Honda Car Forum

Hi,
I am considering importing a 2007 Honda Civic SI from the US to Canada.
In order to pass inspection in Canada the car will need to have it's
spedometer and odometer converted from miles to KM. Is the electronic
spedometer and odometer in the civic easily converted from miles to kms?
Thanks for your reply.

Yeah, you push a button.

ethel mertz wrote:
> Hi,
> I am considering importing a 2007 Honda Civic SI from the US to Canada.
> In order to pass inspection in Canada the car will need to have it's
> spedometer and odometer converted from miles to KM. Is the electronic
> spedometer and odometer in the civic easily converted from miles to kms?
> Thanks for your reply.

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:04:27 -0800, ethel mertz wrote:

> Hi,
> I am considering importing a 2007 Honda Civic SI from the US to Canada.
> In order to pass inspection in Canada the car will need to have it's
> spedometer and odometer converted from miles to KM. Is the electronic
> spedometer and odometer in the civic easily converted from miles to kms?
> Thanks for your reply.

You press and hold the "MPH/KmPH" button until it changes... Pretty
simple, and outlined in the manual...

I make frequent treks into Ontario, and switch it every time I cross...

ethel mertz <ethel@123.COM> wrote in news:MPG.204564a85c9098b1989681
@news20.forteinc.com:

> Hi,
> I am considering importing a 2007 Honda Civic SI from the US to Canada.
> In order to pass inspection in Canada the car will need to have it's
> spedometer and odometer converted from miles to KM.



NO. Your speedometer is already dual-labeled, which is all that's required.
Transport Canada does not care about your odometer.

To find out how to import a car into Canada, see here:
http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html



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ethel mertz wrote:
> Hi,
> I am considering importing a 2007 Honda Civic SI from the US to Canada.
> In order to pass inspection in Canada the car will need to have it's
> spedometer and odometer converted from miles to KM. Is the electronic
> spedometer and odometer in the civic easily converted from miles to kms?
> Thanks for your reply.

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In article <12toopvqikvfu82@corp.supernews.com>, motsco_@interbaun.com
says...
> drivingtelevision.com
>
Thanks for the info. I found the episodes online but am experiencing
bandwidth problems. Will definately check them out later. Thanks again.

On Feb 21, 4:23 am, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
> NO. Your speedometer is already dual-labeled, which is all that's required.
> Transport Canada does not care about your odometer.

I think the new Civics only have a digital speedometer, so it is not
dual labeled. He'd probably have to push some buttons to convert to km/
h.

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:14:39 -0800, Bucky wrote:

> On Feb 21, 4:23 am, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>> NO. Your speedometer is already dual-labeled, which is all that's required.
>> Transport Canada does not care about your odometer.
>
> I think the new Civics only have a digital speedometer, so it is not
> dual labeled. He'd probably have to push some buttons to convert to km/
> h.

Yeah, the one clearly labeled as MPH/Km/H

Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:erjpog$nbe$1@news.datemas.de:

> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:14:39 -0800, Bucky wrote:
>
>> On Feb 21, 4:23 am, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>>> NO. Your speedometer is already dual-labeled, which is all that's
>>> required. Transport Canada does not care about your odometer.
>>
>> I think the new Civics only have a digital speedometer, so it is not
>> dual labeled. He'd probably have to push some buttons to convert to
>> km/ h.
>
> Yeah, the one clearly labeled as MPH/Km/H



In any case, the OP's big issue is going to be Daytime Running Lights,
which will need to be installed before the car can be permanantly admitted
to Canada. As well, bumper rebars may need to be changed to Canadian-
standard ones.

(Once you're across the border with a permanent ticket, in most provinces
you can uninstall all that stuff, so plan for reversal of the changes if
you want to keep the car original.)

The OP needs to contact American Honda with the car's VIN, and get a
"Letter of Compliance", which will state the car's importation status for
Canada. This will tell him what needs to be changed. At that point, he can
decide if it's worth it or not to bring the car up here.

All this (except the uninstall info) is in the RIV page I referenced. RIV
is the company contracted by Transport Canada to perform importation
certification on behalf of Transport Canada.
http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html

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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:13:31 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
> news:erjpog$nbe$1@news.datemas.de:
>
>> On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:14:39 -0800, Bucky wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 21, 4:23 am, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>>>> NO. Your speedometer is already dual-labeled, which is all that's
>>>> required. Transport Canada does not care about your odometer.
>>>
>>> I think the new Civics only have a digital speedometer, so it is not
>>> dual labeled. He'd probably have to push some buttons to convert to
>>> km/ h.
>>
>> Yeah, the one clearly labeled as MPH/Km/H
>
>
>
> In any case, the OP's big issue is going to be Daytime Running Lights,
> which will need to be installed before the car can be permanantly admitted
> to Canada. As well, bumper rebars may need to be changed to Canadian-
> standard ones.

The Si comes with DRL standard. Not sure about the bumper, though...

>
> (Once you're across the border with a permanent ticket, in most provinces
> you can uninstall all that stuff, so plan for reversal of the changes if
> you want to keep the car original.)
>
> The OP needs to contact American Honda with the car's VIN, and get a
> "Letter of Compliance", which will state the car's importation status for
> Canada. This will tell him what needs to be changed. At that point, he can
> decide if it's worth it or not to bring the car up here.

The car is assembled in ON. Seems a shame that the thing is made there,
imported to the states, and it takes all that crap to get it back home... ;-)