Rumor .....RSX going BANG

Just reading up on you guys' talk on blown up engines. I bought one of the first Type-S 2002 and had plenty of stalls and 3 gear grinding experience (2nd to 3rd), but all on low rpm...didn't know how to drive manual. It took me two days to learn the gears...picked up the car Friday and drove it to work the following Monday.

The car is almost 2 years old, 30 days to go at 36,500 miles. I sometime hear of whinning noises inside the engine. The only other problem is my driver-side power window, tugs on the door; sluggish compared to the passesnger window.

But anyway, along with my rambling nonsense...do you guys have tips on how to shift from 1st to 2nd a little smoother within 3500 rpm range? I think 1st to 2nd has the longest throw.

I was passing a truck and redlined at 8300 rpm on 2nd, the car buckled a little bit...is this bad? I've only taken the car at 135 mph thrice with each session around 30 seconds long from 4th gear, 5th gear and 6th gear. Is this bad for the engine?...still trying to read top speed.

Uh...yeah...break over, back to work...

Uh...honda engines love to be pushed, so it's not too bad for the engine. I wouldn't keep redlining like that, cause in the long-run it is bad. You can push each gear to near redline and not worry about killing your engine. :uhoh:

The RSX Type S does not have a safety system to keep it from sliping back into 2nd gear while shifting from 3rd to 4th. One of the ones that blew up happend at the drag strip up from where I live I have seen the pictures of it. I asked the dealer about it before I bought my RSX and he told me the guy who blew it up did it the day he bought it and he brought it back and they put a new engine in for him but they wouldn't do it a 2nd time.

I asked the dealer about it before I bought my RSX and he told me the guy who blew it up did it the day he bought it and he brought it back and they put a new engine in for him but they wouldn't do it a 2nd time.

That is too funny.

ain't it though. That why idiots and cars don't mix

That reminds me of one we had in at our dealership. Some rich kids daddy bought him a brand new RSX-S and no more than 2 weeks later he was back at the shop saying it died on the highway and wouldnt turn over. Our best tech went out and checked the ECU with our scan tool. RSX ECU's actually flash record data every so often and store it for a certain amount of time. Well when he plugged into the ECU, it read thet the last recorded engine speed was 10,900 RPMs, way above the redline. It was fairly obvious what had happened, and after telling him what we found, the kid admitted to having let a friend drive it. While up on the highway, his friend was trying to race another car and did the infamous 5th to 2nd miss and blew the motor. Needless to say we denied to work on it under warranty, as it was opperator error that caused the problem. Some of you guys say it should be covered and Acura should pay for it, but come on. I drive a six speed too with gates just as close as a Type-S, but i got used to driving it for a month or two before i started pushing it hard. Just pay attention to what your doing when driving and you'll never run into a problem like this.

so did you win youre law suite ?

dis you win?