Fit Aria 2008

Honda Hybrid · June 23, 2011

Hi Guys

I bought a Honda fit aria 2008 unregistered car two weeks ago, and I found ATF and engine oil was too bad and change them all, i used Honda CVT gear oil and for the engine Mobile, but I feel little vibration when moving from 0km to upwards in few seconds it disappears and car is ruining normal afterwards, I haven't use Honda cars before, heard lot of stories about CVT gear system as well so I'm worried about the situation coz I'm out of the country right now and my wife use the car as a daily runner, could anyone of you advise me on this regard please.

Cheers

kas

Edited June 23, 2011 by Honda Hybrid

jaga · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 5:16 AM, Honda Hybrid said:

Hi Guys

I bought a Honda fit aria 2008 unregistered car two weeks ago, and I found ATF and engine oil was too bad and change them all, i used Honda CVT gear oil and for the engine Mobile, but I feel little vibration when moving from 0km to upwards in few seconds it disappears and car is ruining normal afterwards, I haven't use Honda cars before, heard lot of stories about CVT gear system as well so I'm worried about the situation coz I'm out of the country right now and my wife use the car as a daily runner, could anyone of you advise me on this regard please.

Cheers

kas

You ask wife to go to Stafford Motors and clarify if there is any doubt. Mr Lal Ganegoda will help to rectify if there is any thing wrong.

Honda Hybrid · June 23, 2011

Thanx mate

problem is we live in kandy.anyway she has to wait for two months till i come.

jdnet · June 23, 2011

Does the fit aria have a CVT or A/T?

I'm pretty sure you would not want to put CVT fuild in an auto transmission.

Also OP does the vibration also occur when the car is idling?

Honda Hybrid · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 7:16 AM, jdnet said:

Does the fit aria have a CVT or A/T?

I'm pretty sure you would not want to put CVT fuild in an auto transmission.

Also OP does the vibration also occur when the car is idling?

Mate this is CVT and its not vibrate when idling,

toyota sucks · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 5:16 AM, Honda Hybrid said:

Hi Guys

I bought a Honda fit aria 2008 unregistered car two weeks ago, and I found ATF and engine oil was too bad and change them all, i used Honda CVT gear oil and for the engine Mobile, but I feel little vibration when moving from 0km to upwards in few seconds it disappears and car is ruining normal afterwards, I haven't use Honda cars before, heard lot of stories about CVT gear system as well so I'm worried about the situation coz I'm out of the country right now and my wife use the car as a daily runner, could anyone of you advise me on this regard please.

Cheers

kas

This could be due to the use of 90 octane fuel,

my march did this and it went away after changing to 95oct,

The Fit Aria is a pretty good car and has best value for money in it's class,

But the market drop is due to some problems with the cvt issues,

I recommend u to have a full checkup at the company before u use it because u can't tell what the car was upto in japan as it is recondition.

By the way is it the is it the 7 speed one if so try to shift manually and see if the problem presists.

Honda Hybrid · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 12:12 PM, toyota sucks said:

This could be due to the use of 90 octane fuel,

my march did this and it went away after changing to 95oct,

The Fit Aria is a pretty good car and has best value for money in it's class,

But the market drop is due to some problems with the cvt issues,

I recommend u to have a full checkup at the company before u use it because u can't tell what the car was upto in japan as it is recondition.

By the way is it the is it the 7 speed one if so try to shift manually and see if the problem presists.

This is not the 7 speed fit aria,and i used 95oct as well but still i get that little vibration,dont no why ? thank you verymuch for the advice mate.

jdnet · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 1:05 PM, Honda Hybrid said:

This is not the 7 speed fit aria,and i used 95oct as well but still i get that little vibration,dont no why ? thank you verymuch for the advice mate.

other than the vibration at accelaration do you notice anything else. Also have you checked the spark plugs? In some cases it could be a slight misfire. Worth having look at. The best thing would be to have the agents to look at it since there aren't too many places capable of diagnosing tranny problems with CVT cars.

Honda Hybrid · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 4:00 PM, jdnet said:

other than the vibration at accelaration do you notice anything else. Also have you checked the spark plugs? In some cases it could be a slight misfire. Worth having look at. The best thing would be to have the agents to look at it since there aren't too many places capable of diagnosing tranny problems with CVT cars.

Thank you very much for the advice bro,nothing elae notice other than little vibration.if need to change the spark plugs what should be the best type, iridium plugs? What would be the price, do you have any idea about it?

Edited June 23, 2011 by Honda Hybrid

Schiffer · June 23, 2011

mate since you bought it unregistered, should it be under warren-tee? if so, go show it to the agents mate..

jdnet · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 4:43 PM, Honda Hybrid said:

Thank you very much for the advice bro,nothing elae notice other than little vibration.if need to change the spark plugs what should be the best type, iridium plugs? What would be the price, do you have any idea about it?

OEM plugs are always the best. If it came with iridium use it. If it came with platinum or copper then use those. Make sure you get the right part number.

Also pefore replacing just check them for the usual problem signs.

Honda Hybrid · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 5:33 PM, jdnet said:

OEM plugs are always the best. If it came with iridium use it. If it came with platinum or copper then use those. Make sure you get the right part number.

Also pefore replacing just check them for the usual problem signs.

Thanks bro

Honda Hybrid · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 5:33 PM, jdnet said:

OEM plugs are always the best. If it came with iridium use it. If it came with platinum or copper then use those. Make sure you get the right part number.

Also pefore replacing just check them for the usual problem signs.

Thanks bro

rashita · June 23, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 5:16 AM, Honda Hybrid said:

Hi Guys

I bought a Honda fit aria 2008 unregistered car two weeks ago, and I found ATF and engine oil was too bad and change them all, i used Honda CVT gear oil and for the engine Mobile, but I feel little vibration when moving from 0km to upwards in few seconds it disappears and car is ruining normal afterwards, I haven't use Honda cars before, heard lot of stories about CVT gear system as well so I'm worried about the situation coz I'm out of the country right now and my wife use the car as a daily runner, could anyone of you advise me on this regard please.

Cheers

kas

My brother bought a Honda fit aria 8 months ago and recently had the same issue. The agent (S** M**)also couldn't find the issue and they said there are few cars havin the same issue. Last month the gear box gone. Had to replace the gearbox. Heard that this is a common issue on Honda fit aria.Correct me if Im am wrong. The person who replaced the gear box advice start and wait for few seconds until the engine heats-up and then drive. There is dash board indicator to show you that the car is ready for drive. Im not sure whether this is technically correct or wrong. Anyway my brother follows that Good luck!!

Honda Hybrid · June 24, 2011

On 6/23/2011 at 8:42 PM, rashita said:

My brother bought a Honda fit aria 8 months ago and recently had the same issue. The agent (S** M**)also couldn't find the issue and they said there are few cars havin the same issue. Last month the gear box gone. Had to replace the gearbox. Heard that this is a common issue on Honda fit aria.Correct me if Im am wrong. The person who replaced the gear box advice start and wait for few seconds until the engine heats-up and then drive. There is dash board indicator to show you that the car is ready for drive. Im not sure whether this is technically correct or wrong. Anyway my brother follows that Good luck!!

Thanks for the info mate,did u import the gear box or found in sri lankan market,how much the cost for the CVT gear box,

randikatn · June 24, 2011

I had the same vibration problem with my Fit Aria 2007 model with CVT. I replaced the CVT oil with original "Nippon CVT OIL" and vibration issue has gone. CVT isn't bad until you do the servicing at correct time. Make sure you use the original CVT oil and do not use oil exchanging machine to do that.

Honda Hybrid · June 24, 2011

On 6/24/2011 at 7:50 AM, randikatn said:

I had the same vibration problem with my Fit Aria 2007 model with CVT. I replaced the CVT oil with original "Nippon CVT OIL" and vibration issue has gone. CVT isn't bad until you do the servicing at correct time. Make sure you use the original CVT oil and do not use oil exchanging machine to do that.

Mate i replaced CVT oil with genuine Honda CVT oil, is that different from Nippon CVT oil, or both same? Should I require adding adjetives oil as well?

Edited June 24, 2011 by Honda Hybrid

leyland · June 24, 2011

On 6/24/2011 at 8:00 AM, Honda Hybrid said:

Mate i replaced CVT oil with genuine Honda CVT oil, is that different from Nippon CVT oil, or both same? Should I require adding adjetives oil as well?

It probably should be similar if not same since Genuine Honda CVT oil is manufactured by Nippon oil as mentioned in the bottle.

Honda Hybrid · June 24, 2011

On 6/24/2011 at 8:20 AM, leyland said:

It probably should be similar if not same since Genuine Honda CVT oil is manufactured by Nippon oil as mentioned in the bottle.

Thanks bro

hiranthak · June 24, 2011

On 6/24/2011 at 7:50 AM, randikatn said:

I had the same vibration problem with my Fit Aria 2007 model with CVT. I replaced the CVT oil with original "Nippon CVT OIL" and vibration issue has gone. CVT isn't bad until you do the servicing at correct time. Make sure you use the original CVT oil and do not use oil exchanging machine to do that.

What is the place you buy Nippon CVT oil.I also need to change my Gearbox oil...

rashita · June 24, 2011

On 6/24/2011 at 7:13 AM, Honda Hybrid said:

Thanks for the info mate,did u import the gear box or found in sri lankan market,how much the cost for the CVT gear box,

Its secondhand gear box. The total cost was around 110,000/- (Gear box + installation) There is a person at Malabe who is doing only the Honda repairs. He did everything even purchasing the gear box