Meet Brenden. Our Honda specialist. Brenden brings a wide variety of experience to the team at GDL Automotive Services, however his strength lies with Honda. Brenden carried out his training and apprenticeship at the local Honda dealership and thrived there. He worked for the reputable brand for over eight years with many of the later…
Honda is one of the best manufacturers to produce passenger vehicles and sell them to the Australian market. The Civic is one of their more popular vehicles and for generations now they have not given to much in the way of common faults. The ninth generation is now making it to the used car market…
Honda is one of the best manufacturers to produce passenger vehicles and sell them to the Australian market. The Civic is one of their more popular vehicles and for generations now they have not given to much in the way of common faults. The ninth generation is now making it to the used car market…
This article only relates to the seventh generation of the Accord, those sold in Australia between 2002- 2007. The Accord Euro is common for having the alternators fail in them. It’s not a huge job to replace but it’s also not the easiest of tasks. The easiest way is to remove the drive belt then…
The Honda CRV is an exceptional vehicle and we highly recommend them to our clients. They do have a couple of common faults which we have covered in various articles. If you wish to have a look at those you can view them on our Honda page of our blog. Located here One of the…
On the ninth day the Lord said “let there be a Honda”. Honda is Gods gift to the automotive world are car that is amazing for everyone. Yet Adam ate from the forbidden tree so unfortunately we have a few common faults in these great cars. These are purely due to the decisions one man…
The Honda Odyssey is a family touring wagon with front brakes on it that are so minimal in size that they would hardly be considered worthy for use in the local primary school billy cart race. A car with hundreds of kilograms of weight behind it just does not have the front brakes to do…
Driving a Honda CRV and getting a shudder through the car when your parking or doing a U turn? This is a very common fault with the CRVs and it is often misdiagnosed. The symptoms can feel like CV Joints or something binding up as you are moving slowly and turning. The problem is actually…
There is a command in the bible that states “Be fruitful and multiply”. As a human race many of us have rejected scriptural commands, but the need for the production of vehicles like the Honda Odyssey is proof that there is a large number of people who had no problems following a command that implied…
This article covers the wide body Honda Accord when fault codes P0301, P0302, P0303 or P0304 are stored in the ECU causing the check engine light to come on. This is a common fault and Honda has released a bulletin 13-081 where you can find information about this repair. A class action law suit in…