someone abused the engine plain and simple. You seem sure that it wasn't yourself, so it must have been the previous owner.

A cold air intake might be a source of the problem, or possibly the car was in a flood. Any history on the vehicle given to you ?. Was it raining in your area the day before or the same day that your engine blew ?, some cold air intakes can have water dribble around the air filter and it can get sucked in while driving. It almost sounds like your engine hydrolocked. I would never buy a used car with an afermarket intake on it, I would demand a factory intake.

Who buys a car "as is" any more, that is a golden no-no rule in my books. I find it strange that a dealer would sell an 07 vehicle "as-is". The lure of a cheaper price can come back to bite you sometimes.

 

either before or after you bought the car did you ever check the fluids to see what they looked like before the blow.

were there any warning lights? was it making any odd sounds?

the biggest scary part is the aftermarket intake. it sounds like you got someone's f'ed up rice rocket that they dumped cause it needed a head gasket.


sorry for your bad luck, hope that they take care of it.

 

It's a Honda - generally speaking why would I have to worry about an s2k dying on me with anything less then 100k?

The cold-air intake could not have been the problem. The engine was 'seized.' I don't know how 'over-revving' could cause a f22c motor to seize, especially a stock motor at that.

The car was never in a flood - first thing checked was if there was hydrolock - at which the dealership would be at fault b/c they sold the car to me with a cold air intake.

 

Also, the fluids were there - I checked the coolant and oil immediately after my car died.

Coolant was there but the oil was very very low and yellow.. I do not know if this will help me at all.

legally, what advice can anyone give me? I was given a verbal agreement to fix the issue at which upon inspection, they decided to decline.

 

how low is low? Was it well below the line? If it was, that might be a claimable case: "lower than what was necessary" OR, You could get a independent mechanic to look the engine over and see what hapepend:

Im going with the someone overreved/hydrolocked engine ->back to dealer->to you.

 

Sue them, man. The stealerships are hurting in this economy because new car sales are way down. And used car prices have been killed a while ago by KIAs and Hundais.

So what income venue is a stealership to take? Repairs!

Clearly, you got a bad car to begin with. Try to get a Honda rep to come down for diagnosis. Because the dealer will tear down the motor, show you a set of bent valves from some clunker, and tell you you 'overrevved'. Then hand you a bill and ask you to bend over.

 

Low is about 2cm on the dipstick.. They claim that the engine holds "7" quarts of oil and the dipstick reaches only 1/2 a quart. Not sure how much truth is in that.

I can't assume that someone over-revved the engine but I am agreeing that the prior owner was not too focused with the upkeep of the engine maintenance/mis-shifted several times for me to have caused a simple 3rd gear shift at ~20-30mph to blow the engine.

 

very very low oil will cause your engine to seize, water in the oil will cause your engine to seize.

That verbal statement to fix your engine is not a contract. Best to discuss the situation with a lawyer at this point, and push the warranty issue with Honda of America over and above the dealer.

Dealers and people sell cars "as-is" when they determine that they are too much work and too expensive to fix themselves based on expected profit. There's a reason why they sold that car "as-is".

 

I do not believe my car is still under Honda's warranty.. If anything my car had prior oil problems/prior owner abuse.

If anyone has legal advice, please help. I want to know if I can build a case on this or if I have nothing at all. This car is 3 days old, a simple shift to 3rd and 5-6k rpm should not 'seize' or 'blow' any f22c even if I tried to blow it.

 

Oh god please i hope im wrong i really do , But after reading through this i read that you bought it from an acura dealer ? Im hoping for your sake it wasnt bridgewater acura in new jersey ? They are notorious for this crap , they do the bait and switch as easy as pie, and they have a great reputation for selling shit . If i were you no matter where the vehicle was purchased contact an attorney and the better business bureau . If the car was in your posession for 3 days im sure theres some part of the lemon law that covers you . The car and motor are pretty much race ready and unless you were seriously abusing it all day long i doubt you could lock a motor in 3 days, Another thing to be curious of is that the car was a 2007 ? why is it back for sale in 2010 ? get it checked and contact an attorney or lawyer fast , your time to make a claim is limited and be sure to contact the bbb