I had a 2008 Accord that suffered from this flaw. When I brought it to the dealer to be fixed, the service writer told me that the timing chain tensioner would probably need to be replaced too. Unfortunately he was correct. The faulty VTC actuator causes oil starvation at cold start up. The lack of oil stresses the timing chain to the point that the tensioner eventually breaks. Another unpleasant side effect is piston ring wear. All of these cars burn oil. Sometimes as much as 1.5-2 qt per 1k miles. No need for an formal oil change at this point, the oil is always new! All that oil going out the exhaust is hitting the catalytic converter, which are not cheap.
Honda refused to acknowledge that they were at fault for anything.
I will never purchase any Honda product again.
Honda refused to acknowledge that they were at fault for anything.
I will never purchase any Honda product again.