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February 9, 2010
- ISBN13: 9780801991189
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Product Description
The Chilton Total Car Care series continues to lead all other do-it-yourself automotive repair manuals. These manuals offer do-it-yourselfers of all levels TOTAL maintenance, service and repair information in an easy-to-use format. Each title covers all makes and models, unless otherwise indicated. (Keywords: Total Car Care Series)… More >>
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February 9th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
This manual saved me $175.00 on my first repair. Lots of pictures to give good visuals on part position and assembly.
Rating: 4 / 5
February 9th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
I have a 1999 Honda Prelude. Previous to this, I had a Honda Civic. The book for the Civic was awesome with clear step by step instructions with pictures to accompany each step. This book, all the steps shown involve the Honda Accord which has a totally different body than the Prelude. Things that they mention in steps, more often than not, don’t pertain to the Prelude.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 10th, 2010 at 1:35 am
I have recently acquired a 1996 Honda Accord. My problem is that the “climate control” panel isn’t working. The fan, A/C, defroster, and a couple of other controls seems to have lost power. So I buy Chilton’s “REPAIR manual”, as it says on the front. Instructions turned out to be VERY vague on specifics of location of key parts, fasteners, etc. 2 pictures showed the panel being taken out easily, but it wasn’t so. After trying to pry open the panel for 1/2 an hour, I bent/broke it at one place and dislocated the heater vents from the panel.
What would have helped is a diagram of the panel’s connections to the car’s front interior, which would show what the fasteners are and where they are.
Instead, Chilton decided to cut out the beneficial information and leave it to the readers to figure out the bigger part. What kind of a manual is this? In some parts it includes massive explanations about a single connector (example: SRS connections), but at most of places it covers too little repair info to be useful.
I WOULD NOT suggest this “manual” to an every-day driver because it isn’t user friendly and, just when it seems crucial, it doesn’t go in depth about parts. Mechanics probably have a more detailed manual, so they wouldn’t use this one.
So, a question remains. Who or what is this manual for? As the reviewer “A reader” previously noted, the manual “showed me all the ins and outs… …from bumper to bumper.” True. So I guess it’s good for knowing about your Honda’s specifications and part locations. But using this manual as a service/repair guide is a mistake.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 10th, 2010 at 1:55 am
I recently bought this Chilton manual for my 2000 Honda Accord, and “disappointed” is an understatement. The manual was entirely generic procedures supplemented by poor quality photos and factory drawings. Worse, in two places where I have done the procedures in the past, the manual was flat out wrong. In one case, the procedure described to retract the disk brake calipers would actually damage the caliper if used. I returned the manual, and strongly recommend you stay away from the Chilton series. Hayes is better.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 10th, 2010 at 2:33 am
this book showed me all the ins and outs of the prelude from bumper to bumper. A deffinate buy if you wanna save money or just learn about your car. It has saved me some money on simple repairs and helped me modify the car as well.
Rating: 4 / 5