Sorry to resurect this thread from the dead (and on my first post too), but my fiancee's 98 DX coupe (99,000 mi), seems to have a cracked exhaust manifold.

From what I can tell, Honda TSB 98-081 covers this problem (which seems to be fairly common), up to 150k miles (and 14 years) on 96 & 97 cars, but only up to 80k miles on 98 & 99.

But I've also seen a lot of people say that their dealer went ahead and fixed the problem under waranty for 98 or 99 cars with more than 100k miles.

So -- has anyone had any luck recently getting the manifold replaced free at the dealer on a 98 or 99 civic?

Thanks in advance!