squeezed into whatever space is
left which will allow the correct fluid volume for all the federally
mandated brake system tests. It is even worse for the washer bottle.
It gets squashed into whatever room is left and sometimes that space
allows for a gallon and sometimes not. Since there is no federal
regulation on the amount of washer fluid available, you get what fits.
I hope this helps.