July of 2015 my daughter bought a new Honda Civic, 4 cylinder, with the CVT. When I did the first oil change last year I noticed the bottom of the transmission appeared to be oily. Oil wasn't dripping but it appeared oily. There is a small black metal plate I would call an inspection plate between the engine and cvt next to the oil pan. I took the plate off to see if oil was coming from in there. Didn't see anything obvious. I checked the oil filter, oil pan, oil drain bolt etc... to make sure there wasn't an obvious leak from those areas. They all looked good. I'm thinking this thing is leaking where the cvt mates to the engine.
I told my daughter to set up a service call with the dealer to have this looked at. She did and she was told there is no oil leak. They also told her they "dusted" the bottom of the engine and to bring it back in the future so they can check.
Fast forward to last week. I changed the oil and I can see the "dust" they put on the bottom of the cvt and engine. This "dust" was definitely oily. The inspection plate had black dried oil on it. Now I know there is an issue. My daughter is out of town so I set up a service call. I drop the car off. I get a voice mail within an hour. I'm thinking they are going to say no problem found since they called so quick. Sure enough that was the message.
I go to pick up the car during early evening when all the techs are gone for the day. The employee who gave me the keys also gives me the paperwork. Of course it says no oil leaks found.
The employee then tells me he remembers this car coming in last year and how they "dusted" the engine. I explain to him that there is definitely oil leaking from somewhere. His response is, "they all leak". I couldn't believe he said that. I questioned him on that and he said all the Civic's leak. It's not a big deal and he sees them come in with hundreds of thousands of miles. He was very nice about it and I saw some humor in what he was telling me because I just couldn't believe he said that. I left him with what a friend once told me, "oil is supposed to be on the inside of the engine".
I guess my main reason for this post is to see if anyone out there has a newer Civic that is also leaking oil, and if so, where is it leaking from. I now know I have to take some steps with management at the dealer or possibly Honda Corporate. Thanks for any info.
I told my daughter to set up a service call with the dealer to have this looked at. She did and she was told there is no oil leak. They also told her they "dusted" the bottom of the engine and to bring it back in the future so they can check.
Fast forward to last week. I changed the oil and I can see the "dust" they put on the bottom of the cvt and engine. This "dust" was definitely oily. The inspection plate had black dried oil on it. Now I know there is an issue. My daughter is out of town so I set up a service call. I drop the car off. I get a voice mail within an hour. I'm thinking they are going to say no problem found since they called so quick. Sure enough that was the message.
I go to pick up the car during early evening when all the techs are gone for the day. The employee who gave me the keys also gives me the paperwork. Of course it says no oil leaks found.
The employee then tells me he remembers this car coming in last year and how they "dusted" the engine. I explain to him that there is definitely oil leaking from somewhere. His response is, "they all leak". I couldn't believe he said that. I questioned him on that and he said all the Civic's leak. It's not a big deal and he sees them come in with hundreds of thousands of miles. He was very nice about it and I saw some humor in what he was telling me because I just couldn't believe he said that. I left him with what a friend once told me, "oil is supposed to be on the inside of the engine".
I guess my main reason for this post is to see if anyone out there has a newer Civic that is also leaking oil, and if so, where is it leaking from. I now know I have to take some steps with management at the dealer or possibly Honda Corporate. Thanks for any info.