Four years later, here’s what I learned about my 2018 Civic EXT (bought new June 2018) currently 121,000 miles averaging 34.1 mpg: - The performance is zippy (slight CVT lag and turbo lag). - It’s very reliable. No major repairs aside from changing battery after three years, AC system fail after 116,000 miles (fully covered by Honda for known AC issue), water pump, drive belt replacement after 120,000 miles. Best car I’ve ever owned for overall reliability and cost of ownership.
Sorry to be offtopic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I stupidly lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
Thanks, Brian. My saleslady showed me these tricks but by the time I got home I had forgotten how to do them and what they were. I appreciate your video.
Thank you so much for the comment and for watching. There is also another website that may help: www.hondahelp.ca It's for Honda's in Canada but this website shows all of the videos on how to use the features in your car. The US version is coming but I don't know when.
Was thinking I needed to buy a remote to start the car. Couldn't have been happier to know I could do it so easily. Now I don't have to go out in the cold weather to start the car.
I got a 2017 White Civic Sport Touring Hatch and LOVE it! Here's something I think some will appreciate..... When you have your windshield wipers on AUTO, the back window wiper (if you have one) will automatically go on when you put it in REVERSE.
it's basically necessary for my manual hatchback. So helpful for the stop light next to my house that is on a hill. People love getting close now that manuals are so rare
Does it matter what class civic, or as long as it's a civic the window trick works? For example I just have a sport with a key starter. Will the window trick still work?
Drive (S) gear isn't sport mode in the Civic. It changes gear ratios just like in D, but at a lower range, resulting in higher RPM. It does give a little bit better acceleration but it's also there to give better engine braking when you're driving in hilly terrain (downhill).
Thanks for the tip on the hidden menu and the live wallpapers! I tried it in my ‘19 EX Hatchback and it worked! Pretty cool! Also never even noticed the “S” on the gear shifter!
I have a 2018 Honda Civic Si and although the brake hold is a super cool feature especially for a manual car, almost every time I turn it off it's still working or "on" for the remainder of my drive until I turn the car off and back on again. I wish it would actually turn off when I turn it off. Anyone else have this issue?
When I apply eco mode or without eco. How do I manage to stay in green while increasing rpm. I swear my car stay in green but I’ll stay at 43 miles per hour and it won’t budge or I am getting on the highway and still can’t get speed unless I go over like 5 rpm
I did not know about the secret menu or using the key to roll up the windows. Countless times I have forgotten to roll up the windows. It starts to rain, I have to go out,get into the car, start it, and then roll up the windows. Love the feature
Hey Auto Guy Bri, 2 more questions if it pleases the court..... 1. I'm confused because of different things I've read on the Honda Forums. Some claim you can set the heated seats so in the chilly morning your seat will warm up when you auto start the car. 2. Is it possible to set the car temp ABOVE 72 degrees so that once again, when you auto start the car, it will heat to the temp you set the night before? or is the auto 72 a default setting for year round? Thanks much Bri!
Hey Bill. To answer your questions, the seats will come on automatically when you start the car from the house. They turn on just enough to heat them up but you still have to turn them on again when you get in the car to start it. The second answer to your second question is yes the temperature is a default setting by the factory. I am not aware that you can change that. It's set to that setting so that even in the summer, the car will turn the AC on if it has too.
I tought that the moon roof when it is opening, that part of the glass come outside of the roof. I know that its only of sport plus, am i right? And there are some more tricks, like smart key start, wich is good when its cold, just hold one button on the key and the car will start up. I know some things because i ordered sport plus 2018 and its coming in 7 days
Optimus Prime awesome that you have a Sport coming in! You will love it. The moonroof does not come outside of the roof, it goes inside it. The remote start is only activated when you hit the lock button first, btw. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
When I went for a test drive, the instructor told me I could put it into “S” mode without having to hit the break pedal. Long story short…. Yes you can lol. I tried it and it went soooo smooth. CVT ftw 😁
I apologize for sounding foolish, but is there a switch within the car to let the trunk release button on the keyfob to work? I’ve checked the glove box and under the driver seat and see nothing. (2018 civic hatch)
Sounds like it could be a problem with the key fob or possibly it could be a fuse. Does the fob open the doors still?On a Hatch, the button only unlocks the truck so that when you go to open it, it opens and the doors stay locked. Sounds like you may need to bring it to a service center to get it looked at.
Awesome to be able to roll all the windows down and sunroof back to let the hot air out, but is there a quick "one button" way to reverse it when you're back in the car? It would be great to be able to press a button to close all windows and sunroof automatically. Thanks for the content.
Haha, unfortunately not as I was hoping the same thing. The only way is to take out the key from the fob and put it in the door and lock twice and on the second time, hold it. Thanks for watching!
Auto Guy Bri Man they really need to fix that! At least make it so when you click up the back windows they rise to the top automatically. If there’s a “one button” option to roll them all down with the fob, there should be a “one button” way to close all windows once you’re in the car. Twice I’ve used the unlock feature to roll my windows down as I’m walking towards my parked car, and I’ve forgotten to roll the rear windows up, only the front windows and sunroof... last night it down poured and my back windows were open. :( That’s pretty frustrating! Do they ever come out with “software updates”?
Auto Guy Bri I had an idea after leaving that comment to see if the rear windows would still roll down with the fob if I had the “window lock” button on in the car - but yeah, they still roll down. Annoying. Apparently they can’t all automatically roll up for some safety reason. Rant over!
Haha. I guess the whole point of the windows opening is to air out the car when it's hot out. Wouldn't really do that great of a job if only the driver side and passenger side opened and not the back ones.
What would happen if you have the car on sport mode with Econ button on? I mean I know the Sport mode will make you go faster and waste more gas of course and the Econ basically makes your car from 4Cyn to 2cyn. So would it be bad for your car to be on Sport Mode with the Econ on????
I personally think that Econ mode is pointless. I would rather have a more enjoyable drive and spend a couple more dollars on gas than use it. Plus, Econ mode doesn't allow your A/C work as well. So, to answer your question.... I have no idea. Ha. I don't like my car on Econ mode so I never use it.
And eco doesnt make your car seem like a 2 cylinder. The purpose of eco is to put less friction to the gas so you have less input into your acceleration which allows you to save gas. It doesnt actually mess with your speeds, basically when your stepping on the gas about mid way you can feel how easy it is to push the gas compared to when you take eco off and press it you accelerate with less effort. But like I mentioned early you still have the 4cylinders. P.S I wouldn't recommend doing sport and eco. It seems every time I do so it kinda has a weird input its like pushing a vehicle to its limit in mileage and acceleration I'd recommend doing one at a time. For helping your engine in the long run.
Nothing really happens, In a sense it drives just like you were in drive but like I mentioned earlier the purpose of eco is to help you save gas. Now this just may be me but when I did it I smelled gas burning. Like the civic couldn't push enough and save enough at the same time. BUT I have a 2015 honda civic lx. So I really couldn't tell you bud. But with my experience I wouldn't recommend trying to force those two together. I mean for casual driving it may be fine but if your trying to push it. (Take off traction control and eco) that'll give you your best acceleration. And btw S mode is sport mode. It allows you to have better braking and acceleration and of course rpm. So people who try to say other wise. Just look it up like I said all Honda's are different based on country, year and type of civic.
Jessie Michael oh ok thanks I was just asking because since Econ makes you put less input on gas etc and Sport mode does the opposite, I just wanted to know if it was ok to put those 2 together.
Omg I’ve been driving my car for the past year and NEVER knew about Sport mode !! Thank you I love you! Also, brake hold is my absolute favorite thing about this car. I love that it has a designated button, unlike my husband’s Subaru where you have to go through like 5 menu settings to to turn it on every single time you start your car.
I don't know of any as of yet. In Canada they certainly have not come up with any widgets or apps for the system. However, there are a lot of RU-vid videos of people "hacking" the system with HondaHack and being able to watch movies and install Waze right to the Honda system. I would caution you with a warning though....if the "hack" compromises or screws something up and you end up with an infotainment malfunction and it doesn't work anymore, you may end up being on the hook for a new one and they run about $4000.
Auto Guy Bri . Thank you. I won’t hack anything. I just saw all of those blank screens with download apps and widgets and wondered what cool apps I could get. They shouldn’t tease their customers with that, if they’re not gonna make anything available.
on all 2016 to 2018 on the MSRP sticker it say that the car comes with 8 speakers if its LX, EX , EX-T and EX-L but on the touring Model it say that it comes wit 10 speaker including the Subs. i have ant 2017 Honda Civic EX-l and i only see 6 speakers not 8
I'm not sure how it works in US models but you guys sure have a lot of trim levels compared to us. We have 8 speakers in all trims except touring which has 12.
I have a 2016 civic SI if I do not run it for 4 weeks it drains the battery and it is dead. Is there any way to put it in sleep mod so it will stop doing that ???
Great question Ken! There is an answer for that: no.co/g750 This is a trickle charger. It gets installed to your battery terminals and has a quick connect to a charger that plugs into an outlet. When you know that you will be gone for a long time, plug this bad boy in and turn it on! It will keep a charge going on your battery. Hope this helps.
I live of grid 30 miles by water from the car. I use a solar charger and a jump battery to get it running when I go to town. And I'm on the second battery in the car now. So was hoping there was a sleep mod in the car like your phone has.
You could do a factory reset but all you really need to do is swipe down from the top like in the video but this time choose regular wallpapers instead of Live Wallpaper. That will bring it back to normal.
Tip 5 and 6 are for any Civic. To upload your own photo you have to insert a usb stick into the media port (where you plug in for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto) and go to the secret menu in tip #5 and choose "gallery" under the wallpaper settings. Thanks for watching!
@@AutoGuyBri do the pics have to be any specific specs cuz I have loaded some on a usb but the load option lights up for a second and that's it. And option 5 won't work on our 208 civic lx....hmmm
Weird that you don't have the same screen....in Canada it is the same screen across all trims except the DX which no ones ever orders. I'm sorry that you are stuck with the screen that you have. On the bright side, you still have an AMAZING car!
Maybe you can help! I just got a 2017 Honda Civic hatchback ex and I cannot figure out how to get the Apple car play to work or how to see contacts on phone setting on the screen. I got the Bluetooth to work but that’s about it
The first thing is to make sure your iPhone software is up to date. If it isn't, Apple CarPlay may not work. The next thing is to make sure the cable you are using does data transfer as well as charging. Some of the cheaper cables only do charging and not data. It's best to use the cable your phone came with. Also, you have to make sure Apple CarPlay is turned on on your phone and that Siri is on as well. If that doesn't work, try doing a factory reset in the cars infotainment unit. Go to settings, system, scroll to bottom of page and hit the FACTORY RESET. Try connecting again. Hope this helps.
Auto Guy Bri thank you!!! I will try this. I updated my phone yesterday. I used an older cord so maybe that’s why. Is the factory reset on the car correct?
Auto Guy Bri hmm it’s hard to explain with out pictures but when I go click on phone on the screen like nothing is available for me to click on...like contacts , recent phone. The only thing that pops up sometimes is “transfer” “hang up” “mute”
You don't need to use any other brakes but there is an electronic parking brake you can use if that makes you feel better. It is right beside the gear shift. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
Wow you know you are telling most people already know, plus HondaPro Jason bey you yo the punch along with other Honda dealers but you got f0r the punch.
Well, if you really want to get technical, the information that HondaPro as well as other out there have made videos of is actually in the manuals that come with the car.... So I guess you could say Honda beat all of us to the punch.
Hi Auto Guy, I juist bought a Civic (living in The Netherlands) and followed your tip how to open the windows and roof with. You said that closing has to be done with the key. This is not neccessary. You can click twice on the close button and hold it the second time. Automatically roof and windows will shut. So the same procedure as opening only use the close button. Regards, Henk
If you can lower your windows with the unlocky why can't you close all your windows with the lock button? Imagine you're in your house and you go "oh i left my window sunroof open and just tap lock to close everything"
nobody knows this but the 2018 and 2019 Honda civic has autopilot when you get all the safety Features added to the car but there isn't any video on RU-vid to show you how to turn Autopilot on which is disappointing but if there were videos of how to turn autopilot on in youtube that would be nice
There is no autopilot mode. If you are referring to lane keeping assist and adaptive cruise control, those are NOT to be used as an autopilot feature. Please drive safe!
Carolina Valles haha. I can honestly say that I have a lot of customers who ask me about the "S" and the gas tank so that's why I put these in the video. Thanks for watching!
